Comparison

Doodalive 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

Doodalive

Transform sketches into dynamic animations with intuitive tools. Bring drawings to life with animated strokes, create manga, and make notes engaging. Export creations as videos or images for sharing or professional use.

Highlights
  • Dynamic animated brushes
  • Create and animate manga
  • Image and model library
  • Custom sticker creation
  • Animated note-taking
  • Export as video or image
Features
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DOODALIVE: Reinvent the way to interact with your drawings! Transform your sketches into captivating animations with a simple brushstroke, thanks to dynamic and intuitive tools. Whether you are an amateur artist, a student or a professional looking for new forms of expression, Doodalive offers you a range of innovative tools to unleash your creativity. KEY FEATURES: Dynamic Brushes - Bring your drawings to life with a single gesture! - Various effects: movement, rotation, vibration, motion blur, brush to darken or lighten, scrolling, rain, and much more. - Each stroke is animated in real time, without technical skills required. Create and Animate Your Own Manga - Use Doodalive to draw and animate your manga characters and scenes. - Make your characters move, animate their expressions and create visually captivating stories in a few simple gestures. - Whether you are a manga fan or a budding mangaka, Doodalive makes it easy to create cartoons. Image Library - Access a collection of ready-to-use images to enrich your creations in the blink of an eye. Custom Stickers - Have you created a character or object that you want to reuse in other Doodalive scenes? Transform your drawings into stickers very simply. Your personalized stickers will appear in a single gesture in your library. Inspiring Models - Find inspiration with a selection of varied models, ready to be reproduced or personalized. - Use the tool to desaturate the image in order to draw on a layer over it and learn how to reproduce the drawings and improve your skills. Ultra-Intuitive Interface - Create and animate easily, with tools designed to make animation accessible to all. Animated Note Taking - Transform your traditional notes into interactive and engaging animations. -Perfect for students, teachers or professionals who want to make their notes more lively and memorable. Advanced Organization - Classify your scenes into folders for easy management of your projects. - Simply retrieve your exported creations in a dedicated directory in File Share your creations - Export your animated scenes as videos or images to use them in other projects or on social media. - Export your animations in image or video sequences to import them into professional tools like Adobe© Animate or After Effects Instant Results - Your ideas take shape and come to life immediately, for expressive and dynamic creations. Don't let your ideas be limited to simple sketches! With Doodalive, let your imagination run wild and experience the magic of animation. Only one limit, your imagination!

About

Drawing Pad

This app allows users to draw, sketch, and doodle with a variety of tools and brushes. It offers features for photo editing, a coloring book, and the ability to record and share creations. Users can enhance their artwork with stickers, stamps, and frames.

Highlights
  • Drawing, sketching, and doodling tools
  • Photo editing with magic brush effects
  • Coloring book with multiple categories
  • Record and share drawings as video
  • Stickers, stamps, and frames
  • Apple Pencil support
Features
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Drawings is a cool doodling app that allows you to draw, sketch, doodle while you are traveling or just relaxing a home! **Kids Doodle** (NEW) - Creative Kids Doodle brings to life your unique designing experience - 10+ unique canvas backgrounds that you can change while drawing. - You can record your drawing on canvas as a video and share it with your friends - Beautiful preset color palettes: choose one that fits best and fill a picture with colors from soft and muted to bold and lively - Apple Pencil support: enjoy an easy and intuitive process of coloring on the crisp screen of iPad Pro. 1. Doodle Desk! Are you a Doodle Lover? - Yes! Unleash your creativity and create amazing Doodles with getting Drawing Pad. Create beautiful Doodles with different tools like 3D brushes, stickers, stamps and so on. Want to show you doodling skills to your friends/family? Share it on social media platforms like Facebook or Instagram. No happy with your Doodle? Want to give a perfect finishing touch? Drawing Pad comes with smooth erasing, undo, redo & specific brushes for a perfect Doodle. 2. Sketch Desk! You love sketching, but cannot carry your sketchbook, everywhere? Don’t worry install Drawing Pad in your iPhone/iPad and sketch while on a go! You can create beautiful sketches with various brush tools like as pen, pencil, highlighter & so on. Also, you can pick up your favorite colors from the quick colors tool. With options like Undo, Redo and flexible eraser, you can create that perfect sketch. 3. Photo Desk for Creative Editors Are you an artist who also creates beautiful effects for your photos? Drawing Pad comes with Magic brush stroke effects. This allows you to add more liveliness to your photos. Moreover, beautify your photos with a collection of attractive stamps & stickers, vibrant frames, & a cropping tool. You can import photos from Facebook, Instagram, Flickr, & other networks. Export your ArtWork :- You can export your sketches, drawings, & doodles to other physical products like Phone cases, Posters, Cushions, Frames, & many more. 4. Coloring Book - Creative coloring book brings to life your unique designing experience - 10+ categories of unique coloring pages from talented illustrators - with frequent collection updates you’ll always have something new to color - Custom palettes: combine any colors you like to create a matchless work of art Drawing Pad app is always easy to use, but you can enjoy even more powerful drawing features with the auto-renewed subscription. Subscription Terms for Drawing Premium • Length of subscription: Month • Introductory Trial: 3 Days free trial • Price of subscription: 3 Day Free Trial then $8.99 / month • Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase • The account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period, & identify the cost of the renewal • Subscriptions may be managed by the user & auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user's Account Settings after purchase • Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period • Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to that publication, where applicable. • Subscriptions will be charged to your credit card through your iTunes account. Your subscription will automatically renew unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of your current subscription, & you can cancel a subscription during the active period. You can manage your subscription at any time, either by viewing your account in iTunes from your Mac or PC or Account Settings on your device after purchase. Privacy Policy: https://drawingsdesk.com/privacy-policy/ Terms of Use: https://drawingsdesk.com/terms-of-use/

Screenshots

Doodalive4 screens
Drawing Pad4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Doodalive at 100% against Drawing Pad's 44%. Drawing Pad's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (weekly vs every 2 months). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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. Doodalive sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and Drawing Pad sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

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 99K ratings behind it against 16, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 100% of Doodalive's written reviews are positive against 44% of Drawing Pad's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Doodalive ships an update every 2 months, Drawing Pad weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Doodalive versus Drawing Pad: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDoodaliveDrawing Pad
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (16 ratings)4.3 (99K ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better43.6% of reviews
Number of ratings1699K — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsWeekly — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size104 MB413 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKiwisAppSunny Side Hurricane LLC

Customer experience

Doodalive

All ratings13 ratings
Positive84.6%
Neutral0.0%
Negative15.4%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Drawing Pad

All ratings99,270 ratings
Positive82.2%
Neutral5.4%
Negative12.4%
Written reviews932 reviews
Positive43.6%
Neutral4.8%
Negative51.6%

Bugs and requests

Doodalive

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Drawing Pad

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Drawings not saving properly
  • Frequent crashes and freezes
  • Unresponsive touch controls

Requested features

4 requests
  • More drawing tools and customization options
  • Ability to save and export drawings
  • Smoother performance and fewer bugs
  • More affordable pricing model

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Doodalive

One-time10
  • SnowFree
  • ChristmasFree
  • New Year PackFree
Show 7 more
  • Jack o'lanternFree
  • Magic$0.99
  • Candle$0.99
  • Petals$0.99
  • Halloween Spells$2.99
  • Dia de muertos$2.99
  • Fire$2.99
10 purchases

Drawing Pad

Subscriptions10
  • Weekly Subscription3 Days trial$2.997 Days
  • Weekly Subscription3 Days trial$4.997 Days
  • Lite Weekly Trial3 Days trial$4.997 Days
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  • Pro Weekly Offer3 Days trial$6.997 Days
  • Drawing Pad Subscriptions3 Days trial$8.991 Month
  • Pro Weekly Trial3 Days trial$9.997 Days
  • Pro Weekly3 Days trial$9.997 Days
  • Lite Weekly3 Days trial$9.997 Days
  • Yearly subscription3 Days trial$49.991 Year
  • Lite Yearly3 Days trial$49.991 Year

Questions

Is Doodalive free?
Doodalive is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Drawing Pad free?
Drawing Pad is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Doodalive or Drawing Pad?
Drawing Pad is rated higher. Doodalive averages 4.0 out of 5 from 16 ratings, while Drawing Pad averages 4.3 from 99K ratings.
Do Doodalive or Drawing Pad have ads?
Doodalive shows ads; Drawing Pad does not.
Which is updated more often, Doodalive or Drawing Pad?
Doodalive ships an update every 2 months, and Drawing Pad weekly. Most recently, Doodalive was updated on November 2, 2026 and Drawing Pad on November 7, 2026.

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