Comparison

State vs Clover Painting

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

Head to head
About

State

Monitor your Mac's vital statistics remotely from your iPhone or iPad. View real-time CPU, memory, disk, temperature, fan speed, network, and uptime information.

Highlights
  • Real-time Mac system monitoring
  • CPU usage display
  • Memory usage display
  • Hard drive status
  • Temperature monitoring
  • Fan speed monitoring
  • Network information
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State 是一款功能强大、实用的Mac电脑运行状态管理应用,它能够安装在您的iPhone或者iPad上,与Mac端State连接,实时上显示Mac电脑的CPU、内存、硬盘、温度、风扇、网络信息以及开机时间等重要信息。

About

Clover Painting

Features
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Clover Painting is a mobile drawing app built for iPhone and iPad. It is designed for illustration, sketching, comic drafts, doodles, idea capture, and everyday digital art. The app uses a bright Fluent-style interface with clear controls, colorful buttons, and rich icons, so you can move from idea to canvas quickly. Key Features: Flexible Canvas Presets Start with common canvas sizes or create a custom canvas for sketches, illustrations, concepts, and high-resolution drafts. Full-Screen Drawing Focus on your artwork with an immersive canvas experience that reduces distractions while drawing. Brushes and Colors Choose from multiple brush presets, adjust brush parameters, and pick colors for different drawing styles. Resource and Preset Management Manage brush resources, custom presets, and reusable creative settings to keep your workflow organized. Artwork Export Use common export format options to save, share, or continue working with your artwork. iCloud Drafts Users signed in with Apple can use iCloud draft features to back up and restore artwork. Guest mode is available for quick local drawing. Bilingual Interface Switch between Chinese and English to match your preferred language. Appearance Modes Choose System, Light, or Dark mode for a comfortable drawing experience in different environments. Great For: Illustrators Comic and storyboard creators iPad drawing users Creative note takers Design and art learners Anyone who wants a colorful mobile sketchbook Clover Painting helps make digital drawing lighter, faster, and more enjoyable. Open a canvas, choose a brush, and start creating.

Screenshots

State1 screens
Clover Painting4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: State at none against Clover Painting's 1. State also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs monthly) and device support (4 vs 2). On price 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Clover Painting sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. State asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

State ships an update every 5 days, Clover Painting monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
State versus Clover Painting: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStateClover Painting
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews68.8% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 days — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS12.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size20 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNingbo Shangguan Technology Co.,Ltd.献慧 陈

In-app purchases

None

State

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Clover Painting

One-time1
  • Permanent unlock$0.99

Questions

Is State free?
State is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Clover Painting free?
Clover Painting is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do State or Clover Painting have ads?
Neither State nor Clover Painting shows ads.
Which is updated more often, State or Clover Painting?
State ships an update every 5 days, and Clover Painting monthly. Most recently, State was updated on November 3, 2026 and Clover Painting on November 5, 2026.

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