Comparison

Draw a Stickman vs Draw Adventures

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

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About

Draw a Stickman

Create your own stickman hero and guide them through a cartoon adventure book. Solve puzzles and overcome obstacles by drawing solutions with various magical pencils. Save your stickman's friend from danger in this creative drawing puzzle game.

Highlights
  • Create and customize your stickman hero
  • Solve puzzles by drawing solutions
  • Use magical pencils like fire and rain
  • Explore cartoon adventure levels
  • Unlockable colors for character animation
  • Battle enemies with drawn tools
Features
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Pencil your way into one of the most creative drawing puzzle games ever designed: Draw a Stickman: EPIC! In this uniquely crafted cartoon RPG, you become the artist and create your very own stick man hero! Sketch and doodle your way through the cartoon obstacles the evil stick man Zarp throws at you! As the artist behind the adventure, start the game by drawing an original cartoon hero. Your hero also needs a friend, so sketch his buddy and give him a name! But as you watch your cartoon creations hop right off the page, your stick man hero’s friend heads straight into the dangers of the cartoon adventure book! Send your doodle dude into the book to save his cartoon friend! As the artist, you’ll guide your sketched hero through the dangerous drawing world to save his friend. You’ll use various pencils and creativity to animate solutions to puzzles or obstacles! Need to get past a pile of dynamite sticks? Use the flame pencil to doodle a fire and blow them up! Bees in your way? Use the cloud pencil to sketch some rain to grow a pollinated distraction! Ward off dragon enemies, draw a spider to fight attacking troll hordes, and supercharge a toaster with the lightning cloud! There is plenty to do in the world of Draw a Stickman: EPIC! Features: - Customizable stick man feature that lets you animate your own hero - Unlockable colors for drawing life into your character - Plenty of cartoon levels to play through - Multiple pencil types for creating and animating solutions to obstacles: A fire pencil to burn down obstacles A cloud pencil to create rain or lightning A key pencil to help you unlock doors and other objects An axe pencil to help you chop down trees An armor pencil gives you added protection to in-game hazards

About

Draw Adventures

Unleash your creativity by drawing and designing your own hero. Explore a vibrant world, battle monsters with unique weapons, and overcome challenges where imagination is the only limit.

Highlights
  • Draw and design your hero
  • Vibrant array of colors and textures
  • Explore a world full of surprises
  • Fight monsters and bosses
  • Create your own arsenal of weapons
Features
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Test your skills and creativity in this exciting adventure game -Draw & design your hero with a vibrant array of colors & textures -Explore a wacky world full of surprises - Fight ferocious monsters and huge bosses with a rich array of legendary weapons, or create your own arsenal The only limit is your imagination !

Screenshots

Draw a Stickman4 screens
Draw Adventures4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Draw Adventures at Free against Draw a Stickman's $1.99. Draw Adventures also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 3 months) and rating (4.9 vs 4.5). Draw a Stickman's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (89% vs 81%). On in-app purchases, monetization model 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Draw Adventures is free to download; Draw a Stickman costs $1.99 up front. Draw a Stickman sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and Draw Adventures sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Draw Adventures holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 257 and 1.1K respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 89% of Draw a Stickman's written reviews are positive against 81% of Draw Adventures's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Draw a Stickman ships an update every 3 months, Draw Adventures fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Draw a Stickman versus Draw Adventures: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDraw a StickmanDraw Adventures
Price$1.99Free — better
Rating4.5 (257 ratings)4.9 (1.1K ratings) — better
Positive reviews89.0% of reviews — better80.8% of reviews
Number of ratings2571.1K — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsFortnightly — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS7.0 — better11.0
Further details — not scored
Size71 MB252 MB
Age rating9+12+
DeveloperHitcents.com, Inc.Ketchapp

Customer experience

Draw a Stickman

All ratings252 ratings
Positive88.5%
Neutral4.8%
Negative6.7%
Written reviews354 reviews
Positive89.0%
Neutral4.8%
Negative6.2%

Draw Adventures

All ratings1,131 ratings
Positive96.8%
Neutral1.4%
Negative1.8%
Written reviews26 reviews
Positive80.8%
Neutral0.0%
Negative19.2%

User reviews

Draw a Stickman

From 257 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Nostalgic and fun
  • 🎨 Creative drawing features
  • 🕹️ Challenging puzzles
  • 🌟 Awesome gameplay
  • 💯 Worth the money

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Frequent crashes
  • 🔍 Display issues (small/off-center)
  • 🔇 Audio glitches
  • 🔄 Lack of progress saving

Draw Adventures

From 1.1K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Creative and fun gameplay
  • 🚀 No bugs
  • 💡 Ability to design own characters and weapons
  • 🙂 Great game overall

Room to improve

  • 🤔 Lack of gameplay concept
  • 🤯 Excessive ads

Bugs and requests

Draw a Stickman

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Crashes during levels
  • Rendering issues on modern devices
  • Music/audio problems

Requested features

4 requests
  • More levels and content
  • Sandbox mode
  • Ability to name characters
  • Checkpoints/progress saving

Draw Adventures

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Glitchy at times
  • Incompatible with newer devices

Requested features

2 requests
  • Ability to design enemies, grass, and blocks
  • Add a pet feature for the hero

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Draw a Stickman

One-time3
  • ALL LEVELS$0.99
  • ARMOR PENCIL$0.99
  • ALL COLORS$0.99
1 purchases

Draw Adventures

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$2.99

Questions

Is Draw a Stickman free?
Draw a Stickman costs $1.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is Draw Adventures free?
Draw Adventures is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Draw a Stickman or Draw Adventures?
Draw Adventures is rated higher. Draw a Stickman averages 4.5 out of 5 from 257 ratings, while Draw Adventures averages 4.9 from 1.1K ratings.
Do Draw a Stickman or Draw Adventures have ads?
Draw Adventures shows ads; Draw a Stickman does not.
Which is updated more often, Draw a Stickman or Draw Adventures?
Draw a Stickman ships an update every 3 months, and Draw Adventures fortnightly. Most recently, Draw a Stickman was updated on November 1, 2026 and Draw Adventures on October 29, 2026.

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