Comparison

Paintstorm Studio Lite vs Drawing pad

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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!

About

Drawing pad

Unleash your creativity with a user-friendly digital sketchpad. Explore various drawing materials, brushes, and multi-layer support to bring your artistic visions to life, even for beginners. Optimized for a smooth experience with Apple Pencil.

Highlights
  • Refined and easy-to-operate design
  • Variety of sketch materials
  • Built-in brushes
  • Multi-layer support
  • Optimized for Apple Pencil
  • Beginner-friendly
Features
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Drawing pad is a sketch drawing board and drawing software, giving you an interesting drawing experience. Drawing pad has a refined design and is easy to operate. Even beginners without basic knowledge can give full play to their creativity! The app provides different categories of sketch materials to help you quickly get started with drawing. As a drawing software for ipad, Drawing pad has a variety of built-in brushes and super multi-layers, and the experience with App Pencil is better! This subscription will be automatically renewed through your iTunes account, and the renewal fee will be deducted from your package within 24 hours before the end of the current subscription period. You can manage or cancel the automatic renewal at the account settings. Cancellation of the automatic renewal must be at least 24 hours before the end of the current subscription period. If your trial has not ended, the remaining days will automatically expire after you start the subscription. To open the subscription, you need to agree to the following terms Terms of Service: https://linmomoxh.github.io/posts/linmomoxh/fuwu Privacy Terms: https://linmomoxh.github.io/posts/linmomoxh/privacy

Screenshots

Drawing pad3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Paintstorm Studio Lite at none against Drawing pad's 3. Paintstorm Studio Lite also leads on ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (262 vs 26). Drawing pad's advantage is rating (4.4 vs 4.0) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 4 months). On price 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. Drawing pad sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Paintstorm Studio Lite asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Drawing pad holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Paintstorm Studio Lite has 262 ratings behind it against 26, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Paintstorm Studio Lite ships an update every 4 months, Drawing pad fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 19, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Paintstorm Studio Lite versus Drawing pad: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPaintstorm Studio LiteDrawing pad
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (262 ratings)4.4 (26 ratings) — better
Positive reviews24.1% of reviews—
Number of ratings262 — better26
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsFortnightly — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS13.113.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size103 MB52 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSergei Komarov列峰 胡

Customer experience

Paintstorm Studio Lite

All ratings262 ratings
Positive72.9%
Neutral7.3%
Negative19.8%
Written reviews141 reviews
Positive24.1%
Neutral13.5%
Negative62.4%

Drawing pad

All ratings26 ratings
Positive84.6%
Neutral7.7%
Negative7.7%

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

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Paintstorm Studio Lite

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Drawing pad

Subscriptions2
  • Plus Version3 Days trial$1.991 Month
  • Quarterly Version3 Days trial$4.493 Months
One-time1
  • Pro Version$9.99

Questions

Is Paintstorm Studio Lite free?
Paintstorm Studio Lite is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Drawing pad free?
Drawing pad is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Paintstorm Studio Lite or Drawing pad?
Drawing pad is rated higher. Paintstorm Studio Lite averages 4.0 out of 5 from 262 ratings, while Drawing pad averages 4.4 from 26 ratings.
Do Paintstorm Studio Lite or Drawing pad have ads?
Drawing pad shows ads; Paintstorm Studio Lite does not.
Which is updated more often, Paintstorm Studio Lite or Drawing pad?
Paintstorm Studio Lite ships an update every 4 months, and Drawing pad fortnightly. Most recently, Paintstorm Studio Lite was updated on October 19, 2026 and Drawing pad on October 13, 2026.

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