PaintPad vs Drawith
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
PaintPad
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Draw and have fun with this free drawing app. Express yourself with "Paint Pad", a free drawing app for your iPhone or iPad. Draw shapes in any colour by selecting the appropriate colour via the colour palette. If you need to correct something, the reset button is a tap away! Reset any time you want via the reset button.
Drawith
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Online drawing application, you can draw, study and chat with friends or family. Show everyone how cool you can draw or just improve your skill by communicating with other players. Drawings can be saved and loaded.
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Verdict
PaintPad and Drawith are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
PaintPad ships an update every 3 months, Drawith every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on September 18, 2026 and December 16, 2025 respectively.
| Parameter | PaintPad | Drawith |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 18 MB | 414 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Dimitris Papadopoulos | Aleksandr Korovkin |
In-app purchases
PaintPad
No in-app purchases
Drawith
No in-app purchases
