Stencil vs Learn How to Draw Tutorials
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Stencil
Enhance your drawing skills with augmented reality guidelines. Customize and overlay guides onto photos or AI-generated images to create hand-drawn art for various projects. Improve your artistic abilities with ease.
- Augmented reality guidelines
- Customizable drawing guides
- AI image generation
- Import photos for tracing
- Hand-drawn art creation
- Improve drawing skills
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Bring ideas from your screen to paper. Stencil helps you trace images and lettering into journals, cards, postcards and other hand-drawn projects. Choose a doodle from the library, use a photo, or generate an image with AI. Add your own text and choose a lettering style to trace. Follow on-screen camera guidelines as you draw on paper, or register a printed reference image for AR drawing. Adjust your stencil’s placement and appearance to suit the page. Follow built-in drawing lessons and explore journal prompts for your next notebook session. Stencil supports English and ten additional app languages, including Arabic with right-to-left layouts. Stencil Plus is an auto-renewing subscription. Access to features and content may require a subscription. Available plans, prices and any trial eligibility are shown in the app before purchase. Manage or cancel your subscription in your App Store account settings. Privacy policy: https://stencil-journal.web.app/privacy.html Terms of use: https://stencil-journal.web.app/terms.html
Learn How to Draw Tutorials
Master drawing with animated step-by-step lessons and an AR tracing viewer. Explore diverse categories from animals to fashion, or trace your own photos. Ideal for beginners and aspiring artists to enhance their skills.
- Animated step-by-step drawing lessons
- AR tracing viewer for real-time practice
- Diverse drawing categories (animals, fashion, people)
- Trace your own photos
- Save favorite tutorials
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Learn to draw with step-by-step tutorials, animated lessons, and an AR tracing viewer. Explore categories from animals to fashion to master your drawing skills or trace your own photos, perfect for beginners or anyone wanting to improve. Explore and practice drawing: - Animals – from cats and dogs to wild creatures - Flowers & Nature – plants, leaves, and cacti - People & Anatomy – portraits, figures, and anatomy references - Kawaii & Anime – cute and stylized characters - Vehicles & Architecture – cars, planes, buildings, and perspective guides - Fashion & Tattoos – clothing, designs, and creative ideas - Branches & Leaves – nature details for realistic drawing - Your Own Photos – trace any photo from your device or camera for personalized practice - Favorites – save your favorite drawings and tutorials for quick access Choose between animated step-by-step tutorials or static examples. Use the AR viewer to trace on real paper, improving your precision and learning faster. Each category contains curated examples, helping you practice specific styles or subjects. - AR Tracing Mode: place your device above your paper and trace live using the AR viewer. Improve your hand-eye coordination and quickly learn proportions by overlaying the lines in real space. - Step-by-Step Drawing: animated lessons break complex drawings into simple steps, making it easy to follow along and learn fundamental techniques. Whether you’re just starting out or looking to improve your skills, this app gives you all the tools you need to learn, practice, and master drawing. Perfect for artists of all ages! For questions please contact support [@] wienelware.nl EULA: https://www.wienelware.nl/apps/terms-drawing.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Stencil at none against Learn How to Draw Tutorials's shown. Stencil also leads on rating (4.8 vs 4.4) and update cadence (fortnightly vs monthly). Learn How to Draw Tutorials's advantage is ratings volume (1.6K vs 125) and review sentiment (53% vs 42%). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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
Both are free to download. Stencil sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $8.99 per month and Learn How to Draw Tutorials sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Stencil holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Learn How to Draw Tutorials has 1.6K ratings behind it against 125, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 42% of Stencil's written reviews are positive against 53% of Learn How to Draw Tutorials's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Stencil ships an update fortnightly, Learn How to Draw Tutorials monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Stencil | Learn How to Draw Tutorials |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (125 ratings) — better | 4.4 (1.6K ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 41.7% of reviews | 53.5% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 125 | 1.6K — better |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Monthly |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 167 MB | 111 MB |
| Age rating | +4 | 4+ |
| Developer | Studio Next Ltd | Lidwien Veugen |
Customer experience
Stencil
Learn How to Draw Tutorials
In-app purchases
Stencil
- Stencil Plus Monthly$8.991 Month
- Stencil Plus Quarterly3 Days trial$12.993 Months
- Stencil Plus Yearly3 Days trial$44.991 Year
Learn How to Draw Tutorials
- How to draw lessons & tutorials PRO3 Days trial2 variants$6.997 Days
- How to draw lessons & tutorials PRO2 variants$6.991 Month
- How to draw lessons & tutorials PRO2 variants$24.991 Year
- How to draw lessons & tutorials PRO2 variants$39.99
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