Comparison

Drawing Apps vs Scienze

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

Head to head
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

About

Scienze

Features
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Understand difficult academic papers, don't just summarise them. Scienze turns any paper into swipeable cards and explains each paragraph in plainer language, one level at a time, until it clicks. SWIPE TO SIMPLIFY Swipe left on any card and that paragraph is explained in plainer language. Still not clear? Swipe again. Each swipe goes a level simpler, so you decide how far to go, and Scienze remembers how many passes each passage needed. Unlike a summary, you still follow the whole argument, just in words that work for you. READING IN A SECOND LANGUAGE? Academic writing is hard enough in your first language. Plainer explanations and instant definitions help you follow dense papers without stopping to translate every sentence. BUILT FOR A PHONE SCREEN • Papers split into focused cards: abstract, methods, figures, results • No endless scrolling and no pinch-zooming • Cards keep your place and show your progress through the paper • Select any word or phrase for an instant, in-context definition • Tap a figure reference and the chart opens beside the text, with its caption ADD A PAPER ANY WAY YOU LIKE • Upload a PDF • Paste a URL • Photograph printed pages from a book or journal, and Scienze extracts the text and builds the cards for you MAKE IT YOURS • Add your own notes to any card • Bookmark the passages worth returning to • Jump straight between sections READ ANYWHERE Saved papers and reading progress live on your device, so you can keep reading on the train, on a flight, or wherever the signal drops. WHO IT'S FOR Undergraduates, PhD students, early-career researchers, students reading in a second language, and anyone curious enough to open a scientific paper and honest enough to admit that some paragraphs need a second pass. Or a seventh. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://scienze.co.uk/privacy

Screenshots

Drawing Apps4 screens
Scienze4 screens

Verdict

The call

Drawing Apps and Scienze are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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 and Scienze sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $12.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Drawing Apps ships an update monthly, Scienze every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Drawing Apps versus Scienze: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDrawing AppsScienze
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (5.2K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews62.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings5.2K — better—
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS14.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size163 MB17 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGang JiScienze Limited

Bugs and 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

Scienze

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

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
5 purchases

Scienze

Subscriptions5
  • Scienze Classic$12.991 Month
  • Scienze Premium$17.991 Month
  • Scienze Classic - Termly$29.993 Months
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  • Scienze Classic$109.991 Year
  • Scienze Premium$179.991 Year

Questions

Is Drawing Apps free?
Drawing Apps is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Scienze free?
Scienze is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Drawing Apps or Scienze have ads?
Neither Drawing Apps nor Scienze shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Drawing Apps or Scienze?
Drawing Apps ships an update monthly, and Scienze every 2 weeks. Most recently, Drawing Apps was updated on October 27, 2026 and Scienze on October 25, 2026.

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