Comparison

Inkpad vs SvgTrace Classic

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Inkpad

Create professional vector art on your iPad with a powerful yet intuitive interface. Draw with precision, manipulate objects, and apply flexible typography effects. Organize your work with unlimited layers and easily import/export various file formats.

Highlights
  • Precision vector drawing tools
  • Flexible typography effects
  • Unlimited layers for organization
  • Advanced object manipulation
  • Gradient editing and Boolean operations
  • Import/export SVG, PDF, PNG, JPEG
  • Apple Pencil support
Features
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Create beautiful vector artwork on your iPad with Inkpad. Draw with accuracy and speed. Quickly align new or existing objects either to a grid, points, or path edges. Alternatively draw freehand bezier paths using the brush tool. Select, scale and rotate hundreds of objects with high performance in real time. Cutout elements of artwork, photographs or patterns with masks. Flexible typography effects. Position text at any angle or to follow along paths. Apply multiple effects to text, with stroke, fill, shadow and opacity all dynamically adjustable. If the over seventy built in fonts don’t quite fit your design, you can import any of the millions of OpenType and TrueType fonts available. Take control with unlimited layers. Feel free to add as many or as few elements in each layer to organise your drawings. Rename, rearrange, delete, hide and lock layers as you draw. Isolate the active layer for easy editing. Adjust each layers transparency independently to get your ideal composition. Powerful editing at your fingertips. Easily manipulate single or multiple elements with powerful scale and rotate tools. Associate individual elements into groups. Interactively edit gradient fills on the canvas. Perform a range of Boolean operations on paths, including Unite, Intersect, Exclude and Subtract Front. Colors to match your imagination. Picking the perfect color is easy with the freedom of the expressive color wheel. Or modify colors using RGB and HSB sliders. Enter the hexadecimal value to precisely match existing artwork colors. Sample colors using the dropper. Store and recall colors from the swatch library. Import, export and sharing. Import drawings from desktop vector applications as SVG and include photos directly from your camera roll, or import PNG and JPEG images from cloud services. Export your drawings for sharing or importing into other apps as SVG, PDF, PNG and JPEG to all cloud storage services. Send drawings as photos directly to your camera roll. Light & dark modes. Light and dark mode system appearances with the option to override the system setting to light or dark mode for Inkpad. Apple Pencil. If you’ve got an iPad Pro or the 2018 iPad, Inkpad works great with the Apple Pencil. Praise for Inkpad. Some of the kind feedback received in emails and App Store reviews: “Works perfect on latest iPad Pro, Apple Pencil.” “It’s really beautiful to use with an iPad Pro.” “Inkpad is one of the killer apps for the iPad.” “Inkpad is my favorite graphics app on any platform. Inkpad is just the right balance of enough power without being too complicated.” “If you’ve worked with Illustrator or Inkscape, this is the vector drawing app to download for your iPad. Especially nice with the iPad Pro with Apple Pencil.” “I love this vector drawing app for its easy-to-use interface and pared-down tool bar. It covers the essentials perfectly and the developers are very responsive to questions.” “Inkpad is my main vector design tool for mobile. This is the app that Adobe Draw should be.” “Thank you guys, I use this app all the time.” “If you used to work with Inkpad in the past you should get this app to continue working with it.” Acknowledgements. Thank you to Martin Coffey, Rita Flores, Yve Müller, Armin Popp, David Rivera, Nicolas Saez, Erick Villagomez, Felipe Villela and Jason Wray for contributing artwork to the ‘Designed with Inkpad’ app preview video and screenshots. Please visit our website to see more of their artwork and for links to their portfolios. History. Inkpad was originally created by Steve Sprang in 2011, but it disappeared from the App Store in 2015. I took over development because my wife Lindsay uses Inkpad and I wanted to ensure the continued development and support of a product we and others enjoy so much. Terms and Conditions: http://inkpad.art/terms-and-conditions/ Privacy Policy: http://inkpad.art/privacy/

About

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.

Highlights
  • AI Enhanced Convert
  • Batch Convert
  • Smart Color Detection
  • Black and White Conversion
  • SVG Manual Editor
  • Import JPEG, PNG, WEBP
  • Export to SVG, PNG
Features
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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

Screenshots

SvgTrace Classic4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Inkpad at Free against SvgTrace Classic's $12.99. Inkpad also leads on review sentiment (57% vs 41%). SvgTrace Classic's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and chart position (#76 vs unranked). On rating, ratings volume, ads and iOS requirement 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Inkpad is free to download; SvgTrace Classic costs $12.99 up front. Inkpad sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. SvgTrace Classic asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

SvgTrace Classic holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 421 and 178 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 57% of Inkpad's written reviews are positive against 41% of SvgTrace Classic's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Inkpad ships an update every 5 weeks, SvgTrace Classic every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
Inkpad versus SvgTrace Classic: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterInkpadSvgTrace Classic
PriceFree — better$12.99
Rating4.3 (421 ratings)4.5 (178 ratings) — better
Positive reviews57.3% of reviews — better41.4% of reviews
Number of ratings421 — better178
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
Best chart rank—#76 — better
DevicesiPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS13.413.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size29 MB150 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperEnvozaSvgTrace

Customer experience

Inkpad

All ratings420 ratings
Positive83.1%
Neutral2.6%
Negative14.3%
Written reviews157 reviews
Positive57.3%
Neutral11.5%
Negative31.2%

SvgTrace Classic

All ratings175 ratings
Positive85.1%
Neutral3.4%
Negative11.4%
Written reviews29 reviews
Positive41.4%
Neutral6.9%
Negative51.7%

User reviews

Inkpad

From 421 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Intuitive and efficient interface
  • 🚀 Powerful vector illustration capabilities
  • 💡 Seamless integration with Apple Pencil
  • 🔧 Versatile for various design projects
  • 💡 Affordable alternative to desktop software

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Occasional performance issues and crashes
  • 🔒 Subscription-only model, no longer a one-time purchase
  • 🔒 Restricted access to previous work without subscription
  • 💡 Lack of comprehensive tutorials and documentation
  • 💡 Missing advanced features like canvas rotation

SvgTrace Classic

From 178 App Store ratings

What 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

Inkpad

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Distortion issues when importing SVG files
  • Inability to access previous work without subscription
  • Grayed-out options and functionality after updates

Requested features

5 requests
  • Improved file management with folders
  • Addition of a brush tool with customizable ends
  • Inclusion of an isometric grid and dimension tools
  • Support for more cloud storage services beyond Dropbox
  • In-app palm rejection for a better drawing experience

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

2 purchases

Inkpad

Subscriptions2
  • Inkpad Monthly1 Month trial$1.991 Month
  • Inkpad Yearly1 Month trial$9.991 Year
None

SvgTrace Classic

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Inkpad free?
Inkpad is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is SvgTrace Classic free?
SvgTrace Classic costs $12.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Inkpad or SvgTrace Classic?
SvgTrace Classic is rated higher. Inkpad averages 4.3 out of 5 from 421 ratings, while SvgTrace Classic averages 4.5 from 178 ratings.
Do Inkpad or SvgTrace Classic have ads?
Neither Inkpad nor SvgTrace Classic shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Inkpad or SvgTrace Classic?
Inkpad ships an update every 5 weeks, and SvgTrace Classic every 2 weeks. Most recently, Inkpad was updated on November 1, 2026 and SvgTrace Classic on November 3, 2026.

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