Comparison

Saturn vs Drawing Apps

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

Head to head
About

Saturn

Easily sketch your ideas with intuitive 3D drawing tools. Capture patterns from photos and trace their outlines for unique creations. Experience a novel way to bring your imagination to life on your device.

Highlights
  • 3D ruler for scaling, rotating, and translating
  • Draw outlines of 3D objects
  • Capture patterns from photos
  • Trace outlines of patterns
  • Simple drawing interface
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You may want to sketch your thoughts. It might be a table, a fan, or anything. Let’s draw your mind out in a simple way! Saturn offers some useful tools for you to draw the outline of 3D object. Imagine you have a 3D ruler in the app. You can scale, rotate and translate it on the canvas. You may see a fun pattern in a patch of cloud. It might be a whale, or an elephant. Let's take a picture of it. Saturn offers some useful tools for you to find the outline of the pattern. This will be a brand new drawing experience!

About

Drawing Apps

Create digital art with a powerful painting engine and advanced tools. This app offers realistic brushes, layers, blend modes, and various editing capabilities for sketching, painting, and transforming images. Import and export your creations in multiple formats.

Highlights
  • Advanced painting engine with 40+ natural brush presets
  • Realistic brush interaction with paper textures
  • Layers and Photoshop blend modes
  • Selection and clipping masks
  • Transform multiple layers and use transform tool
  • Import and export drawings in JPEG and PNG formats
Features
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Superior brushes - The most advanced painting engine on tablets • 40+ natural brush presets • Brushes interact realistically with paper textures Superior tools - A place for everything • Layers and Photoshop blend modes • Selection and clipping masks Superior interface - Everything in its place • It’s simple. It’s organized. It’s out of the way. • Organized workflows: Paint - Sketch, Paint, and Blend Clone - Turn a photo into a painting Edit - Adjust color, Liquify, Pattern, Crop, or add a filter • Move your favorite tools to the top bar for quicker access Advanced features • Transform multiple layers simultaneously • Transform tool: Scale, Rotate, Flip, Distort, and Skew • Create seamless patterns with the Pattern tool • Gradient and Pattern Fill • Import images • Rotate and flip the canvas Import and export • Import and export drawings • Add images from Gallery, Camera, or search the web • Export images as JPEG, PNG. Get Drawing Apps Premium – weekly subscription for $2.99 USD. OR monthly subscription (which comes with a 3-day free trial) for $4.99 USD. OR yearly subscription for $9.99 USD • Subscription payments will be charged to your iTunes account at confirmation of your purchase and 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. The cancellation will take effect the day after the last day of the current subscription period and you will be downgraded to the free service. • Please 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 Policy: https://drawingpad.me/privacy-policy.html • Terms: https://drawingpad.me/terms-of-use.html

Screenshots

Saturn4 screens
Drawing Apps4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Saturn at 5.0 against Drawing Apps's 4.4. Saturn also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 63%) and in-app purchases (none vs 15). Drawing Apps's advantage is ratings volume (5.2K vs 3). On price, 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. Drawing Apps sells 15 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days. Saturn asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Saturn holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Drawing Apps has 5.2K ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Saturn's written reviews are positive against 63% of Drawing Apps's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Saturn ships an update every 5 days, Drawing Apps monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Saturn versus Drawing Apps: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSaturnDrawing Apps
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings) — better4.4 (5.2K ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better62.5% of reviews
Number of ratings35.2K — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 days — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS10.0 — better14.0
Further details — not scored
Size43 MB163 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCheuk Yin LauGang Ji

Customer experience

Saturn

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Drawing Apps

All ratings5,150 ratings
Positive84.1%
Neutral5.7%
Negative10.2%
Written reviews392 reviews
Positive62.5%
Neutral11.5%
Negative26.0%

Bugs and requests

Saturn

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Drawing Apps

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Frequent crashes and app closures
  • Layers not working as expected
  • Drawing tools not responsive or accurate
  • Difficulty navigating the app

Requested features

5 requests
  • More free brushes and tools
  • Ability to save and export drawings
  • Undo/redo functionality improvements
  • Color customization options
  • Tracing feature for photos

In-app purchases

None

Saturn

No in-app purchases

15 purchases

Drawing Apps

Subscriptions9
  • DrawingApps Premium - Weekly$2.997 Days
  • DrawingApps Gold - Weekly$3.997 Days
  • Drawing App Black Friday Offer3 Days trial$5.991 Month
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  • DrawingAppsPremium Trial Month3 Days trial$7.991 Month
  • DrawingApps Premium - Monthly$7.991 Month
  • DrawingApps Gold Trial Monthly3 Days trial$9.991 Month
  • DrawingApps Gold - Monthly$9.991 Month
  • DrawingApps Premium - Yearly3 Days trial$39.991 Year
  • DrawingApps Gold - Yearly3 Days trial$59.991 Year
One-time6
  • 300 Coins$5.99
  • 900 Coins$14.99
  • 1200 Coins$19.99
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  • Lifetime Lite Drawing Pass$49.99
  • 5000 Coins$59.99
  • Lifetime PRO Drawing Pass$69.99

Questions

Is Saturn free?
Saturn is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Drawing Apps free?
Drawing Apps is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Saturn or Drawing Apps?
Saturn is rated higher. Saturn averages 5.0 out of 5 from 3 ratings, while Drawing Apps averages 4.4 from 5.2K ratings.
Do Saturn or Drawing Apps have ads?
Neither Saturn nor Drawing Apps shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Saturn or Drawing Apps?
Saturn ships an update every 5 days, and Drawing Apps monthly. Most recently, Saturn was updated on October 24, 2026 and Drawing Apps on October 29, 2026.

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