Comparison

Crayon Maestro vs STAGE.KIT

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

Head to head
About

Crayon Maestro

This app simulates wax crayon drawing with realistic stroke variations based on fingertip pressure. It offers a dynamic color palette, adjustable drawing parameters, and full Apple Pencil support for creating detailed art and sketches. Pro features like photo tracing are available via a one-time purchase.

Highlights
  • Fingertip-based stroke size adjustment
  • Live parameter changes (color, size, force)
  • Full Apple Pencil support
  • Customizable color palette
  • Multiple layers
  • Photo tracing mode (Pro feature)
Features
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This full-fledged wax crayon simulator lets you create art, whether a complete drawing or just a sketch, with a striking resemblance to its real life counterpart. • FINGERTIP = STROKE SIZE • When you draw, the app measures how much of your finger is touching the screen and changes the stroke size accordingly. Apply just the corner of your fingertip for a thin line, or the whole fingerprint area for a broad stroke. A 2nd tool assigned to your finger will still use this feature, so don’t ignore it just because you have an Apple Pencil! • PARAMETERS CAN BE CHANGED LIVE • Use any buttons or controls to change/adjust color, size, force, simultaneously while drawing. • APPLE PENCIL • Full support for Apple Pencil and Apple Pencil 2. In addition, you can assign a second drawing tool, such as Eraser, to the finger. • EASY AND QUICK TO USE COLOR PALETTE • Changing the color is only a tap away. The colors in the palette can be rearranged, adjusted, added and removed. • UNIVERSAL PURCHASE • If you choose to buy the Pro upgrade, this one-time in-app purchase will unlock all Pro features in the app on all available platforms (iPad-iPhone-Mac)! • METAL • The engine is based on Metal, with 128-bit color and floating-point arithmetic. • SWIFT • The app was developed entirely using Swift (earlier versions used C++). • FULL SCREEN DRAWING • SEAMLESS PATTERN EDITING MODE • • DARK MODE • LANDSCAPE • PORTRAIT • WIDE COLOR • • MULTIPLE LAYERS • PHOTO TRACING MODE (Pro feature) •

About

STAGE.KIT

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Introducing STAGE.KIT: Motion capture made simple for distributed collaboration. STAGE.KIT allows you and your team to easily capture an actors voice and facial expressions. Invite your cast to perform along with your crew. It’s as easy as joining a video call. KEY FEATURES: Capture Collaborative Performances: STAGE.KIT allows you to perform with other actors, not just by yourself. Interaction is key for timing and emotional context, and STAGE.KIT gives you that real-time collaboration. All actors can be captured in the cloud using STAGE.HUB, our cloud based portal that allows you start, stop, and manage your recordings and team. ACTORS, DIRECTORS & VIEWERS: STAGE.KIT gives you a centralized location to perform as well as direct, produce, and watch. We’ve made it easy to include everyone that matters to your production. Actors get an in app digital character to control with their face and voice, along with a video feed for added context and communication. Director have a video and audio connection allowing them to give direction and feedback to the Actors. Everyone else can participate as a Viewer, listening and watching the performance. Viewers can speak as well if needed. Only the Actors audio will ever be recorded, so live feedback during a performance is welcome. OPTIMIZED for ARKit: Leveraging Apple’s 52 blend shapes you can authentically track facial expressions in real time. These captures are visualized locally and can be relayed to Unreal using STAGE.LINK, our Unreal Engine plugin..

Screenshots

Crayon Maestro4 screens
STAGE.KIT4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: STAGE.KIT at none against Crayon Maestro's 6. Crayon Maestro's advantage is device support (4 vs 2) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 17.0). On price, update cadence and ads 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. Crayon Maestro sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. STAGE.KIT asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Crayon Maestro ships an update monthly, STAGE.KIT every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Crayon Maestro versus STAGE.KIT: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCrayon MaestroSTAGE.KIT
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (227 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews76.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings227 — better—
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS12.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size22 MB227 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNorbyteEvil Eye Pictures LLC

In-app purchases

6 purchases

Crayon Maestro

One-time6
  • Tip Jar: Smallest Tip$1.00
  • Tip Jar: Small Tip$2.00
  • Pro Upgrade$3.00
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  • Tip Jar: Medium Tip$5.00
  • Tip Jar: Big Tip$10.00
  • Tip Jar: Biggest Tip$25.00
None

STAGE.KIT

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Crayon Maestro free?
Crayon Maestro is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is STAGE.KIT free?
STAGE.KIT is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Crayon Maestro or STAGE.KIT have ads?
Neither Crayon Maestro nor STAGE.KIT shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Crayon Maestro or STAGE.KIT?
Crayon Maestro ships an update monthly, and STAGE.KIT every 2 months. Most recently, Crayon Maestro was updated on October 20, 2026 and STAGE.KIT on October 5, 2026.

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