Comparison

Mandalas Drawing Studio vs Simple Drawing Pad

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

Head to head
About

Mandalas Drawing Studio

Create intricate mandala paintings with a simple virtual canvas. Enjoy a clean, modern interface designed to keep you focused on your creativity. Produce high-quality vector drawings with smooth zoom and sharp graphics, all without any advertisements.

Highlights
  • Create beautiful mandala paintings
  • Simple virtual canvas
  • High quality vector based drawings
  • Smooth zoom with sharp graphics
  • No ads for uninterrupted drawing
Features
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Create beautiful mandalas with just a few simple strokes. Mandalas: Drawing Studio turns every line you draw into a perfectly symmetrical pattern. Choose how many rotations you want, start drawing, and watch an intricate mandala bloom around the center. No artistic training required. Focus on your drawing and let your creativity flow. SYMMETRY DOES THE WORK • Set your number of rotations and every stroke is repeated around the canvas instantly • Mirror mode for perfectly balanced, reflected designs • On-screen guides show your symmetry axes while you draw, and step aside when you don't need them TOOLS THAT STAY OUT OF YOUR WAY • Brush, paint roller and eraser — that's all it takes • Full-spectrum color picker with transparency support • Adjustable line width and canvas background color • A clean, modern editor designed for both iPhone and iPad MADE FOR APPLE PENCIL • Hover preview shows exactly where your stroke will land before you touch the canvas • Squeeze your Apple Pencil Pro for a quick tool palette — switch tools and undo without breaking your flow • Low-latency drawing that keeps up with your hand TRUE VECTOR ARTWORK • Every stroke is a vector, so you can zoom as deep as you like and your artwork never looks pixelated • Export high-resolution images to share, post or print • Export SVG vectors to use in Illustrator, Affinity, Figma or your cutting machine WORK IN LAYERS • Build up a piece in layers, and show or hide them as you go • Undo and redo freely as you build up your drawing YOUR FILES, YOUR WAY • Your mandalas live in the Files app and iCloud Drive — open, rename, duplicate and organize them however you like • No account, no sign-up, and it works completely offline NO ADS. NO SUBSCRIPTION. Draw whenever and wherever you want. There are no ads anywhere in Mandalas: Drawing Studio, and premium features — layers, HD image export and alternative app icons — are unlocked with a single one-time purchase. Never a subscription. Mandalas: Drawing Studio is made by an independent developer, and every purchase goes directly into making it better.

About

Simple Drawing Pad

Easily create drawings, take notes, or doodle with a variety of colors and pen thicknesses. Supports multi-touch for collaborative drawing and allows you to save your creations.

Highlights
  • Draw pictures
  • Take handwritten notes
  • Doodle
  • 16 color options
  • Adjustable pen thickness
  • Multi-touch support
  • Save drawings
Features
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A simple drawing app. You can easily use it to draw pictures, take handwritten notes, doodle, etc. There are 16 different colors to choose from You can also change the thickness of the pen Multi-touch support allows multiple people to draw at the same time You can also save the images you draw

Screenshots

Mandalas Drawing Studio3 screens
Simple Drawing Pad3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Mandalas Drawing Studio at 4.7 against Simple Drawing Pad's 4.1. Mandalas Drawing Studio also leads on ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (3.1K vs 36). Simple Drawing Pad's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and review sentiment (100% vs 84%). On price, update cadence 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. Mandalas Drawing Studio sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Simple Drawing Pad asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Mandalas Drawing Studio holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Mandalas Drawing Studio has 3.1K ratings behind it against 36, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 84% of Mandalas Drawing Studio's written reviews are positive against 100% of Simple Drawing Pad's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Mandalas Drawing Studio ships an update every 6 weeks, Simple Drawing Pad every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Mandalas Drawing Studio versus Simple Drawing Pad: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMandalas Drawing StudioSimple Drawing Pad
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (3.1K ratings) — better4.1 (36 ratings)
Positive reviews84.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings3.1K — better36
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeks — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesAd-supported — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.015.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB16 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMarco Antônio PompeiRyouhei Azuma

Customer experience

Mandalas Drawing Studio

All ratings3,084 ratings
Positive94.0%
Neutral3.5%
Negative2.5%
Written reviews219 reviews
Positive84.0%
Neutral6.4%
Negative9.6%

Simple Drawing Pad

All ratings36 ratings
Positive77.8%
Neutral8.3%
Negative13.9%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Mandalas Drawing Studio

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Saving issues resulting in lost progress
  • Inconsistent performance after updates
  • Difficulty accessing certain settings

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add a fill tool
  • Improve undo/redo functionality
  • Allow saving designs as vector files
  • Provide more color customization options
  • Enhance the zoom and panning capabilities

Simple Drawing Pad

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Mandalas Drawing Studio

One-time1
  • Premium Features Package$2.99
None

Simple Drawing Pad

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Mandalas Drawing Studio free?
Mandalas Drawing Studio is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Simple Drawing Pad free?
Simple Drawing Pad is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Mandalas Drawing Studio or Simple Drawing Pad?
Mandalas Drawing Studio is rated higher. Mandalas Drawing Studio averages 4.7 out of 5 from 3.1K ratings, while Simple Drawing Pad averages 4.1 from 36 ratings.
Do Mandalas Drawing Studio or Simple Drawing Pad have ads?
Simple Drawing Pad shows ads; Mandalas Drawing Studio does not.
Which is updated more often, Mandalas Drawing Studio or Simple Drawing Pad?
Mandalas Drawing Studio ships an update every 6 weeks, and Simple Drawing Pad every 2 months. Most recently, Mandalas Drawing Studio was updated on November 6, 2026 and Simple Drawing Pad on November 7, 2026.

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