Super Simple Draw vs Drawing Memo
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Super Simple Draw
A minimalist drawing application designed for quick sketches and notes, offering seamless integration with Apple Pencil and widgets. It supports various iPad features and standard iOS sharing, making it as easy to use as a physical whiteboard.
- Home screen widgets
- Apple Pencil gesture support
- iPad multitasking
- Grid and lined backgrounds
- Draw on images
- Save for Instagram
- Undo/redo functionality
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Minimalist drawing app. Supports Apple Pencil (new & old), widgets, both portrait & landscape, iPad multitasking, standard iOS share, the latest devices. Pick up & use. Like a white board or scratch paper. Features: • Widget to show case the latest or favorite drawing on the home screen • Apple Pencil gesture support • Multi-window and multitasking support on iPadOS • Original Apple Pencil support • Grid background and lined background • Draw on top of another picture • Save square images for Instagram submission • Draw in either landscape or portrait • Undo and redo • Standard iOS share/action button (copy, save, send to other messaging/social apps) Perfect for: • Jotting down notes • Illustrate something to friends/coworkers through drawing • Draw/sketch something casually • Tell stories to kids with quick illustrations • Play quick random games with friends (e.g. draw and guess, or any simple board game you just invented) • Practice some basic drawing skills (drawing straight line, parallel lines, circles, faces, etc) Draw for a better world: Super Simple Draw started as a way to reduce the use of papers because we believe that the current environmental degradation and the climate change are pressing issues that demand urgent actions. Now we took a step further: for every ~2000 lines you draw, we plant a tree through a partnership with Trees for the Future. More than ten thousand trees have been planted so far. Learn more at https://trees.theiosapp.com
Drawing Memo
Quickly jot down notes and sketches with a variety of pen colors. Save and share your creations easily via email or social media. A paid plan offers a trash can function for restoring deleted memos.
- Handwritten memo creation
- Variety of pen colors
- Drawing capabilities
- Save to camera roll
- Share to SNS and email
- Trash can function (paid)
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- Quick and easy memo by handwriting Simple design for quick memos. A wide variety of pen colors! You can also draw a little. - Save to Camera Roll and Share to SNS Easy to save and share from within the app. You can easily save and share your work from within the app, or attach it to an email. - Equipped with a trash can function You can restore memos that have been accidentally deleted (paid plan). Translated with www.DeepL.com/Translator (free version) If you have any questions, comments, or requests If you have any problems, comments, or requests, please contact us via App > Settings > Contact Us. We are planning to update the app with new features and additions, so we will keep you updated. >Terms of use https://www.stellaxia.com/userpolicy >Privacy policy https://www.stellaxia.com/privacypolicy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: Super Simple Draw at 4K against Drawing Memo's 7. Drawing Memo's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 82%) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, rating, update cadence 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
Both are free to download. Super Simple Draw sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Drawing Memo sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Super Simple Draw against 4.7 for Drawing Memo. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Super Simple Draw has 4K ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 82% of Super Simple Draw's written reviews are positive against 100% of Drawing Memo's.
Super Simple Draw ships an update every 5 weeks, Drawing Memo monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 2, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Super Simple Draw | Drawing Memo |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (4K ratings) | 4.7 (7 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 82.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 4K — better | 7 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Monthly — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 13 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Bao Lei | Shiho Sadamizu |
Customer experience
Super Simple Draw
Drawing Memo
Bugs and requests
Super Simple Draw
Reported bugs
2 issues- In-app purchase issues with ads still showing
- Compatibility problems on older devices
Requested features
4 requests- Add zoom and pan functionality
- Implement more brush/tool options
- Expand color palette
- Add ability to save and load drawings
Drawing Memo
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Super Simple Draw
- Remove Ads$0.99
Drawing Memo
- Pro Version$4.99
Questions
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