Comparison

goPETL vs TypeDraw

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

Head to head
About

goPETL

This app provides real-time insights into your iPhone's charging progress. Track charging speed, battery percentage, and estimated time to full with detailed history charts. It offers Live Activity and Dynamic Island integration for seamless monitoring.

Highlights
  • Live Activity & Dynamic Island integration
  • Real-time charging speed (watts)
  • Percentage gained per minute
  • Estimated time to full charge
  • Charging history charts
  • Simple, account-free interface
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PETL — Snap. Charge. Measure. PETL is the official charging companion app designed to give you real-time insights into how your iPhone charges. With PETL, you can track speed, battery percentage, time-to-full, and view history charts — all in a simple, Apple-style interface. Key Features • Live Activity & Dynamic Island. Stay updated on charging progress right from your Lock Screen and Dynamic Island. • Real-time Charging Metrics. See charging speed (watts), percentage gained per minute, and estimated time until fully charged. • History Charts. Visualize your charging sessions with % history and power history charts. • Simple & Seamless. No accounts, no complexity. Just install PETL and start tracking instantly. • Optimized for PETL MagSafe Battery Pack. Works beautifully with PETL hardware, and remains useful even without it. Why PETL? Your iPhone shows only basic charging info. PETL goes further, giving you clear insights, helpful metrics, and Live Activity support — so you always know exactly how your phone is charging.

About

TypeDraw

This app combines the tactile feel of a paper notebook with digital convenience. Type, draw, and scribble notes, with smart features to organize and find them easily. Customize your pages and handwriting for a truly personal note-taking experience.

Highlights
  • Type, draw, and scribble notes
  • Smart Marks for text and drawing integration
  • Handwriting to font conversion
  • Customizable page and ink colors
  • Multiple notebook support
  • Searchable notes and table of contents
  • PDF export
Features
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TypeDraw brings the joy and simplicity of a paper notebook to a notes app built for everyday life, with all the digital tools that make it useful and the freedom to make it yours. Type, draw and scribble wherever your thoughts take you and know that a little digital magic will help you find it all again when and where you need it. No account required. No subscription. Your notes stay local and private on your device, or sync through your own iCloud account if you choose. Your data stays yours, and you can even lock your book. Export a single page or your whole book as a PDF and send it to your files, your agents or your mother. - Open to what matters in the moment: a fresh page, your most recent note, or a note from that restaurant you’re finally visiting again after years. Or jump straight into what you need with a beautiful Home Screen widget. - Type, draw and write anywhere, just as you would in a real notebook. Turn the pages with a curl or a tap, sketch with your fingers, or use Apple Pencil on iPad and iPhone Duo. It adapts to how you want to use it: whether you prefer typing, drawing or using Apple’s Scribble feature, TypeDraw adjusts to you, not the other way round. - Enjoy a free canvas where text and drawings belong together. Highlight or underline text, and your strokes automatically convert to responsive “Smart Marks” that adapt when you edit words, change line breaks or adjust the layout. - Make it yours! Turn your handwriting into a font you can type with in just minutes. Choose your page colour, ink colour, font size and text colour either for all pages or for one specific page only and get really crazy. Pick lined, grid or dotted paper, and explore 12 handwritten typefaces from Shaped Fonts or choose from all preinstalled iOS system fonts. - Add up to four additional notebooks to your setup. Each requires a small one-time in-app purchase so we can keep the app subscription-free. Switch between books by long-pressing the cover, selecting one in Settings or, on iPhone Duo and iPad, swiping in the desk view. - Keep an overview with a table of contents you can sort by page number, time or location… so the notes nearest to you are always easy to find. All notes are searchable, too. - Have fun and don’t take life too seriously!

Screenshots

goPETL3 screens
TypeDraw4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: goPETL at Free against TypeDraw's $4.99. goPETL also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 4) and review sentiment (100% vs 84%). TypeDraw's advantage is rating (4.4 vs 3.3) and update cadence (every 2 days vs weekly). On 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

goPETL is free to download; TypeDraw costs $4.99 up front. TypeDraw sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. goPETL asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

TypeDraw holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 3.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: TypeDraw has 71 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 100% of goPETL's written reviews are positive against 84% of TypeDraw's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

goPETL ships an update weekly, TypeDraw every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and November 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard9 real differences · 2 level
goPETL versus TypeDraw: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParametergoPETLTypeDraw
PriceFree — better$4.99
Rating3.3 (6 ratings)4.4 (71 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better84.1% of reviews
Number of ratings671 — better
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank—#1 — better
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS16.2 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB50 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGOPETL, LLCTrautmann & Dorre GbR Shaped Agency

Customer experience

goPETL

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

TypeDraw

All ratings71 ratings
Positive81.7%
Neutral9.9%
Negative8.5%
Written reviews69 reviews
Positive84.1%
Neutral11.6%
Negative4.3%

In-app purchases

None

goPETL

No in-app purchases

4 purchases

TypeDraw

One-time4
  • Atlantic Notebook$1.99
  • Bordeaux Notebook$1.99
  • Highlands Notebook$1.99
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  • Sahara Notebook$1.99

Questions

Is goPETL free?
goPETL is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is TypeDraw free?
TypeDraw costs $4.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, goPETL or TypeDraw?
TypeDraw is rated higher. goPETL averages 3.3 out of 5 from 6 ratings, while TypeDraw averages 4.4 from 71 ratings.
Do goPETL or TypeDraw have ads?
Neither goPETL nor TypeDraw shows ads.
Which is updated more often, goPETL or TypeDraw?
goPETL ships an update weekly, and TypeDraw every 2 days. Most recently, goPETL was updated on November 5, 2026 and TypeDraw on November 8, 2026.

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