Comparison

Draw Gestures vs Zolly

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

Head to head
About

Draw Gestures

Master figure and gesture drawing with timed pose practice. This app offers a smooth drawing experience with pressure sensitivity and tracks your progress. Ideal for artists of all levels looking to improve speed, accuracy, and confidence.

Highlights
  • Timed pose practice
  • Smooth, responsive drawing engine
  • Pressure sensitivity support
  • Practice tracking and history
  • Relaxed mode for untimed drawing
  • Cloud library for reference import
  • Customizable timers
Features
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Draw Gestures is a timed pose reference app for gesture and figure drawing practice. Pick a pose, set a timer, and quick sketch like you would in a real life drawing class. For beginners learning figure drawing and for illustrators, animators and concept artists who want a structured daily warmup. How it works 1. Choose your reference - figure drawing poses, animals, faces, hands, or your own photos 2. Set your timer - 30 seconds to 10 minutes per pose 3. Draw and improve - track your gesture drawing progress over time Practice 15 minutes a day to build confidence, speed and flow in your figure drawing. Included for everyone - Timed gesture drawing sessions with a built-in drawing timer - Built-in pose reference library, plus your own photos and files - Draw straight onto the reference image, with tracing mode included - A real sketch canvas with brushes, layers, eraser and undo - Grid overlay for proportions and line of action - Streaks, practice heatmap and full session history - Daily practice reminders to build a drawing habit - Sessions run up to 30 minutes with up to 20 reference images Draw Gestures Pro - Unlimited reference images and practice libraries - Unlimited session length - Cloud reference libraries from Pinterest, Google Drive and Dropbox - Classroom mode to simulate art school life drawing sessions - Quantity mode and custom intervals - Relaxed mode to practice with no timer pressure - Side-by-side and floating reference layouts - Left-hand mode - Shuffle your pose reference order - Export without a watermark - Import your own paper textures Built for artists who practice - Art students studying anatomy and figure drawing - Illustrators and concept artists warming up - Animators practicing gesture, movement and action poses - Character designers studying poses and silhouettes - Anyone doing daily croquis or 30-second gesture drills Made for iPad and Apple Pencil Pressure and tilt support, a stylus-only drawing option so your palm never leaves a mark, and a full-screen canvas for life drawing practice anywhere. Your pose reference, your pace, your practice. drawgestures.com Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel in your Apple ID settings. Terms: https://drawgestures.com/terms Privacy: https://drawgestures.com/privacy

About

Zolly

Learn perspective drawing by manipulating virtual models and cameras. Explore extreme contrasts and viewpoints to understand how position and proximity affect object appearance in art.

Highlights
  • View ready-made perspective models
  • Control virtual camera for unique views
  • Use grid lines and ground planes
  • Experiment with primitive and complex forms
  • Turn edges and lines on/off
  • Practice with Dolly Zoom effect
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If you want to learn perspective drawing and you’re willing to break some rules, then you need to check out ZOLLY! One of the most effective ways to draw with dynamic perspective is to play with its extremes… close and far contrasts can make your images exciting. The main purpose of this app is to heighten your awareness that position and proximity makes all the difference in how objects appear. Zolly Key Features: View tons of ready-made models to tackle both basic and advanced perspective challenges. Take total control of the camera to get the exact view and perspective distortion you’re looking for. Use grid lines, ground planes, and low-poly models to help you understand perspective. Primitive models that ease you into more complex forms, with edges and lines that can be turned on and off to better understand the underlying perspective. A perfect tool to go with the Proko Perspective course. Why ZOLLY? There's a technique in film called a Dolly Zoom (ZOLLY) where you can zoom in while moving the camera back which keeps an object the same size. It’s a trip and it's been used in movies like Jaws and Vertigo to make iconic moments. This app also allows you to play with the same mind-bending effect to see how position and proximity change everything! And the fun part? You can even experiment with other viewpoints and effects that you couldn’t pull off with a physical camera using ZOLLY. Zolly was designed to help you practice various forms in perspective, from simple and advanced primitive shapes, to more complex objects like vehicles and buildings. Draw from orthographic view, to extreme views, to anything in between. Manipulate forms in space with surprising viewpoints through a virtual camera, to expand your imagination, and prompt you to use perspective daringly as you play with form and space in your drawings.The goal for many artists is to push past the predictable and into the impossible. Stretch space. Stretch your mind. And yeah, stretch your art with ZOLLY.

Screenshots

Draw Gestures4 screens
Zolly4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Zolly at 5.0 against Draw Gestures's 4.0. Zolly also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 64%) and device support (4 vs 2). Draw Gestures's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 22 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. Draw Gestures sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and Zolly sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Zolly holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 47 and 17 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 64% of Draw Gestures's written reviews are positive against 100% of Zolly's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Draw Gestures ships an update weekly, Zolly every 22 months. The most recent releases landed on November 11, 2026 and November 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Draw Gestures versus Zolly: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDraw GesturesZolly
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (47 ratings)5.0 (17 ratings) — better
Positive reviews63.9% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings47 — better17
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 22 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better
Requires iOS16.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size123 MB503 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperAvinash KumawatProko

Customer experience

Draw Gestures

All ratings47 ratings
Positive72.3%
Neutral6.4%
Negative21.3%
Written reviews36 reviews
Positive63.9%
Neutral8.3%
Negative27.8%

Zolly

All ratings17 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews12 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

6 purchases

Draw Gestures

Subscriptions5
  • Pro$1.991 Month
  • Starter$1.991 Month
  • Pro Monthly$4.991 Month
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  • Pro Annual7 Days trial$14.991 Year
  • Pro Annual$29.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime Access$49.99
6 purchases

Zolly

One-time6
  • XYZ Forms$1.99
  • Vehicle Pack$4.99
  • Buildings Pack$4.99
Show 3 more
  • Home Props Pack$4.99
  • Work Props Pack$4.99
  • All Packs Bundle$7.99

Questions

Is Draw Gestures free?
Draw Gestures is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Zolly free?
Zolly is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Draw Gestures or Zolly?
Zolly is rated higher. Draw Gestures averages 4.0 out of 5 from 47 ratings, while Zolly averages 5.0 from 17 ratings.
Do Draw Gestures or Zolly have ads?
Neither Draw Gestures nor Zolly shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Draw Gestures or Zolly?
Draw Gestures ships an update weekly, and Zolly every 22 months. Most recently, Draw Gestures was updated on November 11, 2026 and Zolly on November 8, 2026.

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