Comparison

DrawnIn vs Anjel

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

Head to head
About

DrawnIn

This app offers a unique way to communicate by allowing users to send handwritten notes, doodles, and animated messages. It goes beyond standard text with artistic fonts, custom backgrounds, and creative drawing tools, aiming to make conversations more personal and visually engaging.

Highlights
  • Handwritten notes and doodles
  • Animated backgrounds
  • Customizable text styles
  • Photo tracing for drawings
  • Event creation with moderation
  • Desktop projector integration
Features
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DrawnIn is a great stand-alone messenger but it's much more than that. It's also part of the patent pending DrawnIn Party and Event System where the mobile apps become input and controllers for our Desktop Program Party Projector (coming soon) that creates numerous styles of "Light Shows" from you and your friends or attendee's content. Perfect for conferences concerts, festivals, birthdays, rituals or any celebration. Party Projector delivers messages in style by limo, stage coach and other fancy methods. DrawnIn represents a new breed of social media on a mission to make your communications beautiful and inspiring. We've all had our fair share of little emoticons and plain text but something gets lost in the process—the personality! This means going beyond speech bubbles and cute bubble styles into the realm of art. We believe communication can be more artful, better designed and more fun and also get back to some of the things we used to do such as hand writing and doodling notes. We know that everybody has a different idea of what looks good so we made sure to build in almost infinite variability so you can find the look that's right for you. We are using our patented Art Fountain technology to give your content and infinite life of ever-changing beauty. DrawnIn lets you send hand-writing, doodles and traces as regular instant messages. But that's not all, it randomly generates cool animated backgrounds and renders your drawings in unexpected ways. Sure, we let you type in "regular" messages, but we make sure they look good on the other end, worthy of the feeling you put into your typing, not just the same old boring font and look. The founder of Apple, Mr. Steve Jobs, was a true appreciator of fonts and typography and so we aim to bring a higher level of typography to messaging, especially as DrawnIn evolves over the next year. Features: • Create unlimited distinct Sessions with friends • Choose from stock backgrounds or try using one of the many "generators" from Art Fountain™ to create one-of-a-kind animated backgrounds for your chats and broadcast them to others! • Choose different text styles • Send and receive: Text, Drawings and Photos with Titles and Captions • Switch between Day Mode or Night Mode • Trace Photos for an easy way to create recognizable drawings from things around you...lots of fun! • Create Parties and Public Events (Public Events have special Moderators you appoint to approve or reject content or users before it goes public) • Create protected or secret events that require a passcode to find and/or to enter • Stream content to the Party Projector desktop application for Mac where content is animated in sync with music and you can project it or put it on a high def TV with Airplay • Connect with your Facebook friends • Ninja Mode works for dark theaters or other places where stealthy discretion is required • Draw with over 22 brushes including the new "Emoji" brush that you can customize with any text or Emoji. Perfect for: • Artistic and entertaining chats with friends or groups • Social gatherings • Concerts big or small • Light shows • Conferences • Parties and Events • Weddings • Ceremonies We hope you will enjoy the results of our pioneering efforts in this area. Communicate Expressively!

About

Anjel

This app helps users create an interactive map to record safety experiences and rate locations globally. Users can contribute to a community-driven safety rating system and receive personalized alerts for unsafe areas.

Highlights
  • Interactive safety map
  • Location safety ratings (Safe, Caution, Danger)
  • User-generated safety experiences
  • Personalized safety alerts
  • Share current safety status
  • Anonymous posting option
Features
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At Anjel, we understand how important safety is to you–and we are here to help. Our application is built on one simple concept: working together to keep each other safe. Users like you create an interactive map that records individual safety experiences and determines the safety rating of locations across the globe. Users can subscribe and personalize an alert feature which will warn them upon entering an unsafe area. Free use of the app includes having access to the map’s rating system and viewing your current safety status, which can be shared with family or friends. Honesty is our best policy: Anjel users set up a profile and post a safety rating of their geographic locations using three color coded categories: Safe, Caution, and Danger. Each category has a selection of icons that can be used to describe each individual experience in that location. We are counting on you to help provide the most reliable and up to date information. By creating a profile, you can view safety ratings in your area and mark them as True or False. You can also comment on existing posts in order to share your own experiences in that location. Don’t worry! You can stay anonymous if you want. You may purchase an auto-renewing subscription through an In-App Purchase. • Your subscription will be charged to your iTunes account at confirmation of purchase and will automatically renew (at the duration selected) unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. • Current subscription may not be cancelled during the active subscription period; however, you can manage your subscription and/or turn off auto-renewal by visiting your iTunes Account Settings after purchase • Privacy policy: http://18.216.195.252/privacy • Terms of use(EULA): http://18.216.195.252/terms-of-use

Screenshots

DrawnIn4 screens
Anjel4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Anjel at 4.2 against DrawnIn's 2.3. Anjel also leads on ratings volume (19 vs 3). DrawnIn's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 7) and update cadence (every 10 days vs monthly). On price, ads, device support 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

Both are free to download. Anjel sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $0.49 per 2 months. DrawnIn asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Anjel holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 2.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Anjel has 19 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

DrawnIn ships an update every 10 days, Anjel monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 9, 2026 and June 11, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
DrawnIn versus Anjel: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDrawnInAnjel
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.3 (3 ratings)4.2 (19 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—75.0% of reviews
Number of ratings319 — better
Update frequencyEvery 10 days — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS12.012.0
Further details — not scored
Size80 MB99 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperTechné MediaRoman Marchuk

Customer experience

DrawnIn

All ratings3 ratings
Positive33.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative66.7%

Anjel

All ratings19 ratings
Positive78.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative21.1%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%

In-app purchases

None

DrawnIn

No in-app purchases

7 purchases

Anjel

Subscriptions6
  • Anjel Guard (Students)$0.492 Months
  • Anjel Guard$0.991 Month
  • Anjel Notification (Students)$0.993 Months
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  • Subscription $1.99$1.991 Month
  • Subscription $9.99$9.991 Month
  • Subscription $39.99$39.991 Month
One-time1
  • One Time Search $1.99$1.99

Questions

Is DrawnIn free?
DrawnIn is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Anjel free?
Anjel is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, DrawnIn or Anjel?
Anjel is rated higher. DrawnIn averages 2.3 out of 5 from 3 ratings, while Anjel averages 4.2 from 19 ratings.
Do DrawnIn or Anjel have ads?
Neither DrawnIn nor Anjel shows ads.
Which is updated more often, DrawnIn or Anjel?
DrawnIn ships an update every 10 days, and Anjel monthly. Most recently, DrawnIn was updated on September 9, 2026 and Anjel on June 11, 2026.

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