Comparison

Book Writer vs Comic Draw for Schools

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

Head to head
About

Book Writer

Create interactive books with multimedia elements like photos, videos, and audio. Organize thoughts, design various book types, and share them digitally or through a paperbook publishing service. Ideal for educational, personal, or professional use.

Highlights
  • Multimedia book creation
  • Add pictures, text, voice, video
  • Interactive functions
  • Drag-and-drop interface
  • Share via Book World, Dropbox, Email
  • Paperbook publishing service
  • Educational institution discounts
Features
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Take Note, Organize Thoughts, Make a Book. Share with the World. Make your own book with Book Writer. Anyone can easily make a book. Make an interactive book and enjoy making and reading the books you made! You can use it in school, work, and at home to make all types of books such as photo book, recipe book, diary, PR booklet, PDF documents, and etc. Making a multimedia book You can add pictures, text, voice recordings, songs, and videos on the page. You can use the camera to take pictures or videos and add them right on to the book. You can draw image and edit image using Pen Tool. Provides interactive functions such as item connection and auto play to make your book more fun. Easy and intuitive interface Children of all ages can easily use the interface. Use the Item Bar to add items to the page by drag&drop. All text are shown on the page in real time with the In-Page text editor that is provided. Use the Undo function to return to the previous work. Share your books You can share your book with others using Book World. Join the Book World and upload your book to Book World, and follow your favorite author. Books in Book World can be read on diverse smartphone, PC and Mac. You can share your book with Book Writer on Dropbox, iTunes or via E-mail. Read through iBooks The books made with Book Writer can be read through iBooks. You can read your book in Book Writer directly, or Book World web reader. Paperbook publish service You can publish your book to paperbook using Paperbook publish service. Published books can also be seen in Book World via smartphone, PC, Mac. In Class Book Writer is being used in many countries by thousands of people for educational use. Book Writer helps students to make a book by organizing their thoughts. With an intuitive interface, anyone can easily express and organize their thoughts. 50% discount for educational institutions. Use App Store Volume Purchase Program to purchase Book Writer. For more details - http://www.apple.com/itunes/education/ Main Functions Templates are provided to make books of different styles and formats. Choosing a layout style automatically relocates your items. Use drag & drop to easily add items. You can use the photos from Photo Library to add to the book, or can add pictures taken directly from camera. Pictures can be moved, the size can be adjusted, and you can rotate or crop the pictures by touching. Text box item can be added to the page to input text. Supports fonts and styles of various types. You can draw image and edit image using Pen Tool. You can add videos from your album or you can directly record videos with your camera to add them. Use recorder to record your voice and add to the book, or add music from Music Library to your book. Bring any music from Music Library to add as your background music. Use the auto play function to automatically play the media at the time you want. Item connection function is provided to connect your pictures or text to sound items. The Undo function allows you to return to your previous work. Use the Page Editor to add or delete pages or change the order of the page by using drag & drop. You can combine two books together. The completed book can be read in ‘Reading Mode’. Books that have been created can be shared via Book World, iTunes, E-mail, Dropbox, etc. Share your book with others using Book World. And can be read on many smartphone, PC, Mac. You can publish your book to paperbook using Paperbook publish service. Save your book as a PDF document or you can use AirPrint or use Export to print the books The standard E-book format, epub, is supported to read the made books with iBooks and you can register your books on iBookstore. Book Writer supports the fixed-layout format of iBooks. The fixed-layout format is not ideal for books with long text like novels. Online support is included. Please visit our homepage - http://goodeffect.com

About

Comic Draw for Schools

Create and view comics and cartoons on your iPad with a comprehensive suite of tools. Features include brushes, fonts, layers, perspective guides, and a script editor. Optimized for iPad Pro and Apple Pencil.

Highlights
  • iPad Pro and Apple Pencil optimization
  • 34 bundled brushes and 130+ comic fonts
  • Layers and layer groups
  • 1, 2 & 3 point perspective guides
  • Integrated comic script editor
  • Auto-save and export options
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*** Requires iPad Air or more recent. *** "I've only had it for a day but it is by far my favorite app on my iPad Pro. It is the app I have been waiting for. Thank you!" - Alex Ogle, Comic Book Artist. View and create awesome comics right on your iPad! Comic Draw for Schools comes with everything you need: brushes, fonts and tools to make reading & creating cartoons and comics easy and fun! • Feature Highlights - Optimized for iPad Pro and Apple Pencil - Supports Adonit & Wacom pressure sensitive styluses - Standard comic and cartoon templates - 34 bundled brushes - 130+ bundled comic fonts - Layers and layer groups - 1, 2 & 3 point perspective guides - Fast and easy comic lettering - Auto-save enabled - never lose your artwork - Integrated publishing system • Brushes - 34 bundled brushes - Textures and screentones - Lots of customization options - Easy favoriting system - Import and export brushes for fast sharing • Layers - Build up your artwork with layers - Layer groups help separate your stages of work - Lock, hide and merge layers as you go - Layer blend modes for advanced effects • Color - Create custom color palettes - Multiple bundled palettes including a classic comic color palette - Fast color blocking with automatic edge detection from higher layers - Quick shade adjustment slider - Canvas color sampling • Perspective Guides - 1, 2 and 3 point guides available - Multiple guides per page - Automatic perspective snap of strokes, lines, rectangles and ovals - Simple guide calibration from reference photo or sketch • Selection and Masking - Copy, flip, distort and filter selected areas - Filters include hue, saturation, brightness, recolor, background exclusion and foreground selection. - Mask regions for safe painting • Lettering - 130+ bundled fonts - Advanced balloon support including extension balloons - Sophisticated lettering controls including warping and 3D effects - Advanced style system for consistent fonts and graphic design across multiple pages • Script Editor - Full comic script editor included - Automatic keyword recognition - Drag and drop lettering elements from the script to comic page • Sketchpad - Separate sketch area with simplified tools - Fast switching between sketch and final artwork - Lettering layer available for panel layout planning • Publishing & Sharing - Record video of your creative process - Import Comic Draw native format - Export as Comic Draw native format, PDF, ePub, JPG or PNG - Export to AirDrop, iCloud Drive, Photos, iTunes, email and many more

Screenshots

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Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Comic Draw for Schools at 88% against Book Writer's 39%. Comic Draw for Schools also leads on rating (4.7 vs 3.9) and ratings volume (62 vs 11). Book Writer's advantage is price ($3.99 vs $9.99) and device support (3 vs 1). On update cadence, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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

Book Writer costs $3.99 and Comic Draw for Schools $9.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Comic Draw for Schools holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Comic Draw for Schools has 62 ratings behind it against 11, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 39% of Book Writer's written reviews are positive against 88% of Comic Draw for Schools's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Book Writer ships an update every 2 months, Comic Draw for Schools every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on September 26, 2026 and September 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Book Writer versus Comic Draw for Schools: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBook WriterComic Draw for Schools
Price$3.99 — better$9.99
Rating3.9 (11 ratings)4.7 (62 ratings) — better
Positive reviews38.8% of reviews87.5% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1162 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPad
Requires iOS11.011.0
Further details — not scored
Size72 MB57 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGood Effectplasq LLC

Customer experience

Book Writer

All ratings11 ratings
Positive63.6%
Neutral9.1%
Negative27.3%
Written reviews116 reviews
Positive38.8%
Neutral13.8%
Negative47.4%

Comic Draw for Schools

All ratings62 ratings
Positive95.2%
Neutral1.6%
Negative3.2%
Written reviews16 reviews
Positive87.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative12.5%

Bugs and requests

Book Writer

Reported bugs

18 issues
  • App crashes on startup or during use
  • Crashes when attempting to email or share books
  • Crashes when uploading photos
  • Text editing fails or doesn't work
  • Cannot delete images once placed
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  • Two-finger expand/contract not functional
  • Keyboard doesn't appear reliably
  • App freezes during operation
  • Email send feature doesn't work
  • Layout in iBooks differs from app preview
  • Image quality significantly reduced in exports
  • Text boxes don't fill entire page
  • Writing jumps to front page unexpectedly
  • Retina display not rendering properly in exports
  • App skips or stutters
  • Slow performance and lag
  • PDF conversion issues with errors
  • Contact email address doesn't exist

Requested features

21 requests
  • Undo/redo functionality
  • Bold, italic, underline text formatting
  • Ability to import text from Pages or Word
  • Dynamic text that resizes in iBooks
  • PDF export capability
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  • Video import and embedding
  • Copy and paste text functionality
  • Background music support
  • Increased upload data size limits
  • Page templates and backgrounds
  • Text alignment guides and markers
  • Handwriting input support
  • Double-page spread layouts
  • Photo editing tools (crop, resize)
  • Text shadows and effects
  • Hyperlink support
  • Page numbers in books
  • Better alignment tools
  • More font and color options
  • Voice recording integration
  • Landscape two-page writing mode

Comic Draw for Schools

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Book Writer

No in-app purchases

None

Comic Draw for Schools

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Book Writer free?
Book Writer costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Comic Draw for Schools free?
Comic Draw for Schools costs $9.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Book Writer or Comic Draw for Schools?
Comic Draw for Schools is rated higher. Book Writer averages 3.9 out of 5 from 11 ratings, while Comic Draw for Schools averages 4.7 from 62 ratings.
Do Book Writer or Comic Draw for Schools have ads?
Neither Book Writer nor Comic Draw for Schools shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Book Writer or Comic Draw for Schools?
Book Writer ships an update every 2 months, and Comic Draw for Schools every 3 months. Most recently, Book Writer was updated on September 26, 2026 and Comic Draw for Schools on September 4, 2026.

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