# Drafts

> Quick-capture notes app for Apple devices with text actions

Drafts is a notes app for iPhone, iPad, Mac and Apple Watch that opens to a blank page so text can be typed or dictated straight away. New entries land in an inbox and can be tagged, flagged or archived later. Actions then send the text on to other apps and services, such as a file in Dropbox, a task in Todoist or a page in Notion.

- **Category:** Note-Taking Apps
- **Made by:** Agile Tortoise, Inc.
- **Website:** https://getdrafts.com
- **Runs on:** iOS, macOS
- **Facts last checked:** Oct 9, 2026

## Pricing

Drafts has a free plan. Paid plans start at $1.99 per month, or $19.99 per year.

- **Pricing model:** Free plan
- **Free plan:** Free to use with unlimited creating, editing and syncing of drafts, and running actions installed with the app or from the Drafts Directory.
- **Free trial:** 7-day free trial on the annual Drafts Pro subscription.

| Plan | Price | What you get |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Free | $0 | Unlimited drafts, editing and iCloud sync, plus the actions that ship with the app or come from the Drafts Directory. |
| Drafts Pro | $19.99 per year; $1.99 billed monthly | Create and edit actions, themes and custom icons, workspaces, the AI chat console, Mail Drop and enhanced widgets on all Apple devices. |
| Drafts Pro Patron | $29.99 billing period not shown on the App Store listing | A supporter tier with the same features as Drafts Pro, for people who want to pay more toward development. |

Read from https://docs.getdrafts.com/draftspro on Oct 9, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Drafts before buying.

## Ways to pay less

- **Annual billing costs about 16% less** (Annual discount): Drafts Pro is $19.99 a year or $1.99 a month, so twelve monthly payments come to $23.88 against $19.99 for the annual option. Source: https://docs.getdrafts.com/draftspro
- **Family Sharing on both subscriptions** (Other savings): The monthly and annual Drafts Pro subscriptions support Apple Family Sharing, so one subscription can unlock Pro features for the family group. Source: https://docs.getdrafts.com/draftspro

## Key features

- **Capture first, file later:** The app opens to a new page with the keyboard ready. Entries go to an inbox and can be tagged, flagged or archived afterwards.
- **Actions:** Actions copy, share or send text to other apps and services. Running installed actions is free; creating and editing them needs Drafts Pro.
- **Dictation and transcription:** A custom dictation interface built on Apple's speech recognition, plus transcription of existing audio and video files into text.
- **Workspaces:** Saved views of the drafts list that restore a preferred tag filter, query and sort order. Workspaces are a Drafts Pro feature.
- **Capture from outside the app:** Text can arrive through Siri, widgets, the share extension, a personal Mail Drop email address (Pro) and a Web Capture page for any browser.
- **Automation hooks:** Supports Shortcuts, URL schemes, AppleScript and JavaScript scripting in actions, and Pro adds an AI chat console that can query and edit drafts.

## Good for

- Jotting text down quickly on iPhone, iPad, Mac or Apple Watch
- People who route notes into other apps such as task managers
- Automation fans who script their own text workflows

## Worth knowing

- Apps exist only for iPhone, iPad, Mac and Apple Watch. The Web Capture page can create drafts in any browser but cannot review or edit them.
- Creating and editing actions, workspaces, themes, Mail Drop and the AI chat console all require the Drafts Pro subscription.
- Sync runs through iCloud and needs the same iCloud account, with iCloud Drive active, on every device.
- A subscription bought on iOS cannot be restored on the Mac App Store or the reverse; it carries over only through a shared iCloud account.

## What people say

- **App Store rating of the iPhone and iPad app:** 4.8 out of 5 from 10,800 ratings in the United States, read Oct 5, 2026. This is the store's rating of the app, not a score from ToolGPA. Source: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/id1236254471

## Works with

Dropbox, Notion, Todoist, Evernote, Google Drive, Gmail, OneNote, Microsoft To Do

**Tags:** Notes, Markdown, Dictation, Transcription, Workflow automation, AI features

## Alternatives

- [Apple Notes](https://toolgpa.com/tools/apple-notes): Apple's free notes app for iPhone, iPad, Mac and the web. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/apple-notes-vs-drafts)
- [Bear](https://toolgpa.com/tools/bear): Markdown notes app for Mac, iPhone and iPad with tags and links. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/bear-vs-drafts)
- [Simplenote](https://toolgpa.com/tools/simplenote): Free plain-text notes that sync across every major platform. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/drafts-vs-simplenote)
- [Obsidian](https://toolgpa.com/tools/obsidian): Markdown note-taking app that keeps your files on your device. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/drafts-vs-obsidian)
- [Tot](https://toolgpa.com/tools/tot): Seven-note text scratchpad for Mac, iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/drafts-vs-tot)

## Sources

The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Oct 9, 2026:

- https://docs.getdrafts.com/draftspro
- https://getdrafts.com
- https://docs.getdrafts.com/press-kit
- https://docs.getdrafts.com/docs/extensions/web-capture.html
- https://docs.getdrafts.com/docs/actions/steps/services.html
- https://docs.getdrafts.com/docs/settings/sync.html
- https://docs.getdrafts.com/docs/editor/dictation.html
- https://docs.getdrafts.com/docs/editor/transcription.html
- https://apps.apple.com/us/app/drafts/id1236254471

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