Comparison

Drawing Pad vs Doodle Magic

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

Head to head
About

Drawing Pad

Create sketches, doodles, and digital art with a variety of brushes, stamps, and effects. Features include a coloring book, video recording of your drawing process, and photo editing tools. Export your creations to physical products.

Highlights
  • Sketching and doodling tools
  • Digital art creation
  • Coloring book with multiple categories
  • Photo editing with magic brush effects
  • Video recording of drawing process
  • Export artwork to physical products
  • 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/

About

Doodle Magic

Unleash your creativity with a magical doodle game. Replay your drawings as animated cartoons and explore a variety of colorful brushes and patterns. This app offers a simple yet imaginative way to create unique artwork and relive your artistic process.

Highlights
  • Cartoon playback of doodle process
  • Magical paintbrushes (rainbow, neon, pearl)
  • Random color variations
  • 10+ doodle patterns
  • My Gallery for saved drawings
  • Mandala and kaleidoscope creation
Features
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It's the most magical doodle game. Playback the doodle process as a cartoon. There’re many beautiful brush tools,10+doodle patterns. The simplest doodle way, free your imagination now! “Cartoon” mode : playback the doodle process as a cartoon. Many Magical paintbrushes:rainbow ,neon ,pearl and more. Radom color variation ,there’re full of pleasant surprise. 10+differents doodle patterns, just create the style which you like. My Gallery : to show your drawing as an artist! Doodle Magic is a very interesting doodle game which is very easy to control! It provide a creative doodle world for everyone! You just need to drawing which you like ,that you can create a very wonderful Mandala flowers,and the magical kaleidoscope patterns! And the most important is you can playback the doodle process as a cartoon! You can enjoy the joy of doodle. Easy to operate, easy to graffiti! Each works that you create are unique and wonderful! Get more childlike innocence ,Get more joy ! Don’t miss the best interesting doodle game ! DOWN LOAD NOW !

Screenshots

Drawing Pad4 screens
Doodle Magic4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Doodle Magic at 82% against Drawing Pad's 44%. Doodle Magic also leads on rating (4.7 vs 4.3) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 17.0). Drawing Pad's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 6 days vs monthly). 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. Drawing Pad sells 24 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days and Doodle Magic sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Doodle Magic holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Drawing Pad has 99K ratings behind it against 12K, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 44% of Drawing Pad's written reviews are positive against 82% of Doodle Magic's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Drawing Pad ships an update every 6 days, Doodle Magic monthly. Both last shipped on September 24, 2026.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Drawing Pad versus Doodle Magic: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDrawing PadDoodle Magic
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (99K ratings)4.7 (12K ratings) — better
Positive reviews43.8% of reviews81.6% of reviews — better
Number of ratings99K — better12K
Update frequencyEvery 6 days — betterMonthly
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS17.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size349 MB108 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSunny Side Hurricane LLC炳甲 梁

Customer experience

Drawing Pad

All ratings99,070 ratings
Positive82.2%
Neutral5.4%
Negative12.4%
Written reviews900 reviews
Positive43.8%
Neutral5.0%
Negative51.2%

Doodle Magic

All ratings12,010 ratings
Positive91.6%
Neutral4.3%
Negative4.1%
Written reviews272 reviews
Positive81.6%
Neutral5.5%
Negative12.9%

User reviews

Drawing Pad

From 99K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Simple and easy to use
  • 🎨 Good for basic drawing and doodling
  • 👍 Helpful for improving drawing skills
  • 🎨 Provides a variety of brushes and tools

Room to improve

  • 🔒 Requires subscription to access full features
  • 💰 Expensive subscription model
  • 🐛 Frequent pop-ups and ads
  • 🐛 Laggy performance and glitches
  • 🔒 Limited functionality without subscription

Doodle Magic

From 12K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🎨 Relaxing and creative drawing experience
  • 👍 Easy to use and intuitive interface
  • 🌈 Vibrant and colorful designs
  • 💡 Unique and satisfying drawing patterns
  • 🤩 Helps users feel like an artist

Room to improve

  • 🙄 Excessive advertisements
  • 🎨 Limited color options
  • 🔍 Difficult to save or share drawings
  • 🐛 Occasional crashes or freezing issues

Bugs and 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

Doodle Magic

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Controls stop working after purchasing ad-free version
  • Drawings disappear or cannot be accessed after exiting the app

Requested features

4 requests
  • Allow users to choose their own colors
  • Expand drawing tools and brush options
  • Improve saving and sharing functionality
  • Reduce the frequency of advertisements

In-app purchases

24 purchases

Drawing Pad

Subscriptions24
  • 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 Normal3 Days trial$6.997 Days
  • Weekly Trial3 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
  • Monthly Lite3 Days trial$9.991 Month
  • Premium Weekly3 Days trial$12.997 Days
  • Lite Monthly3 Days trial$14.991 Month
  • Pro Weekly3 Days trial$19.997 Days
  • Lite Three Months3 Days trial$19.993 Months
  • Premium Monthly3 Days trial$19.991 Month
  • Premium Monthly$19.991 Month
  • Lite Six Months3 Days trial$29.996 Months
  • Lite Yearly3 Days trial2 variants$49.991 Year
  • Yearly subscription3 Days trial$49.991 Year
  • Lite yearly3 Days trial$69.991 Year
  • Lite yearly3 Days trial$99.991 Year
  • Pro Yearly3 Days trial$99.991 Year
  • Pro Classic Yearly3 Days trial$99.991 Year
  • Pro Yearly Trial3 Days trial$199.991 Year
1 purchases

Doodle Magic

One-time1
  • Remove Advertisement$1.99

Questions

Is Drawing Pad free?
Drawing Pad is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Doodle Magic free?
Doodle Magic is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Drawing Pad or Doodle Magic?
Doodle Magic is rated higher. Drawing Pad averages 4.3 out of 5 from 99K ratings, while Doodle Magic averages 4.7 from 12K ratings.
Do Drawing Pad or Doodle Magic have ads?
Doodle Magic shows ads; Drawing Pad does not.
Which is updated more often, Drawing Pad or Doodle Magic?
Drawing Pad ships an update every 6 days, and Doodle Magic monthly. Most recently, Drawing Pad was updated on September 24, 2026 and Doodle Magic on September 24, 2026.

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