Paintwork vs Super Simple Draw
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Paintwork
Create handwritten notes, diaries, and drawings with a vast array of tools. Features include customizable brushes, vector graphics, a rich color palette, and image import. Export your creations as PDFs or images.
- Customizable brushes and erasers
- Extensive vector graphics tools
- Rich color palette
- Image and material import
- Handwriting assistance
- PDF and image export
- Customizable backgrounds and canvas
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Paintwork is a simple and powerful software for handwritten notebooks, diaries, and hand drawn images. It includes functions such as: brush list (hundreds of brush effects, customizable brush thickness, color, transparency, dynamic strength weights, etc.), eraser list (each brush effect can be used as an eraser), Vector graphics tools (including lasso, vector eraser, vector pen, annotation pen, highlighter, wavy pen, double line pen, text box, illustration, dashed line, horizontal and vertical dashed line, curve, closed shape, text pen, rectangle, ellipse, straight line, arrow, triangle, pentagram, polygon, etc.), and also include many related attribute settings, Color list (with a rich color palette and customizable manual configuration of commonly used colors), copy and cut the content of specified areas on the page, import images or materials, as well as a simple calculator, handwriting assistance, and photo scanning of document files. Unlimited writing, ruler, recognition of text, printing of text, filling, and the ability to export PDF files or images. Supports custom background functionality, custom canvas paper, and more. It can be used to write for classroom or book learning notes, handwritten notes for work meetings, hand drawn mind maps, hand drawn account creation, hand made account book making, writing diaries, recording life thoughts, calligraphy practice, handwritten brush and pencil characters, hand drawn artistic characters, and so on. Supports Apple pencil. Can export images or PDFs. If you have any comments or feedback, please feel free to contact us. Contact email: pw_team@163.com If you like our application, please give us a good review. Thank you.
Super Simple Draw
A minimalist drawing application designed for quick sketches and notes, offering seamless integration with Apple Pencil and widgets. It supports various iPad features and standard iOS sharing, making it as easy to use as a physical whiteboard.
- Home screen widgets
- Apple Pencil gesture support
- iPad multitasking
- Grid and lined backgrounds
- Draw on images
- Save for Instagram
- Undo/redo functionality
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Minimalist drawing app. Supports Apple Pencil (new & old), widgets, both portrait & landscape, iPad multitasking, standard iOS share, the latest devices. Pick up & use. Like a white board or scratch paper. Features: • Widget to show case the latest or favorite drawing on the home screen • Apple Pencil gesture support • Multi-window and multitasking support on iPadOS • Original Apple Pencil support • Grid background and lined background • Draw on top of another picture • Save square images for Instagram submission • Draw in either landscape or portrait • Undo and redo • Standard iOS share/action button (copy, save, send to other messaging/social apps) Perfect for: • Jotting down notes • Illustrate something to friends/coworkers through drawing • Draw/sketch something casually • Tell stories to kids with quick illustrations • Play quick random games with friends (e.g. draw and guess, or any simple board game you just invented) • Practice some basic drawing skills (drawing straight line, parallel lines, circles, faces, etc) Draw for a better world: Super Simple Draw started as a way to reduce the use of papers because we believe that the current environmental degradation and the climate change are pressing issues that demand urgent actions. Now we took a step further: for every ~2000 lines you draw, we plant a tree through a partnership with Trees for the Future. More than ten thousand trees have been planted so far. Learn more at https://trees.theiosapp.com
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Paintwork at none against Super Simple Draw's shown. Paintwork also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 5 weeks) and ratings volume (17K vs 4K). Super Simple Draw's advantage is review sentiment (82% vs 65%). On price, rating, 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. Paintwork sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and Super Simple Draw sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for Paintwork against 4.7 for Super Simple Draw. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 17K and 4K respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 65% of Paintwork's written reviews are positive against 82% of Super Simple Draw's.
Paintwork ships an update weekly, Super Simple Draw every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Paintwork | Super Simple Draw |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (17K ratings) | 4.7 (4K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 65.4% of reviews | 82.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 17K — better | 4K |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 5 weeks |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 200 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 伟典 苏 | Bao Lei |
Customer experience
Paintwork
Super Simple Draw
User reviews
Paintwork
From 17K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🎨 Vast selection of brushes and tools
- 💻 Works well on various devices
- 🎨 Allows for creative expression
- 💰 Free to use with no paywall
Room to improve
- 🔒 Certain features locked behind paywall
- 🐛 Bugs and glitches causing crashes or data loss
- 🎨 Limited color palette and blending options
- 🔍 Lack of intuitive UI and tutorials
Super Simple Draw
From 4K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Easy to use
- 🎨 Good color selection
- 💡 Simple and straightforward
- 🎨 Supports Apple Pencil
- 🎨 Great for quick sketching and drawing
Room to improve
- 🐛 Occasional lag or delay in line drawing
- 🔍 Lack of zoom or detail features
- 🎨 Limited brush/tool options
- 🎨 Could use more color options
Bugs and requests
Paintwork
Reported bugs
3 issues- App freezing or crashing when using certain features
- Artwork getting deleted or not saving properly
- Inability to import or work with external images
Requested features
4 requests- Add more color options and blending tools
- Improve stability and reduce crashes
- Provide more tutorials and onboarding for new users
- Allow users to save and access their artwork easily
Super Simple Draw
Reported bugs
2 issues- In-app purchase issues with ads still showing
- Compatibility problems on older devices
Requested features
4 requests- Add zoom and pan functionality
- Implement more brush/tool options
- Expand color palette
- Add ability to save and load drawings
In-app purchases
Paintwork
- Monthly subscription premium$0.991 Month
- Annual subscription premium$3.991 Year
- Unlock local version$9.99
Super Simple Draw
- Remove Ads$0.99
Questions
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