Comparison

Tably vs Draft Light

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

Head to head
About

Tably

Save web pages for later with an optional reason and a scheduled revisit time. When the item returns, see its reason first to decide if you need to open the source. Search and filter saved items easily.

Highlights
  • Save web pages to revisit later
  • Add optional reasons for saved items
  • Schedule automatic or custom revisit times
  • Decide with Later, Done, or Delete options
  • Search and filter saved items by reason
  • Local reminders show item count only
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Stop using open browser tabs as reminders. When a page matters but now is not the time, share it to Tably. Hold it with an optional Reason, choose an automatic or custom Revisit time, and move on. You close or leave the original browser tab yourself. When Tably brings the Held item back, its saved Reason appears before the source. Open the source only if you need it, or decide directly with Later, Done, or Delete. Use Tably for: • Articles you want to read • Products you need to compare • Videos you plan to watch • Forms or tasks you need to finish • References you want to revisit with a reason Search Held items by Reason or title, and filter them by Purpose. Optional local reminders show only a count when items are available to Revisit—never titles, URLs, Reasons, or page content. Tably saves only pages you intentionally share. It does not scan open tabs, read browsing history, collect page content, or close browser tabs automatically. Held items, Reasons, and lifecycle state stay on your device by default. No account is required. First-party, content-free usage analytics are optional and can be changed in Settings.

About

Draft Light

Features
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Write notes, journals, and stories in a quiet Markdown editor. Draft Light gives you unlimited drafts, clean reading, and tools to keep your writing organized. Open it and write at once—no account, no signup, and no limit on drafts. WRITE FREE • Create, edit, pin, categorize, search, count, and share unlimited drafts. • Format with Markdown headings, bold, italics, strikethrough, links, lists, and tables, then read cleanly with the marks hidden. • Fold sections in long drafts. • Link drafts, follow backlinks, and use a table of contents. • Sketch on iPad with Apple Pencil and an extendable canvas. • Save web links and selected text from the share sheet on iPhone and iPad. • Append Apple Watch dictation to a recent draft on your paired iPhone. • Create drafts with Siri and Shortcuts. • Write in every script, including right-to-left languages. • Export plain text, Markdown, TextBundle, rich text, and Draftlight files, or use the system share sheet. DRAFTLIGHT PRO — One non-consumable in-app purchase unlocks all eight Pro tools below. No subscription. See your local price in the app. • Sync through your private iCloud account across iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple Vision Pro. • Encrypt individual drafts with your own password. Lock the app with Face ID, Touch ID, Optic ID, or your device passcode/login password, depending on your device. • Export HTML, DOCX, PDF, JPG, and ePub. • Search text recognized inside attached images and PDFs. • Find drafts with Apple Spotlight, @todo, @images, and @yesterday. • Choose installed fonts for body text, headings, and code, plus line height, writing width, and paragraph spacing. • Use multi-word and nested tags, pin tags, and give tags icons. • Keep tasks inside drafts and open one view of every draft that contains tasks. YOUR WRITING, YOUR CHOICE No Myworkingmemory account is required. Drafts are stored on your device by default. Pro iCloud sync uses your Apple iCloud account. Optional product-use analytics remains off unless you choose it and does not include your draft content. Apple Pencil requires a compatible iPad and Pencil. Spotlight excludes locked drafts and is disabled while app lock is enabled. Existing paid-app buyers receive Pro after Apple verifies their earlier purchase. Privacy: https://www.myworkingmemory.ai/draftlight-privacy.html Terms: https://www.myworkingmemory.ai/draftlight-terms.html

Screenshots

Tably4 screens
Draft Light4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Tably at every 5 days against Draft Light's every 2 months. Draft Light's advantage is device support (5 vs 2). On price, ads, in-app purchases and iOS requirement 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Tably ships an update every 5 days, Draft Light every 2 months. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
Tably versus Draft Light: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTablyDraft Light
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 days — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, Vision Pro — better
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB5 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperSun KimMyworkingmemory LLC

In-app purchases

None

Tably

No in-app purchases

None

Draft Light

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Tably free?
Tably is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Draft Light free?
Draft Light is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Tably or Draft Light have ads?
Neither Tably nor Draft Light shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Tably or Draft Light?
Tably ships an update every 5 days, and Draft Light every 2 months. Most recently, Tably was updated on October 31, 2026 and Draft Light on October 31, 2026.

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