I use Drafts as the original entry point for most everything I do. With its myriad number of actions there is little it can't do to help me keep track of daily events. This is my goto app to make notes, draft emails (no more oops!, "shouldn't have sent that", make date/time stamped notes (with textExpander), record my spending on the fly and so many other numerous things I don't remember. Oh yes, and to 'draft' this review.A previous review criticised the move to a subscription model in a somewhat negative manner. While I empathise with the pain of numerous subscriptions adding up to exorbitant amounts each month it does cause you to use / pay for only those who return value for money. Drafts is one such app, the payment is easily justifiable in my opinion if it keeps the developer supporting the self and therefore the app going forward.A definite 5 star app in my book.pete.

Draft 4 is a fully featured application that was fully paid for and now looks like at will no longer get updates. The update to Draft 5 has had the power features of Draft 4 ripped out and now the developer demands an exorbitant subscription fee to reintroduce them back into the app. As an individual who has already paid for the original app, I feel exploited and disappointed in the direction being adopted. Why, oh why didn’t the developer add the new features that were introduced, i.e. dark mode and alike as an in-app purchase instead of removing previously existing functionality. I for one will not or never pay the requested amount as it’s too expensive. Please remember the best customer you have is the one you already had - very, very disappointing.......

I much prefer this to Apple Notes. Tags are more useful than folders. I like that the app asks for text the moment I open it. Actions are surprisingly useful, too. No more manual copying, pasting or reformatting.My only gripe is that it’s too easy to accidentally delete your work. Last night, I typed a heap of text into the voice dictation page, and when I hit Cancel, it was all deleted forever. It’s like I was punished for misplacing my text entry.Text, regardless of where it’s entered, should always be saved and recoverable.

I have been buying different versions of this app for years, and I'm fine with that. I think I have bought three of the four different versions, all for between $8-$10. Now the new one comes out and costs as much as buying three of the previous apps PER YEAR. $28 a year may not be much in the scheme of things, but when every app under the sun is doing this, you'll be spending a lot of money very quickly. Let's say you want a good to do list, that would be another $30 a year. How about Argus for tracking activity. $22 a month or $47 a year. Say, I would love to have a nice journal, that will set you back a similar amount per year. Maybe a budgeting app for another $40 a year. Currently, in this situation I would be spending close to $200 a year for just four apps. Where their previous versions would cost you $30-$50 for all four. There's no real need for these incessant subscription services, other than the hope that people will forget/not realise they have subscribed and the company will make some money out of them each year until they remember. I'll be going back to a writing app that doesn't extort money out of you.

This app is perfect for capturing thoughts when they occur - especially good with the Apple Warch. When driving I would have an idea or remember that I needed to do something - might have been listening to the radio or a podcast. Invariably I would forget what it was when I stopped. With Drafts in my Apple Watch, I dictate it into the watch App when I think of it and transfer it into my ToDo List when I stop.

The iPhone app is perfect with nothing wrong but the Apple Watch app has a glitch which is very annoying. I have found when you have used the app for a day, something happens and you can no longer delete a note just after making it. This is very annoying because if you suddenly want to delete something, you can’t. Once this is fixed, this will by far be the best note taking app both on the phone and on the watch.