Drawing ▫ vs Simple Draw Paint
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Drawing ▫
Unleash your creativity with a versatile drawing and painting app. Explore a wide array of brushes, colors, and tools to sketch, paint, and design on your iPhone or iPad. Features include custom mandalas, coloring pages, and a dedicated kids' desk.
- 40+ handcrafted brushes
- Millions of colors
- Import and draw on pictures
- Custom mandalas and coloring pages
- Dedicated kids' desk
- Apple Pencil and 3D Touch support
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DrawingApp - Create amazing drawing art on the go with Drawing App for iPhone & iPad. Create amazing drawing ideas to life. Use DrawingApp's state-of-the-art brushes & tools to sketch, type, paint, and draw. Take your drawing creations to wherever your thoughts want to go! 1. Sketch Desk: DrawingApp has 40+ handcrafted style paintbrush and millions of colors to choose from. Focusing on food & shelter is for common men. Pouring your creativity through DrawingApp is for unique humans: the misfits, the rebels, the art markers. The ones who not only see things differently but produce different, creative art. Here's to the common men who can now be an artist with the DrawingApp! Here is a minimalistic set of tools that can help you create the art you want: a. 40+ handcrafted brush tools that can help you imitate the real paintbrush; b. Ruler to create straight lines to your needs; c. Eraser to change or modify a drawing on the go; d. Embed picture and drawing in one art; e. Install the DrawingApp to know more! FEATURES - Paint. Draw, Sketch. Repeat - Draw smoothly like never before on iPad or iPhone. - Draw creative sketches using 40+ brushes and tools - Enhance your drawing by importing pictures and photos - Zoom to paint fine details - Share instantly 2. Doodle Desk (NEW) With Doodle Desk you can create dazzling sketches, wonderful paintings & awesome illustrations! Key Feature: -Draw, Sketch & Paint anything. -You will find Every color to draw. -You can customize your color as you wish. -Import photo from gallery or by capturing a new photo. Draw on photo. Have fun! -Rotate & scale photos as much as you want. -You can change Brush size & Opacity settings. -Undo & Redo option for your every action. -Made very easy & convenient to use. -Save artworks in gallery & share them into any social network you want. -Record & share your art work 3. Coloring Desk: - Custom mandalas: bring your unique designs to life in the mandala creation mode - 20+ categories of unique colouring pages from talented illustrators - 40+ beautiful preset Solid & Gradient colour palettes - Custom palettes: combine any colours you like to create a matchless work of art - Various colouring tools - Post-editing effects 4. Kids Desk: - Funkiest canvas with 10+ drawing tools including pen, pencil, chalk, marker, Fill, glitter, gradient & watercolor brushes - Shapes & brushes, magical pattern brushes & an enchanting wand effect on every brush stroke - 50+ educational coloring pages *We Support Apple Pencil for iPad Pro & 3D Touch sensitivity for iPhones with Angle and Pressure with Water Color, Pencil, Pen tools etc.* Get DrawingApp Premium – weekly subscription (which comes with a 3-day free trial) for $4.99 USD, Monthly subscription for $7.99 USD, OR yearly subscription for $29.99 USD OR one-time purchase with $35.99 for life-time. Upgrade to the Premium version and get unlimited access to Sketch Desk, Coloring Desk, Kids Desk, and Doodle Desk - without ads & watermarks! • Subscription payments will be charged to your iTunes account at confirmation of your purchase & upon commencement of each renewal term. Subscription with a free trial period will automatically renew to a paid subscription. You can cancel your subscription or free trial in the iTunes settings at least 24-hours before the end of the free trial period. • Note: any unused portion of a free trial period (if offered) will be forfeited when you purchase a premium subscription during the free trial period. • Payment will be charged to your iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase. Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period. Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to that publication, where applicable. Privacy: http://drawingapp.me/privacy-policy.html Term: http://drawingapp.me/terms-of-use.html EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Simple Draw Paint
This drawing application offers a clean, ad-free canvas for easy sketching and design. It provides essential tools like lines, shapes, text, and color options for a straightforward creative experience.
- Ad-free drawing area
- Straight line tool
- Rectangle and circle shapes
- Text insertion
- Color and thickness adjustment
- Undo function
- Delete all option
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With Simple Draw Paint, you can draw from one edge of the screen to the other. There are no advertisements in the drawing area, so you can draw all over the blank canvas. Simple Draw Paint is the perfect drawing application for those who love to draw. It eliminates unnecessary features. This is an app dedicated to easy drawing. There are various useful tools to help your drawing. Useful drawing tools Straight line Rectangles Arrows Circles, circles Dotted lines Text Change color Change thickness Undo function Delete all
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Simple Draw Paint at none against Drawing ▫'s 10. Simple Draw Paint also leads on review sentiment (40% vs 24%) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). Drawing ▫'s advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 17 months). On price 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
Both are free to download. Drawing ▫ sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days. Simple Draw Paint asks for nothing beyond the download.
Drawing ▫ ships an update every 2 weeks, Simple Draw Paint every 17 months. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Drawing ▫ | Simple Draw Paint |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.1 (15K ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 23.9% of reviews | 40.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 15K — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 17 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 184 MB | 31 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Vora Bhavik | MINERVA K.K. |
Customer experience
Drawing ▫
Simple Draw Paint
Bugs and requests
Drawing ▫
Reported bugs
3 issues- Drawings disappearing or not saving properly
- Undo/redo functionality not working as expected
- App freezing or crashing during use
Requested features
4 requests- More color and brush options
- Improved layering and editing tools
- Better save/load functionality
- Tutorials or in-app guidance
Simple Draw Paint
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Drawing ▫
- Drawing Apps Premium Weekly$4.997 Days
- Drawing Games Gold - Monthly3 Days trial$5.991 Month
- Drawing Apps Premium Monthly$8.991 Month
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- DrawingApp Premium Year France3 Days trial$19.991 Year
- Drawing Games Gold - Yearly$24.991 Year
- Drawing Apps Premium Yearly3 Days trial$29.991 Year
- Drawing App - Low Credits$4.99
- Remove Ads and Popups$16.99
- Drawing App - Premium Credits$29.99
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- Drawing App One-time Purchase$35.99
Simple Draw Paint
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Drawing ▫ free?
Is Simple Draw Paint free?
Do Drawing ▫ or Simple Draw Paint have ads?
Which is updated more often, Drawing ▫ or Simple Draw Paint?
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