Comparison

Paint Gallery vs Drawing

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Pencil tool
  • Various brushes
  • Color fill
  • Text tool
  • Draw shapes
  • Import/export drawings
  • Create photo galleries
Features
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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.

About

Drawing

This app offers a comprehensive digital art studio for creating various art forms, from watercolor and oil painting to sketching and PDF annotation. It provides step-by-step lessons and tools that unlock as you progress, catering to both beginners and experienced artists.

Highlights
  • Realistic watercolor, oil, and acrylic painting simulation
  • Graphite and charcoal sketching tools
  • Draw, write, and mark up PDFs
  • Step-by-step art lessons
  • Apple Pencil support with pressure and tilt
  • AI art assistant features
  • Organized notebooks and folders with passcode protection
Features
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Drawing is a complete art studio for iPad and iPhone. Draw and write on PDFs, paint watercolors that flow and dry like the real thing, sketch in graphite and charcoal, and build up thick oil and acrylic paint, with Apple Pencil, another stylus or your finger. Step-by-step lessons help you start, and your tools grow as you learn. FOUR WAYS TO CREATE + PDF Drawing: draw, write and mark up any PDF or one of 200+ paper templates. + Watercolor: wet paint that spreads, blooms and dries on textured paper. + Sketch: dry media on real paper grain, from graphite to soft pastel. + Oils & Acrylics: thick paint with brush marks, ridges and impasto. DRAW YOUR WAY + Apple Pencil with pressure and tilt, and palm rejection so you can rest your hand on the screen. + Other styluses and your finger work too, in every editor. WATERCOLOR + Paint wet-on-wet, glaze over dry washes, and tilt the paper to let the paint run. + Mix artist pigments such as French Ultramarine and Payne's Gray, and pick colors straight from your painting. + Lay a smooth wash with Fill, and add texture with masking fluid and salt. + Switch to ink wash on rice paper, or to opaque gouache. + Write titles and captions with the brush itself. SKETCH + Graphite, charcoal, white charcoal, conté, soft pastel, colored pencil and fineliner. + Blend with a stump, lift with a kneaded or hard eraser, mask areas and fix your drawing. + Toned, Ingres and sanded papers, or a paper color of your own. + Draw from a reference photo with grid, value and mirror guides. OILS & ACRYLICS + Flat, filbert, round and rigger brushes, a palette knife, blender, rag, scraper and tape. + Mix on a palette, then lay thick impasto or thin glazes. + Paint with slow-drying oils or fast-drying acrylics. LEARN AS YOU PAINT + Lessons show each technique, then let you try it yourself. + Paint-along projects and sample paintings to explore. + New tools join your tool bar as you learn them, so the screen stays simple. + Export a time-lapse of your sketches and oil paintings. DRAW AND WRITE ON PDFs + Pens, pencils, markers, fountain pen, crayon and more, with a ruler, shapes and a lasso. + Highlight text, add text boxes, images and stickers, and rearrange pages. + Scan paper documents straight into your library. + Share your work as a PDF or an image. AI WHEN YOU WANT IT + Chat with the AI assistant, turn a photo into a watercolor plan, or get feedback on a sketch compared with your reference. + AI features can be hidden in Settings. ORGANIZED AND SAFE + Unlimited notebooks, folders and subfolders with custom covers. + Passcodes for the whole app or for individual folders. + Automatic backups keep your work safe. Privacy Policy http://www.noteswriter.com/Kairoos_Privacy_Policy.html EULA https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Paint Gallery4 screens
Drawing4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Paint Gallery at 4.7 against Drawing's 3.8. Paint Gallery also leads on ratings volume (69 vs 4) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 26.0). Drawing's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Paint Gallery sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Drawing sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Paint Gallery holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Paint Gallery has 69 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Paint Gallery ships an update every 2 months, Drawing every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Paint Gallery versus Drawing: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPaint GalleryDrawing
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (69 ratings) — better3.8 (4 ratings)
Positive reviews85.6% of reviews—
Number of ratings69 — better4
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS11.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size23 MB509 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBilal Javed BhuttaKairoos Solutions SL

Customer experience

Paint Gallery

All ratings68 ratings
Positive94.1%
Neutral4.4%
Negative1.5%
Written reviews668 reviews
Positive85.6%
Neutral8.8%
Negative5.5%

Drawing

All ratings4 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%

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

Drawing

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Paint Gallery

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$1.99
2 purchases

Drawing

Subscriptions2
  • Unlimited Drawing Monthly3 Days trial$3.991 Month
  • Unlimited Drawing Yearly3 Days trial$14.991 Year

Questions

Is Paint Gallery free?
Paint Gallery is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Drawing free?
Drawing is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Paint Gallery or Drawing?
Paint Gallery is rated higher. Paint Gallery averages 4.7 out of 5 from 69 ratings, while Drawing averages 3.8 from 4 ratings.
Do Paint Gallery or Drawing have ads?
Paint Gallery shows ads; Drawing does not.
Which is updated more often, Paint Gallery or Drawing?
Paint Gallery ships an update every 2 months, and Drawing every 3 weeks. Most recently, Paint Gallery was updated on November 1, 2026 and Drawing on November 4, 2026.

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