ToyPen vs Draw A Rocket Lite
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ToyPen
This is a straightforward digital painting application designed for quick sketches and notes. It offers an intuitive color selection system and allows for overlaying designs with sketches. Images can be resized for easy sharing.
- Simple painting software
- Brief sketching and memo functionality
- Easy color selection
- Overlay design and sketch
- Adjustable image size
- Ten-level undo function
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It is simple painting software. Convenient for brief sketching and memo. Color is displayed when you choose the 1st color and the 2nd color, it is very easy. You can overlay or separately display a design and sketch. Image size is change to small and am convenient to attach it to an email. The undo is to ten times.
Draw A Rocket Lite
Explore the galaxy and develop your drawing skills by creating rockets and vehicles. This version features spacemen, rockets, and moon-buggies to draw and drive across alien worlds. It's designed by educators to foster creativity and online safety for children.
- Develop drawing confidence
- Explore the galaxy
- Draw spacemen, rockets, and moon-buggies
- Drive vehicles to alien worlds
- Child-friendly design
- Focus on online safety
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Develop drawing confidence as you explore the galaxy. Lite version showcases spaceman, rocket & moon-buggies to draw and drive to two alien worlds. In the full version draw your way past aliens, lasers and fire pits whilst using your problem solving skills! In space you need to be creative to survive!! The MadeByEducators Project design apps with children we know in mind. As educators we are committed to maintaining a high level of online safety for children, parents and teachers. We are upfront about what our apps contain, so there are no hidden surprises. Child friendly apps - No in-app purchases - No third-party advertising - No social media integration - No collection or sharing of personal information
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Draw A Rocket Lite at 4.3 against ToyPen's 3.0. Draw A Rocket Lite also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and ratings volume (6 vs 2). ToyPen's advantage is update cadence (every 10 months vs every 21 months) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 12.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Draw A Rocket Lite holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 6 respectively.
ToyPen ships an update every 10 months, Draw A Rocket Lite every 21 months. Both last shipped on November 2, 2026.
| Parameter | ToyPen | Draw A Rocket Lite |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (2 ratings) | 4.3 (6 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 66.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 6 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 10 months — better | Every 21 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 8 MB | 13 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Masanori Shiomi | madebyeducators |
Customer experience
ToyPen
Draw A Rocket Lite
In-app purchases
ToyPen
No in-app purchases
Draw A Rocket Lite
No in-app purchases
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