Doodle Magic vs Etchpad
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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 !
Etchpad
Relive nostalgic drawing experiences with this app that lets you create images using two knobs for horizontal and vertical lines. Erase your creations by shaking your device or using a long press. Share your artwork through various methods.
- Draw with horizontal and vertical knobs
- Shake to erase screen
- Long press erase option
- Share drawings easily
- Nostalgic drawing interface
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Draw lines with two knobs horizontally and vertically with this nostalgic drawing app. Erase the screen by shaking the phone (or with long press if authentic way is too difficult). You can share the drawing by various ways.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Etchpad at none against Doodle Magic's 1. Doodle Magic's advantage is update cadence (monthly vs every 21 months) and rating (4.7 vs 4.3). On price, review sentiment, ads 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. Doodle Magic sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Etchpad asks for nothing beyond the download.
Doodle Magic holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Doodle Magic has 12K ratings behind it against 12, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 81% of Doodle Magic's written reviews are positive against 80% of Etchpad's.
Doodle Magic ships an update monthly, Etchpad every 21 months. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Doodle Magic | Etchpad |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (12K ratings) — better | 4.3 (12 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 81.1% of reviews — better | 80.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 12K — better | 12 |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 21 months |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 108 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 炳甲 梁 | Digital Footmark Oy |
Customer experience
Doodle Magic
Etchpad
Bugs and requests
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
Etchpad
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Doodle Magic
- Remove Advertisement$1.99
Etchpad
No in-app purchases
