Comparison

5min Sketch Pro vs 1BitPencil

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

Head to head
About

5min Sketch Pro

Develop a daily drawing habit with guided practice sessions. Select images, adjust their display, and paint for focused relaxation. Track your progress with automatically saved sketches.

Highlights
  • Daily drawing habit practice
  • Image selection from library, camera roll, or camera
  • Adjustable image display (pinch, pan, rotate)
  • Real-time image overlay
  • Timed drawing sessions (3, 5, 10, 15 minutes)
  • Automatic saving of drawing logs
  • Apple Pencil support recommended
Features
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The 5-minute sketch makes it easy to continue practicing painting every day. Just select an image, adjust the image display and start. While painting, you will find that you are relaxed and super concentrated. The picture you draw is automatically saved in the app, and you can feel the growth by looking back. Features - Select the image from the motif library, camera roll, and camera. - Pinch out, pan, rotate, aspect fit to adjust the display image. - Overlay images in real time. - Selection of grid display. - Set time can be selected from 3 minutes, 5 minutes, 10 minutes, and 15 minutes. - You can draw with a touch pen or finger but Apple Pencil recommend. - 10,000 drawn logs are automatically saved in the app and can be copied to the camera roll. - Non ads.

About

1BitPencil

This high-resolution monochrome drawing app offers a realistic pencil tool for creating illustrations, manga, and notes. It supports large canvas sizes and exports in single-color PNG, with features for essential editing and animation video creation.

Highlights
  • High-resolution 1-bit canvas
  • Realistic pencil drawing tool
  • Supports A3 size at 2400 dpi
  • Exports single-color PNG files
  • Animation video creation
  • Essential editing functions
  • Timelapse recording
Features
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***This app requires an Apple Pencil or a compatible stylus.*** **About “1BitPencil”** 1BitPencil is all about a **high-resolution 1-bit (black & white) canvas**. Even the ultra-realistic pencil tool draws in pure black and white. It’s a high-resolution monochrome drawing app, perfect for **illustration, manga, animation, and school notes**. With a uniquely realistic pencil tool, 1BitPencil aims to recreate the feeling of drawing on paper in a fully digital environment. You can flip through pages and switch between files quickly, just like turning pages in a sketchbook. The app supports work up to **A3 size at 2400 dpi**, and exports your artwork as **single-color PNG files**. There are no layers, but you can use tracing, clean-up, and merge functions for essential editing. If you’re looking for a **simple yet high-quality drawing environment**, 1BitPencil offers a fresh and focused creative experience. **Brush tools** * Pen * Pencil * Mechanical pencil * Lasso pen * Lasso pencil * Smudge * Dot shading * Tone lasso * Tone pen **Eraser tools** * Eraser * Kneaded eraser * Lasso eraser * Lasso kneaded eraser * Dot kneaded eraser **Selection tools** * Rectangular selection * Lasso selection **Canvas navigation** * Move * Rotate * Zoom in / out **Sharing features** * Paste from Photos * Share * Copy to clipboard and paste **Trace box** * Change drawing color and background color * Load an underdrawing * Merge and save **Other features** * Create animation videos (.mp4, .gif, .apng) * Export to PDF * Timelapse recording * Snap to straight line * Stroke stabilization * Pen tilt sensitivity * Smudge or eraser with touch * Display gamma adjustment **File management** * Create new folders * Rename multiple files with sequential numbers * Duplicate multiple files

Screenshots

5min Sketch Pro4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: 1BitPencil at every 8 days against 5min Sketch Pro's every 4 months. 1BitPencil also leads on review sentiment (69% vs 43%). 5min Sketch Pro's advantage is price ($4.99 vs $6.99) and device support (3 vs 1). On ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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

5min Sketch Pro costs $4.99 and 1BitPencil $6.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

5min Sketch Pro ships an update every 4 months, 1BitPencil every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on November 11, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
5min Sketch Pro versus 1BitPencil: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameter5min Sketch Pro1BitPencil
Price$4.99 — better$6.99
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews42.9% of reviews69.2% of reviews — better
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 8 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPad
Requires iOS14.5 — better16.6
Further details — not scored
Size49 MB30 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKazuaki MatsudaHALVAL Ltd.

Customer experience

5min Sketch Pro

Written reviews7 reviews
Positive42.9%
Neutral14.3%
Negative42.9%

1BitPencil

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews13 reviews
Positive69.2%
Neutral7.7%
Negative23.1%

In-app purchases

None

5min Sketch Pro

No in-app purchases

None

1BitPencil

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is 5min Sketch Pro free?
5min Sketch Pro costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is 1BitPencil free?
1BitPencil costs $6.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do 5min Sketch Pro or 1BitPencil have ads?
Neither 5min Sketch Pro nor 1BitPencil shows ads.
Which is updated more often, 5min Sketch Pro or 1BitPencil?
5min Sketch Pro ships an update every 4 months, and 1BitPencil every 8 days. Most recently, 5min Sketch Pro was updated on November 11, 2026 and 1BitPencil on October 30, 2026.

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