Comparison

Whiteboard vs Simple Blackboard

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

Head to head
About

Whiteboard

This simple app allows for quick, handwritten notes and drawings with smooth multi-finger input. Customize line thickness and choose from five basic colors. Save your creations easily.

Highlights
  • Multi-finger input
  • Adjustable line thickness
  • Five color options
  • Eraser tool
  • Save drawings as images
  • Bulk delete
Features
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White board is a simple app. You can also write with multiple fingers. You can write very smoothly. ********************************************** Feature very simple! ! You can quickly and notes by hand! * Basic functions **************************** ▼ When you tap the button at the bottom of the screen, such as bar and save color selection will come out. ▼ can be written using multiple fingers simultaneously. ▼ color is simple, five black, red, blue, green, and pink. ▼ on the slide, the thickness of the line can be adjusted. ▼ Press the button "eraser", you can erase the line wrote. (Adjustable in thickness delete slides) ▼ When you press the "Trash" button, you can remove the bulk. ▼ When you press the "disk" button, you can save the image.

About

Simple Blackboard

This app provides a digital canvas for drawing, sketching, and note-taking. It offers various tools like brushes, colors, shapes, and text, with options to load photos and record your creative process. Save your work, manage pages, and keep your last drawing accessible.

Highlights
  • Blackboard or whiteboard selection
  • Adjustable brush sizes and colors
  • Drawing of various shapes
  • Text typing with adjustable font size
  • Load photos onto the board
  • Record video of drawing process
  • Save drawings and manage pages
Features
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This app allows you to draw on a simple blackboard (or whiteboard). You can use it for drawing, jotting down, illustrations, math calculations and etc. The key features are: - You can choose blackboard or whiteboard. - You have various brush sizes and huge number of paint colors. - You can draw various shapes such as line, arrow, circle, oval, square, rectangle, triangle, and polygon. - You can type text with adjustable font size. - You can load photo to the board. - You can record video from your drawing screen with sound from your device microphone. - You can save your drawing to your device. - You can add or remove pages. - You can set your favourite paint colors and color opacity. - Your last drawing is always saved. - The device screen never goes off while you are using the app. The premium purchase removes all ads, enables adding text, loading photo, drawing shapes and grid, setting favorite paint colors, and paint color opacity.

Screenshots

Whiteboard1 screens
Simple Blackboard4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Simple Blackboard at 4.3 against Whiteboard's 2.5. Simple Blackboard also leads on ratings volume (138 vs 2). Whiteboard's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and update cadence (every 4 months vs every 9 months). On price, ads and device support 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. Simple Blackboard sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whiteboard asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Simple Blackboard holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 2.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Simple Blackboard has 138 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 60% of Whiteboard's written reviews are positive against 50% of Simple Blackboard's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Whiteboard ships an update every 4 months, Simple Blackboard every 9 months. The most recent releases landed on October 4, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Whiteboard versus Simple Blackboard: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWhiteboardSimple Blackboard
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.5 (2 ratings)4.3 (138 ratings) — better
Positive reviews60.0% of reviews — better50.0% of reviews
Number of ratings2138 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 months — betterEvery 9 months
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationAd-supported — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS12.0 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKiyoshi KoikeBita Sobhani

Customer experience

Whiteboard

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive60.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative40.0%

Simple Blackboard

All ratings137 ratings
Positive81.0%
Neutral7.3%
Negative11.7%
Written reviews18 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral22.2%
Negative27.8%

In-app purchases

None

Whiteboard

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Simple Blackboard

One-time1
  • Premium$2.99

Questions

Is Whiteboard free?
Whiteboard is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Simple Blackboard free?
Simple Blackboard is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Whiteboard or Simple Blackboard?
Simple Blackboard is rated higher. Whiteboard averages 2.5 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while Simple Blackboard averages 4.3 from 138 ratings.
Do Whiteboard or Simple Blackboard have ads?
Both Whiteboard and Simple Blackboard show ads.
Which is updated more often, Whiteboard or Simple Blackboard?
Whiteboard ships an update every 4 months, and Simple Blackboard every 9 months. Most recently, Whiteboard was updated on October 4, 2026 and Simple Blackboard on October 29, 2026.

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