Comparison

Asketch vs iSquiggle

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

Head to head
About

Asketch

A digital sketchpad designed for both beginners and advanced artists. It offers a focused drawing experience with intuitive gesture controls, powerful zooming for detail work, and image transformation capabilities. Capture your ideas anytime, anywhere with this versatile tool.

Highlights
  • Gesture-based drawing interface
  • Pressure-sensitive drawing support
  • High-quality image zooming
  • Image transformation (scale/rotate)
  • 50 levels of undo/redo
Features
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Asketch is a unique and versatile sketch pad. It allows creativity on the go, anytime, anywhere. Its deliberate simplicity makes it perfect for beginners who want to learn to draw; equally, advanced artists will find a wonderful buttery, tonal canvas for their life studies, cartoons, abstracts, landscapes and other subjects. The app is engineered to deliver rapid, but powerful image capture, facilitated by a great transform function that allows you to pick up the drawing, resize it and move it around the canvas, and a amazing zoom that lets you draw in minute detail. So if you want to put a traditional, but digital sketch pad in your pocket, this is the app for you. Features and functionality: Gesture based drawing interface: Changing the surface area of your finger on the screen controls the focus of the drawing. Supports pressure sensitive drawing on iPhones that support pressure sensitivity. Image zooming that actually works: Do amazing detail work when zoomed in. No pixelation of brushes while drawing. Image transformation: Scale/Rotate the image via a simple pinch gesture. 50 Levels of undo/redo. Swipe the undo/redo button to toggle back and forth. Hold down the button for rapid unwind/rewind.

About

iSquiggle

Features
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et imagination run free with iSquiggle, the drawing and coloring app made for kids. Choose from 67 coloring pages or start with a blank sheet. Draw with markers, pencils, crayons, chalk, brushes and watercolor, then add extra sparkle with spray and glitter. Fill colors an area with a tap, while Stay Inside the Lines helps younger artists create with confidence. A GALLERY READY FOR CREATIVITY • 67 pictures organized by category and difficulty • Blank sheets for unlimited imagination • Automatic saving and instant resume • A personal gallery for every masterpiece FUN, NATURAL DRAWING TOOLS • Marker, chalk, pencil, crayon, brush and watercolor • Spray, glitter and one-tap fill • Colors, shades, eyedropper and adjustable stroke size • Undo, redo, zoom, pan and two-finger rotation • Finger and Apple Pencil support on iPad MADE FOR KIDS AND PARENTS • A clear, colorful and accessible interface • A protected parents area for importing photos, exporting, sharing or printing • Recoverable trash and safe artwork management • English and Italian, VoiceOver and Reduce Motion support PRIVACY COMES FIRST iSquiggle requires no account and does not track users. Drawings and imported images stay on the device; only a parent can choose to export them through the protected parents area. iSquiggle 2.0 is universal for iPhone and iPad and requires iOS 17.6 or later.

Screenshots

Asketch4 screens
iSquiggle4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: iSquiggle at Free against Asketch's $1.99. Asketch's advantage is chart position (#79 vs unranked) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.6). On update cadence, ads, in-app purchases 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

iSquiggle is free to download; Asketch costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Asketch ships an update every 2 months, iSquiggle every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on September 25, 2026 and September 12, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 8 level
Asketch versus iSquiggle: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAsketchiSquiggle
Price$1.99Free — better
Rating4.4 (224 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews65.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings224 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 4 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaid—
Best chart rank#79 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.0 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB53 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAndrew KernManuel Minelle

Bugs and requests

Asketch

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Crashes on startup
  • Eraser not working as expected
  • Brush strokes moving to unexpected locations

Requested features

5 requests
  • Ability to save and export drawings
  • More brush/pencil options
  • Color support
  • Layers and blending tools
  • Background/paper texture options

iSquiggle

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Asketch

No in-app purchases

None

iSquiggle

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Asketch free?
Asketch costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is iSquiggle free?
iSquiggle is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Asketch or iSquiggle have ads?
Neither Asketch nor iSquiggle shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Asketch or iSquiggle?
Asketch ships an update every 2 months, and iSquiggle every 4 months. Most recently, Asketch was updated on September 25, 2026 and iSquiggle on September 12, 2026.

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