Drafts - fast and super-functional note writer

2024 Author: Malcolm Clapton | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 03:44

Drafts is a super-featured note-taking tool for iOS. Its feature is integration with other applications, which allows you to share your notes with almost any service.

You can endlessly look at 3 things: how a fire burns, how water flows, and how new notes and task managers for iOS come out. What makes Drafts different is that it has been on the App Store for over a year and has long enjoyed well-deserved popularity. And its updated version for iOS 7 is something!

When I first opened Drafts, I thought that I was not holding an iPhone, but an Android, since I had not seen such functionality and interaction with other applications for a long time. Drafts allows you to transfer your note to almost any other application, from standard iOS reminders to Evernote and more.

The first thing you see when you turn on the app is a blank sheet and a keyboard. You don't have to choose the notebook you want, write the name of the note (hello, Evernote), everything is much easier and faster. This is really convenient, because situations when we need to very quickly write down an address, parcel number, name or something else often arise.

The Actions function deserves special attention. All applications where you can send a note are located here. Here's a short list:

1. Cloud storage: Dropbox, Google Drive, Buffer.
2. Task managers: Clear, Due, Reminders (iOS), Omnifocus, Things, Calendar (iOS).
3. Notes and notebooks: Evernote, Byword, Simplenote, Markdown.
4. Social media: Twitter, Day One, Tweetbot, Facebook, Google+, App.net.

And this is an incomplete list. Moreover, you yourself can create new actions by writing the URL to the applications that you need. The most popular of them can be found.

Drafts has a special mode called Link Mode. It can be used to make addresses, links and phone numbers active to get rid of unnecessary copy and paste procedures.

Settings are something. I haven't seen such an abundance of features in any other iOS application for a long time. Here you can manage your actions, link accounts and change graphic elements. For example, enable / disable the status bar.

Settings

Actions

Linking accounts

Notes can be sorted into groups: All, Inbox and Pinned (favorites). This is useful if the number of notes exceeds several dozen.

I am delighted with Drafts. Its concept reminded me of an application, the functionality of which is also terrifying. But unlike Launch Center Pro, which will take many hours to master, Drafts can be used without knowing anything about automation.

The $ 3.99 price tag is absolutely justified. The application is polished to the smallest detail, and its capabilities are amazing.