Comparison

SketchMee vs Vector Q by Imaengine

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

Head to head
About

SketchMee

Transform your photos into unique pencil sketches with this advanced app. It analyzes and redraws images from scratch, offering unparalleled art quality and a vast range of styles. Save your creations in high resolution and explore intricate details.

Highlights
  • Photo to sketch conversion
  • Analyzes and redraws from scratch
  • Vector curve based sketches
  • Adjustable art styles
  • 4K resolution saving
  • High zoom detail inspection
Features
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The photo-to-sketch app that stands out from the rest! SketchMee analyses, interprets and redraws your photo from scratch, instead of the simple edge filtering other apps do. New York Times sums it up: "This app turns your photos into pencil sketches of remarkable quality." Long time feature under "Staff Favorites / Impress Your Friends" in the US App Store. Just pick an image from your photo library, and watch it being sketched into a beautiful piece of art. Have endless fun playing around with settings, exploring a vast world of art possibilities. Extremely easy to use. A handful of simple but powerful controls make you the artist in charge, enabling a wide range of different sketch art styles. Unparalleled art quality. Not even desktop computer programs come close. Save your creations in 4K resolution. Zoom as deep as you like into the finished sketches to inspect the strokes. Your art will appear perfectly sharp at any zoom level. This is because sketches are built using vector curves, not from blocky pixel data.

About

Vector Q by Imaengine

Transform pixel images into editable vector graphics with advanced editing tools. Create custom filters for various artistic styles and manipulate paths, shapes, and text with precision. Projects are cross-platform compatible with macOS.

Highlights
  • Raster to vector conversion
  • Customizable vector filters
  • Advanced vector editor
  • Color curves tool
  • Variable weight and color strokes
  • Nested masks
  • Perspective tool
  • Text on path
Features
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Vector Q, (before known as Imaengine) is a fast and powerfull Raster to Vector translator and a complete Vector Editor. The definitive VECTOR TOOL! Turn your pixel-format pictures into fully editable vector drawings. With custom filters you can get from a standard vectorization with unlimited colors, crispy grayscale images, two-tone stencils, original Pop-Art drawings and amazing polygonal shapes. New redesigned EDITOR, probably the most powerfull vector editor for iPhone and iPad with exclusive and unique features: - COLOR CURVES, a new tool to apply color to paths and shapes. - Variable WEIGHT and COLOR strokes.  - Nested masks, everything can be a mask, a group can be a mask, even a mask can be mask! - Perspective tool with two modes, apply perspective to paths, shapes, groups, pictures.. and more - Text , text on path, colored text on path Projects are fully compatible between iOS and MacOS, There is a Vector Q version for Mac! Record video with rotoscoping-like effect. * PDF and SVG files are vectorial graphics and you can enlarge as much as necessary and edit in Inkscape, Adobe Illustrator and others. APP CRASH? please send me email with device model and iOS version to : support@vectorqueue.com

Screenshots

SketchMee4 screens
Vector Q by Imaengine4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Vector Q by Imaengine at Free against SketchMee's $4.99. Vector Q by Imaengine also leads on update cadence (monthly vs every 3 months) and ratings volume (1.7K vs 142). SketchMee's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and rating (4.5 vs 4.2). On 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

Vector Q by Imaengine is free to download; SketchMee costs $4.99 up front. Vector Q by Imaengine sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. SketchMee asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

SketchMee holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Vector Q by Imaengine has 1.7K ratings behind it against 142, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 87% of SketchMee's written reviews are positive against 80% of Vector Q by Imaengine's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

SketchMee ships an update every 3 months, Vector Q by Imaengine monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
SketchMee versus Vector Q by Imaengine: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSketchMeeVector Q by Imaengine
Price$4.99Free — better
Rating4.5 (142 ratings) — better4.2 (1.7K ratings)
Positive reviews87.4% of reviews — better80.2% of reviews
Number of ratings1421.7K — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsMonthly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS8.0 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size9 MB20 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperStudio MeeLuis Rivas

Customer experience

SketchMee

All ratings142 ratings
Positive88.7%
Neutral4.2%
Negative7.0%
Written reviews454 reviews
Positive87.4%
Neutral5.3%
Negative7.3%

Vector Q by Imaengine

All ratings1,671 ratings
Positive80.0%
Neutral4.1%
Negative16.0%
Written reviews1,024 reviews
Positive80.2%
Neutral7.7%
Negative12.1%

User reviews

SketchMee

From 142 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Immediately fun
  • 👍 Very nice
  • 👍 Professional
  • 👍 Easy to use
  • 👍 Fun app

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Pdf save
  • 🐛 No PDF Option!
  • 🐛 Crashes
  • 🐛 Very disappointing Guess you have to try these apps for yourself to find the truth.
  • 🐛 Last update broke it!

Vector Q by Imaengine

From 1.7K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Powerful vectorization capabilities
  • 🎨 Variety of creative filters and effects
  • 👍 Intuitive and easy to use
  • 💡 Useful for Cricut and other crafting projects

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Crashes and performance issues
  • 🔒 Paywall to save or export images
  • 🤔 Overly complicated after recent updates
  • 🙄 Removal of popular features/presets

Bugs and requests

SketchMee

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Pdf save not working
  • Can't save sketches
  • Crashes when selecting picture to sketch
  • Rotates photos taken with native camera 90 degrees

Requested features

7 requests
  • Update it
  • Increase contrast option
  • Add blur tool
  • Add better control over contrast
  • Include camera capture that applies the effect settings right after the image is taken
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  • Add color sketches
  • Add different types of shading

Vector Q by Imaengine

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Inability to save or export images
  • Freezing and crashing when using certain features
  • Inconsistent behavior when rotating or resizing images

Requested features

4 requests
  • Ability to customize color palettes
  • More advanced vector editing tools
  • Improved layer management
  • Export options for different vector formats

In-app purchases

None

SketchMee

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Vector Q by Imaengine

One-time1
  • Vector Q Upgrade$7.99

Questions

Is SketchMee free?
SketchMee costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Vector Q by Imaengine free?
Vector Q by Imaengine is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, SketchMee or Vector Q by Imaengine?
SketchMee is rated higher. SketchMee averages 4.5 out of 5 from 142 ratings, while Vector Q by Imaengine averages 4.2 from 1.7K ratings.
Do SketchMee or Vector Q by Imaengine have ads?
Neither SketchMee nor Vector Q by Imaengine shows ads.
Which is updated more often, SketchMee or Vector Q by Imaengine?
SketchMee ships an update every 3 months, and Vector Q by Imaengine monthly. Most recently, SketchMee was updated on October 15, 2026 and Vector Q by Imaengine on October 8, 2026.

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