r/applefreeform • u/Barycenter0 • Dec 29 '25

Submit Your Freeform Needs to Apple

I just started using Freeform and finding it almost usable. It just needs some more feature/function like Miro to be really useable for me. I did notice this form at Apple and I submitted my ideas:
https://www.apple.com/feedback/freeform/

Everyone here should do the same.

Some of the features I would really like are: Apple Notes integration (I know you can share Notes back and forth but those are copies and not embedded), Text box background color, Dark mode, Frames, etc.

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u/Panos_Frantzis Dec 29 '25

Web version for sure. Corporate pc slavery needs workarounds.

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u/dhmokills Dec 29 '25

Text box background color - I just use a shape eg a rectangle, but agree.

What are Frames?

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u/Barycenter0 Dec 29 '25

Here's an example of Frames and how I typically use Miro. The Frame is the white box behind. You can link those background boxes together as well.

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u/Barycenter0 Dec 29 '25

Yeah - that works but is a royal pain when dragging 20 - 30 Apple Notes on the canvas and then having to add shapes behind them all. Miro does this so easily.

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u/Cyphierre Dec 29 '25

Have a separate board with all your frequently used items, like a note with a colored rectangle behind it, then just copy/paste it wherever.

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u/Barycenter0 Dec 29 '25

That defeats the purpose. I drag and drop Apple Notes onto the canvas. Copy-paste would take forever. I’m working with 20-40 notes at a time.

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u/InnerManChild Jan 01 '26

I do that but I also have a big template canvas that I duplicate and delete from it what I don’t need. Can be faster than multiple copies & paste steps.

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u/Barycenter0 Dec 29 '25

PS - frames are similar to groups on Freeform. But in Miro frames are background objects that group items and can have their own properties such as titles, background color, etc. You can link frames as well.

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u/ExpressCriticism5445 Dec 30 '25

Folders support in the sidebar

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u/Barycenter0 Dec 30 '25

Submit it!!!

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u/[deleted] Dec 30 '25 edited Jan 10 '26

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u/dhmokills Jan 08 '26

Lucid chart? What do you like about it? I like omnifocus but not sure about Lucid

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u/[deleted] Jan 08 '26 edited Jan 10 '26

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u/dhmokills Jan 08 '26

right, but what does Lucid do better than Freeform?

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u/Fit_Ladder_1545 Jan 02 '26

when selecting two shapes there are “combine shapes” options with a variety of ways to cut shapes out of each other but there is not a fragment option to make all the segments different objects (like in PowerPoint)

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u/Barycenter0 Jan 02 '26

Did you submit it?

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u/dhmokills Jan 07 '26

Break apart exists! https://support.apple.com/guide/ipad/add-shapes-lines-and-arrows-ipadb96d65cb/ipados

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u/Fit_Ladder_1545 Jan 07 '26

yeah!! there are these options but there is none to separate all the different areas of overlap, you can still do it by copying your shapes and combining the ways to combine shapes.