Comparison

Drawith vs Knobble

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

Head to head
About

Drawith

Features
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Online drawing application, you can draw, study and chat with friends or family. Show everyone how cool you can draw or just improve your skill by communicating with other players. Drawings can be saved and loaded.

About

Knobble

This app lets you draw a single, unbroken line with a friend inside your messages. Watch your creations animate and pass the pen back and forth to collaboratively build doodles. It offers a daily tracing challenge and is designed for group chats.

Highlights
  • Draw one continuous line
  • Send drawings within Messages
  • Watch drawings animate
  • Daily tracing challenges
  • Use knobs or finger to draw
  • Designed for group chats
Features
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Knobble is a tiny drawing toy that lives in your Messages. You draw ONE unbroken line — with two little knobs, or just your finger — and send it to a friend right inside iMessage. They watch it draw itself, stroke by stroke, then pick up the pen exactly where you left off and keep the same line going in their own color. That's the whole magic: every Knobble, no matter how many people add to it, is a single continuous line. Pass it back and forth and watch a goofy doodle slowly become... something. A cat? A boat? A beautiful mess? All of the above. ONE LINE Each person's turn is a new color, but the line never lifts. Receiving a Knobble isn't just an image — it animates itself drawing, then hands you the pen. TWO KNOBS OR YOUR FINGER Twist the two knobs like a classic mechanical drawing toy (left moves across, right moves up and down), or just draw with your finger. Same line either way — pick whatever's more fun. A NEW CHALLENGE EVERY DAY There's a fresh shape to trace every day — a heart, a rocket, a snail — and it's a two-person relay: you trace the first half, a friend finishes it, and you get a score for how close you landed together. Share the result. MADE FOR GROUP CHATS Couples, best friends, family threads, chaotic group chats. The more people who add a turn, the better (and weirder) it gets. NO ACCOUNTS, NO TRACKING, NOTHING TO SIGN UP FOR Knobble has no servers and collects nothing about you. Your drawings ride inside the message itself, sent peer-to-peer through Messages. There's no feed, no login, no data collection — just you, your friends, and one ridiculous line. KNOBBLE PLUS (optional, one-time) Love it? Knobble Plus is a single one-time purchase (no subscription) that unlocks: • Trace a Photo — fade one of your own photos behind the canvas and trace it together • Every device color — pick the color of your Knobble toy • A premium pen palette — more colors to sign your turns with Everything Plus draws still shows up in full color for the friends you send to, whether or not they have Plus. The core — draw, send, watch, continue, daily challenge — is free forever. Open Messages, tap the Knobble app, and draw your friend a line.

Screenshots

Drawith4 screens
Knobble4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Drawith at none against Knobble's 1. Drawith also leads on iOS requirement (11.0 vs 17.0). Knobble's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price 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. Knobble sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Drawith asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
Drawith versus Knobble: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDrawithKnobble
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.0 (4 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—4 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 months—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS11.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size414 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAleksandr KorovkinDibsly LLC

In-app purchases

None

Drawith

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Knobble

One-time1
  • Knobble Plus$1.99

Questions

Is Drawith free?
Drawith is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Knobble free?
Knobble is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Drawith or Knobble have ads?
Drawith shows ads; Knobble does not.

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