Comparison

Line vs Typewriter Video Creation

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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.

About

Typewriter Video Creation

Features
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A typing video maker that makes it easy to create anime-style title videos! Anyone can quickly create videos where the text you enter is displayed in a typewriter-like style. Easily generate typing videos, typewriter effects, console-style animations, retro anime-style titles, subtitle videos, and more. Perfect for YouTube video openings, SNS posts, and short videos! Recommended for those who like typewriter sounds, teletype, console displays, lettering effects, and typing effects. Videos can be saved and shared, and can also be used as material for video editing. Anyone can use it with simple operations such as entering text and playing it, so please give it a try. Sound material used: OtoLogic (https://otologic.jp)

Screenshots

Line2 screens
Typewriter Video Creation3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Line at none against Typewriter Video Creation's shown. Line also leads on iOS requirement (8.0 vs 15.6). On price, update cadence, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Line ships an update every 2 months, Typewriter Video Creation every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Line versus Typewriter Video Creation: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLineTypewriter Video Creation
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.1 (7 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews25.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings7 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 3 months
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS8.0 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size30 MB13 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperDRP London LimitedRyouhei Azuma

In-app purchases

None

Line

No in-app purchases

None

Typewriter Video Creation

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Line free?
Line is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Typewriter Video Creation free?
Typewriter Video Creation is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Line or Typewriter Video Creation have ads?
Typewriter Video Creation shows ads; Line does not.
Which is updated more often, Line or Typewriter Video Creation?
Line ships an update every 2 months, and Typewriter Video Creation every 3 months. Most recently, Line was updated on November 6, 2026 and Typewriter Video Creation on November 4, 2026.

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