Comparison

Super Simple Draw vs Drawing

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Home screen widgets
  • Apple Pencil gesture support
  • iPad multitasking
  • Grid and lined backgrounds
  • Draw on images
  • Save for Instagram
  • Undo/redo functionality
Features
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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

About

Drawing

This app offers a comprehensive digital art studio for creating various art forms, from watercolor and oil painting to sketching and PDF annotation. It provides step-by-step lessons and tools that unlock as you progress, catering to both beginners and experienced artists.

Highlights
  • Realistic watercolor, oil, and acrylic painting simulation
  • Graphite and charcoal sketching tools
  • Draw, write, and mark up PDFs
  • Step-by-step art lessons
  • Apple Pencil support with pressure and tilt
  • AI art assistant features
  • Organized notebooks and folders with passcode protection
Features
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Drawing is a complete art studio for iPad and iPhone. Draw and write on PDFs, paint watercolors that flow and dry like the real thing, sketch in graphite and charcoal, and build up thick oil and acrylic paint, with Apple Pencil, another stylus or your finger. Step-by-step lessons help you start, and your tools grow as you learn. FOUR WAYS TO CREATE + PDF Drawing: draw, write and mark up any PDF or one of 200+ paper templates. + Watercolor: wet paint that spreads, blooms and dries on textured paper. + Sketch: dry media on real paper grain, from graphite to soft pastel. + Oils & Acrylics: thick paint with brush marks, ridges and impasto. DRAW YOUR WAY + Apple Pencil with pressure and tilt, and palm rejection so you can rest your hand on the screen. + Other styluses and your finger work too, in every editor. WATERCOLOR + Paint wet-on-wet, glaze over dry washes, and tilt the paper to let the paint run. + Mix artist pigments such as French Ultramarine and Payne's Gray, and pick colors straight from your painting. + Lay a smooth wash with Fill, and add texture with masking fluid and salt. + Switch to ink wash on rice paper, or to opaque gouache. + Write titles and captions with the brush itself. SKETCH + Graphite, charcoal, white charcoal, conté, soft pastel, colored pencil and fineliner. + Blend with a stump, lift with a kneaded or hard eraser, mask areas and fix your drawing. + Toned, Ingres and sanded papers, or a paper color of your own. + Draw from a reference photo with grid, value and mirror guides. OILS & ACRYLICS + Flat, filbert, round and rigger brushes, a palette knife, blender, rag, scraper and tape. + Mix on a palette, then lay thick impasto or thin glazes. + Paint with slow-drying oils or fast-drying acrylics. LEARN AS YOU PAINT + Lessons show each technique, then let you try it yourself. + Paint-along projects and sample paintings to explore. + New tools join your tool bar as you learn them, so the screen stays simple. + Export a time-lapse of your sketches and oil paintings. DRAW AND WRITE ON PDFs + Pens, pencils, markers, fountain pen, crayon and more, with a ruler, shapes and a lasso. + Highlight text, add text boxes, images and stickers, and rearrange pages. + Scan paper documents straight into your library. + Share your work as a PDF or an image. AI WHEN YOU WANT IT + Chat with the AI assistant, turn a photo into a watercolor plan, or get feedback on a sketch compared with your reference. + AI features can be hidden in Settings. ORGANIZED AND SAFE + Unlimited notebooks, folders and subfolders with custom covers. + Passcodes for the whole app or for individual folders. + Automatic backups keep your work safe. Privacy Policy http://www.noteswriter.com/Kairoos_Privacy_Policy.html EULA https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Super Simple Draw4 screens
Drawing4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Super Simple Draw at 4.7 against Drawing's 3.8. Super Simple Draw also leads on ratings volume (4K vs 4) and iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). Drawing's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Super Simple Draw sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Drawing sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Super Simple Draw holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Super Simple Draw has 4K ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Super Simple Draw ships an update every 5 weeks, Drawing every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Super Simple Draw versus Drawing: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSuper Simple DrawDrawing
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (4K ratings) — better3.8 (4 ratings)
Positive reviews82.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings4K — better4
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB509 MB
Age rating+44+
DeveloperBao LeiKairoos Solutions SL

Customer experience

Super Simple Draw

All ratings4,000 ratings
Positive92.7%
Neutral5.0%
Negative2.3%
Written reviews100 reviews
Positive82.0%
Neutral9.0%
Negative9.0%

Drawing

All ratings4 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%

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

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Super Simple Draw

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$0.99
2 purchases

Drawing

Subscriptions2
  • Unlimited Drawing Monthly3 Days trial$3.991 Month
  • Unlimited Drawing Yearly3 Days trial$14.991 Year

Questions

Is Super Simple Draw free?
Super Simple Draw is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Drawing free?
Drawing is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Super Simple Draw or Drawing?
Super Simple Draw is rated higher. Super Simple Draw averages 4.7 out of 5 from 4K ratings, while Drawing averages 3.8 from 4 ratings.
Do Super Simple Draw or Drawing have ads?
Super Simple Draw shows ads; Drawing does not.
Which is updated more often, Super Simple Draw or Drawing?
Super Simple Draw ships an update every 5 weeks, and Drawing every 3 weeks. Most recently, Super Simple Draw was updated on November 6, 2026 and Drawing on November 8, 2026.

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