Comparison

Scratchpad vs Instaboard

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Digital whiteboard functionality
  • Add and remove notes easily
  • Maintains a complete history of entries
  • Optimized for Apple Pencil
  • Intuitive thought organization
Features
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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!

About

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.

Highlights
  • 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)
Features
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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

Screenshots

Instaboard4 screens

Verdict

The call

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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Instaboard sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month. Scratchpad asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

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.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Scratchpad versus Instaboard: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterScratchpadInstaboard
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (59 ratings)5.0 (11 ratings) — better
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings59 — better11
Update frequency—Every 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size10 MB175 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDito Technologies LLCInstaboard Ltd.

Customer experience

Scratchpad

All ratings53 ratings
Positive81.1%
Neutral7.5%
Negative11.3%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

Instaboard

All ratings11 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Scratchpad

No in-app purchases

4 purchases

Instaboard

Subscriptions4
  • 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

Questions

Is Scratchpad free?
Scratchpad is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Instaboard free?
Instaboard is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Scratchpad or Instaboard?
Instaboard is rated higher. Scratchpad averages 4.3 out of 5 from 59 ratings, while Instaboard averages 5.0 from 11 ratings.
Do Scratchpad or Instaboard have ads?
Neither Scratchpad nor Instaboard shows ads.

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