Comparison

Pic2Mag vs Drawing with Math

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

Head to head
About

Pic2Mag

Visualize magnetic and electric fields by drawing magnets or charges. This educational tool helps students understand physics concepts by displaying field lines and voltage potentials. It offers a free, ad-free learning experience for iOS devices.

Highlights
  • Draw magnets to visualize magnetic fields
  • Draw charges to visualize electric fields
  • Magnetostatic and Electrostatic modes
  • Field line and voltage potential plotting
  • Caches results for faster processing
  • Ad-free learning experience
Features
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The user draws the magnets and the Pic2Mag program draws the magnetic fields. The Field Calculator program now has a Magnetostatic mode, and an Electrostatic mode to plot either magnetic fields or electric fields. The program designed to help students learn Magnetic fields and Electric fields. You can draw magnets and look at the magnetic field, or you can draw electric charges and look at the electric voltage field. The best free magnetic science program you can download! No advertisements, it's just all app. The app can process most images in just a few minutes. The app caches it's results so the more that you use it, the faster the program processes images. Red pixels represent magnets with a North pole surface facing the observer, and Blue pixels represent magnets with a South pole surface facing the observer. Pink pixels represent positive electric charges, and Dark Purple pixels represent negative electric charges

About

Drawing with Math

This app offers vector and pixel art editors with tools for free drawing, shapes, and function plotting. It allows for linear transformations of images using matrices, eigenvalues, and rotations, alongside pixel image compression.

Highlights
  • Vector and pixel art editors
  • Free drawing and shape tools
  • Function plotting (Cartesian, polar, parametric)
  • Linear image transformations (matrix, rotation)
  • Pixel image compression
  • Editable greeting cards
Features
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Our “Drawing with Math (Vector and Pixel Art)” app combines two main components: * uniquely versatile image editors, * various methods of linear transformations of both user-entered and system images. Image editors are available in vector and pixelated forms. The editors offer such options as: * free drawing, * entry of all standard shapes, * entry of regular Cartesian, polar, or parametric function into image editor. List of several visually appealing functions is provided. The App stores 10 most recent user entries for each type. Vector images can be linearly transformed in a variety of user-defined ways: * 2x2 matrix, * eigenvalues and eigenvectors, * rotation by degree, * reflection across a given vector. Pixelated images can be compressed by segments to user-selected rank. Mathematical context for the above is provided, whenever possible. Explanation of image compression algorithms requires significant understanding of Linear Algebra, and is available in our “Matrix Solver Step by Step” app. Several bonus images with animations and editable greeting cards are also available. Suggestions and any other feedback are welcome! Write to us at graphmath@aol.com.

Screenshots

Pic2Mag4 screens
Drawing with Math4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Pic2Mag at 5.0 against Drawing with Math's 4.5. Pic2Mag also leads on iOS requirement (8.0 vs 15.0). Drawing with Math's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 31 months). On price, ratings volume, ads 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Pic2Mag holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 2 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pic2Mag ships an update every 31 months, Drawing with Math fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Pic2Mag versus Drawing with Math: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPic2MagDrawing with Math
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better4.5 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings12 — better
Update frequencyEvery 31 monthsFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS8.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size108 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMichael SnyderYuri Morozov

Customer experience

Pic2Mag

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Drawing with Math

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Pic2Mag

No in-app purchases

None

Drawing with Math

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Pic2Mag free?
Pic2Mag is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Drawing with Math free?
Drawing with Math is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Pic2Mag or Drawing with Math?
Pic2Mag is rated higher. Pic2Mag averages 5.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Drawing with Math averages 4.5 from 2 ratings.
Do Pic2Mag or Drawing with Math have ads?
Neither Pic2Mag nor Drawing with Math shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Pic2Mag or Drawing with Math?
Pic2Mag ships an update every 31 months, and Drawing with Math fortnightly. Most recently, Pic2Mag was updated on October 8, 2026 and Drawing with Math on October 6, 2026.

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