Comparison

Lux Draw vs CraZeApp

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

Head to head
About

Lux Draw

Create unique art with light-inspired tools and gritty textures. Draw from scratch or enhance photos with glow pens and special effects. Offers advanced features like HDR brushes and Apple Pencil support for a professional artistic experience.

Highlights
  • Live-calculated HDR brushes
  • Glow Pen, Hot Pen, Light Spheres
  • Gritty paper/canvas textures
  • Smear tool for flame art
  • Apple Pencil support
  • Multiple layers
  • Photo tracing mode (Pro)
Features
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Draw with light-inspired tools, for a unique art style! Create a drawing from scratch, or add effects to your photos. Let your creativity run wild! • LIVE-CALCULATED HDR BRUSHES • The app features live-calculated brushes and strokes, that together with HDR values make it feel like drawing with light! Drawing tools include Glow Pen, Hot Pen, Light Spheres, and more. Tip: Use the Smear tool on a photo or drawing to achieve immensely cool flame art (seriously, try it!). • GRITTY PAPER/CANVAS TEXTURES • Having a paper/canvas texture interacting in real-time with the drawing tools will give your artwork a satisfying, gritty look. You can remove or change the default-generated texture to something else. • 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++). • FINGERTIP = STROKE SIZE • CHANGE SIZE/FORCE/COLOR WHILE DRAWING • • APPLE PENCIL SUPPORT • FULL SCREEN DRAWING • SEAMLESS PATTERN EDITING MODE • • DARK MODE • LANDSCAPE • PORTRAIT • WIDE COLOR • • MULTIPLE LAYERS • PHOTO TRACING MODE (Pro feature) •

About

CraZeApp

Unleash your creativity with a relaxing geometric drawing app. Mix colors, brushes, and symmetry effects to create unique digital art. Perfect for all ages and occasions, from commutes to quiet evenings.

Highlights
  • Geometric drawing tools
  • Color mixing
  • Symmetry effects
  • Variety of brushes
  • Relaxing user experience
  • Share creations with #CraZeApp
Features
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CraZe will push your imagination beyond limits! Make nice, colorful, and relaxing geometric drawings with it. Set your creativity loose to create unique pieces of art! Share your creations using #CraZeApp so that everyone can find them! There's plenty of users around the world who use it, people waiting on a line, or relaxing at home, on a bus, on an airplane, children at school, people with their grandparents, there's no limits to age or place to enjoy drawing. You start painting with your fingers or stylus, and it may seem simple at first, but when you start mixing effects, symmetry, rotations, color palettes, and brushes, is when the most awesome drawings start coming to life! The best drawings come out from not having an idea in mind, but just playful tinkering with all the available settings! I hope you enjoy this app as much as I have enjoyed making it!

Screenshots

Lux Draw4 screens
CraZeApp4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: CraZeApp at none against Lux Draw's 6. CraZeApp also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.7) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 2 months). Lux Draw's advantage is ratings volume (939 vs 11). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Lux Draw sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. CraZeApp asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

CraZeApp holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Lux Draw has 939 ratings behind it against 11, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 82% of Lux Draw's written reviews are positive against 100% of CraZeApp's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Lux Draw ships an update every 2 months, CraZeApp every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Lux Draw versus CraZeApp: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLux DrawCraZeApp
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (939 ratings)5.0 (11 ratings) — better
Positive reviews81.5% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings939 — better11
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better13.0
Further details — not scored
Size24 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNorbyteSantiago Martin Zubieta Ortiz

Customer experience

Lux Draw

All ratings939 ratings
Positive92.2%
Neutral4.7%
Negative3.1%
Written reviews92 reviews
Positive81.5%
Neutral10.9%
Negative7.6%

CraZeApp

All ratings11 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Lux Draw

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Freezing and unresponsiveness when switching tools
  • Leaving unwanted color dots when erasing
  • Compatibility issues with certain devices

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add fill tool, shapes, and text capabilities
  • Improve compatibility with tablets and styluses
  • Provide more customization options for brushes and colors
  • Implement undo/redo functionality
  • Add ability to export/share drawings easily

CraZeApp

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

6 purchases

Lux Draw

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

CraZeApp

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Lux Draw free?
Lux Draw is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is CraZeApp free?
CraZeApp is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Lux Draw or CraZeApp?
CraZeApp is rated higher. Lux Draw averages 4.7 out of 5 from 939 ratings, while CraZeApp averages 5.0 from 11 ratings.
Do Lux Draw or CraZeApp have ads?
Neither Lux Draw nor CraZeApp shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Lux Draw or CraZeApp?
Lux Draw ships an update every 2 months, and CraZeApp every 2 weeks. Most recently, Lux Draw was updated on October 15, 2026 and CraZeApp on October 7, 2026.

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