Blackboard vs Etchpad
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Blackboard
This drawing app mimics a physical blackboard, allowing users to sketch and write with white and red pens. It supports multi-touch for collaborative drawing and enables saving creations as images. Use it as a digital notepad or for artistic expression.
- Blackboard simulation
- White and red pen tools
- Multi-touch drawing
- Save drawings as images
- Digital notepad functionality
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A blackboard-style app that you can write on with a white and red pen Can be used as a notepad or for drawing Multi-touch compatible, so multiple people can draw at the same time You can also save images, so give it a try
Etchpad
Relive nostalgic drawing experiences with this app that lets you create images using two knobs for horizontal and vertical lines. Erase your creations by shaking your device or using a long press. Share your artwork through various methods.
- Draw with horizontal and vertical knobs
- Shake to erase screen
- Long press erase option
- Share drawings easily
- Nostalgic drawing interface
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Draw lines with two knobs horizontally and vertically with this nostalgic drawing app. Erase the screen by shaking the phone (or with long press if authentic way is too difficult). You can share the drawing by various ways.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Etchpad at 80% against Blackboard's 17%. Blackboard's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 21 months) and rating (4.5 vs 4.3). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Blackboard holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 14 and 12 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 17% of Blackboard's written reviews are positive against 80% of Etchpad's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Blackboard ships an update every 2 months, Etchpad every 21 months. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Blackboard | Etchpad |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (14 ratings) — better | 4.3 (12 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 16.7% of reviews | 80.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 14 — better | 12 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 21 months |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 13 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Ryouhei Azuma | Digital Footmark Oy |
Customer experience
Blackboard
Etchpad
In-app purchases
Blackboard
No in-app purchases
Etchpad
No in-app purchases
