Absolute Board Mini vs Skedgets
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Absolute Board Mini
A free, simple, and convenient drawing and handwriting app for capturing ideas on an unlimited canvas. Save and share your notes and sketches easily via email or print.
- Unlimited board size
- Unlimited color choice
- Path traceable eraser
- Email snapshot of drawings
- Zooming in/out
- Undo/Redo functions
- Import photos
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This is a MINI version of "Absolute Board", which is * April 2011 - "New & Noteworthy" (Productivity) iPad application on the American App Store * * April 2011 - "What's Hot" (Productivity) iPad application on the American App Store * * April 2011 - "Staff Favorites" (All) iPad application on the Korea App Store * Best quality FREE drawing & handwriting app for iPhone/iPod It's so simple & convenient - just sketch & take notes about anything in your mind. Save and share your novel ideas in the school, cafeteria, office or even on the bed. ▶ Unlimited board size ▶ Unlimited color choice for pen & background ▶ Path traceable eraser ▶ Ability to email snapshot of your drawing ▶ Zooming in/out & moving with two fingers ▶ Undo/Redo functions ▶ Import a Photo ▶ Print Snapshot (Air Print)
Skedgets
Create visual notes and sketches that can be displayed directly on your device's home screen. Customize your creations with various drawing tools and background options. Share your designs as images or display them in different widget sizes.
- Create visual notes and sketches
- Display on home screen widgets
- Multiple drawing tools
- Customizable background colors/images
- Preview widget sizes (small, medium, large)
- Share as images
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Create Skedgets to draw your ideas, notes and sketches and display them on your home screen. Use different drawing tools, select a background color or background image from your photo library. Preview how your Skedgets will look like in widgets of small, medium and large size. Share Skedgets as images (e.g. to add them to your photo library) and display Skedget names in widgets. Skedgets is free! No in-app purchases and free of ads!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Skedgets at every 6 months against Absolute Board Mini's every 34 months. Skedgets also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.7). Absolute Board Mini's advantage is ratings volume (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 14.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
Skedgets holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 1 respectively.
Absolute Board Mini ships an update every 34 months, Skedgets every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on October 18, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Absolute Board Mini | Skedgets |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (3 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 73.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 34 months | Every 6 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 10 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Hyeoseong Hwang | Thomas Göring |
Customer experience
Absolute Board Mini
Skedgets
In-app purchases
Absolute Board Mini
No in-app purchases
Skedgets
No in-app purchases
