QuicklyMemo vs Simple Blackboard
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
QuicklyMemo
This app allows for rapid note-taking and drawing, saving your creations instantly. Share your work via email or social media platforms. Its quick startup and save features ensure immediate usability.
- Instant startup
- Quick saving
- Email sharing
- Twitter sharing
- URL scheme support
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Since it starts up quickly, you can draw immediately. Since it is saved quickly, you can write it down immediately. You can send the contents by e-mail or Twitter etc. 【URL Scheme】 jp.apptime.quicklymemo://
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.
- 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
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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.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: QuicklyMemo at none against Simple Blackboard's 1. QuicklyMemo also leads on rating (4.7 vs 4.3) and review sentiment (77% vs 50%). On price, ratings volume, update cadence 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
Both are free to download. Simple Blackboard sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. QuicklyMemo asks for nothing beyond the download.
QuicklyMemo holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 51 and 137 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 77% of QuicklyMemo's written reviews are positive against 50% of Simple Blackboard's.
QuicklyMemo ships an update every 5 months, Simple Blackboard every 9 months. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | QuicklyMemo | Simple Blackboard |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (51 ratings) — better | 4.3 (137 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 77.3% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 51 | 137 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months — better | Every 9 months |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | EIICHI KOMINE | Bita Sobhani |
Customer experience
QuicklyMemo
Simple Blackboard
In-app purchases
QuicklyMemo
No in-app purchases
Simple Blackboard
- Premium$2.99
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