Comparison

Whiteboard vs Cheers

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

Head to head
About

Whiteboard

Share drawings, photos, and messages directly to friends' home screen widgets. This app offers creative drawing tools and group messaging for fun, visual communication.

Highlights
  • Send doodles, drawings, and photos to widgets
  • Customizable drawing tools with saved presets
  • Add photos from library or camera
  • Create and message in groups
  • Multiple widget options for different views
  • Private by default friend connections
Features
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Send doodles, drawings, messages, and more directly to your friends’ widgets! Whiteboard makes staying connected fun and creative. Share quick sketches, notes, photos, and even group messages that appear right on your friends’ home screens. ------- Drawing Choose from different pen styles, thicknesses, and colors—or create your own custom colors and save them as presets. Add backgrounds, photos from your library or camera, text, and more. Save drafts to finish your creations later. ------- Friends Your account starts as private so only friends can send you messages. Switch to public if you’d like anyone in the app to connect with you. Finding friends is simple—search nearby, sync your contacts, or share your invite code. ------- Groups Create groups to share doodles and messages between multiple friends all in one widget. Think of it as group chat, but more fun and visual. ------- Widgets Add multiple widgets to keep up with all your messages. Choose from: - Recent Messages: See the latest updates from friends and groups. - Friend Widget: View the most recent message from a specific friend. - Group Widget: View the most recent message from a group.

About

Cheers

Send short, kind messages directly to your friends' lock screens. This app focuses on simple, private communication without feeds or algorithms, offering a quick way to share positivity.

Highlights
  • Send short messages to friends' lock screens
  • Lock screen and home screen widgets
  • Mute or block friends
  • Custom nicknames for friends
  • Private by design, no tracking
  • Delete account and data anytime
Features
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Cheers is a simple app with one purpose: send something kind to a friend's lock screen. Write a short message — up to 50 characters — and it shows up on your friend's lock screen widget. No likes, no feeds, no algorithms. Just a kind word, right where they'll see it. HOW IT WORKS 1. Create a username and share your unique friend code 2. Add friends by exchanging codes 3. Write a short, kind message for each friend 4. They see it on their lock screen widget — and you see theirs That's it. No scrolling, no posts, no pressure. Just a moment of kindness. LOCK SCREEN WIDGET Add the Cheers widget to your lock screen or home screen. It cycles through the latest messages your friends have sent you. You control the rotation speed and can mute anyone you'd like. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Cheers doesn't ask for your email, phone number, or real name. There are no ads, no analytics, and no tracking. Messages are only visible to you and the friend who sent them. You can delete your account and all associated data at any time from within the app. FEATURES • Send short messages (up to 50 characters) to friends' lock screens • Lock screen, small, and medium home screen widgets • Pin your favorite friends to the top • Mute friends from appearing in your widget • Set custom nicknames for friends (only visible to you) • See when you last sent a cheer to each friend • Light, dark, and system theme options • Report and block users • Delete your account and all data anytime WHY CHEERS? Most social apps are designed to keep you scrolling. Cheers is designed to take 10 seconds: open the app, write something kind, close the app. Your friend sees it on their lock screen without even opening Cheers. Sometimes the smallest message makes the biggest difference.

Screenshots

Whiteboard4 screens
Cheers4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Cheers at 5.0 against Whiteboard's 4.2. Cheers also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 7) and update cadence (weekly vs fortnightly). Whiteboard's advantage is ratings volume (465 vs 1) and device support (3 vs 1). 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. Whiteboard sells 7 one-off in-app purchases. Cheers asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Cheers holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Whiteboard has 465 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Whiteboard ships an update fortnightly, Cheers weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Whiteboard versus Cheers: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWhiteboardCheers
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (465 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews43.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings465 — better1
Update frequencyFortnightlyWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better18.6
Further details — not scored
Size29 MB17 MB
Age rating12+12+
DeveloperAmple Software LLCTributary Studios LLC

Customer experience

Whiteboard

All ratings465 ratings
Positive80.2%
Neutral5.2%
Negative14.6%
Written reviews46 reviews
Positive43.5%
Neutral10.9%
Negative45.7%

Cheers

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Whiteboard

Reported bugs

17 issues
  • Widget displays blank or grey, doesn't show messages
  • App freezes and crashes when zooming in on drawings
  • Undo function causes drawings to disappear or app to crash
  • Color selection doesn't apply to drawings
  • Zoom feature removed in recent update, breaking functionality
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  • Eyedropper tool doesn't work properly after update
  • Erase option missing after update
  • Messages fail to send to friends and groups
  • Drawings get deleted when attempting to send
  • Group chat rooms don't appear on widget
  • Bucket tool erases entire drawing instead of filling
  • Recent chats won't load
  • Widget impossible to add on some devices
  • Drafts significantly lower drawing quality with white line artifacts
  • Zoom glitch makes zoomed section become full drawing
  • Loading popup gets stuck and won't stop
  • Doodles display as blank white space

Requested features

15 requests
  • Zoom in/out functionality for detailed drawing
  • Eyedropper/color picker tool
  • Layer support for complex drawings
  • Ability to delete drawings from profile
  • Ability to delete groups
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  • Custom color saving
  • Nicknames for contacts (like Snapchat)
  • Better bucket fill tool (non-destructive)
  • Multiple widgets for different contacts
  • Separate tabs for friends vs recommendations when sending
  • Widget dark line removal/redesign
  • More brush textures and colors
  • Automatic widget updates without opening app
  • Color code input option
  • Better color wheel functionality

Cheers

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

7 purchases

Whiteboard

One-time7
  • Remove Ads$0.99
  • Doodle - 1 Day Boost$0.99
  • Small Tip$0.99
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  • Medium Tip$2.99
  • Large Tip$4.99
  • Huge Tip$9.99
  • Mountainous Tip$19.99
None

Cheers

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Whiteboard free?
Whiteboard is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Cheers free?
Cheers is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Whiteboard or Cheers?
Cheers is rated higher. Whiteboard averages 4.2 out of 5 from 465 ratings, while Cheers averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Whiteboard or Cheers have ads?
Neither Whiteboard nor Cheers shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Whiteboard or Cheers?
Whiteboard ships an update fortnightly, and Cheers weekly. Most recently, Whiteboard was updated on October 6, 2026 and Cheers on October 5, 2026.

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