Glow Draw! vs Glow Drawings
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Glow Draw!
Unleash your creativity with a digital drawing tool that makes your art glow. This early version offers a fun way to create luminous designs, with future updates promised for free. Share your creations and suggest new features to shape its development.
- Digital drawing tool
- Glowing effects
- Early version with free updates
- User feature suggestions
- Share your drawings
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Do you like drawing? Do you like glowing? Waaaaaah!- Try Glow Draw!!! This is just an early version- download and get any updates free! Send any suggestions for new features and I'll try and put them in! Sorry for the bad screenys- I can't draw :(. If u send in ur drawn pics, I'll put them as the screenshots! lol --------------------------------------------------------- Thanks to everyone who's been so supportive- you're AWESOME!!! --------------------------------------------------------
Glow Drawings
Easily create vibrant drawings by tapping colors and painting with your finger. Save your artistic creations directly to your device's photo library for sharing or safekeeping.
- Finger painting
- Color selection
- Save drawings
- Intuitive interface
- Digital art creation
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Create beautiful drawings with this app! Just tap a color and paint with your finger. You can save the drawing into your photo library.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Glow Drawings at 4.4 against Glow Draw!'s 3.6. Glow Drawings also leads on review sentiment (78% vs 52%). Glow Draw!'s advantage is ads (none vs shown) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Glow Drawings holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 3.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 273 and 124 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 52% of Glow Draw!'s written reviews are positive against 78% of Glow Drawings's.
Glow Draw! ships an update every 22 months, Glow Drawings every 11 months. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Glow Draw! | Glow Drawings |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.6 (273 ratings) | 4.4 (124 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 52.0% of reviews | 77.8% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 273 — better | 124 |
| Update frequency | Every 22 months | Every 11 months — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 7.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 30 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | +4 |
| Developer | Indigo Penguin Limited | FBF Sistemas LTDA |
Customer experience
Glow Draw!
Glow Drawings
Bugs and requests
Glow Draw!
Reported bugs
4 issues- Frequent crashes
- Drawing not saving properly
- Update process never completes
- Ads redirecting to inappropriate content
Requested features
4 requests- Add more colors
- Include an eraser tool
- Improve responsiveness
- Allow custom backgrounds
Glow Drawings
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Glow Draw!
No in-app purchases
Glow Drawings
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Glow Draw! free?
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