Vector & SVG Maker vs SvgTrace Classic
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Vector & SVG Maker
Create professional logos, icons, and illustrations with powerful vector design tools. Easily combine shapes, edit points with bezier curves, and export in various formats. Ideal for artists of all skill levels.
- Point editing with bezier curves
- Combine, cut-out, and intersect shapes
- Import/export SVG, PNG, PDF, JPG
- Complete text engine with 25 fonts
- Custom shape packs and stickers
- Fill, stroke, and shadow options
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Create logos, icons, illustrations, and more using powerful, easy to use features usually only found in professional desktop software. Assembly is the revolutionary vector design tool that lets you imagine and produce quality work in half the time. Skip the sketch book and rough out designs by quickly combining predesigned elements. From basic primitives to ornate illustrations, cut, combine and intersect shapes creating complex groups of graphics. Dive a layer deeper to manipulate your designs further with the powerful point editing system using industry standard bezier curves. Get professional results using powerful tools found in high-end graphic design suites. Design quickly and easily using a simple interface that provides only the features you need as you need them. Output in high resolution JPG and PNG as well as popular vector formats SVG and PDF. Powerful yet intuitive, Assembly is the perfect creative tool. Simple professional vector design for artists of any background or skill level. Just the tools you need without all the bloat you don’t. Design anything, anywhere. = = = = = FEATURES: - Point editing with bezier curves - Combine, cut-out and intersect shapes - Import SVG / PNG / JPG and export SVG / PNG / PDF / JPG up to 8192 x 8192 - Complete text engine with 25 versatile, hand-selected fonts or import your own - Multi-select and nested grouping - Copy, flip and rotate shapes and groups - Save groups and projects to the custom shape pack - Fill, stroke, and shadow options - Convert strokes to fills - Intelligent snapping system for easy shape placement - 21 themed shape packs with over 1,000 shapes - Over 250 fully finished stickers that can be customized, reused and remixed - Create and save your own custom stickers - Share stickers in iMessage - 35 pre-made color palettes - Create and save your own custom color palettes - Eyedropper color sampling tool - Optional use of color or photo backgrounds - Save as transparent PNG - Assembly project file output - Sync projects across devices with iCloud = = = = = ASSEMBLY PRO Assembly Pro is an auto-renewing subscription service that provides professional features to elevate your work to the next level. You can get Assembly Pro for free for 7-days with a free trial. After the free trial you will be automatically renewed to the weekly subscription which you can cancel at any time. The paid subscription costs $2.99 USD per week for the weekly plan, $4.99 USD per month for the monthly plan, and $29.99 USD per year (50% discount off the monthly plan) for the yearly plan. Prices are subject to change. Assembly Pro automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. Your account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period. Payment will be charged to your iTunes account at confirmation of purchase. You may manage Assembly Pro subscriptions and turn off auto-renewal by going to your Account Settings after purchase. Any unused portion of a free trial period will be forfeited when you purchase a Assembly Pro subscription. Privacy Policy http://pixiteapps.com/privacy-policy/ Terms of Use http://pixiteapps.com/terms-of-use/
SvgTrace Classic
Transform raster images into scalable vector graphics with ease. This tool supports various input formats like JPEG, PNG, and WEBP, and can export to SVG or high-resolution PNG. It offers AI-powered conversion and manual editing capabilities.
- AI Enhanced Convert
- Batch Convert
- Smart Color Detection
- Black and White Conversion
- SVG Manual Editor
- Import JPEG, PNG, WEBP
- Export to SVG, PNG
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Are you looking to easily vectorize any logo or graphic? SvgTrace helps you turn any image into a vector file with the click of a button. Easily import any JPEG, PNG or WEBP and export to SVG, PNG (High Resolution) Features: - AI Enhanced convert - Batch convert (Smart Color detection or Black and White) - SVG Manual Editor
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Vector & SVG Maker at Free against SvgTrace Classic's $12.99. Vector & SVG Maker also leads on ratings volume (11K vs 175). SvgTrace Classic's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 13) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 2 months). On rating, review sentiment, ads and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Vector & SVG Maker is free to download; SvgTrace Classic costs $12.99 up front. Vector & SVG Maker sells 11 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. SvgTrace Classic asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.5 for Vector & SVG Maker against 4.5 for SvgTrace Classic. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Vector & SVG Maker has 11K ratings behind it against 175, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 49% of Vector & SVG Maker's written reviews are positive against 41% of SvgTrace Classic's.
Vector & SVG Maker ships an update every 2 months, SvgTrace Classic every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Vector & SVG Maker | SvgTrace Classic |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $12.99 |
| Rating | 4.5 (11K ratings) | 4.5 (175 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 49.1% of reviews — better | 41.4% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 11K — better | 175 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Best chart rank | — | #38 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.5 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 171 MB | 150 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Pixite Inc. | SvgTrace |
Customer experience
Vector & SVG Maker
SvgTrace Classic
User reviews
Vector & SVG Maker
From 11K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Excellent for creating vector art
- 👍 Intuitive and easy to use interface
- 💡 Tons of pre-made shapes and stickers
- 🎨 Allows for creative expression
- 🔥 Great for beginners and professionals
Room to improve
- 🐛 Frequent crashes and freezes
- 💰 Subscription model is too expensive
- 🔒 Difficulty accessing or recovering old projects
- 🔀 Lack of advanced features like layers, gradients, and text editing
- 📦 Limited content updates over time
SvgTrace Classic
From 175 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Easy to use for crafters
- 🚀 Converts images to SVG quickly
- 💡 Saves time compared to manual tracing
- ✅ Works well for solid colors
- 💰 Good value for one-time purchase
Room to improve
- 🐛 Erasing marks erases whole item
- 📉 Poor quality app
- 👎 Not for fine detail
- 💸 Waste of money
- 🐛 Crashing issues
Bugs and requests
Vector & SVG Maker
Reported bugs
4 issues- Projects randomly disappearing or becoming inaccessible
- Severe lag and performance issues on some devices
- Inability to unsubscribe or revert to free version
- Incompatibility with newer iOS versions
Requested features
5 requests- Add gradient fill tool
- Implement a proper layering system
- Allow importing of images for reference
- Provide an eraser tool to edit shapes
- Add animation/GIF creation capabilities
SvgTrace Classic
Reported bugs
23 issues- Erasing marks erases the whole item
- App crashes after a minute
- Imports PNG files at extremely low quality
- Outlines are not clean and look scribbled
- App freezes when selecting an image with too many colors
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- App freezes after 'successful conversion'
- Eraser tool does not erase anything
- Pen tool does not make any lines
- Unable to edit anything
- Conversion is miserable
- App hangs up
- Converted photos cannot be edited as SVG
- App does not work as supposed to
- Does not convert properly
- Edges are not colored properly
- Misses details
- Does not work when 'open photo' is used
- Poorly executed conversion
- SVG design is not crisp
- SVG file does not save to the device
- App version does not work like the website
- Unable to save an image as SVG and upload to Design Space
- Saves as a regular image with no layers
Requested features
9 requests- Fix bugs
- Update the app
- Add support for more complex images
- Improve detail preservation
- Better handling of textures and gradients
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- Allow trial before purchase
- Improve export functionality to save SVG files correctly
- Ensure app functions like the website version
- Improve editing tools (eraser, pen)
In-app purchases
Vector & SVG Maker
- Assembly Pro$1.991 Month
- Assembly Pro7 Days trial$1.991 Month
- Assembly Pro7 Days trial$2.997 Days
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- Assembly Pro7 Days trial2 variants$3.997 Days
- Assembly Pro$4.991 Month
- Assembly Pro$5.991 Month
- Assembly Pro7 Days trial$5.991 Month
- Assembly Pro$14.991 Year
- Assembly Pro7 Days trial$29.991 Year
- Assembly Pro$29.991 Year
- Forever Unlock (Discontinued)$9.99
SvgTrace Classic
No in-app purchases
Questions
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