Our Verdict
Boasts enough useful features to be worth considering, even if you already have Drafts.
For
- Markdown toolbar
- Customisable character bar
- Ease of use
Against
- No cross-device sync
- No landscape support
Why you can trust Creative Bloq
First there was built-in Notes, and then we rejoiced at Drafts, and now Scratch has arrived in a blaze of glory, and we're rejoicing again - but for different reasons.
Scratch is primarily designed for quickly jotting down ideas. When you’re done with a note, you can export it through email, message or Twitter, create a new Dropbox file or append the text to an existing one, or open the content in another app on your device. Tap the 'delete' icon and the note is sent to a searchable reverse-chronological history, easily accessed with a clock icon.
So far so Drafts, but Scratch does have some tricks that nudge it ahead of its rival. The toolbar above the keyboard can be swiped, revealing a customisable character bar. Another swipe and you get a Markdown toolbar. There's no Markdown visual preview, but this toolbar alone propels Scratch ahead of Drafts for advocates of the popular mark-up language.
But there's no cross-device sync, landscape support is entirely missing, and it has fewer sharing options. So why not get both?
Key info
- Price: £1.99 / $2.99
- Works with: iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch
- Optimised for iPhone 5? Yes
- Version: 1.2.1
- App size: 1.7MB
- Developer: Karbon
- Age rating: 4+
This review originally featured in Tap! Magazine issue 22.
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out of 10
Boasts enough useful features to be worth considering, even if you already have Drafts.
The Creative Bloq team is made up of a group of design fans, and has changed and evolved since Creative Bloq began back in 2012. The current website team consists of eight full-time members of staff: Editor Georgia Coggan, Deputy Editor Rosie Hilder, Ecommerce Editor Beren Neale, Senior News Editor Daniel Piper, Editor, Digital Art and 3D Ian Dean, Tech Reviews Editor Erlingur Einarsson and Ecommerce Writer Beth Nicholls and Staff Writer Natalie Fear, as well as a roster of freelancers from around the world. The 3D World and ImagineFX magazine teams also pitch in, ensuring that content from 3D World and ImagineFX is represented on Creative Bloq.