Whiteboard vs Paintwork
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Whiteboard
This app provides a digital canvas for quick sketching, note-taking, and simple games. It offers various pen and eraser sizes, with options to undo, redo, and save your creations. Designed for intuitive use on mobile devices.
- Multiple pen and eraser sizes
- Undo and redo functionality
- One-tap board clearing
- Save drawings to Photos
- Remembers last used settings
- VoiceOver support
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Whiteboard is the fastest way to sketch, write and erase — right on your iPhone or iPad. Explain a problem in class, map out an idea in a meeting, jot down a phone number or play tic-tac-toe with your kids. Just open it and start drawing. FEATURES • 5 pen colors (black, red, blue, green, orange) and 4 pen sizes • Eraser with 4 sizes • Undo and redo • Clear the board in one tap (with confirmation) • Save your board to Photos with a clean white background • Remembers your last color and size • Designed for iPhone and iPad in landscape • VoiceOver support GREAT FOR • Teachers and tutors who want to show diagrams instantly • Meetings and quick explanations • Paper-free notes and calculations • Drawing and games with kids Whiteboard is free and supported by ads.
Paintwork
Create handwritten notes, diaries, and drawings with a vast array of tools. Features include customizable brushes, vector graphics, a rich color palette, and image import. Export your creations as PDFs or images.
- Customizable brushes and erasers
- Extensive vector graphics tools
- Rich color palette
- Image and material import
- Handwriting assistance
- PDF and image export
- Customizable backgrounds and canvas
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Paintwork is a simple and powerful software for handwritten notebooks, diaries, and hand drawn images. It includes functions such as: brush list (hundreds of brush effects, customizable brush thickness, color, transparency, dynamic strength weights, etc.), eraser list (each brush effect can be used as an eraser), Vector graphics tools (including lasso, vector eraser, vector pen, annotation pen, highlighter, wavy pen, double line pen, text box, illustration, dashed line, horizontal and vertical dashed line, curve, closed shape, text pen, rectangle, ellipse, straight line, arrow, triangle, pentagram, polygon, etc.), and also include many related attribute settings, Color list (with a rich color palette and customizable manual configuration of commonly used colors), copy and cut the content of specified areas on the page, import images or materials, as well as a simple calculator, handwriting assistance, and photo scanning of document files. Unlimited writing, ruler, recognition of text, printing of text, filling, and the ability to export PDF files or images. Supports custom background functionality, custom canvas paper, and more. It can be used to write for classroom or book learning notes, handwritten notes for work meetings, hand drawn mind maps, hand drawn account creation, hand made account book making, writing diaries, recording life thoughts, calligraphy practice, handwritten brush and pencil characters, hand drawn artistic characters, and so on. Supports Apple pencil. Can export images or PDFs. If you have any comments or feedback, please feel free to contact us. Contact email: pw_team@163.com If you like our application, please give us a good review. Thank you.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Paintwork at 65% against Whiteboard's 21%. Paintwork also leads on rating (4.6 vs 2.4) and ads (none vs shown). Whiteboard's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Paintwork sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whiteboard asks for nothing beyond the download.
Paintwork holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 2.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Paintwork has 17K ratings behind it against 47, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 21% of Whiteboard's written reviews are positive against 65% of Paintwork's.
Whiteboard ships an update every 2 months, Paintwork weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 10, 2026 and November 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Whiteboard | Paintwork |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.4 (47 ratings) | 4.6 (17K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 20.8% of reviews | 65.4% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 47 | 17K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 200 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Shun Sato | 伟典 苏 |
Customer experience
Whiteboard
Paintwork
User reviews
Whiteboard
From 47 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Simple and easy-to-use interface
- ✏️ Basic whiteboard functionality works well
- 💾 Auto-saves work when app closes
- 🎨 Good marker size and color customization
- 📱 Smooth drawing experience
Room to improve
- 📢 Excessive and intrusive ads throughout app
- 🚫 Ads pop up during critical actions (save, delete, erase)
- 📵 Ads cover significant portion of drawing canvas
- 🌐 Language settings default to Japanese despite English device settings
- ⚠️ Misleading app description/thumbnail hides ad presence
Paintwork
From 17K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🎨 Vast selection of brushes and tools
- 💻 Works well on various devices
- 🎨 Allows for creative expression
- 💰 Free to use with no paywall
Room to improve
- 🔒 Certain features locked behind paywall
- 🐛 Bugs and glitches causing crashes or data loss
- 🎨 Limited color palette and blending options
- 🔍 Lack of intuitive UI and tutorials
Bugs and requests
Whiteboard
Reported bugs
10 issues- App displays 'I will move to a new application' message on startup and kicks user out
- App crashes frequently after updates
- Drawing doesn't persist when switching to other apps
- Camera/photo button doesn't function properly
- Eraser tool doesn't work correctly
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- Saved files appear in Chinese/Japanese instead of English
- Saved images not appearing in camera roll
- Drawing produces dots instead of continuous lines
- App won't open or download properly
- Ads redirect to App Store when accidentally tapped during drawing
Requested features
12 requests- Remove or significantly reduce ads
- Paid ad-free version option
- Expand color palette beyond 5 colors
- Add canvas rotation feature
- Add zoom functionality for detail work
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- Add eraser tool in portrait orientation
- Increase drawing canvas space
- Add whiteboard stickers
- Add photo upload and editing capabilities
- Add AirPlay feature for TV display
- Improve English language support
- Add collaborative/shared whiteboard feature
Paintwork
Reported bugs
3 issues- App freezing or crashing when using certain features
- Artwork getting deleted or not saving properly
- Inability to import or work with external images
Requested features
4 requests- Add more color options and blending tools
- Improve stability and reduce crashes
- Provide more tutorials and onboarding for new users
- Allow users to save and access their artwork easily
In-app purchases
Whiteboard
No in-app purchases
Paintwork
- Unlock local version$9.99









