Comparison

Pofi Brush vs Canvas Software

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

Head to head
About

Pofi Brush

Unleash your creativity with a professional art studio experience on your device. This app offers a powerful 2D engine, extensive brush customization, and an advanced multi-layer system for sketching, painting, and illustration.

Highlights
  • Nearly 10 exquisitely crafted brushes
  • Full-featured layer and color tools
  • Powerful 2D Artistic Engine
  • Professional Brush Editor with 40+ settings
  • Advanced Multi-layer System with grouping
  • Support for large HD canvases up to 4k x 4k px
  • Optimized for smooth drawing speeds
Features
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Pofi Brush delivers nearly 10 exquisitely crafted brushes, full-featured layer and color tools, an elegant interface, and a smooth yet powerful 2D Artistic Engine—unlocking a professional art studio experience on your device. Whether you're sketching your first draft or crafting professional illustrations, Pofi Brush empowers artists to create stunning comics, animations, and concept art on mobile or tablet. Unleash your creativity anytime, anywhere. Powerful 2D Artistic Engine The powerful 2D Artistic Engine is developed by the Pofi team and is optimized for 64-bit multi-core processors. It is compatible with multiple platforms and supports large HD canvases and multiple layers. It is optimized for smooth speed to ensure you get the best painting experience. - Canvas up to 4k × 4k px, making your artwork clear and lifelike. - Easy-to-use interface for mobile painting. - Optimised for 64-bit multicore processors for smooth drawing speeds. - Use the Apple Pencil for smooth, realistic, low-latency strokes. - Auto-save and save on exit. - All features supported on phones and tablets. Professional Brush Editor Pofi Brush presets dozens of creative brushes of various types, each with over 40 custom settings, allowing you to adjust the brush editor according to your personal preferences and creative needs, or design your own custom brushes for more personalized creations. - Built-in dozens of well-designed creative brushes for sketching, inking, texture, art, specialties and more! - Each brush has three modes: Brush, Eraser, and Smudge. - Each brush has over 40 customizable settings and a library of preset nib shapes and textures. - Comb, sort, and create brushes by groups for better management of your brushes. - Anti-flutter brush strokes can be set to give your brush more flow. - Finger-painting simulates pressure, so you can use your finger to paint with the sharpness and fineness of a real paintbrush. - Take full advantage of the Apple Pencil's features, combining the speed, tilt and pressure of the brush to experience a realistic brush touch. Advanced Multi-layer System Pofi Brush offers a multi-layer system with grouping, layer effects, and layer adjustments, giving you precise control over each layer to create stunning artwork. - Quickly preview and find the layer you need with the Layer Preview. - Support drag-and-drop grouping, merging, and deleting of multiple layers to conveniently manage your layers. - 20 layer functions: drag sort, show/hide, lock/unlock, transparency, multi-select, grouping/ungrouping, merge, fill, new, clear, copy, delete, rename, alpha lock, invert color, color markup, background color. - 27 layer blending modes: Standard, Darken, Positive Blend, Color Deepen, Linear Deepen, Darken, Brighten, Filter, Color Lighten, Linear Lighten, Lighten, Overlay, Soft Light, Highlight, Bright Light, Linear Light, Spot Light, Solid Blend, Difference, Exclude, Subtract, Divide, Color and other modes. Full-featured Color Tools Provides various color tool panels and styles needed by painters, allowing you to get the colors you need easily and quickly. - 4 kinds of color panels: circular color palette, square color palette, HSB numeric color value, grouping color matching color blocks - 2 kinds of color picking methods: input hexadecimal color code, long press to suck color - 6 color block functions: color block group, group rename, group sort, color block sort, overlay color block, delete color block More Highlights - Cell phone interface view supports half-screen and full-screen expanding interface. - Tablet PC supports large interface expansion and small interface drag and drop. - Support canvas rotation and zoom - Auto archive, return to save - Support exporting Png and Jpg image files. > Twitter/X: @ Pofi Brush > Instagram: @pofibrush > Email: brush@pofiart.com Privacy Policy: https://brush.pofiapp.com/privacy

About

Canvas Software

A powerful yet user-friendly drawing application for iPad and Mac, powered by a custom engine for smooth 60fps rendering. Offers features like adjustment layers, timelapse recording, and filters for creative expression.

Highlights
  • Canvas7 drawing engine
  • 60fps rendering
  • Adjustment Layers
  • Timelapse recording
  • Filters
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Painter is a feature-rich, easy to use drawing app for the iPad and Mac. It uses the custom built Canvas7 drawing engine for rendering at 60fps. Some of the features include Adjustment Layers, Timelapse, Filters, and more. Make sure to leave a review and let me know how Painter can be improved!

Screenshots

Pofi Brush4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Pofi Brush at 3.2 against Canvas Software's 2.3. Pofi Brush also leads on ratings volume (13 vs 4). Canvas Software's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 11). On price, review sentiment, ads 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

Both are free to download. Pofi Brush sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Canvas Software asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Pofi Brush holds the better App Store score, 3.2 against 2.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 13 and 4 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 43% of Pofi Brush's written reviews are positive against 40% of Canvas Software's.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Pofi Brush versus Canvas Software: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPofi BrushCanvas Software
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.2 (13 ratings) — better2.3 (4 ratings)
Positive reviews43.0% of reviews — better40.0% of reviews
Number of ratings13 — better4
Update frequencyFortnightly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPad, Mac
Requires iOS15.014.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size1.1 GB27 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperPofi EntertainmentCanvas Software LLC

Customer experience

Pofi Brush

All ratings13 ratings
Positive53.8%
Neutral7.7%
Negative38.5%
Written reviews79 reviews
Positive43.0%
Neutral19.0%
Negative38.0%

Canvas Software

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive40.0%
Neutral40.0%
Negative20.0%

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Pofi Brush

One-time10
  • PB Cloud(500)1 Month$1.99
  • Pro Version(Perpetual Plan)2 variants$2.99
  • PB Cloud(2000)1 Month$3.99
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  • PB Cloud(5000)1 Month$7.99
  • Pro Version(Perpetual Plan)$9.99
  • Pro Version(Perpetual Plan)$12.99
  • 「Pofi Brush」Plus Annual$19.99
  • PB Cloud(500)1 Year$19.99
  • PB Cloud(2000)1 Year$39.99
  • PB Cloud(5000)1 Year$79.99
None

Canvas Software

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Pofi Brush free?
Pofi Brush is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Canvas Software free?
Canvas Software is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Pofi Brush or Canvas Software?
Pofi Brush is rated higher. Pofi Brush averages 3.2 out of 5 from 13 ratings, while Canvas Software averages 2.3 from 4 ratings.
Do Pofi Brush or Canvas Software have ads?
Neither Pofi Brush nor Canvas Software shows ads.

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