Comparison

ExcalidrawZ vs IBlock

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

Head to head
About

ExcalidrawZ

This app enhances a popular web-based drawing tool by adding essential file management features. It offers automatic saving, file grouping, and cloud synchronization to ensure your creations are always accessible and secure across devices.

Highlights
  • Automatic file saving
  • File grouping
  • iCloud backup
  • Cross-device synchronization
  • Enhanced security for drawings
Features
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ExcalidrawZ is a native Excalidraw client for Mac, iPad, and iPhone, designed for hand-drawn whiteboards, diagrams, sketches, visual notes, and technical explanations. It keeps the familiar Excalidraw canvas experience, then adds native file management, iCloud sync, history, import and export tools, and Apple-platform interactions around it. Hand-drawn whiteboards and diagrams - Create flowcharts, architecture diagrams, wireframes, study notes, and visual sketches - Work with the familiar hand-drawn Excalidraw style - Use Apple Pencil, keyboard shortcuts, mouse, and trackpad controls - Continue editing across Mac, iPad, and iPhone Manage Excalidraw files - Autosave drawings managed inside the app - Organize work with groups, sorting, and local folders - Sync app-managed files across devices with iCloud - Review file history and restore important versions - Open and edit .excalidraw, .excalidraw.png, and .excalidraw.svg files Import, export, and share - Import PDFs and organize them on the canvas - Convert Mermaid diagrams into editable Excalidraw content - Insert LaTeX formulas and function graphs - Export images, PDFs, Excalidraw files, and editable PNG/SVG files - Share through the clipboard, system share sheet, and backup archives More advanced tools - Use Excalidraw collaboration when drawing with others - Ask AI to understand, create, and revise canvas content - Preview AI-generated proposals before applying them to your real canvas - Lock sensitive files and control which content is visible to AI - Expose MCP services for compatible AI clients ExcalidrawZ is useful for product design, engineering notes, study diagrams, teaching, documentation, brainstorming, and everyday whiteboard work. Privacy Policy https://excalidrawz.chocoford.com/privacy/ Terms of Use https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

IBlock

Features
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IBlock is a moment of calm for your phone. Choose the apps that can wait, slide the bar down, and the noise stops. Work, read, or do what you came to do. Choose the apps you want to block. Set how long. Slide the right bar down and your session starts. Those apps stay locked until the time is up. UNINTERRUPTED There is no stop button, so a pause stays a pause. If something truly can't wait, Emergency Mode ends a session early, twice in any seven days. YOUR CHOICE OF APPS You pick exactly what gets blocked with Apple's Screen Time app picker. Everything else, like calls and messages, stays available. ROUTINE Block the same apps on the days and hours you choose, automatically. REPORTS See the focused time you completed over the last seven days. ON YOUR IPHONE Your choices and history stay on your iPhone. IBlock has no account. IBlock uses Apple's Screen Time. You'll be asked to allow it once. PLANS IBlock is free to download. Sessions, routines and reports need a plan: - Yearly: $29.99 per year, starting with a 3-day free trial - Monthly: $5.99 per month - Lifetime: $79.99, paid once Payment is charged to your Apple Account when you confirm the purchase, or when the free trial ends. The yearly and monthly plans renew automatically unless you cancel at least 24 hours before the end of the current period; the renewal is charged within the 24 hours before that period ends. You can cancel anytime in your Apple Account settings. Cancel at least 24 hours before the free trial ends and you pay nothing. Prices are shown in US dollars and vary by country and currency. Terms of Use: https://iblock-brm.web.app/terms/ Privacy Policy: https://iblock-brm.web.app/privacy/

Screenshots

ExcalidrawZ4 screens
IBlock4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: ExcalidrawZ at none against IBlock's shown. ExcalidrawZ also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). On price, update cadence 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. ExcalidrawZ sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and IBlock sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ExcalidrawZ ships an update weekly, IBlock every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
ExcalidrawZ versus IBlock: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterExcalidrawZIBlock
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (12 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews73.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings12 — better—
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 6 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size107 MB21 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperChocoford TechBrm Studios

In-app purchases

10 purchases

ExcalidrawZ

Subscriptions8
  • Starter$2.991 Month
  • Pro$9.991 Month
  • Max 3×$29.991 Month
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  • Starter$29.991 Year
  • Max 10×$99.991 Month
  • Pro$99.991 Year
  • Max 3× (Yearly)$299.991 Year
  • Max 10× (Yearly)$999.991 Year
One-time2
  • Buy me a coffee$2.99
  • Buy me two coffee$4.99
3 purchases

IBlock

Subscriptions2
  • IBlock Monthly$5.991 Month
  • IBlock Yearly3 Days trial$29.991 Year
One-time1
  • IBlock Lifetime$79.99

Questions

Is ExcalidrawZ free?
ExcalidrawZ is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is IBlock free?
IBlock is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do ExcalidrawZ or IBlock have ads?
IBlock shows ads; ExcalidrawZ does not.
Which is updated more often, ExcalidrawZ or IBlock?
ExcalidrawZ ships an update weekly, and IBlock every 6 days. Most recently, ExcalidrawZ was updated on October 30, 2026 and IBlock on November 6, 2026.

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