StretchPaper vs Infinite Canvas
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
StretchPaper
Unleash your creativity on an expansive, virtually endless digital canvas. This app allows for detailed note-taking, intricate diagramming, and artistic expression without space constraints. Export your work in various formats, customize your tools, and enjoy a seamless drawing experience.
- Infinite canvas
- Note-taking
- Diagramming
- Artistic drawing
- Export as images/PDFs
- Vector manipulation
- Custom pen definitions
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Take notes and draw on an infinite* canvas! Stretchpaper is a new way to take notes, make diagrams, and show your artistic talent. With an infinite canvas, you'll never run out of room. Stretchpaper is both fun and useful! Export your drawings as images or mega-pdfs, manipulate vectors, define your own pens, and more. Works great on the iPad, but works best with the Apple Pencil and iPad Pro! * not actually infinite, but close enough!
Infinite Canvas
This drawing app offers an expansive, infinite canvas for detailed sketches and wireframes. Its unique feature is consistent brush stroke thickness, allowing for intricate work at any zoom level. Save your creations seamlessly in an open SVG format.
- Infinite zoom and pan canvas
- Consistent brush stroke thickness
- SVG export
- Finger and pencil support
- Infinite undo
- Rainbow mode
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Drawing app that lets you zoom and pan really far. Almost infinitely far. As a unique twist, each brush stroke you lay down will have the same thickness so you can start a rough overview, zoom in, add details, zoom in further, add more details, etc. to the microscopic level. Put your ideas on an infinite whiteboard. Wireframe your next app. Sketch and paint to your hearts content. - Full Freedom, Open format: SVG under the hood. No lock-in! - Seamless Export: Snap what you see, or share the whole canvas in all its detail - Supports finger and pencil input - Resume drawing sessions with infinite undo: open a file and undo the last thing you did to the drawing, no matter when - Discover the secret rainbow mode!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: StretchPaper at 50% against Infinite Canvas's 0%. StretchPaper also leads on rating (3.8 vs 3.0) and in-app purchases (none vs 4). Infinite Canvas's advantage is price (Free vs $2.99) and device support (3 vs 1). On ads 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
Infinite Canvas is free to download; StretchPaper costs $2.99 up front. Infinite Canvas sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. StretchPaper asks for nothing beyond the download.
StretchPaper holds the better App Store score, 3.8 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: StretchPaper has 64 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of StretchPaper's written reviews are positive against 0% of Infinite Canvas's.
StretchPaper ships an update every 3 weeks, Infinite Canvas every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and July 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | StretchPaper | Infinite Canvas |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 3.8 (64 ratings) — better | 3.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 64 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPad | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 12 MB | 20 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Infinite State Machine Inc. | Christian Tietze |
Customer experience
StretchPaper
Infinite Canvas
Bugs and requests
StretchPaper
Reported bugs
24 issues- Crashes and lost all work
- App crashes when trying to share/export
- Paste function not working
- Undo doesn't go back far enough
- Delete then undo bug
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- Palm rejection issues
- Finger drawing interferes with pen
- Content disappears
- Strokes disappearing
- Grid is hard to see
- App crashes without saving
- Force closes when sharing to PDF
- Glitchy export
- App shuts down and glitches appear
- Marks moving after undo/redo or app reopen
- Notes shift slightly after reopening
- Cannot load bigger workspaces
- Takes forever to load smaller workspaces
- Developer not responding to support requests
- Export/share brings up nsurl error
- Lines jump on screen
- Color selection buggy
- Cannot inactivate finger writing
- Canvas size limit
Requested features
22 requests- Add 2-finger tap to undo
- Add 3-finger tap to redo
- Disable finger drawing/touch input
- Add ruler/scale feature
- Add shape detection
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- Add text layer/typed text
- Add import vector image
- Add folder system
- Add cloud backup (iCloud/Dropbox)
- Add copy/paste functionality for images/elements
- Add layers
- Add color palette
- Add ability to rename files
- Add straight edge tool
- Add zoom lock feature
- Add quick undo gesture
- Add sync to iCloud
- Add ability to resize canvas to initial state
- Add Spline tools
- Add standard type tool
- Add export to other formats
- Add more zoom levels
Infinite Canvas
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
StretchPaper
No in-app purchases
Infinite Canvas
- Small Tip$0.99
- Appreciation Tip$4.99
- Unlimited Documents$6.99
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- Showing Support$9.99
Questions
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