Comparison

Paint vs Whiteboard

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

Head to head
About

Paint

Explore a gallery of diverse drawings and witness the creative process behind them. This application offers an engaging visual experience for art enthusiasts and aspiring artists alike.

Highlights
  • View diverse drawings
  • See drawing process
  • Art gallery
  • Creative inspiration
Features
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Do you like to draw? Do you like to see different drawings? In this app you can see various drawings and even the process of drawing them. Download now for a fun experience

About

Whiteboard

This digital whiteboard app offers a simple yet powerful interface for various uses, from teaching and design to note-taking and doodling. It provides flexible canvas options, including multi-page and infinite free-form canvases, and supports PDF imports.

Highlights
  • Infinite free-form canvas
  • Multi-page canvas option
  • Direct PDF import
  • Geometric shape drawing
  • Simple and clean interface
  • Quick startup
  • Small storage space
Features
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The Whiteboard App always adheres to the concept of "simplicity to the extreme" and "Nothing more Nothing less". Despite offering many small tools, its interface remains simple and user-friendly. This app is suitable for various scenarios, including teaching, creativity, meeting presentations, prototype design, and learning drafts, among others. It provides users with a variety of universally applicable paper formats, objects, and prototype designs to choose from. It also offers instant drawing of geometric shapes, making teaching, creativity, and on-site communication more convenient. Additionally, it can be used for students' homework drafts, doodling, note-taking, temporary notepads, word dictation, and math problems, among other purposes. Users highly praise its simple and easy-to-use button layout and tool exit mechanism. The app offers two forms of creating new files, allowing users to choose the one that suits them best: - The first form is a multi-page file (Pages), where each page serves as a canvas with size limitations, similar to a PDF file. This makes it easy to organize knowledge. - The second form is a free-form file (Free Form), where a file consists of one infinitely large canvas without boundaries. This allows for unlimited creativity. The app also supports direct import of PDF files, even large files with hundreds or thousands of pages, without crashing. It opens instantly. Features: - Small storage space - Simple operation - Clean interface - Quick startup - Rich functionality Welcome to download and experience the Whiteboard App as soon as possible! Contact information: - Twitter: chenlidongorg - Threads: chenlidongorg - WeChat: ichenlidong - Email: chenlidong@gmail.com - Official website: whiteboardapp.org End-User License Agreement (EULA): http://whiteboardapp.org/TermsofUse Privacy Policy: http://whiteboardapp.org/fsaf-88bdbc6b

Screenshots

Paint2 screens
Whiteboard4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Whiteboard at 75% against Paint's 23%. Whiteboard also leads on rating (4.3 vs 3.4) and update cadence (every 9 days vs every 2 months). Paint's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 7) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.0). On price, ads 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. Whiteboard sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Paint asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Whiteboard holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 3.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Whiteboard has 948 ratings behind it against 24, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 23% of Paint's written reviews are positive against 75% of Whiteboard's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Paint ships an update every 2 months, Whiteboard every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Paint versus Whiteboard: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPaintWhiteboard
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.4 (24 ratings)4.3 (948 ratings) — better
Positive reviews23.3% of reviews74.6% of reviews — better
Number of ratings24948 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 9 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better
Requires iOS11.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB80 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperOrgajja Co LtdEndless AI LLC

Customer experience

Paint

All ratings24 ratings
Positive54.2%
Neutral8.3%
Negative37.5%
Written reviews73 reviews
Positive23.3%
Neutral5.5%
Negative71.2%

Whiteboard

All ratings948 ratings
Positive81.9%
Neutral5.4%
Negative12.8%
Written reviews228 reviews
Positive74.6%
Neutral8.8%
Negative16.7%

User reviews

Paint

From 24 App Store ratings

What we love

  • ✨ Beautiful paintings possible
  • 🚀 Low MB and offline capability
  • 🎨 Creativity and more features
  • 👍 Great for free
  • 😊 Amazing app

Room to improve

  • ❌ Ads are intrusive and disruptive
  • 🐛 Difficulty drawing and connecting lines
  • 🐛 Losing progress and lack of save feature
  • 🐛 Photos are upside down when saved
  • 🐛 App crashes frequently

Whiteboard

From 948 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Simple and easy to use
  • 🚀 Smooth and responsive
  • 💡 Useful templates and backgrounds
  • 🤩 Great for quick sketching and note-taking
  • 👍 Clean and intuitive interface

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Eraser issues (automatically switches to marker, hard to use)
  • 🐛 Occasional crashes or performance issues
  • 🔍 Limited customization options (e.g., pen size, colors)
  • 🔍 Lack of advanced features (e.g., layers, text editing)

Bugs and requests

Paint

Reported bugs

14 issues
  • Ads make drawing impossible
  • Lost progress
  • Saved photos are upside down
  • App crashes
  • Stuck in vertical mode on tablet
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  • App doesn't open
  • Paid upgrade not applied
  • App closes by itself
  • Ads on saved images
  • Delay in seeing paint on screen
  • Subtle mountain scene in drawing background
  • Ads even after paying for full version
  • App crashes on startup
  • Cannot draw a line

Requested features

7 requests
  • Remove ads
  • Add a save feature
  • Fix upside down saved photos
  • Improve drawing line connection
  • Add more colors
Show 2 more
  • Implement an undo feature
  • Add more features and options

Whiteboard

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Eraser automatically switches to marker
  • Drawing sometimes gets blurry or distorted
  • App crashes or freezes after prolonged use
  • Inability to delete or clear the canvas

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add undo/redo functionality
  • Improve palm rejection and eraser usability
  • Allow customizing pen size and color presets
  • Implement text editing and formatting options
  • Add ability to save/load drawings and annotate PDFs

In-app purchases

None

Paint

No in-app purchases

7 purchases

Whiteboard

Subscriptions2
  • Whiteboard Pro7 Days trial$1.991 Month
  • Whiteboard Pro7 Days trial$12.991 Year
One-time5
  • Recharge 100 Points - Attempt$3.99
  • Sponsorship to unlock I$14.99
  • Sponsorship to unlock II$17.99
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  • Sponsorship to unlock III$24.99
  • Recharge 1000 Points$39.99

Questions

Is Paint free?
Paint is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Whiteboard free?
Whiteboard is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Paint or Whiteboard?
Whiteboard is rated higher. Paint averages 3.4 out of 5 from 24 ratings, while Whiteboard averages 4.3 from 948 ratings.
Do Paint or Whiteboard have ads?
Neither Paint nor Whiteboard shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Paint or Whiteboard?
Paint ships an update every 2 months, and Whiteboard every 9 days. Most recently, Paint was updated on October 8, 2026 and Whiteboard on October 15, 2026.

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