Comparison

Drwer vs Corluma

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

Head to head
About

Drwer

This app offers a minimalist drawing experience for designers. Quickly sketch ideas, wireframes, or notes with simple tools and built-in templates. Easily draw over photos and share your creations.

Highlights
  • Minimalist drawing interface
  • Built-in design templates
  • Draw over photos/screenshots
  • Shake to clear screen
  • Line and dot grids
  • Save and import from photo library
Features
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Drwer is the absolute simplest, most elegant, drawing app for designers. Made by a product designer, for designers. Because when you need to get sketches out or share an idea or note with your teammates, the last thing you need is a difficult-to-use or intrusive interface. Drwer makes design drawing easy. Draw quickly right from the start. Shake to clear the screen and start again. • Built-in templates make wireframing your app or web experience easy • Line or dot grids help create a clean grid for your sketch • Draw over photos or screenshots and share with the tap of a button No excessive features or functions in Drwer. Use three colors and two brush sizes to doodle, draw, or take notes. Templates help you doodle websites, app designs, or sequence sketches. You'll be drawing quickly on your iPhone or iPad guaranteed. * Sketch designs quickly without distractions * Two brush sizes, grid and dot grid options, access to free drawing templates, all from the collapsable menu. * Templates to help you draw * Whether you're designing websites, apps, or illustrating something more feature-rich: Drwer is here to help with built-in templates. * Save and import directly from your photo library * Drwer lets you save and important straight to your photo library, message through Facebook Messenger or iMessages, backup to iCloud, and more. * Shake to erase * If you ever make a mistake or want to start a fresh drawing, just shake your phone or iPad and keep drawing! * One brush, two sizes and three colors, no more * Add quick details to your sketch with the smaller brush size by touching the circle brush icon in the menu and use red, gray, or white drawing features or highlights in the photos or screenshots you take. *** PLUS MORE! *** All from independent app developer and Facebook product designer Tanner Christensen, maker of other popular apps like: Brainbean, Wordid, Prompts, and Oflow.

About

Corluma

Manage all your smart lights from a single application. Adjust colors with intuitive tools, create dynamic effects, and group lights for simultaneous control. Save and recall favorite settings, add timeouts, and access device-specific features.

Highlights
  • Unified smart light control
  • Color wheels, swatches, and palettes
  • Dynamic effects and streams
  • Group light management
  • Save and recall favorite settings
  • Device-specific features
  • Local Wi-Fi communication
Features
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Control all the smartlights in your home from one app! Use color wheels, swatches, or palettes to change the color of your lights. You can also use effects and streams to change colors over time. Do you have too many lights? Simplify managing them by grouping them and controlling them all at once. Save your favorite settings and reset them back to their exact state at any time with just a few clicks, add timeouts, access light specific features such as screen mirroring for Nanoleaf 4D lights, and more! Corluma does not require an account, external servers, or additional permissions such as location to use your lights. The app is fully featured from the start with no In-App purchases. All communication is done on local wifi. Compatibility: - Hues: all lights supported, bridge required - LIFX: all bulbs, multizone, and tiles supported - Nanoleafs: all lights except the Nanoleaf Essentials line supported - Arduinos: supports the ArduCor sketch, which can use NeoPixels, Rainbowduinos, and standard LEDs

Screenshots

Drwer4 screens
Corluma4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Corluma at 100% against Drwer's 51%. Corluma also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.5) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 4 months). Drwer's advantage is iOS requirement (9.0 vs 17). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Corluma holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 11 and 4 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 51% of Drwer's written reviews are positive against 100% of Corluma's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Drwer ships an update every 4 months, Corluma every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Drwer versus Corluma: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDrwerCorluma
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (11 ratings)5.0 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews50.6% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings11 — better4
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS9.0 — better17
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB31 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTanner ChristensenTimothy Seemann

Customer experience

Drwer

All ratings11 ratings
Positive81.8%
Neutral9.1%
Negative9.1%
Written reviews79 reviews
Positive50.6%
Neutral12.7%
Negative36.7%

Corluma

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Drwer

Reported bugs

10 issues
  • 🐛 Accidental clearing due to double-tap sensitivity
  • 🐛 Drawings disappear randomly
  • 🐛 Shake to erase not working for some
  • 🐛 App crashes or lags
  • 🐛 Image import feature broken
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  • 🐛 Drawing not following finger accurately
  • 🐛 Screen not calibrated properly
  • 🐛 Double tap interprets strokes as clear
  • 🐛 Last update broke clearing function
  • 🐛 Tools not functioning as advertised

Requested features

19 requests
  • Undo functionality
  • Eraser tool
  • More colors
  • Clear button
  • New blank art board
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  • Resize/crop photos
  • Multiple photos in a note
  • Move menu with drag & drop
  • Add templates
  • Better erase mechanism (not shake)
  • Zoom/magnify functionality
  • Import photos or camera option
  • Undo last stroke
  • More colors and brush sizes
  • Option to disable double-tap clear
  • Clear button in menu
  • Improved drawing accuracy
  • Support for original photo perspective
  • Help or app insights icon

Corluma

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Drwer

No in-app purchases

None

Corluma

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Drwer free?
Drwer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Corluma free?
Corluma is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Drwer or Corluma?
Corluma is rated higher. Drwer averages 4.5 out of 5 from 11 ratings, while Corluma averages 5.0 from 4 ratings.
Do Drwer or Corluma have ads?
Neither Drwer nor Corluma shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Drwer or Corluma?
Drwer ships an update every 4 months, and Corluma every 3 weeks. Most recently, Drwer was updated on October 14, 2026 and Corluma on October 7, 2026.

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