Comparison

Drawing Box Ltd vs Paintstorm Studio Lite

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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.

About

Paintstorm Studio Lite

This app offers professional digital painting tools for artists of all levels. It provides extensive brush customization, stroke correction, and intuitive controls to enhance the mobile art creation experience. Discover new possibilities for digital drawing with advanced features and Apple Pencil support.

Highlights
  • Extensive brush customization
  • Stroke post-correction
  • Apple Pencil support
  • Dynamic interface
  • Mirror drawing
  • Standard tools pack
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Paintstorm Studio is the first iOS App designed not only for simple sketches, but professional digital painting of any level, genre and technique. Paintstorm helps you to discover the magnificence and unleash the full potential of Apple Pencil and brings you to a whole new level of drawing. Creating an art masterpiece has never been so mobile. A major feature of Paintstorm Studio is the array of brushes to choose from. We did our best so that you can easily and quickly adjust the brushes suitable to your painting style. Anyone who has ever painted knows it's hard to overestimate the painting tool and the importance of all the seemingly insignificant details. We tried not to miss any of them. Our goal was to create an intuitive, simple-to-use but at the same time functionally powerful tool that brings the process of digital painting to a new level, making it as comfortable as possible. - Full control of all brush options (Incredible possibilities for brush settings) - Bristle brushes of any form and kind - Stroke post correction (You can take an action on any option. Not only on the stroke thickness) - Parameters binding to the perspective - Dynamic interface (Global interface scale, panels scale, opacity, color) - Custom panels - Full controlled mask-brush (Each brush can work as mask for other brush) - Takes underlayer's color while blending - "Close gaps" function when you fill or select - Dirty brush mode - Stroke stabilizer - Usable color mixer - Different gradient strokes - Mirror drawing - Standard tools pack (Lasso, Magic wand, Crop, Fill, Gradient and etc) - Control of the random amounts - Apple Pencil support (Pressure, Tilt, Direction) Lite version restrictions: - It is not possible to load and save psd files - A watermark is added to the picture Upgrade to the full version and get rid of the limits!

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Drawing Box Ltd at 94% against Paintstorm Studio Lite's 24%. Drawing Box Ltd also leads on rating (4.6 vs 4.0) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 13.1). Paintstorm Studio Lite's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and ratings volume (262 vs 9). On price, update cadence, ads 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

Both are free to download. Drawing Box Ltd sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Paintstorm Studio Lite asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Drawing Box Ltd holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Paintstorm Studio Lite has 262 ratings behind it against 9, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 94% of Drawing Box Ltd's written reviews are positive against 24% of Paintstorm Studio Lite's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Drawing Box Ltd ships an update every 3 months, Paintstorm Studio Lite every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Drawing Box Ltd versus Paintstorm Studio Lite: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDrawing Box LtdPaintstorm Studio Lite
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (9 ratings) — better4.0 (262 ratings)
Positive reviews94.2% of reviews — better24.1% of reviews
Number of ratings9262 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 months — betterEvery 4 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPadiPad
Requires iOS11.0 — better13.1
Further details — not scored
Size117 MB103 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperEtienne Nguyen Tan HonSergei Komarov

Customer experience

Drawing Box Ltd

All ratings9 ratings
Positive77.8%
Neutral22.2%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews347 reviews
Positive94.2%
Neutral4.3%
Negative1.4%

Paintstorm Studio Lite

All ratings262 ratings
Positive72.9%
Neutral7.3%
Negative19.8%
Written reviews141 reviews
Positive24.1%
Neutral13.5%
Negative62.4%

User reviews

Drawing Box Ltd

From 9 App Store ratings

What 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)

Paintstorm Studio Lite

From 262 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 💎 Excellent brushes and color mixing
  • 🎨 Sophisticated drawing tools
  • 🖌️ Advanced interface like desktop apps
  • 🖥️ Powerful features on par with desktop software

Room to improve

  • 🚧 Cluttered and confusing interface
  • 🐛 Frequent crashes and performance issues
  • 💦 Annoying watermark on exported artwork
  • 🔍 Lack of clear instructions and tutorials

Bugs and requests

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

Paintstorm Studio Lite

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • App crashes when opening or switching between projects
  • Brush settings and color wheel disappearing unexpectedly
  • Inability to save or recover unsaved artwork

Requested features

4 requests
  • Remove watermark option
  • Ability to import photos and images
  • Better organization and customization of UI
  • More intuitive brush and tool controls

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Drawing Box Ltd

One-time2
  • Pencil Sketching Lessons$0.99
  • Buy Drawing Box Full version$2.99
None

Paintstorm Studio Lite

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Drawing Box Ltd free?
Drawing Box Ltd is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Paintstorm Studio Lite free?
Paintstorm Studio Lite is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Drawing Box Ltd or Paintstorm Studio Lite?
Drawing Box Ltd is rated higher. Drawing Box Ltd averages 4.6 out of 5 from 9 ratings, while Paintstorm Studio Lite averages 4.0 from 262 ratings.
Do Drawing Box Ltd or Paintstorm Studio Lite have ads?
Neither Drawing Box Ltd nor Paintstorm Studio Lite shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Drawing Box Ltd or Paintstorm Studio Lite?
Drawing Box Ltd ships an update every 3 months, and Paintstorm Studio Lite every 4 months. Most recently, Drawing Box Ltd was updated on October 10, 2026 and Paintstorm Studio Lite on October 15, 2026.

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