Comparison

Draft vs Marqly

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

Head to head
About

Draft

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Draft​-it is a fast, privacy-focused app for quickly capturing, shaping, saving and sharing drafts. Use it for eMails, letters, notes, messages, ideas and longer text you want to prepare before sending. Draft-it keeps the writing space clean and focused, while giving you practical tools for saving drafts, translating text, checking clarity, exporting, printing and recovering deleted drafts. Drafts are stored on your device. If you enable iCloud Sync, they can sync using your private iCloud storage. Key Features: β€’ Clean editor for writing drafts β€’ Save and manage multiple drafts β€’ Auto-save while writing β€’ Recently deleted for restoring drafts before permanent deletion β€’ Translation between supported languages β€’ AI Check for grammar, spelling, clarity and tone feedback β€’ Print drafts directly from the app β€’ Export or share draft text using the iOS share sheet β€’ Optional iCloud Sync using your private iCloud storage β€’ In-app help covering core features and gestures β€’ Customizable button color scheme Draft-it Pro Features: β€’ Writing templates for common draft types β€’ AI Draft generation from a short prompt, tone and length β€’ Tags for organizing saved drafts β€’ Advanced filters for finding drafts faster β€’ Version history for reviewing and restoring previous text snapshots β€’ App Lock with Face ID, Touch ID or device passcode

About

Marqly

Features
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Bookmarks worth coming back to. Marqly is a beautiful home for everything you find online. Save links, articles, videos, and ideas in one tap, then see them as a visual library you actually want to open. A COMPLETELY NEW MARQLY Redesigned from scratch for iPhone and iPad. Your saves are easier to see, easier to find, and a pleasure to scroll. SAVE IN ONE TAP β€’ Tap Marqly in the share sheet of Safari or any app that shares a link. It's saved right away. β€’ Pick a board, add tags, or undo from the card that appears. β€’ Also save from the Safari extension, Home Screen quick actions, Control Center, or Siri. EVERY SAVE LOOKS LIKE ITSELF β€’ Videos show their poster, products show their price, and articles show their cover. β€’ Browse as cards, a list, a compact list, or a moodboard for visual inspiration. BOARDS YOU CAN SEE β€’ Every board is a stack of what's inside, so you know it at a glance. β€’ Choose your own colors and icons, and nest sub-boards. β€’ Add tags and notes to anything you save. READ WITHOUT LEAVING β€’ Links open right here in Marqly, with your boards, tags, and details close by. β€’ Prefer Safari? Switch in Settings. FIND IT AGAIN β€’ Search by title, link, tag, note, or date. β€’ Your bookmarks also appear in Spotlight. ASK YOUR OWN BOOKMARKS (PRO) β€’ Ask a question and get an answer drawn from your own saves, with sources you can open. β€’ Pro also suggests tags and boards, summarizes pages, and searches the full text of what you save. β€’ Save articles to read offline, and catch links that have gone dead. YOUR LIBRARY, EVERYWHERE The same library on iPhone, iPad, and the web, with browser extensions for your computer. FREE AND PRO Marqly is free for up to 100 saved bookmarks, with boards, tags, search, and sync included. Marqly Pro is an optional subscription that adds unlimited bookmarks, Ask, AI tag and board suggestions, AI summaries, full-page search, the offline reader, and link health checks. Lifetime accounts include unlimited bookmarks, the offline reader, and link health checks; AI features need Pro. Payment will be charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase. Subscription automatically renews unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel subscriptions anytime in your App Store account settings. Support and Help Center: https://help.marqly.com/ Privacy Policy: https://www.marqly.com/privacypolicy Terms of Use: https://www.marqly.com/terms/

Screenshots

Draft4 screens
Marqly4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Marqly at every 4 days against Draft's fortnightly. Draft's advantage is iOS requirement (18.1 vs 26.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS

CostPrice Β· In-app purchases Β· Ads Β· Monetization

Both are free to download. Draft sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Marqly sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Draft ships an update fortnightly, Marqly every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences Β· 4 level
Draft versus Marqly: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDraftMarqly
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 4 days β€” better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.1 β€” better26.0
Further details β€” not scored
Size4 MB20 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperWolfram WackerMegamoon

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Draft

One-time1
  • Draft-it Pro$0.99
2 purchases

Marqly

Subscriptions2
  • Marqly Pro Monthly$6.991 Month
  • Marqly Pro Yearly$59.991 Year

Questions

Is Draft free?
Draft is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Marqly free?
Marqly is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Draft or Marqly have ads?
Neither Draft nor Marqly shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Draft or Marqly?
Draft ships an update fortnightly, and Marqly every 4 days. Most recently, Draft was updated on October 28, 2026 and Marqly on November 5, 2026.

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