Doodle Dandy vs EDA PLAY TOBY
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Doodle Dandy
Unleash your creativity with this intuitive drawing app that makes creating beautiful artwork accessible to everyone. Enjoy a game-like experience with satisfying results you can share or use as custom wallpaper. No artistic talent is required to produce stunning, original creations.
- Rotationally-symmetric input for balanced designs
- Real-time transparency tool
- Multiple brush sizes
- Unlimited undo/redo
- Save and share creations
- Customizable wallpaper
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Doodle Dandy is addictive like a game -- but creative, personal, and productive. Games are fun -- but when it's all over, what do you have to show for all your time and effort? A score? Who cares? Art is fun -- but creating something truly beautiful on a touchscreen isn't easy. UNTIL NOW. Doodle Dandy gives you the power to create elegant, eye-catching artwork, at your fingertips -- no talent required. It's challenging and engaging like a game, but when you're done, you have an original work of art to share and enjoy. No more lame doodles! Fun for all ages! Doodle Dandy provides a handful of simple tools which ensure success in every doodle: - Rotationally-symmetric input ensures balance and elegance - Color palette designed for range and consistency - Multiple discrete brush sizes - Transparency tool works in real-time, anytime - Unlimited "undo" and "redo" - Save creations for later viewing, to use as custom wallpaper, or for sharing with friends - Works on Mac Learn in seconds, master over time. Amaze yourself as you create visual poetry in motion. Amaze others with stunning, original gifts. Find satisfaction and joy in the process of creation, with Doodle Dandy.
EDA PLAY TOBY
This app is designed to help children with visual and motor skill development. It features interactive stages that encourage exploration, sound recognition, and visual perception through simple touch-based gameplay. Developed with specialists, it aims to support children with various visual impairments.
- Interactive touch-based gameplay
- Sound and visual rewards
- Stages for different skill levels
- Visual perception development
- Skills tracking section
- Customizable white frame
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For the training of vision and fine motor skills; developed for children with multiple and visual disorders. Children with central visual impairment (CVI) can also benefit. WATCHING THE ACTION, SIMPLE TOUCHING, TOUCH AND FIND OUT WHAT'S HIDING IN THE DARK AND IN THE BOX The app consists of four parts: The first stage “watch what’s happening” is suitable for the smallest children. The second stage of the game "touch and make something happen" is suitable both for children with visual disorders and for children with severe fine and gross motor skills impairment. Children can touch the screen or just slap it - and they are rewarded by an interesting sound of a musical instrument or an animal. The third and fourth parts of the game "touch and find out what's hiding in the dark" and "touch and find out what's hiding in the box" are made to support development of the visual perception. The game is very simple, designed to be handled by children at various levels of psychomotor development. Enjoy the worksheets for children available for free at: www.edaplay.com/activities The app was developed in cooperation with low vision specialists and experts in the field of early intervention and caring for children with special needs. KEY FEATURES - Bold colours, illustrations in comprehensible shapes - White frame The white frame can be set to distinctively demarcate the work surface of the tablet display. - Skills section The Skills section records the work of the child with the application. - Simulator of visual disorders The authorship of the EDA PLAY TOBY app belongs to the non-profit organization EDA cz, z.ú. and to the digital studio Sugar And Ketchup. The project is carried out with the support of the Czech Radio Foundation (Nadační fond Českého rozhlasu) from the Firefly (Světluška) fund. For more information go to www.edaplay.com/eda-play-toby - - Č E S K Y - - Připraveno na míru dětem se zrakovými a kombinovanými vadami tak, aby hra byla pomocníkem pro rozvoj jejich zrakových dovedností a jemné motoriky. Hra je vhodná také pro děti s centrálním postižením zraku (CVI). Aplikace obsahuje čtyři typy úkolů: V první fázi "sleduj, co se děje" se úkoly odehrávají automaticky, pomáhají dětem trénovat zrakovou pozornost. V druhé části aplikace "dotkni se a něco se stane" se děti mohou obrazovky dotknout kdekoli nebo na ni prostě plácnout a získají odměnu ve formě zajímavého zvuku hudebního nástroje nebo zvířete. Další části hry "dotkni se a zjisti, co se skrývá ve tmě" a "dotkni se a zjisti, co se skrývá v krabici" obsahují úkoly, které pomáhají rozvíjet zrakové vnímání a vytváření zrakových představ. Hra je maximálně jednoduchá, zvládnou ji i děti s různou úrovní psychomotorického vývoje. HLAVNÍ FUNKCE - Výrazné barvy, dostatečná velikost obrázků - Bílý rámeček Lze nastavit bílý rámeček, který zvýrazní ohraničení pracovní plochy displeje tabletu. - Sekce Dovednosti Sekce Dovednosti zaznamenává práci dítěte s aplikací. - Simulátor zrakových vad - Hru můžete doplnit také pracovními listy, které jsou dostupné ke stažení zdarma na www.edaplay.cz/aktivity Autory aplikace EDA PLAY TOBY jsou nezisková organizace EDA cz, z.ú. a digitální studio Sugar And Ketchup. Projekt je realizován za pomoci Nadačního fondu Českého rozhlasu ze sbírky Světluška. Více informací na www.edaplay.cz/eda-play-toby
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Doodle Dandy at Free against EDA PLAY TOBY's $6.99. Doodle Dandy also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 9 months) and ratings volume (69 vs 3). EDA PLAY TOBY's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). On rating and review sentiment 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
Doodle Dandy is free to download; EDA PLAY TOBY costs $6.99 up front. Doodle Dandy sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. EDA PLAY TOBY asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for Doodle Dandy against 4.7 for EDA PLAY TOBY. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Doodle Dandy has 69 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 93% of Doodle Dandy's written reviews are positive against 100% of EDA PLAY TOBY's.
Doodle Dandy ships an update fortnightly, EDA PLAY TOBY every 9 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Doodle Dandy | EDA PLAY TOBY |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $6.99 |
| Rating | 4.6 (69 ratings) | 4.7 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 92.8% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 69 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 9 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 6.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 18 MB | 34 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Nicholas Williams | EDA cz, z. u. |
Customer experience
Doodle Dandy
EDA PLAY TOBY
Bugs and requests
Doodle Dandy
Reported bugs
10 issues- Save to photos not working
- App crashes
- App will not open
- Save feature not working
- Delete masterpiece when trying to save
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- Crashing after a few minutes
- Save to photos not working anymore
- Creations not found after saving
- Won't clear drawings
- Randomly doesn't color
Requested features
19 requests- Ability to draw over existing pictures
- More color options
- Color picker
- Redo button
- Load image to resume a project
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- Blend feature
- Tool for straight lines
- Option for every other line mirror
- Apple Pencil support
- Change background color
- More paintbrush shapes
- Blur tool
- More effects
- Dark mode
- Undo to recover cleared work
- Safety dialog for clearing
- Retina update
- Different shapes
- Custom paint colors
EDA PLAY TOBY
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Doodle Dandy
- Doodle Dandy - No Ads$0.99
EDA PLAY TOBY
No in-app purchases
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