Comparison

Draft Light vs Chain

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

Head to head
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 onceβ€”no account, no signup, and no limit on drafts. WRITE FREE β€’ Create, edit, pin, categorize, search, count, and share unlimited drafts. β€’ Format with Markdown headings, bold, italics, strikethrough, links, lists, and tables, then read cleanly with the marks hidden. β€’ Fold sections in long drafts. β€’ Link drafts, follow backlinks, and use a table of contents. β€’ Sketch on iPad with Apple Pencil and an extendable canvas. β€’ Save web links and selected text from the share sheet on iPhone and iPad. β€’ Append Apple Watch dictation to a recent draft on your paired iPhone. β€’ Create drafts with Siri and Shortcuts. β€’ Write in every script, including right-to-left languages. β€’ Export plain text, Markdown, TextBundle, rich text, and Draftlight files, or use the system share sheet. DRAFTLIGHT PRO β€” One non-consumable in-app purchase unlocks all eight Pro tools below. No subscription. See your local price in the app. β€’ Sync through your private iCloud account across iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple Vision Pro. β€’ 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. β€’ Export HTML, DOCX, PDF, JPG, and ePub. β€’ Search text recognized inside attached images and PDFs. β€’ Find drafts with Apple Spotlight, @todo, @images, and @yesterday. β€’ Choose installed fonts for body text, headings, and code, plus line height, writing width, and paragraph spacing. β€’ Use multi-word and nested tags, pin tags, and give tags icons. β€’ 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

About

Chain

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Chain is the habit tracker that takes five seconds a day and makes your progress impossible to ignore. Tick a habit off, watch the ring fill, and keep the chain going. Every habit gets a year of squares stitched like a quilt: colour where you did it, a hole where you didn't. NEW IN 1.3 β€’ A challenge every month: one habit, one month, four days in five wins the badge. This month's challenge is open to everyone β€’ Milestone moments at 7, 30, 100 and 365 days, with an image to share β€’ Insights: this month against last, the habits that lift each other, your best time of day and when each chain hits its next milestone β€’ Log Next Habit in Control Center, on the Lock Screen and on the Action button β€’ A Best Chain widget that looks great in StandBy, and a Lock Screen line under the clock β€’ Ask Siri "How's my chain?" TICK IT OFF FROM ANYWHERE β€’ Home Screen widgets you can tap: tick a habit off without opening the app β€’ Lock Screen ring, line and inline count β€’ "Log Read in Chain" with Siri, or the Log a habit shortcut β€’ A reminder with a Done button that stays quiet on days you've already done it HABITS THAT FIT REAL LIFE β€’ Every day, certain weekdays, or a number of times a week β€’ Amounts and targets: 8 glasses, 20 pages, 10,000 steps, filled in tap by tap β€’ Apple Health ticks off steps, exercise, mindful minutes and workouts for you β€’ Quit habits: count the days clean, log a slip, keep your best on record β€’ Morning, afternoon and evening groups, so the day reads top to bottom MISSED A DAY? THE CHAIN CAN SURVIVE IT β€’ Freezes skip a sick day without breaking the chain β€’ Pause a habit for a holiday and pick it straight back up β€’ Streak Repair patches a missed day in gold when the freezes run out SEE YOUR YEAR β€’ Week grid to log or fix any day β€’ The year quilt for every habit, with totals, best chain and completion β€’ Stats on your best and worst weekdays, perfect days and longest chains β€’ Notes on any day, and a shareable image of your chain PLANS β€’ Free: three habits, the month's challenge (it doesn't count toward the three), the Next Up and Best Chain widgets, the Lock Screen ring, a daily check-in reminder, the last 90 days of the quilt, one freeze a month, quit counters, notes, Siri and Control Center β€’ Chain Unlimited, one payment, yours for good: unlimited habits, every widget, a reminder per habit, amounts and Apple Health, three freezes a month and pauses, the whole quilt, iCloud backup and CSV export β€’ Chain Plus, monthly or yearly: everything in Unlimited, plus three Streak Repairs at the start of every month, five freezes a month, every theme and celebration, the whole challenge library any time, and Insights. Yearly starts with a 1-week free trial for new subscribers β€’ Small extras: Streak Repair and Freeze Pack, five colour themes with matching app icons, and the celebration pack β€’ Bought Chain before it went free? Unlimited is already yours Chain Plus is an auto-renewing subscription. Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase (after the free trial, if you start one). It renews automatically at the same price unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period, and your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours before the end of the period. Manage or cancel any time in your App Store account settings. Any unused part of a free trial ends when you subscribe. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://tensorust.com/apps/chain/privacy/ No account, no ads, no tracking. Your habits stay on your iPhone, and in your own iCloud if you turn backup on.

Screenshots

Draft Light4 screens
Chain4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Draft Light at none against Chain's 10. Draft Light also leads on device support (5 vs 1). Chain's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 2 months). On price, ads and iOS requirement 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. Chain sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Draft Light asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Draft Light ships an update every 2 months, Chain weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 26, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences Β· 3 level
Draft Light versus Chain: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDraft LightChain
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsWeekly β€” better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo β€” betterYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, Vision Pro β€” betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details β€” not scored
Size5 MB3 MB
Age rating12+17+
DeveloperMyworkingmemory LLCMatthew Busel

In-app purchases

None

Draft Light

No in-app purchases

10 purchases

Chain

Subscriptions2
  • Chain Plus, monthly$2.991 Month
  • Chain Plus, yearly7 Days trial$14.991 Year
One-time8
  • Streak Repair$0.99
  • Bloom Theme$0.99
  • Gold Theme$0.99
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  • Tide Theme$0.99
  • Violet Theme$0.99
  • Celebration Pack$0.99
  • Freeze Pack$0.99
  • Chain Unlimited$4.99

Questions

Is Draft Light free?
Draft Light is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Chain free?
Chain is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Draft Light or Chain have ads?
Neither Draft Light nor Chain shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Draft Light or Chain?
Draft Light ships an update every 2 months, and Chain weekly. Most recently, Draft Light was updated on October 25, 2026 and Chain on October 26, 2026.

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