Comparison

procreate绘画 vs NEN

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

Head to head
About

procreate绘画

This app offers a digital canvas for drawing, sketching, and practicing handwriting. It provides realistic art tools and brushes, geometric shape support, and is suitable for beginners and enthusiasts. It aims to inspire creativity and share artwork with a community.

Highlights
  • Realistic art tools and brushes
  • Digital canvas for drawing and sketching
  • Handwriting and calligraphy practice
  • Geometric shape drawing
  • Community sharing of artwork
  • Suitable for beginners and enthusiasts
Features
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无年龄限制的全民原创绘画快乐分享基地! 绘画模式让孩子可以在这里体验画画的乐趣,还可以看到众多画友的画画激起孩子画画的欲望和想象力! 它不仅是画板,你还可以在上面练习手写字签名练习书法! 既可以让孩子拿手机不玩游戏学画画,还可以让大神在这怒刷存在感享受万千画友对你的膜拜! 绘图板具有一系列功能强大的艺术工具和画笔,可带来逼真的绘画体验。贴近纸上绘画,发挥您的创造力,通过精美素描,绘画和涂鸦,将您的创意变为现实! 支持画几何图形,可以画矩形、椭圆、圆形、直线等。 适合做图,涂鸦各种需求。 指绘是一个免费的低门槛绘画工具,定位于绘画初学者和涂鸦爱好者,大部分人都可以轻松掌握,便于创作简单又具有创意的指绘、涂鸦作品,更能让人充分体验绘画创作的快乐!

About

NEN

This app provides a calm, Pomodoro-style focus timer designed for deep work and study sessions. It helps users maintain attention with clear progress tracking and distraction-resistant routines, offering customizable break intervals and app blocking features.

Highlights
  • Focus, short break, and long break sessions
  • Clear timer progress and round tracking
  • Focus categories for different work types
  • Block selected apps during focus (Pro)
  • Apple Watch controls
  • Live Activities and widgets
  • Session history and progress insights
Features
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NEN is a calm Pomodoro-style focus timer for iPhone and Apple Watch, built for deep work, study sessions, real breaks, and distraction-resistant routines. Start a focus session, move through short and long breaks, and keep your attention on the work in front of you. NEN is built around a simple Pomodoro-style timer flow with a quiet visual style, clear session progress, and useful controls when you need them. Use NEN for deep work, study blocks, writing sessions, coding, reading, or any routine where you want a focused rhythm without extra noise. Features: - Focus, short break, and long break sessions - Clear timer progress and round tracking - Focus categories for different kinds of work - Block selected apps during focus with NEN Pro - Apple Watch controls - Live Activities and widgets - Session history and progress insights - Optional NEN Pro lifetime unlock for deeper focus tools NEN is made for people who want a focused timer that feels calm, native, and easy to return to every day.

Screenshots

procreate绘画4 screens
NEN4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: NEN at 100% against procreate绘画's 0%. NEN also leads on price (Free vs $1.99) and rating (5.0 vs 1.0). procreate绘画's advantage is iOS requirement (12.1 vs 17.5). On ads, in-app purchases and device support 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

NEN is free to download; procreate绘画 costs $1.99 up front. procreate绘画 sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and NEN sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

NEN holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 3 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of procreate绘画's written reviews are positive against 100% of NEN's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

procreate绘画 ships an update every 7 months, NEN every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
procreate绘画 versus NEN: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameterprocreate绘画NEN
Price$1.99Free — better
Rating1.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings13 — better
Update frequencyEvery 7 monthsEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, Apple Watch
Requires iOS12.1 — better17.5
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer林 李Nijanthan Vijayakumar

Customer experience

procreate绘画

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral50.0%
Negative50.0%

NEN

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

procreate绘画

One-time3
  • 快画画吧月Vip会员$2.99
  • 快画画吧季度Vip会员$5.99
  • 快画画吧年Vip会员$14.99
1 purchases

NEN

One-time1
  • NEN Lifetime Unlock$2.39

Questions

Is procreate绘画 free?
procreate绘画 costs $1.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is NEN free?
NEN is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, procreate绘画 or NEN?
NEN is rated higher. procreate绘画 averages 1.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while NEN averages 5.0 from 3 ratings.
Do procreate绘画 or NEN have ads?
Neither procreate绘画 nor NEN shows ads.
Which is updated more often, procreate绘画 or NEN?
procreate绘画 ships an update every 7 months, and NEN every 5 days. Most recently, procreate绘画 was updated on November 2, 2026 and NEN on October 31, 2026.

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