Comparison

Mark Draft vs Annotate

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Mark Draft

Easily add numbered callouts, drawings, and text labels to screenshots and photos. Save your work as a draft to continue later, then share or copy the final image. Ideal for quick visual feedback and bug reporting.

Highlights
  • Numbered callouts with editable labels
  • Drawing tools (pen, arrow, shapes)
  • Adjustable stroke size and color
  • On-device drafts for continuity
  • Share Extension integration
  • Undo/redo functionality
Features
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Mark Draft helps you leave clear, numbered notes on screenshots and photos — then save a draft, pick up later, and share, copy, or save to Photos when you are ready. Open a photo from your library (or hand off from the Share Extension). Place numbered callouts, draw with pen or highlighter, add arrows and shapes, type text boxes, and edit short labels. Hold to peek the original under your markup. Everything stays on your device until you export it. FEATURES • Numbered callouts with editable labels • Pen, highlighter, arrow, rectangle, ellipse, text box, and eraser • Adjustable stroke size and color palette • Hold to peek the original photo under markup • On-device drafts — continue where you left off • Share Extension — send a screenshot into Mark Draft • Share, copy, or save the finished image to Photos • Undo / redo and clear markup (keeps your photo) • English, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, and Japanese • Optional one-time purchase to remove ads (not a subscription) Core markup, drafts, and sharing stay available without buying anything. Ads help keep Mark Draft free; remove them anytime with a single purchase tied to your Apple ID. Built for quick visual feedback — UI review, bugs, design notes — without a heavy editor.

About

Annotate

Quickly enhance screenshots and images with a variety of tools for adding text, shapes, and effects. Features include auto-redaction for sensitive information and animated GIF support. Create polished visuals with layers, templates, and custom styles.

Highlights
  • 17 annotation tools
  • Animated GIF support
  • Auto-Redact sensitive info
  • Customizable styles and layers
  • Templates for quick reuse
  • Apple Pencil support
  • Shortcuts integration
Features
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Annotate helps you quickly mark up screenshots and images with clean, readable shapes and text - built for fast, polished results on iPhone and iPad. • 17 tools: Crop, Blur, Pixelate, Text, Number, Stamp, Rect, Oval, Arrow, Pen, Marker, Highlight, Loupe, Backdrop, Image, GIF, Watermark • Clean shapes and highlights, plus freehand pen and marker • Animated GIFs - bring your screenshots to life: search KLIPY right in the editor, drop a GIF on the canvas, and your export turns into a video. Powered by KLIPY • Text with font, size, alignment, and optional background • Number badges and SF Symbols stamps (with search) • Blur or pixelate areas, and use a loupe to magnify details • Auto-Redact: detect and hide sensitive info in one tap - credit cards, phone numbers, emails, license plates, and faces • Full control over style: stroke width, fill, outlines, shadow, opacity, configurable arrowheads, and more • Free rotation - turn shapes, text, stamps, images, GIFs, and more to any angle with a precision dial • ∞ Layers: one layer per annotation - select, reorder, and delete • Helpful extras: snapping for neat alignment, undo/redo, zoom to fit/100% • Apple Pencil ready - palm rejection kicks in automatically so the Pencil draws while your fingers still pan and pinch • Grow the canvas - add space on any edge to make room for callouts and shapes • Backdrop styles - frame your screenshot with gradients or solid colors, and choose whether the backdrop pads the canvas or fits inside it • Watermark - add text or a logo across the whole image (tiled) or in a corner to brand and protect your work • Templates - save a set of annotations, backdrop, and watermark, then reapply them to any image; positions adapt to the new aspect ratio • Start from Photos, Files, clipboard, or a blank canvas - or pick an iOS device preset (iPhone 17, iPad Pro, etc.) • Export and share fast (PNG, JPEG, or HEIC) • Shortcuts - run Auto-Redact and Framing from the Shortcuts app, Spotlight, and Siri Test free for the first 5 annotated images. Annotate is brought to you by the developer of Dropshare - the file sharing app for macOS and iOS.

Screenshots

Mark Draft3 screens
Annotate4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Annotate at 4.7 against Mark Draft's 4.1. Annotate also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 4 days vs monthly). Mark Draft's advantage is ratings volume (105 vs 7). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Mark Draft sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Annotate sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Annotate holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Mark Draft has 105 ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Mark Draft ships an update monthly, Annotate every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Mark Draft versus Annotate: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMark DraftAnnotate
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.1 (105 ratings)4.7 (7 ratings) — better
Positive reviews56.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings105 — better7
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 4 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.0 — better18.2
Further details — not scored
Size8 MB44 MB
Age rating4+12+
Developer勇强 温Timo Josten

Customer experience

Mark Draft

All ratings105 ratings
Positive77.1%
Neutral7.6%
Negative15.2%
Written reviews16 reviews
Positive56.3%
Neutral6.3%
Negative37.5%

Annotate

All ratings7 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Mark Draft

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$1.99
1 purchases

Annotate

One-time1
  • Full Version$8.99

Questions

Is Mark Draft free?
Mark Draft is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Annotate free?
Annotate is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Mark Draft or Annotate?
Annotate is rated higher. Mark Draft averages 4.1 out of 5 from 105 ratings, while Annotate averages 4.7 from 7 ratings.
Do Mark Draft or Annotate have ads?
Mark Draft shows ads; Annotate does not.
Which is updated more often, Mark Draft or Annotate?
Mark Draft ships an update monthly, and Annotate every 4 days. Most recently, Mark Draft was updated on October 17, 2026 and Annotate on October 5, 2026.

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