Chalkboard for iPad vs Notepad
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Chalkboard for iPad
Transform your iPad into a realistic chalkboard with colored chalks and authentic animations. Use your own images as backgrounds for drawing, teaching, or playing games. Save and share your creations via email.
- Realistic chalkboard simulation
- Colored chalk drawing
- Customizable image backgrounds
- Save and email creations
- Educational and gaming uses
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Chalkboard for iPad is a new application that turns your iPad into a genuine chalkboard! The application lets you write and draw everything you want on the board, using colored chalks. We have added some realistic animations and sounds to make you feel that you really have a blackboard in your hands. You can even use images from your photo album as backgrounds (maps, photos, graphs, etc.), write on them, and save the new images, or email them to a friend. This application is very useful in many situations: teach your child math, explain graphs to your colleagues, or simply play tic-tac-toe. Let your children play with Chalkboard for iPad and teach them how to draw their first butterfly. Thank you for taking the time to report any bugs or to request an enhancement to Chalkboard for iPad application. Feedback is very important to us. We will do our best to answer queries. Email us at support@presselite.com
Notepad
Capture your thoughts, to-do lists, and commitments with this intuitive note-taking app. Save all your important information on a single screen for quick access. Features include multiple drawing brushes, various backgrounds, and checklist functionality.
- Multiple drawing brushes
- Variety of backgrounds
- Checklist functionality
- Undo/Redo actions
- Save notes on one screen
- Share and save note images
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Write down all your ideas, messages, commitments or shopping lists with this intuitive application to create notes. You will have all your notes saved on the same screen! So you can check with a simple glance all those things that you have wanted to sign up and are important to you. What does our app have? • Multiple brushes to scribble with your finger: charcoal, spray, decorative... • Lots of backgrounds to write on: notebook, worn, notes... even some already! They include a checklist so that you can only fill it in with your tasks! • Of course, you can undo or redo your actions • Possibility of saving all your notes on the same screen • Share the image of the note and save it on your device The development team hopes you have a good experience with our app and that your comments help us improve. Thank you very much!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Chalkboard for iPad at 4.5 against Notepad's 1.0. Chalkboard for iPad also leads on ratings volume (146 vs 2) and review sentiment (49% vs 31%). Notepad's advantage is update cadence (every 3 months vs every 18 months) and device support (3 vs 1). 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. Chalkboard for iPad sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Notepad sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Chalkboard for iPad holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Chalkboard for iPad has 146 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 49% of Chalkboard for iPad's written reviews are positive against 31% of Notepad's.
Chalkboard for iPad ships an update every 18 months, Notepad every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on August 31, 2026 and September 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Chalkboard for iPad | Notepad |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (146 ratings) — better | 1.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 49.0% of reviews — better | 31.1% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 146 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 18 months | Every 3 months — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 13 | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 13 MB | 36 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Alexandre Morcos | Tramboliko Games |
Customer experience
Chalkboard for iPad
Notepad
In-app purchases
Chalkboard for iPad
- Upgrade to Full Version$7.99
Notepad
- Free Ressorces$0.99
- Unlock brushes Editor$0.99
- Remove Ads$1.99
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- FullPack$2.99
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