Comparison

Simple Drawing Pad vs Sketchr

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

Head to head
About

Simple Drawing Pad

Easily create drawings, take notes, or doodle with a variety of colors and pen thicknesses. Supports multi-touch for collaborative drawing and allows you to save your creations.

Highlights
  • Draw pictures
  • Take handwritten notes
  • Doodle
  • 16 color options
  • Adjustable pen thickness
  • Multi-touch support
  • Save drawings
Features
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A simple drawing app. You can easily use it to draw pictures, take handwritten notes, doodle, etc. There are 16 different colors to choose from You can also change the thickness of the pen Multi-touch support allows multiple people to draw at the same time You can also save the images you draw

About

Sketchr

Features
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Sketchr lets you draw and annotate images. Designed to be easy to use and ad free. Featuring Apple's PencilKit suite of drawing tools, draw with touch or Apple Pencil. You can load a background image and save your drawings to Photos.

Screenshots

Simple Drawing Pad3 screens
Sketchr4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Sketchr at none against Simple Drawing Pad's shown. Simple Drawing Pad's advantage is iOS requirement (15.6 vs 26.2). On price, 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

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Simple Drawing Pad versus Sketchr: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSimple Drawing PadSketchr
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.1 (36 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings36 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 months—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supported—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.6 — better26.2
Further details — not scored
Size16 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRyouhei AzumaKIERAN SLICKER

In-app purchases

None

Simple Drawing Pad

No in-app purchases

None

Sketchr

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Simple Drawing Pad free?
Simple Drawing Pad is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Sketchr free?
Sketchr is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Simple Drawing Pad or Sketchr have ads?
Simple Drawing Pad shows ads; Sketchr does not.

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