Comparison

Crayon Maestro vs Mesura

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

Mesura

Features
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Mesura puts furniture in your room at its real size, so you can decide before you buy. Measure a piece in the shop, save the numbers, and place it on your own floor at home. Mesura then tells you the things a tape measure cannot: • How far it stands from the wall • The width of the walkway left between two pieces — measured edge to edge, not corner to corner • How high a pendant lamp hangs above a table • Whether its color works with your wall, and why Every number is a decision, not decoration. When a gap gets tight, Mesura says so; when two colours sit in a relationship that works, it tells you which one and by how much. WHAT YOU CAN DO • Save the pieces you measured — 30 ready-made shapes, or your own dimensions • Place them on the floor at true size and walk around them • Snap a piece flat against a wall, or nudge it a centimetre at a time • Put small things on shelves and tabletops, real or virtual, with clearance readings • Measure a room with a scan, or a chair's seat height with the camera • Import a USDZ model, or scan a real piece into one • Save an arrangement and bring it back later • Share a card with the photo and every measurement on it FREE AND PRO Everything is free, including scanning, importing, colour advice and the share card. The free tier places two pieces in the room at once — enough to see the gap between them, which is the point. Mesura Pro is a one-time purchase that lifts that limit and lets you save and restore arrangements. No subscription, no ads, no tracking, no account. WHAT NEEDS A LiDAR SENSOR On iPhone Pro models, Mesura finds walls and ceilings by itself, measures rooms by scanning, and can turn a real piece of furniture into a model. On other iPhones everything still works, but walls and ceilings are set by hand: you tap the floor twice along a wall, or type the ceiling height. The numbers are just as exact — what you type is what it uses. Metric and imperial. English, Japanese, Simplified and Traditional Chinese.

Screenshots

Crayon Maestro4 screens
Mesura4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Mesura at weekly against Crayon Maestro's monthly. Crayon Maestro's advantage is device support (4 vs 1) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 18.0). On price, ads 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. Crayon Maestro sells 6 one-off in-app purchases and Mesura sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Crayon Maestro ships an update monthly, Mesura weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Crayon Maestro versus Mesura: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCrayon MaestroMesura
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (227 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews76.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings227 — better—
Update frequencyMonthlyWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — betteriPhone
Requires iOS12.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size22 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNorbyteHaide Lan

Bugs and requests

Crayon Maestro

Reported bugs

7 issues
  • Cannot draw when zoomed out
  • Data lost when app deleted
  • Difficulty seeing drawn lines
  • App is slow
  • Shapes are distorted (e.g., circle becomes square)
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  • Drawn lines don't show up
  • Forced to rate the app

Requested features

8 requests
  • Combine brushes from separate apps
  • Lasso move feature
  • Color triangle for spectrum selection
  • Ability to save custom colors
  • PC or Android version
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  • Option to long press dial for size buttons
  • New app icon
  • More colors

Mesura

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

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
1 purchases

Mesura

One-time1
  • Mesura Pro$3.99

Questions

Is Crayon Maestro free?
Crayon Maestro is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Mesura free?
Mesura is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Crayon Maestro or Mesura have ads?
Neither Crayon Maestro nor Mesura shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Crayon Maestro or Mesura?
Crayon Maestro ships an update monthly, and Mesura weekly. Most recently, Crayon Maestro was updated on November 1, 2026 and Mesura on October 31, 2026.

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