Drawing Box Ltd vs Canvas SketchBook Pro
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
Canvas SketchBook Pro
Unleash your creativity with a professional yet simple drawing and sketching experience. This app offers a wide range of brushes, layers, and editing tools, optimized for touch and stylus input. Easily import and export your artwork in various formats.
- Creative sketching with brushes and tools
- Advanced sketches with layers
- Zoom for fine detail painting
- Import/export vector images (PDF, PNG, JPEG)
- Customizable brush generation
- Fullscreen mode
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Canvas SketchBook Pro brings a simple and professional drawing experience to anyone who wants to be creative, regardless of skill level. Optimized for iPad Pro and supports Apple Pencil! FEATURES * Draw creative sketches using fun brushes and tools * Build advanced sketches with layers * Zoom to paint fine details * Optimised also for iPad Pro and Apple Pencil * Import and export vector images in PDF, PNG and JPEG up to 4096x4096 pixels * Optional use of color or photo backgrounds * Save as transparent PNG EDITING TOOLS: - Multiple brushes, pens, and pencils - Generate unique brushes - Draw with finger or Apple Pencil (on iPad) - Eraser - Fill tool - Layer editor - Photo import - Background selector - Color tool - Image color adjustment - Move, scale, rotate - Pan and zoom - Export or share as image - Undo/redo - Fullscreen mode and many more... Privacy Policy http://apps-machine.com/privacypolicy Terms of Use http://apps-machine.com/termsofuse
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Drawing Box Ltd at 95% against Canvas SketchBook Pro's 22%. Drawing Box Ltd also leads on rating (4.6 vs 4.0) and update cadence (every 3 months vs every 11 months). Canvas SketchBook Pro's advantage is ratings volume (46 vs 9) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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 and Canvas SketchBook Pro sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $2.99 per 6 months. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Drawing Box Ltd holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Canvas SketchBook Pro has 46 ratings behind it against 9, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 95% of Drawing Box Ltd's written reviews are positive against 22% of Canvas SketchBook Pro's.
Drawing Box Ltd ships an update every 3 months, Canvas SketchBook Pro every 11 months. The most recent releases landed on July 5, 2026 and August 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Drawing Box Ltd | Canvas SketchBook Pro |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (9 ratings) — better | 4.0 (46 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 94.6% of reviews — better | 22.2% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 9 | 46 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months — better | Every 11 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Freemium |
| Devices | iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 117 MB | 201 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Etienne Nguyen Tan Hon | MULTI MOBILE Ltd |
Customer experience
Drawing Box Ltd
Canvas SketchBook Pro
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
Canvas SketchBook Pro
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Drawing Box Ltd
- Pencil Sketching Lessons$0.99
- Buy Drawing Box Full version$2.99
Canvas SketchBook Pro
- Sketch Premium3 Days trial$2.996 Months
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