Scratchpad vs Instaboard
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Scratchpad
This app functions as a digital whiteboard, perfect for capturing and organizing your ideas. It offers seamless note management and keeps a full history of your entries, designed for intuitive use with a stylus.
- Digital whiteboard functionality
- Add and remove notes easily
- Maintains a complete history of entries
- Optimized for Apple Pencil
- Intuitive thought organization
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Designed specifically with the Apple Pencil in mind. This app acts as a whiteboard for your thoughts. Add and remove notes easily from your boards all the while maintaining a complete history of everything that you have ever written. We hope that you enjoy this app!
Instaboard
This app combines a digital whiteboard, planner, and meeting space on an infinite canvas. Sketch ideas, manage tasks, and collaborate in real-time with built-in video calls. It's designed for visual planning, project management, and remote team collaboration.
- Infinite canvas for drawing and sketching
- Structured cards with checklists and due dates
- Kanban boards for task tracking
- Calendar view for scheduling
- Built-in video calls for live collaboration
- Cross-device compatibility (iPad, iPhone, web)
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Stop being the one who chases everyone. Instaboard is one shared board for the plan: what needs doing, who's doing it, and everything you need to know. Drop the link in the group chat and everyone sees the same plan, live. FOR ANYTHING YOU PLAN WITH OTHER PEOPLE • Trips: who books what, the day plan, and costs split by family • Weddings: vendors, the guest list, the day hour by hour, and the budget • Families: birthdays, holidays and school pickups • Shops and cafés: opening and closing checklists your staff tick off • Tutoring and teaching: write on the same worksheet as your student, live EVERYONE GRABS A JOB • Put names and due dates on cards, and tick them off when they're done • Everyone sees each change the moment it happens • Comment on a card instead of digging through the chat JOINING TAKES SECONDS • Share a link, a QR code or a 4-digit code • No download for them: the board opens in any phone or web browser DRAW AND TALK IT THROUGH • Sketch on an endless whiteboard with Apple Pencil or your finger • Drop in a PDF, a map or a worksheet and mark it up together • Start a video call right on the board and point with the laser ROOM FOR EVERY DETAIL • Any card opens into its own board, so big plans stay tidy • Lists, checklists, tags, calendar view, photos, files, links and places • Split costs and see who owes whom • Save links and photos from any app to Pile, and sort them later WORKS WHERE YOU ARE • Keeps working offline and syncs when you're back • iPhone, iPad and the web • Export a board as a PDF or an image EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy policy: https://instaboard.app/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Instaboard at 100% against Scratchpad's 50%. Instaboard also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.3) and device support (3 vs 1). Scratchpad's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 4) and ratings volume (59 vs 11). On price and ads 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
Both are free to download. Instaboard sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month. Scratchpad asks for nothing beyond the download.
Instaboard holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Scratchpad has 59 ratings behind it against 11, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of Scratchpad's written reviews are positive against 100% of Instaboard's.
| Parameter | Scratchpad | Instaboard |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (59 ratings) | 5.0 (11 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 59 — better | 11 |
| Update frequency | — | Every 2 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Freemium |
| Devices | iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 10 MB | 175 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Dito Technologies LLC | Instaboard Ltd. |
Customer experience
Scratchpad
Instaboard
In-app purchases
Scratchpad
No in-app purchases
Instaboard
- Instaboard Pro7 Days trial$7.991 Month
- Instaboard Pro$7.991 Month
- Instaboard Pro (12 months)7 Days trial$59.991 Year
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- Instaboard Pro7 Days trial$59.991 Year
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