friend doodle vs Drawing Box Ltd
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
friend doodle
Add custom drawings and text to photos of your friends. Choose from various colors to personalize your creations. Save your edited images or share them directly with others via email.
- Doodle on photos
- Multiple color options
- Save drawings
- Email doodles
- Use photos from library or camera
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DRAW ON YOUR FRIENDS!!!! Grab a pic (from photo library or camera) of your buddy, and doodle over it! - Doodle in different colors - Draw over your pics - Save your drawings - Email your doodles to your friends
Drawing Box Ltd
This mobile studio offers a wide range of tools for sketching and painting, from pencils and brushes to creative pen effects and stickers. Users can enjoy features like symmetrical drawing, unlimited undo, and video replays of their creations. It's ideal for quick sketches, artistic studies, and sharing finished artwork.
- Multiple pencil modes and art brushes
- Creative pen effects and stickers
- Symmetrical drawing and painting
- Video replay of artwork
- Unlimited undo/redo functionality
- Pictures for coloring and leisure
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Enjoy the LIGHT VERSION of one of the most awarded painting app on the market. You will be surprised by the incredible number of features provided by this app. Bring along this small mobile studio with you, make life sketching, studying forms, shapes, architecture, human figures. This is an excellent tool for a quick sketch, even drawn with small modeling effects with the smooth art brushes. Publish your works directly on Twitter, Facebook or Sina Weibo. Send them to the photo library or to your friends by mail. Main features: - 3 pencil modes - 3 art brushes - 2 paint rollers - 3 eraser sizes - 78 premixed and ready to use colors. - 10 incredible creative pen effects. - 187 stickers in 3 sizes - Video replay of your paintings - Symmetrical drawing and painting. - Unlimited undo, redo, clear drawing page - Pictures for coloring and leisure activities - Drawing lessons (in-app purchase) - You can choose a color for the canvas background from the 78 premixed colors. How it works: just push the color tube to the top and release it.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Drawing Box Ltd at 94% against friend doodle's 7%. Drawing Box Ltd also leads on rating (4.6 vs 2.8). friend doodle's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and ratings volume (6.7K vs 10). On price and ads 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. Drawing Box Ltd sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. friend doodle asks for nothing beyond the download.
Drawing Box Ltd holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 2.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: friend doodle has 6.7K ratings behind it against 10, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 7% of friend doodle's written reviews are positive against 94% of Drawing Box Ltd's.
| Parameter | friend doodle | Drawing Box Ltd |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.8 (6.7K ratings) | 4.6 (10 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 6.9% of reviews | 94.2% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 6.7K — better | 10 |
| Update frequency | — | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPad |
| Requires iOS | 2.2.1 — better | 11.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 7 MB | 117 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Indigo Penguin Limited | Etienne Nguyen Tan Hon |
Customer experience
friend doodle
Drawing Box Ltd
User reviews
friend doodle
From 6.7K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- ⭐ Brilliant
- 🙂 Cool
- 🙌 Great for two year olds
Room to improve
- 🐛 Crashes at startup
- 🐛 Crashes repeatedly
- 🐛 Doesn't work at all
- 🐛 Keeps crashing
- 🐛 Won't even open
Drawing Box Ltd
From 10 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Easy to use
- 🎨 Lots of drawing tools and features
- 💡 Helpful for kids and adults
- 🎨 Wide range of colors and brushes
- 👍 Intuitive interface
Room to improve
- 🐛 Occasional crashes and glitches
- 🐛 Blending issues with colors
- 🔒 Limited save/export options in free version
- 💡 Could use more advanced tools (e.g. smudge, bucket fill)
Bugs and requests
friend doodle
Reported bugs
4 issues- Crashes on startup
- Crashes repeatedly
- Doesn't open at all
- Incompatible with newer iOS versions
Requested features
2 requests- Add stickers
- Improve stability and reliability
Drawing Box Ltd
Reported bugs
3 issues- Crashes when importing images
- Drawings sometimes rotate the wrong way
- Occasional freezing when saving drawings
Requested features
4 requests- Add a bucket fill tool
- Improve color blending capabilities
- Increase save/export options in free version
- Implement a smudge tool
In-app purchases
friend doodle
No in-app purchases
Drawing Box Ltd
- Pencil Sketching Lessons$0.99
- Buy Drawing Box Full version$2.99
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