Comparison

Drawing Idea vs Kanban

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

Head to head
About

Drawing Idea

This app provides creative prompts for drawing, combining nouns and adjectives to spark inspiration. It helps overcome creative blocks by offering a vast library of unique ideas, making it easy to start drawing quickly.

Highlights
  • Inspirational noun and adjective combinations
  • Hundreds of thousands of unique ideas
  • Simple two-button interface
  • Helps overcome creative anxiety
  • iPhone X friendly design
Features
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Drawing Idea inspires you with fun to draw nouns and adjectives. Never again will you sit down to draw only to be overcome with creative anxiety. Ideas generated by Drawing Idea are selected to be highly inspirational. You have complete control over the nouns and their adjectives since they are generated independently. Stop agonizing over what to draw. Let Drawing Idea help you become more creative by inspiring you with hundreds of thousands of ideas. Drawing Idea is incredibly simple to use with only two large buttons to press, you will be up and creating in no time. iPhone X Friendly!

About

Kanban

This app helps you organize daily to-dos, work projects, and goals with a simple, intuitive interface. It offers extensive customization and various views to manage tasks efficiently and see your progress clearly.

Highlights
  • Folders, categories, and tags for organization
  • Multiple task views (list, grid, board)
  • Unlimited tasks and subtasks
  • Sync across devices via iCloud
  • Reminders and calendar integration
  • Customizable home screen and widgets
  • Dark mode and native design
Features
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Meet Doneit, a feature-packed projects and tasks manager that focuses on simplicity and organization. With Doneit, you don't need to worry about your tasks lists ever being messy because we have designed the app to help you better organize all of your daily to-do's, work projects, and more, and its main goal is to help you become more efficient and start accomplishing all of your tasks and goals quicker, no matter how small or big they are, because Doneit will definitely help you see the full picture of what should be done now and what can wait until the later day. Doneit offers a delightful user interface that will feel right at home on your Apple devices. It's simple and intuitive, and it will let you start using Doneit at its full potential with no introduction needed and in just a matter of time. The app offers an extensive variety of different features that are designed to help you become more organized and efficient. Doneit features folders, smart categories, categories, tags, priorities, statuses, attributes, tasks, and subtasks. There are various tasks organization options available throughout the app, as well as quite a few customization options that will give you an incredible opportunity of making the app feel more unique to you. KEY FEATURES: - Up to 2 categories to help you better organize your tasks - 3 different tasks views that include list, grid, and board views - Unlimited number of tasks - Unlimited number of subtasks that can be added to help you accomplish your main tasks quicker - Sync across multiple devices connected to a single iCloud account - Sync with the system's Reminders app - Ability to schedule a reminder that will send you a notification when the task is due - Support for all-day reminders - Ability to add your tasks and subtasks as events in the system's Calendar app - Huge variety of tasks sorting options - Different filters for your tasks lists - Ability to import all of your reminders from the system's Reminders app - Ability to import all of your calendar events from the system's Calendar app - Ability to add notes to each of the tasks and subtasks, as well as to the tasks lists - Ability to add links to your tasks and subtasks - Just archive or hide unnecessary tasks that you don't want to delete yet - Various Home Screen customization options that will let you quickly hide sections that you are not interested in at all - Fully customizable screens for adding and editing the tasks & subtasks - Home Screen quick actions - Multiple swipe actions - Ability to pin important tasks and subtasks - Fully native design - Beautiful dark mode - Standalone watchOS app - Support for Siri shortcuts - Support for app shortcuts on iOS 18 and iPadOS 18 - Support for focus filters - More than 5 Home and Lock Screen widgets for you to view all of your tasks - Available on iOS, iPadOS, watchOS, and macOS PREMIUM FEATURES: - Add an unlimited number of categories - Advanced board view - Timeline view for your tasks - List actions - Advanced tasks filters - Securely share and collaborate on your categories with others via iCloud - Get access to folders, smart categories, tags, priorities, statuses, and custom task & subtask attributes - Ability to add different attachments to tasks and subtasks, such as files, photos, scanned documents, and drawings - Schedule recurring reminders with custom repeat intervals - Ability to edit items in bulk - 10 different app icons for you to choose the one that you prefer the most - 15 amazing tint colors for the app's user interface - Ability to set a custom appearance (Dark, light or system) If you have any questions or concerns regarding our app, we are always here to help you! Just reach out to us at info@designtech.so. Privacy policy: https://designtech.notion.site/DesignTech-Privacy-Policy-18bc124eba40809eba48e6af249ebd2c. Terms of service: https://designtech.notion.site/DesignTech-Terms-of-Service-18cc124eba4080c58316f2ed81f84bff.

Screenshots

Drawing Idea3 screens
Kanban4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Drawing Idea at 100% against Kanban's 46%. Drawing Idea also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 9) and rating (5.0 vs 4.5). Kanban's advantage is price (Free vs $0.99) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 36 months). On 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

Kanban is free to download; Drawing Idea costs $0.99 up front. Kanban sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Drawing Idea asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Drawing Idea holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Kanban has 279 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Drawing Idea's written reviews are positive against 46% of Kanban's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Drawing Idea ships an update every 36 months, Kanban fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 22, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard9 real differences · 1 level
Drawing Idea versus Kanban: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDrawing IdeaKanban
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better4.5 (279 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better46.2% of reviews
Number of ratings2279 — better
Update frequencyEvery 36 monthsFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFreemium — better
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS12.1 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size149 MB202 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperZany GadgetsDesignTech SIA

Customer experience

Drawing Idea

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Kanban

All ratings279 ratings
Positive87.8%
Neutral3.9%
Negative8.2%
Written reviews186 reviews
Positive46.2%
Neutral14.0%
Negative39.8%

Bugs and requests

Drawing Idea

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Kanban

Reported bugs

25 issues
  • Tasks disappear or get lost during sync
  • Sync fails between Mac and iPhone/iPad
  • Subtasks not syncing across devices
  • Kanban board columns duplicating
  • Timeline view broken with tiny blocks and poor layout
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  • iCloud sync errors (CKErrorDomain error 11)
  • Categories and sections randomly appearing/disappearing
  • Double-clicking tasks on Mac doesn't open edit dialog
  • App freezes when switching between categories
  • Slow performance and high CPU usage on Mac
  • Sidebar freezing after one click
  • Deleted items still showing after manual sync
  • Badge count not clearing properly
  • Drag and drop not working for timeline events
  • Import from Apple Reminders loses folder structure
  • Reminders integration only imports titles, not details
  • Crashes when accessing Calendar or Reminders features
  • Tasks moving to wrong categories unexpectedly
  • Completed tasks not updating status properly
  • Dialog boxes not closable with ESC key
  • Attachment downloads not working
  • Photo selection closing without attaching
  • Premium features not accessible despite purchase
  • Restore purchase feature broken
  • Slow responsiveness on M1 Mac

Requested features

24 requests
  • Drag and drop functionality for tasks and boards
  • Better Kanban board implementation with custom column ordering
  • Sample templates for new users
  • Improved timeline view with zoom controls
  • Export functionality (PDF, XLSX, CSV)
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  • Windows version
  • Web version
  • Better subtask management and creation
  • Recurring task flexibility (specific days, custom patterns)
  • Attachment support (images, documents, PDFs)
  • Dark mode customization options
  • Quick task creation shortcuts
  • Email integration and drag-drop from email
  • GitHub/GitLab integration
  • Outlook integration
  • Language options (English alternative to poor translations)
  • Restore/undo functionality for archived items
  • Improved Apple Watch support
  • Live activities support
  • Task filtering by multiple tags
  • Ability to reorder boards and categories visually
  • Shared collaboration features
  • Backup to external cloud storage
  • Keyboard shortcuts for faster workflow

In-app purchases

None

Drawing Idea

No in-app purchases

6 purchases

Kanban

Subscriptions4
  • Monthly3 Days trial$3.991 Month
  • Monthly$3.991 Month
  • Yearly7 Days trial2 variants$14.991 Year
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  • Yearly$14.991 Year
One-time2
  • Doneit Premium$29.99
  • Premium Lifetime3 variants$29.99

Questions

Is Drawing Idea free?
Drawing Idea costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Kanban free?
Kanban is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Drawing Idea or Kanban?
Drawing Idea is rated higher. Drawing Idea averages 5.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while Kanban averages 4.5 from 279 ratings.
Do Drawing Idea or Kanban have ads?
Neither Drawing Idea nor Kanban shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Drawing Idea or Kanban?
Drawing Idea ships an update every 36 months, and Kanban fortnightly. Most recently, Drawing Idea was updated on October 16, 2026 and Kanban on October 22, 2026.

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