Line vs Typewriter Video Creation
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.
Typewriter Video Creation
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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)
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Verdict
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
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, Typewriter Video Creation every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Line | Typewriter Video Creation |
|---|---|---|
| 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 3 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 30 MB | 13 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | DRP London Limited | Ryouhei Azuma |
In-app purchases
Line
No in-app purchases
Typewriter Video Creation
No in-app purchases









