Lux Draw vs Art Painter (Drawing)
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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)
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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) •
Art Painter (Drawing)
Create beautiful drawings and paintings with a variety of tools. Import backgrounds from your device and adjust line transparency for detailed artwork. Enjoy a fun and creative coloring experience.
- Drawing and painting tools
- Import backgrounds from gallery
- Adjustable line transparency
- Coloring functionality
- Smartphone and tablet support
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Art Paint application. Draw your beautiful picture You can have fun painting coloring. You can import backgrounds from the gallery on your smartphone. You can change the transparency of the line.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Lux Draw at 82% against Art Painter (Drawing)'s 45%. Lux Draw also leads on ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (939 vs 11). Art Painter (Drawing)'s advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 6) and update cadence (monthly vs every 2 months). On price 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. Lux Draw sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. Art Painter (Drawing) asks for nothing beyond the download.
Lux Draw holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.4. 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 45% of Art Painter (Drawing)'s.
Lux Draw ships an update every 2 months, Art Painter (Drawing) monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Lux Draw | Art Painter (Drawing) |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (939 ratings) — better | 4.4 (11 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 81.5% of reviews — better | 45.2% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 939 — better | 11 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 24 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Norbyte | EONSOFT |
Customer experience
Lux Draw
Art Painter (Drawing)
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
Art Painter (Drawing)
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Lux Draw
- 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
Art Painter (Drawing)
No in-app purchases
Questions
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