Comparison

Line vs Phridge

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

Phridge

This app simulates a virtual fridge where you can decorate the door with notes, photos, and magnets. Inside, you can arrange groceries, interact with them in fun ways, and even knock them over to see them fall.

Highlights
  • Decorate fridge door with notes, photos, and magnets
  • Arrange virtual groceries inside
  • Interactive item physics (knocking over, dropping)
  • Slingshot and sword tools for interaction
  • Customizable fridge name
  • iPhone Duo specific interaction
Features
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Phridge is a little fridge that lives in your phone. Cover the door in notes, magnets and photos of your loved ones, fill the shelves with groceries, and knock things over just to hear them land. THE DOOR • Tap the pen to write a note, type it or draw on it • Tap the camera to snap a photo or pick one from your library to keep it on the fridge • Add magnets, or spell out words with letter magnets • Tap the name on the door to call your fridge whatever you like • Drag anything around, and drop it in the trash can when you're done with it THE INSIDE • Groceries, from milk cartons and fizzy drinks to ice cream tubs and a whole salmon • Pick things up and move them around the shelves • Drop them on the floor: cans pop, fizzy bottles burst, cartons splat and glass shatters • Swap your hand for a slingshot to fire stones at the shelves, or a sword to slice things in two MADE FOR IPHONE DUO Close your iPhone Duo to shut the door and open it to look inside.

Screenshots

Line2 screens
Phridge3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Phridge at 5.0 against Line's 3.1. Phridge also leads on update cadence (daily vs every 2 months). Line's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, ratings volume and 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Phridge sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Line asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Phridge holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 7 and 6 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Line ships an update every 2 months, Phridge daily. Both last shipped on November 6, 2026.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Line versus Phridge: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLinePhridge
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.1 (7 ratings)5.0 (6 ratings) — better
Positive reviews25.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings7 — better6
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS8.0 — better26.6
Further details — not scored
Size30 MB39 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperDRP London LimitedVladislavs Simanovics

Customer experience

Line

All ratings7 ratings
Positive42.9%
Neutral14.3%
Negative42.9%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive25.0%
Neutral50.0%
Negative25.0%

Phridge

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Line

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Phridge

One-time1
  • Golden Supporter$0.99

Questions

Is Line free?
Line is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Phridge free?
Phridge is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Line or Phridge?
Phridge is rated higher. Line averages 3.1 out of 5 from 7 ratings, while Phridge averages 5.0 from 6 ratings.
Do Line or Phridge have ads?
Neither Line nor Phridge shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Line or Phridge?
Line ships an update every 2 months, and Phridge daily. Most recently, Line was updated on November 6, 2026 and Phridge on November 6, 2026.

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