Comparison

Sketchbook vs Polaframe

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

Head to head
About

Sketchbook

This app provides a versatile and user-friendly digital art creation experience for mobile devices. It offers a professional-grade toolset with customizable brushes and layers, allowing users to sketch, paint, and illustrate with ease. Perfect for both beginners and experienced artists looking to bring their ideas to life on the go.

Highlights
  • 60+ realistic brushes and tools
  • Multiple layers with settings
  • Import photos for reference
  • Shape draw assist and rulers
  • Customizable color wheel
  • Undo/Redo functionality
  • Instant sharing
Features
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SketchBook is the most practical, versatile and user-friendly sketching app designed for mobile gadgets. This exhaustive artist's toolbox helps users create dazzling sketches, cheerful paintings and smashing illustrations on the go. A reflexive way to produce a custom drawing! Whether you want to create graffiti or you want to create a doodle, or you want to learn to paint and draw, SketchBook is your tool of choice. Sketchbook is an award-winning sketching, artwork, and drawing app for anyone who loves to draw. Artists and illustrators love Sketchbook for its professional-grade characteristic set and highly customizable mechanisms. Everyone loves Sketchbook for its elegant interface and natural drawing experience, free of distractions so you can focus on capturing and articulating your idea. FEATURES - Shape draw assist - Paint. Draw, Sketch. Repeat - Draw smoothly like never before on iPad or iPhone with super realistic brushes. - Draw creative sketches using 60 brushes and tools - Enhance your drawing by importing pictures and photos - Zoom to paint fine details - Share instantly - Import photos for Reference - Ruler - 16 Shape Rulers - Color Palette - Custom Color Wheel - Multiple Layers drawings - Layer settings - Undo - Redo steps - Hard and soft Eraser with opacity settings Beautiful tools make beautiful drawings, we endlessly refined SketchBook brushes to create the most realistic drawing tools. List of BRUSH tools - Basic - Texture Essentials - Copic - Pen Brush - Synthetic Paint - Traditional - Texture - Shape - Splatter - Designer - Artist - Pastel - Eraser - Cutter - Smudge tool Create amazing drawing ideas to life. Use SketchBook state-of-the-art brushes and tools to sketch, type, paint, and draw. Take your drawing creations to wherever your thoughts want to go! Unlimited access to all the premium features and future updates during the subscription period. The subscriptions are $6.99 per month with 3 days trial period and $24.99 yearly or equal to the same price tier as Apple App Store Matrix, determined as the equivalent of subscription price in $USD. You may cancel a subscription or free-trial anytime via the subscription setting through your iTunes account. This must be done 24 hours before the end of the free trial or subscription period to avoid being charged. The subscription will automatically renew unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. No cancellation of the current subscription is allowed during the active subscription period. Any unused portion of a free trial period will be forfeited when the user purchases a SketchBook Premium Features subscription. Privacy Policy and Terms of Use : https://www.loyal.app/privacy-policy

About

Polaframe

Features
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Polaframe turns your photos into editorial-style collages-- the kind you’d see in a magazine spread or a curated Instagram grid. Pick a layout, drop in your shots, and you’re done.

Screenshots

Sketchbook4 screens
Polaframe3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Polaframe at none against Sketchbook's shown. On price, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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. Sketchbook sells 14 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days and Polaframe sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Sketchbook versus Polaframe: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSketchbookPolaframe
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.9 (1.3K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews20.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings1.3K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationSubscription—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS16.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size81 MB11 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLoyal Foundry, Inc.Gopal Adhikari

Bugs and requests

Sketchbook

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • App crashes on launch
  • Drawings not saving properly
  • Unreliable performance

Requested features

3 requests
  • Add undo/redo functionality
  • Improve brush quality and customization
  • Implement a true free version

Polaframe

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

14 purchases

Sketchbook

Subscriptions12
  • Premium Features - One Week$4.997 Days
  • Weekly Subscription3 Days trial$4.997 Days
  • Weekly Subscription3 Days trial$5.997 Days
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  • Premium Features - One Month$8.991 Month
  • Monthly Subscription3 Days trial$9.991 Month
  • Monthly Subscription3 Days trial$11.991 Month
  • Premium Access$19.991 Year
  • Yearly Subscription3 Days trial$22.991 Year
  • Annually Subscription$24.991 Year
  • Yearly Subscription1 Month trial$24.991 Year
  • Premium Features - One Year3 Days trial$29.991 Year
  • Annually Subscription3 Days trial$39.991 Year
One-time2
  • Appsgonefree Deal$4.99
  • Lifetime Deal - Limited Period$35.99
1 purchases

Polaframe

One-time1
  • Polaframe Pro$9.99

Questions

Is Sketchbook free?
Sketchbook is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Polaframe free?
Polaframe is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Sketchbook or Polaframe have ads?
Sketchbook shows ads; Polaframe does not.

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