Magic Draw vs Ctrl Player v1
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Magic Draw
This app provides a fun and simple drawing experience for children and parents. It offers various tools like customizable brushes, geometric shapes, and stickers, along with the ability to import photos and apply filters. Users can save and share their creations easily.
- Customizable stroke and fill settings
- Drawing with simple geometry shapes
- 50 free stickers
- Import pictures and take photos
- Image filters
- Undo/Redo functionality
- Eraser function
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The BEST draw/doodle/sketch/painting App for kids. MagicDraw is a simple and easy to use and fun iOS drawing and sketch app for kids and their parents. Key Features: 1) Settings for stroke and fill - Choose brush thickness, opacity, and RGB color setting - Choose fill RGB color and opacity 2) Draw with simple geometry shapes - Free hand smooth drawing - Draw with different fill color and stroke color for the basic geometry shapes to create fun drawings - Pick a geometry shape, drag & draw. Simple. 3) 50 Free Stickers to use - Pick any sticker and touch the screen to add sticker - You can move the sticker anywhere in the screen - Use gesture to zoom and rotate the sticker to different size 4) Import pictures and take photos with camera - Import pictures from your photo library to draw and edit - Take photos with camera - Draw on the pictures and add shapes and stickers 5) Support image filters to edit drawing - 8 pre-loaded image filters to use 6) Undo and Redo features - Currently, support upto 5 times undo/redo 7) Eraser function to remove sketch - You can change the size of the eraser in the setting view with different brush thickness. 8) Delete and reset the drawing 9) Save the drawing/images to photo library 10) Share the drawing/images with Facebook, Twitter and Sina Weibo social network. 11) Send the drawing/images by email and message
Ctrl Player v1
This app centralizes control of audio, entertainment, video, and lighting systems. It allows users to interact with custom interfaces for managing complex equipment, making automation and device control intuitive for any technical skill level. Multiple devices can connect to the same installation for synchronized control.
- Centralized control of audio, entertainment, video, and lighting
- Interact with custom Ctrl Suite interfaces
- Intuitive buttons, sliders, and steppers
- Supports MIDI, OSC, UDP, HTTP(S), TCP, MQTT, Serial, KNX, Telnet, Timecode
- Connect multiple devices for synchronized control
- Customizable interface with images and colors
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The intuitive app making it easier than ever to control your installation's audio, entertainment, video, lighting, and so much more. Player makes control of multiple pieces of complex equipment on your installation centralised & simple by allowing you to view and interact with your Ctrl Suite interfaces. Player presents the customisable buttons, sliders, steppers, images, device modules & more in a form that makes triggering automation, controlling devices intuitive and straightforward for any level of technical ability. Player setup has been designed to be as simple and user-proofed as possible. Connect and go. Once the App is opened, Player can be discovered and adopted into a Ctrl Engine session over your local network to allow users to start controlling the installation. Why limit yourself to one device? The Ctrl Suite architecture allows you to connect multiple Player devices on the same installation. The system state is synchronised between all of them over the Ctrl Engine. Within Ctrl Designer, your Player interfaces can be authored to trigger devices using the following protocol types: · MIDI / Musical Instrument Digital Interface · OSC / Open Sound Control · UDP / User Datagram Protocol · HTTP(S) / HTTP(S)/1.1 Methods, Headers, Body · TCP / Transmission Control Protocol · MQTT / MQ Telemetry Transport · Serial · KNX over IP · Telnet · Timecode Alternatively, you can map each interface button to be fed into a logic process within Ctrl Engine to manipulate the input in real-time for more advanced projects. We’re always adding custom interface modules to simplify interaction with specific services to help you create the ultimate unified control interface for your installation: · Session timers · Buttons · Sliders · Steppers · Titles · Text · Images · Audio controls · Tab navigation bars · Side navigation bars · Module Specific controls Ctrl Player displays all customisation options defined in Ctrl Designer: · Custom background images & logos · Custom background colours Contact our team through our website if you're looking at Ctrl Suite for a project or installation and want to try the entire system. This is for Version 1 of Ctrl Suite
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Ctrl Player v1 at monthly against Magic Draw's every 38 months. Magic Draw's advantage is iOS requirement (10.0 vs 13.0). On price, review sentiment, 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Magic Draw ships an update every 38 months, Ctrl Player v1 monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Magic Draw | Ctrl Player v1 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (29 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 29 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 38 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 16 MB | 22 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Appulet, Inc | ON LX Limited |
Customer experience
Magic Draw
Ctrl Player v1
In-app purchases
Magic Draw
No in-app purchases
Ctrl Player v1
No in-app purchases









