I’m in the interesting position of considering a new phone. If Scapple is likely to appear on iPhones, that will make the choice to move from Android more clear. However, is there a plan to have Scapple on Android as well?
Hi,
I’m a Scrivener user, and I discovered Scapple a few days ago. I found this app great, and I wanted to acquire it, but I immediately saw the limitation of platform sharing.
I won’t buy this software until an iOS version will be available. I write on the mac, but I want to be able to think freely before, wherever I’m, and with whichever peripherical I’ve with me, at work, at the restaurant, in a coffee shop, during a meal with friends, etc. I want to be able to access to my “korkboard” whenever I want, when I’ve an idea.
In fact, in the meantime, I’m looking at web korkboards, like Padlet, or Popplet. Their functionalities are far from Scapple, and they lack this kind of instinctiveness approach of creation. But they’re accessible from any peripherical with a web browser. But I’ve also a feeling of frustration, loosing my time, knowing I will have to redo the work, not being able to transfer easily the information.
I read that the iOS resources are fully dedicated on Scrivener iOS version. I’m not sure I will use Scrivener on iOS, but I’m sure I will use Scapple on iOS.
Some kind of integration with the future Timeline 2 could be great too, being able to brainstorm on Scapple, move events and infos on the timeline to give structure, and then move to Scrivener, Great!
And I’m ready to pay more than the current price to have both platforms available (Mac and iOS).
Regards,
Pierre
It would be lovely to bring Scapple to iOS, but it will be some time before we can consider doing so. After wasting the best part of five years trying to work with other developers to create Scrivener for iOS, I’m now doing it myself. Once that’s done, I need to finish our next version of Scrivener for Mac (while our Windows developer finishes the Windows version). And then there are some updates I need to make the Mac version of Scapple. So I think an iOS version of Scapple will depend on (1) how well the iOS version of Scrivener sells and (2) whether we can find a good second Cocoa developer to come on board.
Many thanks for your interest!
All the best,
Keith
I knew it was too good to be true, that I’ve been using this superb software on my Mac every day, but only - it seems - in my dreams …
D’oh! And edited. But clearly I’ve now spent so much time coding for iOS that I’m mixing up my platforms…
Thank you Keith for your quick answer. It is not a good one regarding the deadline, but I can live with 
In the meantime, and having looked a lot on internet, I’ve finally decided to work with Realtimeboard web site. Pretty straightforward, very simple, only a few tools, and free for a limited usage. Templates are not bad too. I love the zoom function (like in Google maps, with gestures), and the “infinite” board.
I wish you all the best for your work on Scrivener, Mac, PC or iPad!!
Pierre
I’m really, really craving for Scapple on iOS! I hope this will be L&L’s next big goal after the success of Scrivener for iOS. Scapple is like yin to Scrivener’s yang! And it will be very much at home on a mobile platform, the perfect device for brainstorming.
In the mean time: does anyone have a good alternative for Scapple on iOS?
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It’s not quite the same, but MindNode is the obvious recommendation.
That said, if you have an iPad and a stylus, I’ve actually been pretty satisfied with Paper by 53. It’s more of an illustration app, but it also has some wireframing tools that can be pretty effective, if you want to use it as more of a whiteboard.
Add me to the list of people who would love to buy a version of Scapple for my iPad. 
I would settle for a way to view an existing Scapple file from within Scrivener for iOS, as most often when I want it on the iPad, I’m writing somewhere and just needed to double-check my outline or relationship map.
While you wait for that capability, or an iOS version of Scapple… print your scapple document to PDF and import that into your project.
Scrivner seems to be doing pretty well on the iOS platform. How about it, Scapple for iOS? I really like the simplicity and functionality of Scapple, consider it a compliment that I’m nudging you on this 
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Hi there,
Having Scapple for iOS would be a huge plus, as any of third party solutions don’t allow easy sync (such as Scrivener iOs and Mac OS).
As I know what you’ve been through regarding the iOS version (and the result is quite awesome BTW) and also mac updates, let’s hope you’ll get some time to kickstart it anytime soon.
It won’t make a huge difference, but rest assured that as soon it’s live, I’d buy it 
Agreed that Scapple for iOS would be awesome and is something I would buy.
As my assumption is this is a long way off, in the meantime i have been experimenting with MindMup 2.0.
MindMup is a very stripped down mind mapping tool - limited in features but I have found it great for brainstorming. It does support independent nodes, which is a requirement for me. Also has a storyboarding feature, which I have yet to use but which looks interesting.
The free version saves to Google Drive. It is an extension of Google Chrome, so you need to work from the browser. It works for me on Windows & iOS, so I assume it would also work well on Mac.
Downside is you need an internet connection to use.
YMMV.
Jim
IThoughts for iOS will read. scap files natively.
Why is Mindnode the obvious choice? IThoughts reads .scap files natively, which is as close to native Scapple support on iOS as you’re going to get.
To be perfectly honest… It’s because I missed the post on the previous page saying so! iThoughts sounds great! Thanks for pointing that out!
(I do still really enjoy using Paper, but iThoughts looks like something I could convert to.)
I’m glad iThoughts interests you. Also, iThoughts offers sync, so what you do on the ipad is synced to the desktop. It isn’t as smooth as having an iOS version of Scapple, but it is the least painful.
in the absence of a Scapple version for iOS, i’ve been using Grafio, by TenTouch. it has tons of bells and whistles that i don’t use, but it’s fundamentally a good mind-mapping app, if you keep things simple. it has an infinite workspace, which is nice, and a whole schwack of shapes and connectors. it’s also very informal, in that it allows you to connect or not in whatever configuration you like. again i say, in the absence of a Scapple for iOS, i would recommend Grafio.
I have been using Ithoughts for Apple and for iOS for some time, and then returned to Scapple - for Apple obviously. Scapple is far more intuitive than Ithoughts, and it is such a shame that there is not (yet) an iOS-version - ideally with iPencil-support. What are the prospects in this respect?
Robert
I think ultimately I really need to find another coder to work on Scapple for iOS. The problem is that as a single coder my hands are full with Scrivener for macOS, Scrivener for iOS and Scapple for macOS. Scapple is actually a much more complex app programmatically than it seems to users (or I hope so, since it’s designed to seem fairly simple!), and it would take several months of full-time coding to convert the code for use on iOS. I still really want to bring Scapple for iOS - I think it would work great on the larger iPad Pro, for instance - but I’m afraid that at the moment it is still a “want to do” rather than something we have anything in place for. Finding good coders who can dive in and work from existing code without needing a lot of micro-managing is very hard…
All the best,
Keith