Paintstorm Studio Lite vs Drawing Pad
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Paintstorm Studio Lite
This app offers professional digital painting tools for artists of all levels. It provides extensive brush customization, stroke correction, and intuitive controls to enhance the mobile art creation experience. Discover new possibilities for digital drawing with advanced features and Apple Pencil support.
- Extensive brush customization
- Stroke post-correction
- Apple Pencil support
- Dynamic interface
- Mirror drawing
- Standard tools pack
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Paintstorm Studio is the first iOS App designed not only for simple sketches, but professional digital painting of any level, genre and technique. Paintstorm helps you to discover the magnificence and unleash the full potential of Apple Pencil and brings you to a whole new level of drawing. Creating an art masterpiece has never been so mobile. A major feature of Paintstorm Studio is the array of brushes to choose from. We did our best so that you can easily and quickly adjust the brushes suitable to your painting style. Anyone who has ever painted knows it's hard to overestimate the painting tool and the importance of all the seemingly insignificant details. We tried not to miss any of them. Our goal was to create an intuitive, simple-to-use but at the same time functionally powerful tool that brings the process of digital painting to a new level, making it as comfortable as possible. - Full control of all brush options (Incredible possibilities for brush settings) - Bristle brushes of any form and kind - Stroke post correction (You can take an action on any option. Not only on the stroke thickness) - Parameters binding to the perspective - Dynamic interface (Global interface scale, panels scale, opacity, color) - Custom panels - Full controlled mask-brush (Each brush can work as mask for other brush) - Takes underlayer's color while blending - "Close gaps" function when you fill or select - Dirty brush mode - Stroke stabilizer - Usable color mixer - Different gradient strokes - Mirror drawing - Standard tools pack (Lasso, Magic wand, Crop, Fill, Gradient and etc) - Control of the random amounts - Apple Pencil support (Pressure, Tilt, Direction) Lite version restrictions: - It is not possible to load and save psd files - A watermark is added to the picture Upgrade to the full version and get rid of the limits!
Drawing Pad
Unleash your creativity with a versatile digital sketchbook. This app offers a wide range of drawing tools, customization options, and helpful features like grids and mirroring to enhance your artistic process. Easily share your creations with others.
- Pencil, brush, eraser, marker, pen tools
- Customizable brush textures
- Color fill bucket
- Add text and shapes
- Background customization
- Mirror and grid drawing aids
- Share drawings
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Drawing Pad - Drawing Apps Main Features: - Drawing with Pencil, Brush, Eraser, Marker, Pen. - Customize Brushes with texture. - Fill color with bucket. - Adding Text on drawing. - Adding Shape on drawing. - Change drawing Background with color, texture and picture. - Speed up drawing with Mirror. - Easy drawing with Grid - Share drawing.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Drawing Pad at 74% against Paintstorm Studio Lite's 24%. Drawing Pad also leads on rating (4.3 vs 4.0) and ratings volume (6.9K vs 267). Paintstorm Studio Lite's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). On price, update cadence 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
Both are free to download. Drawing Pad sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Paintstorm Studio Lite asks for nothing beyond the download.
Drawing Pad holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Drawing Pad has 6.9K ratings behind it against 267, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 24% of Paintstorm Studio Lite's written reviews are positive against 74% of Drawing Pad's.
Paintstorm Studio Lite ships an update every 4 months, Drawing Pad every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Paintstorm Studio Lite | Drawing Pad |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (267 ratings) | 4.3 (6.9K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 24.1% of reviews | 73.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 267 | 6.9K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 13.1 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 103 MB | 21 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Sergei Komarov | Minh Nguyen |
Customer experience
Paintstorm Studio Lite
Drawing Pad
User reviews
Paintstorm Studio Lite
From 267 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 💎 Excellent brushes and color mixing
- 🎨 Sophisticated drawing tools
- 🖌️ Advanced interface like desktop apps
- 🖥️ Powerful features on par with desktop software
Room to improve
- 🚧 Cluttered and confusing interface
- 🐛 Frequent crashes and performance issues
- 💦 Annoying watermark on exported artwork
- 🔍 Lack of clear instructions and tutorials
Drawing Pad
From 6.9K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Easy to use
- 🎨 Variety of tools and features
- 💡 Useful for beginners and artists
- 🎨 Good for sketching and drawing
- 👍 Responsive to Apple Pencil
Room to improve
- 🐛 Crashes and glitches
- 💰 Excessive ads and in-app purchases
- 🔒 Limited functionality in free version
- 🎨 Difficult to control precision of drawing
Bugs and requests
Paintstorm Studio Lite
Reported bugs
3 issues- App crashes when opening or switching between projects
- Brush settings and color wheel disappearing unexpectedly
- Inability to save or recover unsaved artwork
Requested features
4 requests- Remove watermark option
- Ability to import photos and images
- Better organization and customization of UI
- More intuitive brush and tool controls
Drawing Pad
Reported bugs
3 issues- Drawing not saving properly
- Lag and delay when using certain tools
- Incompatibility issues on older devices
Requested features
4 requests- Add layers for more complex drawings
- Improve brush and color selection
- Implement undo/redo functionality
- Allow offline drawing without internet connection
In-app purchases
Paintstorm Studio Lite
No in-app purchases
Drawing Pad
- Drawing Pad - Pro Version$3.99
Questions
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