Comparison

Drawing Painting Coloring Arts vs DrawPad

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

Head to head
About

Drawing Painting Coloring Arts

This free game allows children and adults to unleash their creativity by drawing their own pictures or coloring pre-designed pages. It offers an intuitive interface for easy gameplay and sharing creations with others.

Highlights
  • Draw your own pictures
  • Color free coloring pages
  • Save and share creations
  • Intuitive icons and navigation
  • Easy gameplay for all ages
Features
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Turn blank-page nerves into finished art. Draw, color, and learn step by step without getting lost in a crowded studio. Make a quick sketch, finish a coloring page, or start a guided drawing lesson in one place. In the app - Draw on a square canvas with Pencil, Pen, Marker, Watercolor, Charcoal, Oil, Crayon, Calligraphy, and Eraser, then fine-tune your look with brush size, marker opacity, undo, redo, and clear canvas. - Pick from a 12-swatch palette or use the full color wheel when you want a custom shade for sketching, painting, or coloring. - Open Color mode and choose from original templates in Botanical, Animals, Still life, and Architecture & landscape, with line art placed on a locked guide layer so you can focus on coloring. - Start Sketch Coach with your own prompt or one of the 12 suggestion chips like a sleeping cat, fern frond, coffee cup, lighthouse, or mountain scene. - Follow a six-stage lesson from Basic shapes to Color and detail, with a ghost guideline that shifts from simple shapes to contour to detail as you progress. - Finish a lesson and get a short critique with one praise line and one next-step suggestion, then share your finished artwork right away. - Save every piece to your Library, filter by Draw, Color, or Lessons, then continue editing, rename, delete, or share from the artwork detail view or a long press. Perfect when You want to draw a fox from memory and need a clear path, not a pile of brush menus. You have 20 minutes before bed and want to color a Spring tulip or a Perched owl, save it, and come back later. You doodled a coffee cup and want to clean it up with Marker, adjust opacity, and share the finished image. You want a child to learn with Sketch Coach using the sleeping cat or owl prompts and keep the lesson on this device. Why Drawing Painting Arts Drawing Painting Arts helps you sketch, paint, color, and practice drawing lessons on your iPhone. What makes it stand out is how the three main modes work like one studio: Draw for freehand art, Color for curated pages, and Learn for guided practice with stage-by-stage tips, a progress bar, and a fading guide. Your prompt, strokes, and critique stay on this device, and if the on-device coach is not available, the curated lesson library keeps Sketch Coach useful instead of blocking you. Paid features Some brushes, templates, and extras are part of Pro, including Watercolor, Charcoal, Oil, Crayon, Calligraphy, the Architecture & landscape pack, iCloud sync, and more layers for free drawing. Free use includes a small banner in parts of the app and an optional rewarded ad for extra Sketch Coach lessons. Notifications are optional if you turn on the daily prompt reminder. Start with Draw, pick a coloring page, or try today’s prompt and build your next artwork one stage at a time. Terms of Use (EULA) - http://www.apple.com/legal/itunes/appstore/dev/stdeula

About

DrawPad

Unleash your creativity with a minimalist drawing app offering realistic brushes, unlimited colors, and easy sharing. Unlock premium effects like neon and glitter through rewarded ads. Perfect for all ages to sketch, doodle, and relax.

Highlights
  • Realistic brushes
  • Unlimited color palette
  • Zoom and pan functionality
  • Save and share artwork
  • Glitter and neon effects
  • Offline functionality
Features
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Turn a photo into drawing practice, or start with a blank canvas. Sketch, doodle and trace on your iPhone or iPad, then save or share what you create. DRAW AT YOUR OWN PACE Choose your brush, color and line width. Zoom in for details and move around the canvas. Erase a mistake, undo a stroke or redo it when you change your mind. TRACE YOUR OWN PHOTOS Import a photo as a reference, adjust its opacity and draw over it. Use the built-in images when you want a starting point. PICK UP WHERE YOU LEFT OFF Your current drawing stays on your device so you can return to it later. Start a new canvas for a fresh page. Drawing works offline, with no mandatory account. SAVE AND SHARE Save an image to Photos or share it from the app when you are ready. ONE OPTIONAL PRO UPGRADE The free version includes ads. DrawPad Pro is a one-time, non-consumable purchase that removes ads and unlocks all effect brushes, including neon, glitter and watercolor. Pro also includes Apple's native drawing palette on iOS 18 or later, with the tools supported by DrawPad. There is no subscription. Restore your purchase with the same Apple Account. Your local price appears in the app. Purchases and ads require an internet connection. Open DrawPad, choose a photo or a blank canvas, and make your first sketch. Privacy: https://myzalife.com/privacypolicy.html#drawpad Terms: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Drawing Painting Coloring Arts4 screens
DrawPad4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: Drawing Painting Coloring Arts at free against DrawPad's free with in-app purchases. Drawing Painting Coloring Arts also leads on rating (3.4 vs 3.2). DrawPad's advantage is ratings volume (86 vs 9) and iOS requirement (17.6 vs 26.0). On price, review sentiment, update cadence and ads 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. Drawing Painting Coloring Arts sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days and DrawPad sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Drawing Painting Coloring Arts holds the better App Store score, 3.4 against 3.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: DrawPad has 86 ratings behind it against 9, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 40% and 40% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Drawing Painting Coloring Arts ships an update every 2 months, DrawPad every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Drawing Painting Coloring Arts versus DrawPad: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDrawing Painting Coloring ArtsDrawPad
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.4 (9 ratings) — better3.2 (86 ratings)
Positive reviews40.0% of reviews40.0% of reviews
Number of ratings986 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 3 months
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS26.017.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size16 MB16 MB
Age rating+44+
DeveloperSandeep BhandariMULTITECHNIQUE BUSINESS COMAPNUY INVESTMENT

Customer experience

Drawing Painting Coloring Arts

All ratings9 ratings
Positive55.6%
Neutral11.1%
Negative33.3%
Written reviews10 reviews
Positive40.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative60.0%

DrawPad

All ratings86 ratings
Positive52.3%
Neutral7.0%
Negative40.7%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive40.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative60.0%

In-app purchases

9 purchases

Drawing Painting Coloring Arts

Subscriptions7
  • Weekly Subscription$1.997 Days
  • Pro Weekly$4.997 Days
  • Monthly Subscription7 Days trial$4.991 Month
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  • Yearly Subscription Sale$14.991 Year
  • Yearly Subscription Special$19.991 Year
  • Pro Annual7 Days trial$29.991 Year
  • Yearly Subscription1 Year trial$29.991 Year
One-time2
  • Forever Pro Discount$79.99
  • Forever Pro$99.99
1 purchases

DrawPad

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$4.99

Questions

Is Drawing Painting Coloring Arts free?
Drawing Painting Coloring Arts is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is DrawPad free?
DrawPad is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Drawing Painting Coloring Arts or DrawPad?
Drawing Painting Coloring Arts is rated higher. Drawing Painting Coloring Arts averages 3.4 out of 5 from 9 ratings, while DrawPad averages 3.2 from 86 ratings.
Do Drawing Painting Coloring Arts or DrawPad have ads?
Both Drawing Painting Coloring Arts and DrawPad show ads.
Which is updated more often, Drawing Painting Coloring Arts or DrawPad?
Drawing Painting Coloring Arts ships an update every 2 months, and DrawPad every 3 months. Most recently, Drawing Painting Coloring Arts was updated on November 6, 2026 and DrawPad on November 2, 2026.

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