Comparison

DraftIt vs Sketch Pro

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

Head to head
About

DraftIt

This drawing app uses creative constraints and a ticking clock to help users overcome creative blocks and keep moving forward on their canvas. It encourages intuitive creation by silencing analytical thought and motivating the creative mind. Hesitation can lead to lost progress, pushing users to act decisively.

Highlights
  • Creative constraints and ticking clock
  • Overcome creative blocks
  • Intuitive right-brain motivation
  • Progress loss on hesitation
  • iPad and Apple Pencil optimized
  • Pro subscription for extended features
Features
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DraftIt leverages creative constraints and a ticking clock to motivate you to get out of your head and keep moving forward on the canvas. The race against time helps silence your analytical left-brain and motivates your creative right-brain to take the wheel. Hesitate too long, and risk losing all progress. It's not the last drawing app you'll need. But it's the first. Designed for iPad and Apple Pencil. We’re always looking to improve. So let us know if there’s anything you’d like to see in future updates using the in-app “Feedback” button. In-app subscriptions to DraftIt Pro include: • Longer session time options (10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 45) so you can keep the creative fire burning. • Infinity Mode removes the time pressure but keeps the app’s focus (one tool, one color, no erasing). • Beast Mode intensifies the pressure! Drafts will begin to fade sooner when a user hesitates and progress will be lost after 4 seconds. • App Themes allow you to customize the look of the app and the tool color. • App Icons to customize the look of the app on your home screen. • DraftIt Pro subscriptions help support the maintenance and development of new features, tools, and technologies to help you focus and create. A single in-app subscription enables features on all of your devices. Monthly and Yearly subscriptions will renew automatically unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage your subscription in-app. Canceling has never been easier! — Privacy Policy https://mechanicalanimals.org/privacy.html Terms of Use https://mechanicalanimals.org/terms.html

About

Sketch Pro

This professional art app offers advanced AI tools for digital painting, illustration, and animation. Create stunning artwork with custom brushes, text-to-image generation, and intelligent editing features. It's designed to streamline your creative workflow on iPads and iPhones.

Highlights
  • Customizable brushes
  • Text to Image AI
  • Sketch to Image AI
  • Magic Edit AI
  • Auto-Coloring AI
  • Animation Assist
  • Advanced Layer System
Features
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SketchPro, a professional art app available for iPads and iPhones, crafted with love by the Drawing Desk Team SketchPro is perfect for creative professional digital artists, including graphic designers, illustrators, comic, anime & manga book artists with a range of Drawing & painting tools to upgrade their creative workflow SketchPro tools and features: Powerful Custom Brushes -A range of free specialized brush sets for sketching, painting, doodling, drawing and more. -Customisable brushes with adjustable radius, opacity, texture and more -Create brush sets -Maintain a list of your favorite brushes -Free Roller Brush with 100+ patterns Animation Assist -Powerful interface and essential tools for creating impressive animations (Only for iPads). -Wide range of tools, including onion-skinning, instant playback, a visual timeline, and more. Essentials to accelerate the Creative Process -Smart Shapes feature for instant shape drawing -Free Symmetry Tool for easier drawing -Powerful Gradient tool with Linear and Radial options -Layer Transform Tool with Freeform, Uniform, Distort and Warp options -Magic Eraser -Assisted Drawing -Synchronization between iPad and iPhone Advanced Layer System -Free unlimited layers -Rasterize, Duplicate and Merge layers -Fill, Color Invert, Lock Alpha and Lock Layer options Advance Text Tool -Select from a full list of fonts or import your own -Customize fonts -Apply solid and gradient colors to text -A range colored font patterns, textures and designs Complete Color Palette -Full Color Wheel with adjustable color values and shades -Create unique themed color palettes for your drawing -Import colors from photos and images Extensive Shapes Library -15+ categories of free shapes, signs, and symbols -Favorites section for keeping track of frequently used shapes Other Essential Tools -Smudge Tool -Fill Bucket with solid colors -Filter options including Gaussian Blur, Motion Blur, Perspective Blur and more. -Convenient Cutter Tool -Import and Export functions -Custom Canvas option -AR Facepaint Organize and Save Your Work -Save every drawing automatically -Rename each saved artwork -Create folders for storing drawings methodically -Cloud syncing to secure and access artworks anywhere -Duplicate and Delete projects at any time -Time Lapse Playback -Dark Mode Unlimited access to all premium features & daily content updates during the subscription period Premium subscriptions with 1 week trial -Annual for 39.99/year You may cancel a subscription or free-trial anytime via the subscription setting through your iTunes account. This must be done 24 hours before the end of the free trial or subscription period to avoid being charged. The subscription will automatically renew unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. No cancellation of the current subscription is allowed during the active subscription period. Any unused portion of a free trial period will be forfeited when the user purchases a SketchPro Unlimited subscription. Terms & Conditions : https://4axis.com/terms-of-use Privacy Policy : https://4axis.com/privacy-policy Reach us: hello@4axis

Screenshots

DraftIt2 screens
Sketch Pro4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: DraftIt at none against Sketch Pro's shown. DraftIt also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs every 3 weeks). Sketch Pro's advantage is ratings volume (12K vs 15). On price, rating, review sentiment 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. DraftIt sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and Sketch Pro sells 16 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for DraftIt against 4.7 for Sketch Pro. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Sketch Pro has 12K ratings behind it against 15, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 75% of DraftIt's written reviews are positive against 81% of Sketch Pro's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

DraftIt ships an update every 4 days, Sketch Pro every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
DraftIt versus Sketch Pro: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDraftItSketch Pro
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (15 ratings)4.7 (12K ratings) — better
Positive reviews75.0% of reviews80.7% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1512K — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 days — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod, Vision Pro — better
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB319 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMechanical Animals4Axis Technologies Pte Ltd

Customer experience

DraftIt

All ratings15 ratings
Positive93.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative6.7%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%

Sketch Pro

All ratings11,556 ratings
Positive93.0%
Neutral3.4%
Negative3.6%
Written reviews690 reviews
Positive80.7%
Neutral5.8%
Negative13.5%

Bugs and requests

DraftIt

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Sketch Pro

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Drawings randomly deleted or lost
  • Inability to load or access previous artwork
  • Crashes when trying to import photos

Requested features

6 requests
  • Add liquify tool
  • Improve layer management and manipulation
  • Provide more default brushes
  • Implement undo/redo functionality
  • Add shape tools for perfect geometric shapes
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  • Improve performance and stability

In-app purchases

3 purchases

DraftIt

Subscriptions2
  • DraftIt Pro7 Days trial$0.991 Month
  • DraftIt Pro7 Days trial$4.991 Year
One-time1
  • lifetime of DraftIt Pro$2.99
16 purchases

Sketch Pro

Subscriptions13
  • SketchPro Premium Weekly$0.997 Days
  • SketchPro Premium Monthly3 Months trial$1.991 Month
  • SketchPro Monthly Premium7 Days trial$4.991 Month
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  • SketchPro Premium Monthly7 Days trial$7.991 Month
  • SketchPro Premium Yearly7 Days trial$9.991 Year
  • SketchPro Yearly Premium$9.991 Year
  • SketchPro Premium1 Year trial$14.991 Year
  • SketchPro Yearly Premium7 Days trial$14.991 Year
  • SketchPro Yearly Premium$14.991 Year
  • SketchPro Premium Yearly7 Days trial$39.991 Year
  • SketchPro Premium Yearly1 Year trial$39.991 Year
  • SketchPro Yearly Premium7 Days trial$39.991 Year
  • SketchPro Premium Yearly7 Days trial$49.991 Year
One-time3
  • 100 Tokens$3.99
  • 200 Tokens$4.99
  • 500 Tokens$7.99

Questions

Is DraftIt free?
DraftIt is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Sketch Pro free?
Sketch Pro is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, DraftIt or Sketch Pro?
Sketch Pro is rated higher. DraftIt averages 4.6 out of 5 from 15 ratings, while Sketch Pro averages 4.7 from 12K ratings.
Do DraftIt or Sketch Pro have ads?
Sketch Pro shows ads; DraftIt does not.
Which is updated more often, DraftIt or Sketch Pro?
DraftIt ships an update every 4 days, and Sketch Pro every 3 weeks. Most recently, DraftIt was updated on October 8, 2026 and Sketch Pro on October 11, 2026.

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