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Markup on iPad

You can now draw markups, leave feedback, and approve assets directly from your iPad — same precision and capabilities as desktop, in your hand.

Available in all plans.


How to access VeryBusy on iPad

Open your preferred browser on your iPad. No separate app to install — the same VeryBusy web app works, now with the markup interface adapted for touch.


What works on iPad

Drawing tools — Selection, Brush, Line, Arrow, Rectangle.


Touch gestures

Gesture

What it does

Single-finger tap

Select a markup, place a comment pin

Single-finger draw

Draw a shape with the active tool

Double-tap

Zoom in to the tapped area

Pinch

Zoom in or out

Single-finger drag (when zoomed)

Pan the viewport

Pencil + finger input — both supported

Color and stroke — same 8-color picker as desktop, stroke size 1 to 7

Markups, rounds, and comments — markups persist after refresh and sync to desktop and other devices in real time. Tap a comment in the side panel to highlight its linked markup

Undo — available in the toolbar during an active drawing session, before submitting the comment

Both orientations — portrait and landscape


What's adapted from desktop

Desktop

On iPad

Hover to highlight a markup

Tap to highlight

Keyboard shortcuts

Toolbar buttons only

Spacebar pan

Single-finger drag while zoomed in


Permissions

Same as desktop. Owner / Manager / Editor: create, edit, delete markups. Reviewer: read-only.

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