Support

Open dab-dab → Settings → Restore purchase, or use Restore on the unlock screen. Make sure you are signed in with the Apple Account used for the purchase. A lifetime unlock bought in an earlier version of dab-dab is recognised too, so updating never asks you to buy again.

Subscriptions are managed by Apple in iOS Settings → your name → Subscriptions → dab-dab+. A lifetime unlock is a one-time purchase and does not renew.

dab-dab is free to use every day: write, draw, add photos, keep your whole Year Wall, and make your first tape and your first stamp. dab-dab+ adds more room on every page, all the writing fonts, the full drawing kit, every paper, advanced photo craft, and your page and sticker tins on the home screen. The unlock screen in the app always shows the current list and the price in your own currency.

Nothing you made is taken away. Your pages, notes, drawings and photos stay where they are, and tapes and stamps you have already made stay yours to use. Making or changing more of the extras needs dab-dab+ again, and picks up where you left off if you re-subscribe.

Open the menu at the top right and choose Share. Pick Page, Square or Story, then Share to send it anywhere, or Save to put it in your Photos. dab-dab never uploads anything itself.

Touch and hold your Home Screen, tap +, and search for dab-dab. With dab-dab+ the Today widget shows your page and the Open Tin widget puts a sticker tin on your Home Screen. Without it, the Today widget is a quiet invitation: the date and a way straight into drawing or writing.

dab-dab keeps its working data on your device. A regular iCloud or computer backup is what carries the journal to a new device; there is no separate server copy for us to recover.

Yes. dab-dab is universal across iPhone and iPad, with the page adapting to the available space.

Read the full policy on our dedicated privacy page. It explains what stays on-device, how backups fit into that picture, and what happens when you share something.