Drawing Box Ltd vs Kinetiform
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.
Kinetiform
This app transforms your doodles into dynamic abstract art. Shapes automatically connect and fill with unique patterns, while kaleidoscopic animations add a mesmerizing visual experience. You can also let the app create art for you with its Auto Draw feature.
- Automatic shape detection and pattern filling
- Auto Draw for generative art creation
- Regenerate patterns
- 36 preset kaleidoscopic effects
- Customizable kaleidoscope settings
- Save and share drawings
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Kinetiform is doodling reimagined. It is a canvas with a mind of its own. Draw abstract shapes that automatically connect and fill with randomly generated patterns. Use Auto Draw to sit back and watch as the app creates a unique random composition right before your eyes. Watch as your drawing is tumbled and twisted through beautiful kaleidoscopic animations. Features: - Automatically detects shapes and fills them with random procedural patterns - Auto Draw creates procedural art as you watch and finishes lines for you - Regenerate any pattern after it’s been drawn - 36 preset kaleidoscopic effects - Advanced kaleidoscope settings let you fully configure the effect - Pan and zoom feature that interacts with kaleidoscope effects - Draw into the kaleidoscope - Customize your drawing experience with several control options - Create a color palette and save it, or load one of 200 preset color palettes - Choose which patterns you want to use and how often they will randomly appear - Save drawings to work on them later - Save images to your photo library or share them on social media - 100 levels of undo
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Drawing Box Ltd at every 3 months against Kinetiform's every 22 months. Drawing Box Ltd also leads on iOS requirement (11.0 vs 13.6). Kinetiform's advantage is rating (4.9 vs 4.6) and ratings volume (40 vs 9). On price, review sentiment, ads and in-app purchases 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 Kinetiform sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Kinetiform holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 9 and 40 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 94% of Drawing Box Ltd's written reviews are positive against 92% of Kinetiform's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Drawing Box Ltd ships an update every 3 months, Kinetiform every 22 months. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Drawing Box Ltd | Kinetiform |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (9 ratings) | 4.9 (40 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 94.2% of reviews — better | 91.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 9 | 40 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months — better | Every 22 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 13.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 117 MB | 12 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Etienne Nguyen Tan Hon | Colordodge Labs |
Customer experience
Drawing Box Ltd
Kinetiform
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
Kinetiform
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
Kinetiform
- Pro Mode$4.99
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