Comparison

Aquarell vs Vector Sketch Pro

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

Head to head
About

Aquarell

Create professional watercolor paintings on your iOS device with a variety of customizable brushes and layer support. Seamlessly sync your work across devices and export in multiple formats, including PSD, for further editing.

Highlights
  • Unlimited customizable watercolor brushes
  • iCloud sync for cross-device work
  • Export to PSD and common image formats
  • Customizable canvas size up to 2048x2048
  • Layer support with mixing operations
Features
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Aquarell is a drawing and painting app for iPhone and iPad, with watercolor brushes, layers and custom canvases. Use it for digital illustration, freehand sketches, doodles and color studies—from a quick idea to a finished piece of art. MAKE EACH BRUSH YOUR OWN Adjust brush size, opacity and spacing to shape your strokes. Build a brush collection for expressive watercolor painting, line work and everyday sketching. BUILD YOUR ARTWORK IN LAYERS Keep your sketch, colors and finishing touches separate. Control layer opacity and blend modes, and use selections and masks to work on specific areas of your image. Undo and redo as you explore different ideas. EXPLORE COLOR AND COMPOSITION Choose colors, keep palettes and sample shades from your canvas. Work with a custom canvas size, zoom in for details and rotate the view for a comfortable drawing angle. Add text and import fonts to combine lettering with your illustrations. SAVE, SHARE AND KEEP CREATING Export PNG and JPEG images to share your work, or use PDF and TIFF for additional output options. Export PSD with pixel layers for further editing. Save in the native Aquarell artwork format to continue working in the app. Aquarell brings brushes, color and layers into one mobile art workspace. Sketch a landscape, paint a portrait, explore a palette or make an original illustration on your iPhone or iPad.

About

Vector Sketch Pro

Features
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Version# 4.0.1 No ads… No subscription… just a small one time purchase. A vector drawing application for the iPad or iPhone that provides a very simple, user friendly interface to draw vector lines, circles, rectangles, and text labels. Please note this is not a CAD application. The drawn shapes can be moved and rotated after placement. Shape properties can also be changed (e.g. line width, color) by first selecting one or more shapes and then clicking the properties icon. A border line is drawn around the outside of the canvas to represent the drawing area of a standard size sheet of paper (8-1/2 X 11 inches), and you can only draw inside this border. The canvas is initially displayed zoomed out to show the entire border. To create a more detailed drawing, you can use two fingers to zoom in and pan. You can change the background color of the canvas, depending on your needs. For example, if you wanted to draw with a WHITE pen, you would probably pick a darker background. A grid is displayed over the canvas to help with alignment. There are different ways to display this grid, or hide it completely if you would rather have a blank canvas. Snapping can be turned ON or OFF, and allows you to easily align various shapes as you place them. When snapping is ON, as you draw a new shape on the screen the point is “snapped” to the nearest snap point location (on the grid). Snap points are invisible, and are located at the intersection of each line in the grid. Snapping can be still be used, even when the grid is "hidden". Note: This snapping behavior does not apply when multiple shapes are selected and moved. Drawings can be printed in landscape, on 8-1/2 X11 inch paper. You can select single or multiple shapes. After a selection is made, a small menu appears with: - shape(s) information (i) such as color, line width, etc - move to TOP or BOTTOM of the z-order (button icon only enabled when a single shape is selected) - other movement options such as flip and rotate - duplicate the selected shape(s) - delete the selected shape(s)

Screenshots

Aquarell4 screens
Vector Sketch Pro4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Vector Sketch Pro at every 3 weeks against Aquarell's every 12 months. Vector Sketch Pro also leads on chart position (#65 vs unranked). Aquarell's advantage is price ($3.99 vs $4.99) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 26.0). On ads, in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Aquarell costs $3.99 and Vector Sketch Pro $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Aquarell ships an update every 12 months, Vector Sketch Pro every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 7 level
Aquarell versus Vector Sketch Pro: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAquarellVector Sketch Pro
Price$3.99 — better$4.99
Rating3.0 (3 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 12 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaid—
Best chart rank—#65 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size23 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAnyi County Bingzhiyi Trading Co., Ltd.Dennis Clay

In-app purchases

None

Aquarell

No in-app purchases

None

Vector Sketch Pro

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Aquarell free?
Aquarell costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Vector Sketch Pro free?
Vector Sketch Pro costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Aquarell or Vector Sketch Pro have ads?
Neither Aquarell nor Vector Sketch Pro shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Aquarell or Vector Sketch Pro?
Aquarell ships an update every 12 months, and Vector Sketch Pro every 3 weeks. Most recently, Aquarell was updated on October 17, 2026 and Vector Sketch Pro on October 11, 2026.

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