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Version 1.9.2 · 2026-10-22
Fixed a small bug which would prevent you from changing the cover image of a sketchbook.
App Store rating4.3★3 ratings
Price$1.99Listed price
Age4+Store age rating
Size55 MBiPhone download
CategoryLifestyle
DeveloperDuncan Pollock
What we found
Full reportToo little checked to say Store information only. We haven’t analysed this app or read its reviews yet.
Money
- $1.99 to download.
Not yet tested.
The store currently lists version 1.9.2, updated 2026-10-22.
Preview
Store screenshots supplied by the developer.
About this app
App Description
Simple Sketchbook is a distraction-free sketchbook for iPad, designed around the Apple Pencil but will also work with your finger. No subscription. No social features. Just a clean, fast place to draw.
Create as many sketchbooks as you like, each with its own paper style — blank, lined, grid, dotted, or a range of specialty templates. Every sketchbook fills your screen edge to edge, and the canvas stays fixed in space when you rotate your iPad, so your drawing never moves out from under your hand. There is no zoom by design on iPad (iPhone users can double-tap to zoom), just a regular sketchbook page in digital space.
Layers, done simply
Each page supports multiple layers with individual opacity, blend mode, and visibility controls. Bring in photos from your library or drag and drop images directly onto the canvas to use as reference or compose with your work.…
From the developer’s store description.
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Findings and evidence
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Measurements
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Developer replies to reviews
Not assessed
Fewer than 50 reviews scanned — too few to state a rate
Price in the store description
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Cancelling, in the store description
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Themes reported by reviewers
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Five-star share of ratings
Under 65% five-star
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In the app package we scanned
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Sensitive permissions
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How we know
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Versions and dates analysed
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Store update history
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Assessment record
- Status
- Not yet tested
- App identifier
simple-sketchbook- Sources used
- None recorded
- Reviews read
- None recorded
- Package examined
- No package scan
- Human inspection
- Not completed
How we know
- Measurement vocabulary
- 1.4
Store facts
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App Store
- Store rating
- 4.33 ★ · 3 ratings
- Version
- 1.9.2
- Updated
- 22 Oct 2026
- Price
- $1.99
- Age rating
- 4+
- Size
- 55 MB
- Developer
- Duncan Pollock
- Category
- Lifestyle
- Listing price
- $1.99
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Method and limits
What a missing label means
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Limits of this report
- A package scan is static. It identifies code and text in one Android build. It does not measure a live ad session, test a deletion request, or count the steps needed to cancel.
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