Glow Draw. vs DrawPad
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Glow Draw.
Unleash your inner artist with a digital canvas that brings your creations to life with vibrant glowing effects. Explore a wide array of brushes and colors to express your unique style. Save your masterpieces as photos and share them with friends on social media.
- Create glowing art
- Variety of brushes
- Multiple color options
- Save creations as photos
- Share on social media
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Create beautiful glowing art! Tons of brushes and colors to express your creativity! Save your creations as photos! Share your art on Facebook and Twitter! Wanna learn to make this app? Check out www.iphonecodeprojects.com
DrawPad
Unleash your creativity with a minimalist drawing app offering realistic brushes, unlimited colors, and easy sharing. Unlock premium effects like neon and glitter through rewarded ads. Perfect for all ages to sketch, doodle, and relax.
- Realistic brushes
- Unlimited color palette
- Zoom and pan functionality
- Save and share artwork
- Glitter and neon effects
- Offline functionality
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Turn a photo into drawing practice, or start with a blank canvas. Sketch, doodle and trace on your iPhone or iPad, then save or share what you create. DRAW AT YOUR OWN PACE Choose your brush, color and line width. Zoom in for details and move around the canvas. Erase a mistake, undo a stroke or redo it when you change your mind. TRACE YOUR OWN PHOTOS Import a photo as a reference, adjust its opacity and draw over it. Use the built-in images when you want a starting point. PICK UP WHERE YOU LEFT OFF Your current drawing stays on your device so you can return to it later. Start a new canvas for a fresh page. Drawing works offline, with no mandatory account. SAVE AND SHARE Save an image to Photos or share it from the app when you are ready. ONE OPTIONAL PRO UPGRADE The free version includes ads. DrawPad Pro is a one-time, non-consumable purchase that removes ads and unlocks all effect brushes, including neon, glitter and watercolor. Pro also includes Apple's native drawing palette on iOS 18 or later, with the tools supported by DrawPad. There is no subscription. Restore your purchase with the same Apple Account. Your local price appears in the app. Purchases and ads require an internet connection. Open DrawPad, choose a photo or a blank canvas, and make your first sketch. Privacy: https://myzalife.com/privacypolicy.html#drawpad Terms: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Glow Draw. at none against DrawPad's 1. Glow Draw. also leads on ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (65% vs 40%). On price, ratings volume, update cadence 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
Both are free to download. DrawPad sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Glow Draw. asks for nothing beyond the download.
Glow Draw. holds the better App Store score, 3.5 against 3.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 53 and 86 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 65% of Glow Draw.'s written reviews are positive against 40% of DrawPad's.
Glow Draw. ships an update every 4 months, DrawPad every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Glow Draw. | DrawPad |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.5 (53 ratings) — better | 3.2 (86 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 64.6% of reviews — better | 40.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 53 | 86 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 3 months — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 5.0 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 16 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Limit Point Software | MULTITECHNIQUE BUSINESS COMAPNUY INVESTMENT |
Customer experience
Glow Draw.
DrawPad
Bugs and requests
Glow Draw.
Reported bugs
2 issues- Drawing colors turning white when overlaid
- Inability to select certain brush tools
Requested features
4 requests- Add undo/redo functionality
- More color options and customization
- Optimize for iOS 11 and newer
- Reduce in-app ads
DrawPad
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Glow Draw.
No in-app purchases
DrawPad
- Remove Ads$4.99
