Paint Gallery vs Magic Draw
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Paint Gallery
Unleash your creativity with a free and fun painting application. This app offers a wide range of tools, including pencils, brushes, text, and shape drawing, along with the ability to import and export your artwork.
- Pencil tool
- Various brushes
- Color fill
- Text tool
- Draw shapes
- Import/export drawings
- Create photo galleries
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Free Fun Paint App with exciting features and easy to use interface. Enjoy the old school painting with: Pencil Various brushes Smudge Color fill tool Text Tool Draw shapes (lines, rectangles, circles and more) Import & export drawings to and from photo library Create photo galleries Share on facebook and twitter And much more… Stay tuned for exciting updates.
Magic Draw
This app provides a fun and simple drawing experience for children and parents. It offers various tools like customizable brushes, geometric shapes, and stickers, along with the ability to import photos and apply filters. Users can save and share their creations easily.
- Customizable stroke and fill settings
- Drawing with simple geometry shapes
- 50 free stickers
- Import pictures and take photos
- Image filters
- Undo/Redo functionality
- Eraser function
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The BEST draw/doodle/sketch/painting App for kids. MagicDraw is a simple and easy to use and fun iOS drawing and sketch app for kids and their parents. Key Features: 1) Settings for stroke and fill - Choose brush thickness, opacity, and RGB color setting - Choose fill RGB color and opacity 2) Draw with simple geometry shapes - Free hand smooth drawing - Draw with different fill color and stroke color for the basic geometry shapes to create fun drawings - Pick a geometry shape, drag & draw. Simple. 3) 50 Free Stickers to use - Pick any sticker and touch the screen to add sticker - You can move the sticker anywhere in the screen - Use gesture to zoom and rotate the sticker to different size 4) Import pictures and take photos with camera - Import pictures from your photo library to draw and edit - Take photos with camera - Draw on the pictures and add shapes and stickers 5) Support image filters to edit drawing - 8 pre-loaded image filters to use 6) Undo and Redo features - Currently, support upto 5 times undo/redo 7) Eraser function to remove sketch - You can change the size of the eraser in the setting view with different brush thickness. 8) Delete and reset the drawing 9) Save the drawing/images to photo library 10) Share the drawing/images with Facebook, Twitter and Sina Weibo social network. 11) Send the drawing/images by email and message
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Verdict
Paint Gallery and Magic Draw both sit at 4.7 stars, but that hides the real split: 86% of Paint Gallery's written reviews are positive against 0% of Magic Draw's. Paint Gallery also leads on update cadence (every 2 months vs every 38 months). Magic Draw's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). On price, rating, ratings volume 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. Paint Gallery sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Magic Draw asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Paint Gallery against 4.8 for Magic Draw. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 69 and 29 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 86% of Paint Gallery's written reviews are positive against 0% of Magic Draw's.
Paint Gallery ships an update every 2 months, Magic Draw every 38 months. Both last shipped on October 26, 2026.
| Parameter | Paint Gallery | Magic Draw |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (69 ratings) | 4.8 (29 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 85.6% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 69 — better | 29 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 38 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 | 10.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 23 MB | 16 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Bilal Javed Bhutta | Appulet, Inc |
Customer experience
Paint Gallery
Magic Draw
Bugs and requests
Paint Gallery
Reported bugs
2 issues- Paintings sometimes do not display properly after painting
- Crashes when trying to use certain tools or features
Requested features
3 requests- Add a physical trash can to retrieve deleted drawings
- Implement a copy/paste and rotate/resize feature for added elements
- Include a layer system for more advanced editing
Magic Draw
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Paint Gallery
- Remove Ads$1.99
Magic Draw
No in-app purchases
Questions
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