Comparison

Sketch Pro vs L8out

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 & painting 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 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

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L8out

Features
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Understand your plans before you build. L8out is an AI-powered plan analysis tool that helps you spot potential issues in floor plans, sketches, room photos, and PDFs, before consulting a licensed professional. Upload a plan and get structured insights including detected rooms, layout elements, and potential areas that may require attention. L8out is designed for early awareness, helping you better understand what to review and discuss with architects, engineers, or local authorities. What L8out does - Analyze floor plans, sketches, and room images using AI - Detect rooms, doors, windows, and layout structure - Highlight potential issues and areas to review - Provide building-type-aware insights - Offer jurisdiction-based code considerations - Generate a simple “Code Score” to summarize findings - Enable visual overlays, measurements, and annotations - Export reports for sharing and reference Built for awareness, not approval L8out is a preliminary analysis tool. It does not provide official code compliance, approvals, or certifications. All results are estimates and should be reviewed and verified by a licensed professional or local authority having jurisdiction (AHJ). Who it’s for - Homeowners and property owners - Contractors and builders - Designers and early-stage planners - Anyone looking to understand a plan before moving forward Flexible usage - Works with multiple building types - Supports different jurisdictions and code standards - Accepts professional plans, sketches, and photos Privacy-first approach - No account required to use the app - Uploaded files are processed for analysis - Content is not shared with other users - Anonymous usage data may be used to improve the product Important L8out is not a substitute for professional services. It is intended to support early understanding and awareness only.

Screenshots

Sketch Pro4 screens
L8out4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: L8out at none against Sketch Pro's 16. L8out also leads on ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On price 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. L8out asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Sketch Pro versus L8out: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSketch ProL8out
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (12K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews80.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings12K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Vision Pro — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size338 MB22 MB
Age rating4+17+
Developer4Axis Technologies Pte LtdZero2mill Inc.

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

L8out

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

L8out

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Sketch Pro free?
Sketch Pro is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is L8out free?
L8out is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Sketch Pro or L8out have ads?
Sketch Pro shows ads; L8out does not.

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