Comparison

Doodle vs Simple Drawing Pad

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

Head to head
About

Doodle

Unleash your creativity with a simple yet powerful drawing application. Sketch, paint, and color on a blank canvas, perfect for quick ideas or detailed artwork. Save your creations with an optional subscription for enhanced features.

Highlights
  • Blank canvas for drawing
  • Variety of drawing tools and colors
  • Undo functionality
  • Image sharing
  • Apple Pencil support
  • Cross-device compatibility
  • Optional Pro subscription for advanced features
Features
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A little color. A whole new world. Doodle is a drawing app for everyday imagination. Pick a tool, choose a color, and make a mark. A blank canvas can become a small world, a useful idea, or a few minutes of play. MAKE SOMETHING YOURS Draw a colorful scene. Sketch a chart to explain a thought. Draw a tic-tac-toe board and take turns making marks. Map a request and its reply. Practice a letter until it feels like your own. These are things you can draw, with room for your own ideas in between. KEEP IT SIMPLE Choose drawing tools and colors, undo a mark, and share an image of your work. On compatible iPad models, draw with touch or Apple Pencil. No account is required to start drawing. A CANVAS FOR YOUR DEVICE Draw on iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple Vision Pro. Each brings its own controls to the same simple idea: a place to draw. On Apple Vision Pro, Doodle is a two-dimensional canvas in an app window. A LITTLE MORE WITH DOODLE PRO An optional Doodle Pro subscription lets you save and reopen editable drawings, ask for confirmation before clearing, hide the tool picker, and choose your preferred light or dark appearance. App icon choices are also available on supported devices. Drawing and image sharing do not require a Pro subscription. Pro is available as a monthly or yearly auto-renewing subscription. The price and any eligible offer are shown before you subscribe. Subscriptions renew automatically unless you cancel. Manage or cancel your subscription in your App Store account settings. One mark is a good place to start. Privacy Policy: https://doodle.app/privacy Terms of Use: https://doodle.app/terms

About

Simple Drawing Pad

Easily create drawings, take notes, or doodle with a variety of colors and pen thicknesses. Supports multi-touch for collaborative drawing and allows you to save your creations.

Highlights
  • Draw pictures
  • Take handwritten notes
  • Doodle
  • 16 color options
  • Adjustable pen thickness
  • Multi-touch support
  • Save drawings
Features
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A simple drawing app. You can easily use it to draw pictures, take handwritten notes, doodle, etc. There are 16 different colors to choose from You can also change the thickness of the pen Multi-touch support allows multiple people to draw at the same time You can also save the images you draw

Screenshots

Doodle4 screens
Simple Drawing Pad3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Simple Drawing Pad at none against Doodle's 2. Simple Drawing Pad also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 67%) and iOS requirement (15.6 vs 26.0). Doodle's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and rating (4.5 vs 4.1). On price, update cadence 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. Doodle sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Simple Drawing Pad asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Doodle holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Doodle has 46K ratings behind it against 36, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 67% of Doodle's written reviews are positive against 100% of Simple Drawing Pad's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Doodle versus Simple Drawing Pad: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDoodleSimple Drawing Pad
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (46K ratings) — better4.1 (36 ratings)
Positive reviews67.2% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings46K — better36
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 2 months
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesAd-supported — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Vision Pro — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS26.015.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size155 MB16 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJoe BlauRyouhei Azuma

Customer experience

Doodle

All ratings46,291 ratings
Positive85.9%
Neutral7.0%
Negative7.1%
Written reviews409 reviews
Positive67.2%
Neutral13.2%
Negative19.6%

Simple Drawing Pad

All ratings36 ratings
Positive77.8%
Neutral8.3%
Negative13.9%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Doodle

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Drawings disappear after app closes
  • Toolbar disappears during screen recording
  • Inability to zoom in/out properly

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add undo/redo functionality
  • Implement auto-save feature
  • Provide more drawing tools and customization options
  • Allow changing background color
  • Add ability to import/export drawings

Simple Drawing Pad

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Doodle

Subscriptions2
  • Doodle Pro: Monthly7 Days trial$2.991 Month
  • Doodle Pro: Yearly$9.991 Year
None

Simple Drawing Pad

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Doodle free?
Doodle is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Simple Drawing Pad free?
Simple Drawing Pad is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Doodle or Simple Drawing Pad?
Doodle is rated higher. Doodle averages 4.5 out of 5 from 46K ratings, while Simple Drawing Pad averages 4.1 from 36 ratings.
Do Doodle or Simple Drawing Pad have ads?
Simple Drawing Pad shows ads; Doodle does not.
Which is updated more often, Doodle or Simple Drawing Pad?
Doodle ships an update every 2 months, and Simple Drawing Pad every 2 months. Most recently, Doodle was updated on November 5, 2026 and Simple Drawing Pad on November 3, 2026.

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