Drafts 5 for iOS goes subscription

Posted by Paul Korm
Apr 17, 2018 at 11:09 PM

Drafts has been a sort of mainstay iOS app for people who like plain text editors (markdown mainly). The app included some interesting automation, though It hasn’t received a lot of attention in recent years.

Now, there is a new version—Drafts 5. The release notes / what’s new can be found at the link below. Two things worth noting: there is a hint at a future Mac version. (Sorry, this developer doesn’t do Windows). Second—the custom actions (i.e., macro-like workflows) from Drafts 4 are put behind a paywall in Drafts 5—$19.99/year or $1.99/month. The website says Drafts 4 will be “supported but not in active development”. Meaning, some version of iOS can come along and break it. At least for now the custom actions are still available cheaply in Drafts 4. Since most of the other features in Drafts 5 seems minimal (tags) or cosmetic (themes), it doesn’t seem like a compelling purchase to me. I’ll wait for the technical reviews before deciding.

What’s new:

http://getdrafts.com/gettingstarted/overview