Line vs ShowBird
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Line
This app allows users to create, save, and share digital sketches and doodles. It connects to a robot drawing arm to bring digital creations to life on paper, offering tools for scaling, rotating, and combining drawings. Users can also trace photos and share their artwork in a cloud-based sketchbook.
- Create, save, and share digital sketches
- Draw with finger, Apple Pencil, or stylus
- Scale, rotate, and combine drawings
- Trace photos with tracing mode
- Cloud sketchbooks for sharing
- Code control with Scratch, Python, Javascript
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Create, save and share and publish your sketches and doodles with the Line-us app. If you have Line-us, the internet connected Robot Drawing Arm, have fun drawing them with a real pen on paper. Draw and write with your finger, an Apple pencil or a stylus. The app has tools to scale, rotate, or even combine multiple drawings to create fun new doodles. There is also a tracing mode that allows you to use a photo as a background so anyone can get started with Line-us. Create sketchbooks in the Line-us Cloud publish and share them with other users. Send a sketch to say Hello or get together with other creators around the world and share your drawings, doodles and artwork. Control Line-us with your own code. Use Scratch, Python, Javascript, Processing or a host of other languages to get Line-us to to develop your own Line-us programs. We hope you love sketching with Line-us as much as we do.
ShowBird
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Showbird.com is the largest booking platform for live entertainment in NL and BE. More than 9500 performers present themselves in more than 45 different categories: Bands, Singers, DJs, Magicians, Stunt shows, Kids entertainment, Cartoonists, Speakers, Hostesses, Dancers and much more... Find and book the ideal act for your own event: • Immediate insight in price, quality and availability • 1-on-1 contact with the artist self • Easy, fast, transparent
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Line at every 2 months against ShowBird's every 5 months. Line also leads on iOS requirement (8.0 vs 13.0). 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Line ships an update every 2 months, ShowBird every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 18, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Line | ShowBird |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.1 (7 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 25.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 7 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 5 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 30 MB | 10 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 9+ |
| Developer | DRP London Limited | Showbird.com |
In-app purchases
Line
No in-app purchases
ShowBird
No in-app purchases
