Comparison

Doodle vs Drive Safe

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

Head to head
About

Doodle

A fun and easy-to-use painting application designed for children. It offers a variety of brush strokes, color options, and backgrounds to encourage creativity. Users can save, print, and share their artwork directly from the app.

Highlights
  • Variety of brush strokes (single, double)
  • Adjustable stroke size (tiny to big)
  • Normal and continuous color changes
  • Eraser with stroke options
  • Colored and special backgrounds
  • Neon and magic frames
  • Full-screen painting on own photos
Features
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A funny and simple paint program. PERFECT for kids of all age. Very EASY to use. Paint with these strokes: SINGLE DOUBLE Select from TINY to BIG SIZE stroke All in combination with: NORMAL COLORS CONTINUOUS COLOR CHANGE SIMULTANEOUS for each stroke CONTINUOUS COLOR CHANGE DIS-SIMULTANEOUS for each stroke And....even the ERASER can use the ALL the different stroke Sounds crazy? TRY IT BEFORE YOUR FRIENDS. You have ALL THE BUTTONS ON THE SCREEN when you need them. The buttons fly away when you paint, and the buttons will smoothly come back after a while. Use COLORED and SPECIAL BACKGROUNDS. 4 colored NEON FRAMES and 4 MAGIC FRAMES. ROTATE and the buttons smoothly rotate, but the painting area do not change. Use the WHOLE SCREEN to paint on; also your own photos. Save your painting. See amazing video adds. If available it will be shown 30 seconds and 2, 5 and 10 minutes after startup of the app. You can like the app on Facebook. Print your painting directly via AirPrint. Send the painting via SMS, email or post it to Facebook or Twitter.

About

Drive Safe

This app records your driving behavior to help you improve your skills and become more eco-friendly. It provides detailed trip analysis and a score to identify areas for improvement, potentially earning you an insurance discount.

Highlights
  • Records driving behavior
  • Provides trip analysis and scores
  • Identifies areas for improvement
  • Tracks driving over time
  • Calculates potential insurance discounts
  • Uses phone sensors for tracking
Features
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General Insurance of Cyprus is leading the way again! Their latest innovation, the Drive Safe mobile app, records driving behaviour, helping drivers to become even better on the road and to be more eco-friendly, as well as earning them a discount on the renewal of their insurance. In this way, General Insurance of Cyprus is contributing to the effort by the state to reduce the road traffic accidents. With Drive Safe, the driver is given information at the end of every journey about their driving behaviour and a score (0 – 100). The driver is immediately able to recognise weak areas in their driving and improve on them straight away during their next trip. The driver can also look at their driving behaviour over time and see how it compares with other drivers. At the same time, they can also see whether they will be entitled to a discount on renewal of their insurance Policy with General Insurance of Cyprus. How does it work Using the sensors and Location Service of the mobile phone, Drive Safe is able to identify the beginning and end of each journey and evaluate the driving behavior of the user/vehicle. The score for each trip and the total score of the driver is calculated using the advanced scoring model of Drive Safe which takes into consideration: • Driving in excess of the speed limit, • Using the mobile phone whilst driving, • Braking (sudden and aggressive braking), • Acceleration (sharp and aggressive acceleration) and • Driving during the most dangerous hours (00:00 - 05:00). The scoring ranges from 0 - 100, with 100 being the optimum. Drive Safe provides the driver with a full and detailed analysis of every trip, pointing out those areas where the driving was not ideal. Battery and internet connection Drive Safe has been designed and developed to ensure minimal battery consumption. When not driving, the expected consumption is negligible (less than 1% every 24 hours), while when driving, it is 3-5% per hour. Drive Safe does not require an Internet connection to operate. However, to improve the logging process, it is recommended that you have Wi-Fi and / or Data (3G / 4G) enabled. Personal Data The use of state-of-the-art mobile technology to evaluate driving behaviour requires the use of personal data, an issue which General Insurance of Cyprus takes very seriously and we have ensured that the confidentiality of the data is absolutely secure. More information regarding the processing of your personal data can be found in the Terms of the App or the GIC Privacy Statement (www.gic.com.cy).

Screenshots

Doodle2 screens
Drive Safe4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Drive Safe at none against Doodle's shown. Drive Safe also leads on rating (3.7 vs 3.5) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). Doodle's advantage is review sentiment (29% vs 0%) and iOS requirement (10.0 vs 14.0). On price, ratings volume, update cadence 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Drive Safe holds the better App Store score, 3.7 against 3.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 3 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 29% of Doodle's written reviews are positive against 0% of Drive Safe's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 7 months. The most recent releases landed on October 3, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Doodle versus Drive Safe: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDoodleDrive Safe
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.5 (2 ratings)3.7 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews29.0% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings23 — better
Update frequencyEvery 7 monthsEvery 7 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supportedFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS10.0 — better14.0
Further details — not scored
Size26 MB37 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperABCiSoftGeneral Insurance of Cyprus Ltd.

Customer experience

Doodle

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews31 reviews
Positive29.0%
Neutral16.1%
Negative54.8%

Drive Safe

All ratings3 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

In-app purchases

None

Doodle

No in-app purchases

None

Drive Safe

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Doodle free?
Doodle is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Drive Safe free?
Drive Safe is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Doodle or Drive Safe?
Drive Safe is rated higher. Doodle averages 3.5 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while Drive Safe averages 3.7 from 3 ratings.
Do Doodle or Drive Safe have ads?
Doodle shows ads; Drive Safe does not.
Which is updated more often, Doodle or Drive Safe?
Doodle ships an update every 7 months, and Drive Safe every 7 months. Most recently, Doodle was updated on October 3, 2026 and Drive Safe on October 6, 2026.

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