Glow Drawings vs DrawPad
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Glow Drawings
Easily create vibrant drawings by tapping colors and painting with your finger. Save your artistic creations directly to your device's photo library for sharing or safekeeping.
- Finger painting
- Color selection
- Save drawings
- Intuitive interface
- Digital art creation
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Create beautiful drawings with this app! Just tap a color and paint with your finger. You can save the drawing into your photo library.
DrawPad
Unleash your creativity with a minimalist drawing app offering realistic brushes, unlimited colors, and easy sharing. Unlock premium effects like neon and glitter through rewarded ads. Perfect for all ages to sketch, doodle, and relax.
- Realistic brushes
- Unlimited color palette
- Zoom and pan functionality
- Save and share artwork
- Glitter and neon effects
- Offline functionality
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Turn a photo into drawing practice, or start with a blank canvas. Sketch, doodle and trace on your iPhone or iPad, then save or share what you create. DRAW AT YOUR OWN PACE Choose your brush, color and line width. Zoom in for details and move around the canvas. Erase a mistake, undo a stroke or redo it when you change your mind. TRACE YOUR OWN PHOTOS Import a photo as a reference, adjust its opacity and draw over it. Use the built-in images when you want a starting point. PICK UP WHERE YOU LEFT OFF Your current drawing stays on your device so you can return to it later. Start a new canvas for a fresh page. Drawing works offline, with no mandatory account. SAVE AND SHARE Save an image to Photos or share it from the app when you are ready. ONE OPTIONAL PRO UPGRADE The free version includes ads. DrawPad Pro is a one-time, non-consumable purchase that removes ads and unlocks all effect brushes, including neon, glitter and watercolor. Pro also includes Apple's native drawing palette on iOS 18 or later, with the tools supported by DrawPad. There is no subscription. Restore your purchase with the same Apple Account. Your local price appears in the app. Purchases and ads require an internet connection. Open DrawPad, choose a photo or a blank canvas, and make your first sketch. Privacy: https://myzalife.com/privacypolicy.html#drawpad Terms: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Glow Drawings at 4.4 against DrawPad's 3.2. Glow Drawings also leads on review sentiment (78% vs 40%) and in-app purchases (none vs 1). DrawPad's advantage is update cadence (every 3 months vs every 11 months). On price, ratings volume, 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
Both are free to download. DrawPad sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Glow Drawings asks for nothing beyond the download.
Glow Drawings holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 3.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 124 and 86 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 78% of Glow Drawings's written reviews are positive against 40% of DrawPad's.
Glow Drawings ships an update every 11 months, DrawPad every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Glow Drawings | DrawPad |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (124 ratings) — better | 3.2 (86 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 77.8% of reviews — better | 40.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 124 — better | 86 |
| Update frequency | Every 11 months | Every 3 months — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 16 MB |
| Age rating | +4 | 4+ |
| Developer | FBF Sistemas LTDA | MULTITECHNIQUE BUSINESS COMAPNUY INVESTMENT |
Customer experience
Glow Drawings
DrawPad
In-app purchases
Glow Drawings
No in-app purchases
DrawPad
- Remove Ads$4.99
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