Apple left it to third-party builders to create whiteboard apps on iPad for years. Then it made one out of the blue referred to as Freeform in iPadOS 16. iPhone and Mac variations put the collaborative app on extra gadgets.

But Figma has had sufficient success out there of collaborative whiteboard instruments that Adobe needs to purchase the corporate for $20 billion. Whereas that deal seems to be in jeopardy attributable to regulatory issues overseas, Figma’s curiosity within the iPad as a device is obvious and sure.

The corporate simply dropped a brand new device for iPad referred to as FigJam that places a Figma spin on the Freeform concept. FigJam is Figma’s whiteboarding house, launched in 2021. Now the web whiteboard for groups is immediately on the iPad.

Figma already has a devoted app for iPad, and it feels like an upcoming model will introduce extra of the core Figma options to iPadOS.

Within the meantime, FigJam for iPad is right here to encourage customers to create.

FigJam allows real-time collaboration on whiteboards without cost for limitless contributors. Instruments for sketching, note-taking, and pulling in media are additionally accessible, and the app has the kind of polish you’d anticipate from Figma.

Apart from present within the Figma ecosystem, FigJam’s largest leg up towards Freeform and different whiteboard apps is the massive library of planning and private venture templates.

And whereas the identify FigJam is a beautiful play on Figma’s fruitful identify, “Jam” doesn’t solely allude to what you placed on toast. FigJam additionally features a collaborative music listening expertise proper contained in the app.

You can begin FigJammin’ without cost on the iPad beginning at this time.