Get started with Freeform on iPad
The Freeform app gives you a boundless canvas for creativity. Bring everything together, including photos, drawings, links, and files. And invite others to work with you.
![A Freeform board with images, voice memos, handwriting, sticky notes, and files.](https://help.apple.com/assets/6758C0F05C38883A170CE6F4/6758C0F55C38883A170CE700/en_US/c9d958dabae1ff2a0a0921d15bab70d6.png)
Gather ideas freely
You can put just about any kind of file in a Freeform board—an online whiteboard—without worrying about layouts or page sizes. To create a board, tap .
![The Freeform app showing someone being followed, with their view, avatar, and selected item marked in purple.](https://help.apple.com/assets/6758C0F05C38883A170CE6F4/6758C0F55C38883A170CE700/en_US/609e11e60c515a217dad4b96fc9910ad.png)
Collaborate with others
Tap to invite people to start working together in real time on a board. You can add sticky notes
to conduct a brainstorming session or provide feedback.
![An iPad with the Freeform app and its drawing tools menu open. The board includes handwriting and drawings.](https://help.apple.com/assets/6758C0F05C38883A170CE6F4/6758C0F55C38883A170CE700/en_US/ff65cca8177988f8a312e92c9d632c13.png)
Get creative with the drawing tools
Tap (or just use your Apple Pencil) to start drawing. Adjust the line’s thickness, transparency, color, and more, and pinch to zoom in and out as you work.
![A Mac, iPad, and iPhone with the same Freeform board open.](https://help.apple.com/assets/6758C0F05C38883A170CE6F4/6758C0F55C38883A170CE700/en_US/4e137ecb753b5a92269d71b89818b5c9.png)
Start on your iPad, keep working on your iPhone or Mac
The Freeform boards you store in iCloud—and any changes you make to them—stay up to date on all your Apple devices when you’re signed in to the same Apple Account. To use iCloud with Freeform, go to Settings > [your name] > iCloud > See All (in the Saved to iCloud section), then turn on Freeform.
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