Comparison

ColorBox EU vs Vector Illustration

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

Head to head
About

ColorBox EU

Create beautiful drawings and sketches with a user-friendly interface. Explore carefully curated color palettes to bring your artistic visions to life.

Highlights
  • Sketching and doodling
  • Beautiful drawings
  • Friendly user interface
  • Curated color palettes
Features
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ColorBox (free) is a wonderful App to sketch and doodle beautiful drawing with a friendly user-interface and a careful choose of color palettes.

About

Vector Illustration

Create sophisticated vector illustrations with a wide range of tools for paths, text, and layers. Secure your work with a passcode and easily share or export your creations in various formats.

Highlights
  • Advanced path and text tools
  • Unlimited layers
  • Passcode lock for security
  • Multiple export formats (SVG, PDF, PNG, JPEG)
  • 80+ image filters
  • Import custom fonts
  • Dropbox and AirDrop integration
Features
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* Finally comes to your iPhone and iPod Touch as well as your iPad * Extra Features: √80+ Image Filters. √Universal: Available on iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad. √Passcode Lock for the whole App to secure your Drawings. √Export/Import your Drawings directly to/from your PC, and MAC. √Send/Receive your Drawings via AirDrop (Device to Device directly). 'Vector Illustration' is your Ultimate Vector Illustration App for your iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad. It supports Paths, Compound Paths, Text, Images, Groups, Masks, Gradient Fills, and an unlimited number of Layers. It was designed with performance in mind. It can easily handle Drawings with hundreds to thousands of shapes without bogging down. Export/Import your Drawings directly to/from your Dropbox, PC, MAC, and Send/Receive them Device-to-Device directly via AirDrop. Main Features: √80+ Image Filters to be applied to any of your Drawings. √Passcode Lock for the whole App to secure your Drawings. √Very high performance. Select, Scale and Rotate hundreds of objects with zero lag. √Create arbitrary Bezier Paths with the Pen tool. √Create Compound Paths, Masks and Groups. √Create Text objects with many available Fonts and your own Fonts. √Place Photos from your Albums. √Boolean operators on Paths (Unite, Intersect, Exclude, Subtract Front) √Powerful Scale and Rotate tools. √Gradient Fills with interactive editing on canvas. √Arbitrary Stroke dash patterns. √Swatch Library. √Unlimited Layers per Drawing. √Rename, Rearrange, Delete, Hide and Lock Layers. √Adjust Layer transparency. √Snap to Grid, Points, and Path edges. √Isolate the active Layer for easy editing. √Show/Hide Grid, and Ruler. √Outline Mode. √Duplicate in Place, Duplicate from one Drawing to another, and Transform Again. √Cut and Copy in Place and from one Drawing to another. √Blend, Set Color Balance, and Set Hue and Saturation. √Stroke, Fill, Shadow, Gradient, and Opacity settings. √Import your own Font. √Save Drawings to your Album, Copy Drawings, Duplicate Drawings, Print Drawings, Post Drawings on Facebook, and Tweet Drawings on Twitter. √Email Drawings as SVG, PDF, PNG and JPEG. √Send/Receive (Export/Import) SVG, PDF, PNG, and JPEG directly to/from your Dropbox. √Send/Receive (Export/Import) SVG, PDF, PNG, and JPEG directly to/from your PC or MAC with iTunes via USB Cable. √Send/Receive Drawings via AirDrop Device-to-Device directly.

Screenshots

Vector Illustration4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: ColorBox EU at Free against Vector Illustration's $0.99. ColorBox EU also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 2) and iOS requirement (9.3 vs 13.0). Vector Illustration's advantage is device support (3 vs 1). On review sentiment, update cadence, ads 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

ColorBox EU is free to download; Vector Illustration costs $0.99 up front. Vector Illustration sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. ColorBox EU asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ColorBox EU ships an update every 4 months, Vector Illustration every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
ColorBox EU versus Vector Illustration: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterColorBox EUVector Illustration
PriceFree — better$0.99
Rating3.1 (9 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews33.3% of reviews — better28.1% of reviews
Number of ratings9 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 months — betterEvery 5 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS9.3 — better13.0
Further details — not scored
Size85 MB12 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBatsuEyeOS Store Inc.

Customer experience

ColorBox EU

All ratings9 ratings
Positive44.4%
Neutral11.1%
Negative44.4%
Written reviews33 reviews
Positive33.3%
Neutral24.2%
Negative42.4%

Vector Illustration

Written reviews32 reviews
Positive28.1%
Neutral6.3%
Negative65.6%

In-app purchases

None

ColorBox EU

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Vector Illustration

One-time2
  • Remove Advertisements$0.99
  • Unlock Premium Features$4.99

Questions

Is ColorBox EU free?
ColorBox EU is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Vector Illustration free?
Vector Illustration costs $0.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Do ColorBox EU or Vector Illustration have ads?
Neither ColorBox EU nor Vector Illustration shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ColorBox EU or Vector Illustration?
ColorBox EU ships an update every 4 months, and Vector Illustration every 5 months. Most recently, ColorBox EU was updated on November 1, 2026 and Vector Illustration on November 2, 2026.

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