Comparison

Sketch Pro vs Etchpad

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

Head to head
About

Sketch Pro

This professional art app offers advanced AI tools for digital painting, illustration, and animation. Create stunning artwork with custom brushes, text-to-image generation, and intelligent editing features. It's designed to streamline your creative workflow on iPads and iPhones.

Highlights
  • Customizable brushes
  • Text to Image AI
  • Sketch to Image AI
  • Magic Edit AI
  • Auto-Coloring AI
  • Animation Assist
  • Advanced Layer System
Features
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SketchPro, a professional art app available for iPads and iPhones, crafted with love by the Drawing Desk Team SketchPro is perfect for creative professional digital artists, including graphic designers, illustrators, comic, anime & manga book artists with a range of Drawing & advanced AI tools to upgrade their creative workflow SketchPro tools and features: Powerful Custom Brushes -A range of free specialized brush sets for sketching, painting, doodling, drawing and more. -Customisable brushes with adjustable radius, opacity, texture and more -Create brush sets -Maintain a list of your favorite brushes -Free Roller Brush with 100+ patterns Pro Digital AI Drawing tools -Create artwork effortlessly via Text to Image AI tool using simple prompts -Transform hand drawn sketches into images with advanced Sketch to Image AI tool using simple prompts -Revamp colors, textures & add or replace objects in your image with simple AI prompts via Magic Edit AI tool -Expand your digital canvas with AI. Seamlessly expand the artwork and fill it in with matching original content with no quality reduced to custom dimensions with expand artwork AI tool -Add color to sketches in seconds with Auto-Coloring AI tool or prompt color hints to sketches, drawings & complete coloring with Auto-Colorization AI tool -Remove objects, backgrounds in drawings with AI Object Remove and Pro BG Remove tools -Generate & extract Line art of any image and use in your drawings Animation Assist -Powerful interface and essential tools for creating impressive animations (Only for iPads). -Wide range of tools, including onion-skinning, instant playback, a visual timeline, and more. Essentials to accelerate the Creative Process -Smart Shapes feature for instant shape drawing -Free Symmetry Tool for easier drawing -Powerful Gradient tool with Linear and Radial options -Layer Transform Tool with Freeform, Uniform, Distort and Warp options -Magic Eraser -Assisted Drawing -Synchronization between iPad and iPhone Advanced Layer System -Free unlimited layers -Rasterize, Duplicate and Merge layers -Fill, Color Invert, Lock Alpha and Lock Layer options Advance Text Tool -Select from a full list of fonts or import your own -Customize fonts -Apply solid and gradient colors to text -A range colored font patterns, textures and designs Complete Color Palette -Full Color Wheel with adjustable color values and shades -Create unique themed color palettes for your drawing -Import colors from photos and images Extensive Shapes Library -15+ categories of free shapes, signs, and symbols -Favorites section for keeping track of frequently used shapes Other Essential Tools -Smudge Tool -Fill Bucket with solid colors -Filter options including Gaussian Blur, Motion Blur, Perspective Blur and more. -Convenient Cutter Tool -Import and Export functions -Custom Canvas option -AR Facepaint Organize and Save Your Work -Save every drawing automatically -Rename each saved artwork -Create folders for storing drawings methodically -Cloud syncing to secure and access artworks anywhere -Duplicate and Delete projects at any time -Time Lapse Playback -Dark Mode Unlimited access to all premium features & daily content updates during the subscription period Premium subscriptions with 1 week trial -Annual for 39.99/year You may cancel a subscription or free-trial anytime via the subscription setting through your iTunes account. This must be done 24 hours before the end of the free trial or subscription period to avoid being charged. The subscription will automatically renew unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. No cancellation of the current subscription is allowed during the active subscription period. Any unused portion of a free trial period will be forfeited when the user purchases a SketchPro Unlimited subscription. Terms & Conditions : https://4axis.com/terms-of-use Privacy Policy : https://4axis.com/privacy-policy Reach us: hello@4axis

About

Etchpad

Relive nostalgic drawing experiences with this app that lets you create images using two knobs for horizontal and vertical lines. Erase your creations by shaking your device or using a long press. Share your artwork through various methods.

Highlights
  • Draw with horizontal and vertical knobs
  • Shake to erase screen
  • Long press erase option
  • Share drawings easily
  • Nostalgic drawing interface
Features
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Draw lines with two knobs horizontally and vertically with this nostalgic drawing app. Erase the screen by shaking the phone (or with long press if authentic way is too difficult). You can share the drawing by various ways.

Screenshots

Sketch Pro4 screens
Etchpad2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Sketch Pro at 4.7 against Etchpad's 4.1. Sketch Pro also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 30 months) and ratings volume (11K vs 10). Etchpad's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 16). On price, review sentiment, ads 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. Sketch Pro sells 16 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per 7 days. Etchpad asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Sketch Pro holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Sketch Pro has 11K ratings behind it against 10, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 81% of Sketch Pro's written reviews are positive against 75% of Etchpad's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Sketch Pro ships an update every 3 weeks, Etchpad every 30 months. The most recent releases landed on September 27, 2026 and June 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Sketch Pro versus Etchpad: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSketch ProEtchpad
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (11K ratings) — better4.1 (10 ratings)
Positive reviews80.6% of reviews — better75.0% of reviews
Number of ratings11K — better10
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 30 months
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesAd-supported — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Vision Pro — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13 — better14.0
Further details — not scored
Size350 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer4Axis Technologies Pte LtdDigital Footmark Oy

Customer experience

Sketch Pro

All ratings11,463 ratings
Positive93.0%
Neutral3.4%
Negative3.6%
Written reviews685 reviews
Positive80.6%
Neutral5.8%
Negative13.6%

Etchpad

All ratings10 ratings
Positive80.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative20.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%

Bugs and requests

Sketch Pro

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Drawings randomly deleted or lost
  • Inability to load or access previous artwork
  • Crashes when trying to import photos

Requested features

6 requests
  • Add liquify tool
  • Improve layer management and manipulation
  • Provide more default brushes
  • Implement undo/redo functionality
  • Add shape tools for perfect geometric shapes
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  • Improve performance and stability

Etchpad

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

16 purchases

Sketch Pro

Subscriptions13
  • SketchPro Premium Weekly$0.997 Days
  • SketchPro Premium Monthly3 Months trial$1.991 Month
  • SketchPro Monthly Premium7 Days trial$4.991 Month
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  • SketchPro Premium Monthly7 Days trial$7.991 Month
  • SketchPro Premium Yearly7 Days trial$9.991 Year
  • SketchPro Yearly Premium$9.991 Year
  • SketchPro Premium1 Year trial$14.991 Year
  • SketchPro Yearly Premium7 Days trial$14.991 Year
  • SketchPro Yearly Premium$14.991 Year
  • SketchPro Premium Yearly7 Days trial$39.991 Year
  • SketchPro Premium Yearly1 Year trial$39.991 Year
  • SketchPro Yearly Premium7 Days trial$39.991 Year
  • SketchPro Premium Yearly7 Days trial$49.991 Year
One-time3
  • 100 Tokens$3.99
  • 200 Tokens$4.99
  • 500 Tokens$7.99
None

Etchpad

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Sketch Pro free?
Sketch Pro is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Etchpad free?
Etchpad is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Sketch Pro or Etchpad?
Sketch Pro is rated higher. Sketch Pro averages 4.7 out of 5 from 11K ratings, while Etchpad averages 4.1 from 10 ratings.
Do Sketch Pro or Etchpad have ads?
Both Sketch Pro and Etchpad show ads.
Which is updated more often, Sketch Pro or Etchpad?
Sketch Pro ships an update every 3 weeks, and Etchpad every 30 months. Most recently, Sketch Pro was updated on September 27, 2026 and Etchpad on June 1, 2026.

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