Super Simple Draw Premium vs STE
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Super Simple Draw Premium
A minimalist drawing app designed for quick sketches and notes. It offers Apple Pencil support, widgets, and multitasking capabilities for a seamless user experience on iOS devices. Ideal for casual drawing, illustrating, and even playing simple games.
- Home screen widgets for drawings
- Apple Pencil gesture support
- iPad multitasking
- Grid and lined backgrounds
- Draw on top of images
- Save square images for social media
- 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
STE
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The app name speaks for itself. SimpleTextEditor allows you to create and edit any TXT files on your iPhone, iPad and iCloud like the way you create and edit TXT files on your Mac with TextEdit. Just make a long press on a TXT file, select Share and pick SimpleTextEditor from the list and you can start modifying the content right away without any distractions. It's that easy. Plus, STE also includes the Clear clipboard option, which comes in handy and allows you to clear all the content from the system clipboard to prevent other apps from reading it.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is chart position: STE at #195 against Super Simple Draw Premium's unranked. STE also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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
Super Simple Draw Premium costs $0.99 and STE $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Super Simple Draw Premium ships an update monthly, STE every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Super Simple Draw Premium | STE |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | $0.99 |
| Rating | 4.6 (112 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 112 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 6 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | — |
| Best chart rank | — | #195 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Bao Lei | Huy Dao |
In-app purchases
Super Simple Draw Premium
No in-app purchases
STE
No in-app purchases
Questions
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