Stencil vs DrawPad
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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Improve your drawing with augmented reality guidelines! Use Stencil to customize and enrich your drawing or gift cards, postcards, journals, and anything you want to have hand-drawn! Install Stencil now! Generate an image you wish with AI or Select a doodle or a photo from your library that you want to draw Follow the guidelines to draw Level up on your art! You will be surprised how easy to draw and how easy to improve your drawing with Stencil! The only question is what you will draw first? Or should I ask who you will draw first?
DrawPad
This drawing app offers a variety of brushes, colors, and creative tools like stencils and stickers. It's designed with a kid-friendly interface, ensuring a safe and fun artistic experience for young users. The app works offline and prioritizes privacy with no ads or data collection.
- 11 brush types
- Rainbow mode
- 24 color palette
- Stencil shapes
- Sticker collection
- Layer system
- Symmetry mode
- Undo/redo functionality
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Perfect for Young Artists: - 11 different brushes including pencil, marker, crayon, and watercolor - Rainbow mode for colorful creations - Easy-to-use color palette with 24 colors - Fun stencil shapes (stars, hearts, circles, and more!) - Sticker collection to decorate drawings - Layer system for advanced young artists - Symmetry mode for creating beautiful patterns - Undo/redo to fix mistakes Simple & Safe: - No ads - No data collection - Kid-friendly interface - Works offline Let your children explore their artistic side with this simple, safe, and fun drawing app!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: DrawPad at 100% against Stencil's 42%. DrawPad also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs fortnightly). Stencil's advantage is price (Free vs $0.99). On ads, 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
Stencil is free to download; DrawPad costs $0.99 up front. Stencil sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $8.99 per month and DrawPad sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Stencil ships an update fortnightly, DrawPad every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Stencil | DrawPad |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $0.99 |
| Rating | 4.8 (125 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 41.7% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 125 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 166 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Studio Next Ltd | Opticell Limited |
Customer experience
Stencil
DrawPad
In-app purchases
Stencil
- Monthly Subscription$8.991 Month
- Stencil Plus Quarterly3 Days trial$12.993 Months
- Yearly Subscription3 Days trial$44.991 Year
DrawPad
- Colouring Pages$1.99
- Mandalas$1.99
- Learning$1.99
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- Dot-to-Dot$1.99
