Glow Doodle vs Talk
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Glow Doodle
Create vibrant, glowing drawings with a unique neon effect. This app is praised by educators and parents for its art, educational, and fine motor skill development benefits. It offers a simple yet engaging interface with carefully curated colors and a magical "glow" button.
- Razor sharp light glow effect
- Harmonious doodle colors
- Auto-hiding toolbar
- Erase previous stroke
- Save drawings to photo albums
- Apple Pencil support
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A Top 5 Best Selling App^ - The original Glow Doodle. Glow Doodle is thankfully the choice of many teachers worldwide who embrace educational technology to their classroom for art, math, language lessons and fine motor skill activities^^. Glow Doodle has all it takes to make a doodling app a Top 5 App among hundred thousands of Apps: - Originality: Glow Doodle was the first to bring razor sharp neon effect from the hands of professional designers to the fingertips of everyone of every age. It lit up iPhone users' Christmas & winter nights with a magical mood like never before when Glow Doodle was introduced in winter 2009 - Quality-over-quantity & painstaking effort behind the simple to use App: While we could have allowed users to pick millions of random colors & line thickness, instead, we spent tedious effort to fine tune a few in order to maintain a harmonious & less confusing user experience for all ages. - Support from quality users: It was the overwhelming support from our users propelled Glow Doodle to TOP 5 Best Selling Paid App in the US and UK App Stores. We are grateful to our quality users including teachers, elementary teachers around the world who brought Glow Doodle to their classrooms with a creative mind & respect for originality, an invaluable message to our creative children. - Special Needs Friendly: Parents & professionals including pediatric OTs taking care of kids with special needs such as autism have also found Glow Doodle useful. In addition to the simple user interface, Glow Doodle takes the approach of "magic" button which provides cause & effect experience to enhance visual sensory & fine motor skills developments. The moment when you press the "GLOW" button, you will be amazed how a seemingly ordinary drawing turns into truly stunning Glow Doodle effect. It's a unique original experience that sets Glow Doodle apart from others who follow suit. Now updated with Nordic Ice Blue color (available via IAP) and option to draw with Apple Pencil only so that you can unleash your glowing creativity to the next level. KEY FEATURES: * Razor sharp Light Glow Effect * Harmonious Doodle Colors: Red, Green, Blue, Yellow, Orange, Pink, White, Magenta * Auto-hiding toolbar (auto-hide while drawing) * Erase the previous stroke (by pressing the counter-clockwise arrow button) * Motivational Glowy Rocket may suddenly turn up * Save drawing to Photo Albums to share EDUCATION FRIENDLY SETTING: * Option to hide In-App Purchase button via Settings app APPLE PENCIL FRIENDLY SETTING: * Option to allow drawing with Apple Pencil only via Settings app NORDIC ICE BLUE EDITION (Available via In-App Purchase): * Unlocks Nordic Ice Blue color * Unlocks Rocket Sure Launch - Instead of appearing once in a while, motivational Glowy Rocket launches every time you light up your drawing * Hides IAP button ADVANCED DRAWING TIPS: You can make part of your drawing "glow" (e.g. the flame of a rocket) while other part of the drawing doesn't "glow" (e.g. the rocket body). For example, (1) draw the flame of the rocket first; (2) then press the "GLOW" button to make it glow; (3) continue to draw the rocket body without pressing the "GLOW" button. REMARKS: ^US & UK App Store; Jan 2010; Overall Paid Chart & Entertainment Paid Chart SHARE & FOLLOW: Follow us or Share with us on: Twitter https://twitter.com/GlowDoodle Pinterest http://pinterest.com/oodot/ Facebook http://www.facebook.com/CrossDisciplineTechnologyLimited Flickr http://www.flickr.com/photos/cdtapps/ ^^Sharing by teachers & schools: http://www.pinterest.com/oodot/glow-doodle-in-classroom-learning/
Talk
Experience the magic of the holidays with an interactive virtual Santa. Children can share their Christmas wishes and receive cheerful responses, sparking joy and creating lasting memories in a safe, parent-approved environment.
- Interactive virtual Santa
- Share Christmas wishes
- Cheerful responses
- Kid-friendly experience
- Parent-approved safety
- Spark holiday joy
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Bring holiday wonder into your home with a delightful, kid-friendly virtual Santa experience. Children can share their Christmas wishes and hear fun, cheerful responses from our interactive Santa character designed especially for young families. Whether they want to talk about the reindeer, the North Pole, or holiday excitement, this gentle and imaginative experience helps spark the joy of the season. Create warm moments and lasting memories with a safe, parent-approved way for kids to enjoy the magic of Santa. The app comes with some free tokens for chatting with Santa, In app purchase is required to get enough tokens for Santa to converse with voice responses.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Talk at Free against Glow Doodle's $0.99. Talk also leads on rating (5.0 vs 2.9) and update cadence (every 3 days vs every 3 months). Glow Doodle's advantage is ratings volume (10 vs 1) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). On ads, in-app purchases, monetization model 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
Talk is free to download; Glow Doodle costs $0.99 up front. Glow Doodle sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Talk sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Talk holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Glow Doodle has 10 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Glow Doodle ships an update every 3 months, Talk every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Glow Doodle | Talk |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 2.9 (10 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 67.4% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 10 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV — better |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 7 MB | 94 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Y Lau | Edgeway Software |
Customer experience
Glow Doodle
Talk
Bugs and requests
Glow Doodle
Reported bugs
3 issues- App crashes on launch
- Saved images lose glow effect
- Drawing toolbar interferes with usage
Requested features
4 requests- More color options
- Ability to draw on photos from library
- Brush size and eraser tool
- Ability to save glowing images accurately
Talk
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Glow Doodle
- Nordic Ice Blue Edition$0.99
Talk
- 5 Million Santa Tokens$4.99
- 10 Million Santa Tokens$9.99
- 20 Million Santa Tokens$19.99
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- 50 Million Santa Tokens$44.99









