Comparison

Learning To Draw vs Relay Smart Agent

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

Head to head
About

Learning To Draw

Learn to draw with step-by-step art instruction guides on your iPad. Features realistic, adjustable drawing tools, voice or text instructions, and various paper styles. Purchase additional lessons to expand your artistic skills.

Highlights
  • Step-by-step drawing lessons
  • Realistic and adjustable drawing tools
  • Text or voice instruction options
  • Background paper style options
  • Freehand drawing mode
  • In-app lesson purchases
Features
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Walter Foster has been the leading publisher of quality art instruction guides for more than 85 years. Their instructional volumes, guidebooks and art kits have trained artists of all ages and skill levels in pencil drawing, acrylic painting, watercolors, pastels, land-scape rendering, figure drawing and much more.

 Walter Foster and the artists of MEDL Mobile have put their minds together to bring you the Walter Foster iPad app—the latest addition to a vast collection of art instruction guides.

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 Welcome to the world of the Walter Foster iPad app. Learn to create stunning digital renderings of virtually anything with easy-to-follow, step-by-step art instruction guides.

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 NEW CANVAS, SAME GREAT INSTRUCTION Artists of every age and skill level have been using Walter Foster’s world-class art instruction for almost a century, and the Walter Foster iPad app is the latest addition for the newest generation. This app comes standard with four drawing lessons to get you started, and comes equipped with a full kit of tools to render stunning masterpieces right on your iPad.

 FAMILIAR & INTUITIVE Each drawing tool is pre-adjusted to closely resemble its real-world counterpart, and you can modify aspects of each tool to suit your preference. You can pause at any point throughout your lesson, and pick up right where you left off. Create as many drawings as you want, or bring up a blank slate for freehand drawing.
 FOSTER GROWTH You can purchase new lessons right from within the app and share your finalized renderings via E-mail, Facebook, Twitter and many others. Augment your drawings with different paper style backgrounds to give them a unique feel, and even personalize your lessons by switching on voice instructions. 

FEATURE HIGHLIGHTS: • Pre-loaded with four step-by-step lessons
 • Purchase new lessons in-app
 • Text or voice instruction for every lesson
 • Realistic drawing tools
 • Drawing tools are adjustable in size, pressure and hardness
 • Background paper style options
 • Save any & every drawing 
• Freehand drawing mode 
• Save drawings to your Photos or share with friends NEW LESSONS Take your creativity to new heights with 5 fresh lesson packs: • Cats & Kittens • Dogs & Puppies • Animals • Cartooning • Sketching Everyday Objects We are proud to call Walter Foster a Shiny MEDL Object. You can see all of them at www.medlmobile.com.

About

Relay Smart Agent

This application offers web filtering and safety features for iOS devices, ensuring CIPA compliance for schools. It provides on and off-campus protection and reports on student activity, acting as a hardware-free cloud solution.

Highlights
  • CIPA compliant web filtering
  • On/off campus safety
  • Student activity reporting
  • Hardware-free cloud solution
  • Anytime, anywhere filtering
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This app provides anytime, anywhere filtering, safety, and reporting on iOS devices for schools using the Relay web filter from Lightspeed Systems. With the Relay Smart Agent for iOS, schools get: CIPA compliant web filtering On/off campus safety Reporting on student activity A hardware-free cloud solution And more!

Screenshots

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Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Learning To Draw at 2.4 against Relay Smart Agent's 1.2. Learning To Draw also leads on review sentiment (33% vs 0%) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 15.0). Relay Smart Agent's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 10) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 7 months). On price, ratings volume 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Learning To Draw sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Relay Smart Agent asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Learning To Draw holds the better App Store score, 2.4 against 1.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 31 and 33 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 33% of Learning To Draw's written reviews are positive against 0% of Relay Smart Agent's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Learning To Draw ships an update every 7 months, Relay Smart Agent every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Learning To Draw versus Relay Smart Agent: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLearning To DrawRelay Smart Agent
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.4 (31 ratings) — better1.2 (33 ratings)
Positive reviews33.3% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings3133 — better
Update frequencyEvery 7 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS8.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size42 MB9 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMEDL Mobile Enterprises, LLCLightspeed Solutions, LLC

Customer experience

Learning To Draw

All ratings30 ratings
Positive23.3%
Neutral13.3%
Negative63.3%
Written reviews162 reviews
Positive33.3%
Neutral8.6%
Negative58.0%

Relay Smart Agent

All ratings32 ratings
Positive6.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative93.8%
Written reviews11 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

Bugs and requests

Learning To Draw

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • App crashes
  • Purchased content not restoring
  • Connectivity issues preventing lesson downloads

Requested features

4 requests
  • More free lessons and content
  • Ability to save and resume drawings
  • Option to hide/remove guidelines
  • More drawing tools and customization

Relay Smart Agent

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Learning To Draw

One-time10
  • Disable Ads Upgrade$0.99
  • Color Swatches$1.99
  • Learn to Draw Flowers - 5 Lessons$2.99
Show 7 more
  • Learn to Draw Dragons - 10 Lessons$3.99
  • Learn to Draw Horses - 10 Lessons$3.99
  • Learn to Draw People - 11 Lessons$3.99
  • Learn to Draw Cartooning - 12 Lessons$3.99
  • Learn to Draw Animals - 10 Lessons$3.99
  • Learn to Draw Dogs & Puppies - 10 Lessons$3.99
  • Sketching Everyday Objects - 10 Lessons$3.99
None

Relay Smart Agent

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Learning To Draw free?
Learning To Draw is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Relay Smart Agent free?
Relay Smart Agent is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Learning To Draw or Relay Smart Agent?
Learning To Draw is rated higher. Learning To Draw averages 2.4 out of 5 from 31 ratings, while Relay Smart Agent averages 1.2 from 33 ratings.
Do Learning To Draw or Relay Smart Agent have ads?
Neither Learning To Draw nor Relay Smart Agent shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Learning To Draw or Relay Smart Agent?
Learning To Draw ships an update every 7 months, and Relay Smart Agent every 2 months. Most recently, Learning To Draw was updated on November 1, 2026 and Relay Smart Agent on November 2, 2026.

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