Draw One for iMessage vs GameFox
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Draw One for iMessage
Engage in a fun drawing and guessing game with friends and family. Take turns creating doodles from a wide selection of words and challenge others to guess what you've drawn.
- Doodle and guess words
- Hundreds of word possibilities
- Turn-based gameplay
- Designed for iMessage
- Lightweight and easy to use
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Everyone likes to doodle, some even mastered it to be a self expression. Whichever category you fall into, drawing for your friends and family to guess your word will certainly entertain you. Take turns in drawing random words from hundreds of possibilities and guessing words from drawings. Designed and implemented following iMessage guidelines to give you an easy to use and lightweight accessory that you will love to have.
GameFox
Engage in competitive multiplayer games directly within iMessage. Challenge friends to word-based puzzles and creative phrase-combining games. New titles are regularly added to expand the gaming experience.
- Play games within iMessage
- Multiplayer word game
- Phrase combination game
- New games added regularly
- Compete against friends
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Compete against your friends in fun iMessage games! • Play Wurtle, the new multiplayer word game! See who can guess the hidden word first • Play Portmanteau, combine the answers to two clues into a single phrase! More games coming soon!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: GameFox at 67% against Draw One for iMessage's 8%. GameFox also leads on rating (3.9 vs 1.7). Draw One for iMessage's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 4 weeks) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 16.0). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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. Draw One for iMessage sells 4 one-off in-app purchases and GameFox sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
GameFox holds the better App Store score, 3.9 against 1.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 58 and 23 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 8% of Draw One for iMessage's written reviews are positive against 67% of GameFox's.
Draw One for iMessage ships an update weekly, GameFox every 4 weeks. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | Draw One for iMessage | GameFox |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.7 (58 ratings) | 3.9 (23 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 7.9% of reviews | 66.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 58 — better | 23 |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 4 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 35 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Yomba Limited | Foxtail Games LLC |
Customer experience
Draw One for iMessage
GameFox
Bugs and requests
Draw One for iMessage
Reported bugs
5 issues- App crashes or fails to load
- Inability to draw vertically
- Coins reset to zero
- Purchased coins disappear
- App not showing up on device
Requested features
5 requests- Dark mode option
- Ability to draw freely
- Improved coin system
- More color options
- Ability to create custom words
GameFox
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Draw One for iMessage
- 800 coins$1.99
- 2300 coins$4.99
- 5200 coins$9.99
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- 15000 coins$24.99
GameFox
- Plus$2.991 Month
- The Hard Pack$0.99
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