Drawing Pad vs Cloudfarb
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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/
Cloudfarb
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Cloudfarb is a drawing app made by artists for people who love to draw. Drawing is free, and no account is needed. LIVING BRUSHES • 70+ brushes: pencils from 2H to 6B, charcoal, sanguine, pastel, ink and fineliners, markers, watercolor, gouache, acrylic and oil • Paper grain, wet edges and bristle marks • Your own brushes and brush set import. A COMPLETE STUDIO • Layers with blend modes and masks • Selection, transform, liquify, symmetry and shapes • Text, reference, fill and eyedropper • Import images, layered PSD and PDF; export to PNG, JPEG, layered PSD and time-lapse video of your drawing process. CLOUDFARB PRO • Color by number: turn any picture into a numbered coloring page with its own palette • Catalog: new coloring pages and palettes • Notebooks: your artwork in beautiful notebooks • Progress: how much you've colored and how much time it took • Cloud: cloud sync for your projects. Try PRO free for 14 days. After that, subscribe monthly or yearly. PRO requires an internet connection. SUBSCRIPTION TERMS Cloudfarb PRO is an auto-renewable subscription, billed monthly or yearly. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. The subscription renews automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage and cancel your subscription in your Apple Account settings after purchase. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Cloudfarb Terms: https://cloudfarb.com/terms.html Privacy Policy: https://cloudfarb.com/app-privacy.html Questions or ideas? Write to us from the app (Profile → Support) or at cloudfarb@gmail.com.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Cloudfarb at daily against Drawing Pad's every 6 days. On price, ads, in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Drawing Pad sells 25 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days and Cloudfarb sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Drawing Pad ships an update every 6 days, Cloudfarb daily. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Drawing Pad | Cloudfarb |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (99K ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 43.6% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 99K — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 6 days | Daily — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 387 MB | 38 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Sunny Side Hurricane LLC | Oleh Smetanin |
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
Cloudfarb
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Drawing Pad
- 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
- 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
Cloudfarb
- Cloudfarb PRO14 Days trial$4.991 Month
- Cloudfarb PRO14 Days trial$45.991 Year









