Comparison

Infinite Painter vs Scratch Paper

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

Head to head
About

Infinite Painter

Create stunning digital art with a powerful painting, sketching, and drawing app. It offers a vast array of brushes, intuitive tools, and advanced features for artists of all skill levels. Share your creations with time-lapse recordings and enjoy a seamless creative workflow.

Highlights
  • Hundreds of built-in and custom brushes
  • Intuitive and customizable interface
  • Advanced layer management
  • Time-lapse recording
  • Perspective guides
  • Selection and transformation tools
  • Color correction and filters
Features
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Experience one of the best-designed painting, sketching, and drawing apps created for iPad and iPhone. Used by millions, this award-winning app brings a rich, powerful feature set to artists of all levels, whether art is your hobby, passion or career. HIGHLIGHTS - Best-in-class pencils - Minimal and intuitive interface - Easily group layers - Share Time-lapse recordings with your social networks - Convert any stroke into an editable shape REIMAGINING BRUSHES - Hundreds of built-in brushes: Airbrushes, Calligraphy, Chalk, Charcoal, Glow, Lasso Fills, Pencils, Markers, Oil Paint, Paint Splatter, Spray Paint, Screentones, and Watercolor - Realistic brush to canvas interaction - Over 100 customizable settings for every brush - Organize and share your favorite brushes and brush sets - Designed for the Apple Pencil with full pressure and tilt support - Apply real-time color adjustments and live filters to any brush - Sample lower layers when blending - Import and export custom brushes and sets GETTING THE MOST OUT OF YOUR SPACE - More canvas, less clutter with a clean, customizable interface - Assign finger functions separate from the Apple Pencil - Expand and collapse layers with a flick - Dock brushes and brush settings for quick, easy editing - Quick access eyedropper - Rotate and flip canvas - Group layers with a pinch MAKING ART LESS WORK - Pin tools and actions to the main interface - Pull the color wheel right on the canvas with two fingers - Add multiple reference images - Lighting-fast saving and loading - Step back in time with Project History DIVERSIFYING TOOLS - Simple or complex symmetry with Radial or Kaleidoscope - Draw with precision using Guides or Shapes - Smart shape detection by pausing when drawing - Innovative Hatching guide NEVER LOSING PERSPECTIVE - Design 3D cityscapes with five different perspective guides or a standard 2D grid - Drag Rectangle and Circle shapes in perspective PIXEL-PERFECT EDITING - Seamless pattern projects - Selection tools: Lasso, Rectangle, Circle, Poly, Path, Wand, Brush, and Color Range - Industry-leading Transformations - Transform multiple layers at once - Gradient and Pattern Fill tools - Target separate layers or all layers with Fill tools - Drag with Fill tool or Magic Wand for live tolerance adjustment - Bring your painting to life with Time-lapse - Canvas Navigator with flip and grayscale support (for proportions and value checking) - Clone tool with offset - Tools for pattern creation EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO CREATE - 64-bit color when painting - Layer support with 30 blend modes - Masks for layers, adjustments, and groups - Clipping masks - Gradient map, Color Curves, and Filter layers - Industry-leading color correction - Over 40 live Filters - Focus and Tilt-shift masking - Liquify - Crop and Resize tool - Pattern and Array tools - Powerful selection workspace - Photoshop®-like smart layers for multiple transformations without loss of quality - Solo & Trace modes - Print presets & CMYK color modes ACCELERATE YOUR WORKFLOW - Import from Photos, Camera, Clipboard, or Image Search - Search over 1 million free for commercial-use images - Export images as JPG, PNG, ZIP, layered PSD files, or Painter projects - Share artwork to Infinite Painter's ever-growing community and see what others are creating, #InfinitePainter WHAT’S FREE? - 7 days to try out everything - 5 layers at the device resolution - Solid Fill, Lasso selection, Basic Transform and Symmetry - Seamless pattern projects - All the built-in brushes and brush editing - Smart shape detection WHAT’S PRO? - HD canvas sizes and tons of layers* - Adjustments and live Filter layers - Layer groups - Layer masks - Over 40 powerful, professional tools * Maximum number of layers depends on the canvas size and your device TAKE INFINITE PAINTER WITH YOU See what you can do.

About

Scratch Paper

This app provides an infinite digital canvas for immediate drawing and sketching. It eliminates the need for file management or complex settings, allowing users to start creating instantly and zoom without limits.

Highlights
  • Infinite canvas
  • Instant drawing
  • Zoom without limits
  • No file picker
  • No complicated options
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Scratch Paper is always ready for you, just like real paper. Open the app and start drawing right away. But it's better than paper because it's infinite. You can zoom and draw without limits. There is no file picker and no complicated options. Each drawing lasts as long as your window.

Screenshots

Infinite Painter4 screens
Scratch Paper1 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Infinite Painter at 4.1 against Scratch Paper's 3.2. Infinite Painter also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 3 months) and ratings volume (10K vs 66). Scratch Paper's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 5) and iOS requirement (14.0 vs 16.0). On price, ads and device support 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. Infinite Painter sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Scratch Paper asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Infinite Painter holds the better App Store score, 4.1 against 3.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Infinite Painter has 10K ratings behind it against 66, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 67% of Infinite Painter's written reviews are positive against 43% of Scratch Paper's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Infinite Painter ships an update every 2 weeks, Scratch Paper every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Infinite Painter versus Scratch Paper: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterInfinite PainterScratch Paper
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.1 (10K ratings) — better3.2 (66 ratings)
Positive reviews67.4% of reviews — better43.1% of reviews
Number of ratings10K — better66
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterEvery 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.014.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size108 MB0 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperSean BrakefieldDan Mitu

Customer experience

Infinite Painter

All ratings10,188 ratings
Positive78.6%
Neutral6.9%
Negative14.5%
Written reviews1,777 reviews
Positive67.4%
Neutral13.4%
Negative19.2%

Scratch Paper

All ratings61 ratings
Positive47.5%
Neutral13.1%
Negative39.3%
Written reviews51 reviews
Positive43.1%
Neutral19.6%
Negative37.3%

User reviews

Infinite Painter

From 10K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Smooth brushstrokes
  • 👍 Intuitive and easy to use
  • 💎 Powerful and feature-rich
  • 🎨 Excellent brush and color selection
  • 🖌️ Realistic painting experience

Room to improve

  • 🔒 Layers locked behind paywall
  • 🐛 Frequent crashes and stability issues
  • 🔍 Lack of clear instructions and guidance
  • 🔋 High battery consumption
  • 💰 Expensive compared to alternatives

Scratch Paper

From 66 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Simple and intuitive interface
  • 🚀 Fast launch and performance
  • 🆓 Free with no ads
  • ✍️ Good Apple Pencil support
  • 💡 Minimalistic design

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Limited zoom out functionality
  • 🐛 Inconsistent saving of work
  • 🐛 App crashes frequently
  • 🐛 Dark mode export issues
  • 🐛 Tools hide menu items

Bugs and requests

Infinite Painter

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Layers disappearing or becoming corrupted
  • Brush behavior changing unexpectedly
  • Canvas resizing causing crashes
  • Inability to export projects properly

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add text tool
  • Improve layer management and organization
  • Implement better palm rejection
  • Allow more customization of UI and tools
  • Add support for Photoshop brushes

Scratch Paper

Reported bugs

15 issues
  • Cannot zoom out enough
  • Tools hide menu items
  • App crashes constantly
  • App won't open
  • Notes disappear
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  • Zoom functionality is limited/doesn't work
  • Saving issues (work disappears)
  • Dark mode export results in invisible writing
  • Delete prompt unresponsive in multitasking
  • App crashes on launch
  • App closes randomly
  • Canvas doesn't extend up or left
  • White pen not visible when saved as picture in dark mode
  • Exporting in dark mode results in a black canvas
  • Drawing settings (e.g., draw only with pencil) don't save

Requested features

12 requests
  • Ability to zoom out further
  • Fix dark mode export bug (white pen on white background)
  • Auto-save functionality
  • Option to always draw with Apple Pencil
  • Double tap to undo
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  • Single button to clear everything
  • Shape recognition for flowcharts
  • Add sizing options (inches, etc.)
  • Save and import drawings
  • Ability to move left and up for true infinite canvas
  • Undo/redo with two/three finger tap
  • Hideable toolbars

In-app purchases

5 purchases

Infinite Painter

One-time5
  • Get Everything!$3.99
  • Get Everything! (iPhone-only)$4.99
  • Get Everything$6.99
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  • Get Everything (Trial Discount)$7.99
  • Get Everything$9.99
None

Scratch Paper

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Infinite Painter free?
Infinite Painter is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Scratch Paper free?
Scratch Paper is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Infinite Painter or Scratch Paper?
Infinite Painter is rated higher. Infinite Painter averages 4.1 out of 5 from 10K ratings, while Scratch Paper averages 3.2 from 66 ratings.
Do Infinite Painter or Scratch Paper have ads?
Neither Infinite Painter nor Scratch Paper shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Infinite Painter or Scratch Paper?
Infinite Painter ships an update every 2 weeks, and Scratch Paper every 3 months. Most recently, Infinite Painter was updated on November 5, 2026 and Scratch Paper on November 3, 2026.

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