Comparison

Photag vs DrawPlus

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

Head to head
About

Photag

This app offers quick and simple photo editing tools for everyday tasks. Easily crop, annotate, and convert images between formats. It's designed for fast, frustration-free image handling and sharing.

Highlights
  • Crop, rotate, and adjust images
  • Draw, highlight, and annotate
  • Convert between PNG, JPG, and WebP
  • Capture new images with device camera
  • Optimize images for sharing
Features
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Photag is a clean, lightweight photo editor designed for quick fixes, clear communication, and effortless image handling. Whether you’re cropping a picture, marking up a screenshot, or converting images between formats, Photag keeps everything fast and frustration‑free. Edit Your Photos With Ease - Crop, rotate, and adjust your images with intuitive controls - Draw, highlight, and annotate in multiple colors - Add free‑form markings to call out important details - Perfect for screenshots, instructions, memes, and everyday edits Tag Your Photos Photag’s signature feature lets you "tag" your images by drawing directly on them. Highlight key areas, sketch ideas, or mark up photos for work, school, or fun. Convert Images Instantly - Convert between popular formats like PNG, JPG, and WebP - Reduce file sizes or prepare images for sharing with just a tap - Great for optimizing photos for social media, messaging, or storage Capture New Images - Snap photos directly using your device’s camera - Perfect for digitizing documents, receipts, artwork, and more Why Photag? - Fast, lightweight, and easy to use - No clutter, no unnecessary bloat - Designed for quick edits and real‑world workflows - Ideal for students, professionals, creators, and anyone who wants a simple, powerful photo tool

About

DrawPlus

Enhance your images with a comprehensive suite of annotation tools, including lines, text, and effects. Quickly create collages, stitch long screenshots, and read QR codes. Share your visual ideas for fun, home, school, or work.

Highlights
  • Extensive annotation tools (lines, text, effects)
  • Fast tool switching with swipe gestures
  • QR Code and Barcode Reader
  • Photo collage creation
  • Long screenshot stitching
  • Action Extension and iCloud sync support
Features
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A super-helpful image annotation tool for Free! DrawPlus is better than the one in the system. The interface is simple and beautiful. The annotation tool is easy to use. Features: POWERFUL TOOLS: Annotate now including line, dash line, curve line, arrow, twins arrow, curve arrow, rect, text, magnifier, spotlight, clip, blur effect and mosaic tools. DO FASTER & DO EASIER It’s like using shortcut in Photoshop, switch tools ever fast on a touch screen, just one swipe, the tools will automatic expand, keep swiping to switch, then release your finger to select. QR Code Reader and Scanner: The easiest and fastest QR Code and Barcode Reader COLLAGE: Many collage format bright up your photos. LONG SCREENSHOT: Automatically combine your screenshots into one full content image. SMALL WIDGETS, DOING A GREAT JOB Preview, Delete your photos right on widgets page, and the network activity monitor shows your device network status, upload/download speeds, received/sent data, storage in real time. ACTION EXTENSION: Fully support Action Extension, Photo Editing Extension, Edits Sync via iCloud Photo Library, URL Schemes. People everywhere use DrawPlus to help them visually share their thoughts with others. Here are a few ways you can use it, too: FOR FUN Mark up photos of silly, cool, or inspiring things you see and share them via social, email, SMS, and more. FOR HOME Annotate photos of your backyard to plan out your vegetable garden. FOR SCHOOL Share a diagram of the earth’s layers and have students label it with you FOR EVENTS Capture a map, mark it up, and share it with your friends to show them where you'll be. FOR WORK Open a PDF and highlight changes to skip the lengthy, confusing email chains and give clear feedback.

Screenshots

Photag4 screens
DrawPlus4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Photag at 5.0 against DrawPlus's 3.8. Photag also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 64%). DrawPlus's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 6 months). On price, ratings volume, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Photag sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and DrawPlus 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

Photag holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 6 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Photag's written reviews are positive against 64% of DrawPlus's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Photag ships an update every 6 months, DrawPlus every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Photag versus DrawPlus: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPhotagDrawPlus
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings) — better3.8 (6 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better64.3% of reviews
Number of ratings36 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.610.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size26 MB59 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBrandon SteckleinNan Chao

Customer experience

Photag

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

DrawPlus

All ratings6 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral16.7%
Negative16.7%
Written reviews14 reviews
Positive64.3%
Neutral21.4%
Negative14.3%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Photag

One-time1
  • Advertising Removal$1.99
1 purchases

DrawPlus

One-time1
  • Upgrade to Pro Version$0.99

Questions

Is Photag free?
Photag is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is DrawPlus free?
DrawPlus is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Photag or DrawPlus?
Photag is rated higher. Photag averages 5.0 out of 5 from 3 ratings, while DrawPlus averages 3.8 from 6 ratings.
Do Photag or DrawPlus have ads?
Photag shows ads; DrawPlus does not.
Which is updated more often, Photag or DrawPlus?
Photag ships an update every 6 months, and DrawPlus every 3 weeks. Most recently, Photag was updated on November 2, 2026 and DrawPlus on November 4, 2026.

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