Running Scapple on an iPad

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I had been planning to use a Windows tablet with a BlueTooth KB to run Scapple along with some other touch screen apps. The best options appears to be one of the Microsoft Surface Pro tablets or Surface Go laptops. Then after talking to a friend who is dedicated Apple user, he suggested the small IdeaPad.

Does Scapple run on an IdeaPad. Are there any special considerations like stylus or keyboard?

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The IdeaPad is a Windows device, so I’m moving this to the Scapple for Windows forum.

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Please do not move. I meant iPad but autofill turned it into Idea.

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Ah, sorry.

Unfortunately, there is not an iPad version of Scapple at this time.

FWIW, the iPad + Apple Pencil combination does support a number of freeform Scapple-like tools, including GoodNotes and Apple’s own FreeForm app.

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Thanks. That is exactly the info I was seeking.

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Do you know if/when Scapple will be available on iPad? I use it on my Macbook but would like to be able to use it on my iPad when I’m away from home.

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Hi Gottago, and welcome to the forum.

We don’t comment publicly on future plans, so we have no timeframes to announce on Scapple for iOS at this time.

We are currently beta testing an update to Scapple for macOS.

As Ioa’s beta announcement states:

My recommendation is to set a watch on the forum’s Announcements page so you’ll see when new beta tests are available.

You can sign up for our low-volume newsletter as well for additional updates.

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I suspect that FreeForm may have killed Scapple for iPad. If this is the case, it is a great pity. I tried using FreeForm and really didn’t get on very well with it at all. Scapple is so much better for brainstorming. I’m writing this now because I am sitting at my desk to use Scapple when I would much rather be on the sofa where I am more relaxed and ready to do some wild thinking. And every time I do this, I wonder whether, just maybe, Scapple has finally been ported to iPad. So I try searching in my preferred search engine once more and find myself yet again at this page.

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Indeed it is.

  • Freeform is all a matter of creating and editing blocks and connections.
  • Scapple is a matter of scribbling ideas, and quickly connecting them, with no editing involved.

This immediacy is something that we are quickly going to lose.

Paolo

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Again, I miss Scapple for the iDevices a lot. Freeform is very far from it, missing the same naturalness. It is conceived for something different – a whiteboard, instead of a personal scratchpad.

Obsidian’s Canvas could go nearer, but it is still something conceived more by/for nerdy-minded people. Notes have to have their frame, there are buttons and pop-up menus everywhere, nothing feels smooth. Too much constraint.

We have a fantastic software in Scapple, fantastic pocketable devices with the iPhone and iPad, but there is no way to make them work together. What times!

Paolo

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