Comparison

Drawing Desk vs Coloring Maker

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

Head to head
About

Drawing Desk

Learn to draw with engaging, game-like lessons and expert tutorials. Explore diverse art styles, receive AI-powered feedback, and join a global community of artists. Includes advanced sketching tools for digital art creation.

Highlights
  • 1000+ guided drawing lessons
  • AI drawing progress evaluation
  • Expert artist tutorials
  • Advanced sketching tools
  • Creator community features
  • Game-like drawing challenges
Features
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Trusted by over 70+ million users and 100K+ 5-star reviews, Drawing Desk makes learning to draw fun with game like drawing lessons Supports Apple Pencil Why Drawing Desk is amazing ? - 1000+ guided drawing lessons across every style and skill level. - Learn to draw with on-screen lesson guides, text and voice instructions and video lessons. - Personalized learning paths tailored to your goals. - Expert artists led professional drawing tutorials. - Structured learning paths to help you draw digital art with confidence. - New drawing lessons are added regularly. - Fun Drawing challenges and drawing games. - Releasing drawing activities to practice & learn digital art. - A sketchbook with advanced drawing tools to draw digital art. - AI evaluates your drawing progress and give helpful scores so you know what to improve. Learn How to Draw with 1000+ Step-by-Step Drawing Lessons! - Explore a wide range of learn to draw lessons including Anime, Manga, Kawaii, Caricatures, Doodles, Art Therapy, and more. - Each lesson includes on-screen drawing guides, plus text and voice instructions to help you learn clearly. - These interactive, game-like drawing lessons teach beginners how to learn to draw from scratch and help advanced learners improve and refine their drawing skills. Introducing Creator Community - Learn from a global community of artists bringing various drawing lessons straight to your fingertips. - Download Drawing Desk to join as a creator, share your skills, and monetize your drawing lessons. Sketch Desk - Express creativity with passionate sketching! - 25+ realistic sketching tools including pen, pencil, highlighter, crayon, neon, watercolor, ink, smudge, eraser, fill bucket, ruler & highlighter brushes - Work with custom canvases (iPad only), - unlimited layers, and powerful layer controls. - Snap perfect forms with Quick Shapes - Create custom gradients - Advanced symmetry tool - Use the Apple Pencil for the most natural drawing experience on iPad. - 200+ instant shapes - Create color palettes and on cloud - Cutter tool & text tool - Fill bucket tool with 125+ textures - Export art as PSDs - Create masks, makeup looks with AR Face Paint Kids Desk - Creativity for Kids A fun drawing space for kids with simple tools and 500+ creative stickers. Terms & Conditions: https://4axis.com/terms-of-use Privacy Policy: https://4axis.com/privacy-policy Reach us: hello@4axis.com

About

Coloring Maker

Transform photos into custom coloring books. Create outlines from images or draw your own, then color them with various tools. Save, share, and even create custom stamps for a personalized coloring experience.

Highlights
  • Create coloring books from photos
  • Draw custom outlines
  • Edit and fine-tune outlines
  • Color with various tools
  • Create custom stamps
  • Save and share creations
  • Child lock function
Features
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"Coloring Maker" is an app that allows you to create your own coloring book. Just take a picture of your favorite illustration with the camera, and you can immediately start coloring. ======================== Features of Coloring Maker ======================== * Simple coloring book app without subscription or membership registration * The feature is that you can make your own coloring book * Creating a coloring book is as easy as scanning images taken with a camera or downloaded. * You can give the coloring book made only with black lines to children and friends and have them play. * You can play by stamping on the coloring book * You can also make your own stamps. * You can save and share your coloring book ======================== Coloring Maker is recommended for these people! ======================== * I want to use a coloring book app that I can play immediately without subscribing or registering as a member * I want to play with my favorite picture as a coloring book * I want to enjoy coloring while talking with parents and children and friends * I want my child to color with the picture I drew * I want to concentrate on coloring without thinking * I want to make a line drawing of an illustration ======================== Coloring Maker Features ======================== [Creating a coloring book] * You can create outlines for coloring books from images taken with the camera or downloaded. * You can fine-tune the captured outline (adjust the density of the line and the strength of the transparency) * You can edit the captured outline (add with a pen, erase with an eraser) * You can create a coloring book by drawing the outline yourself, not from the image. * There are 50 levels of pen thickness that can be used for coloring books * Contours can be re-edited at any time * Can save images with outlines only (PNG format) * Up to 100 coloring books can be created (9 or more, advertisement viewing is required) * The coloring book can be deleted at any time [Coloring book play] * You can paint and decorate the coloring book you made with the following tools * Pen (100 colors, 5 levels of thickness) * Pattern (3x types, 5 levels of thickness) * Stamps (3 sizes, you can add your own) * You can save the completed coloring book image. * Share to SNS, email, etc. [Stamp making, play] * You can make a stamp that can be pressed from the top of the coloring book. * You can create stamps that can be used in [Coloring book play] in the same way as coloring books * You can import outlines from images even when creating stamps [Others] * There is a child lock function * Prevent children from accidentally deleting or sharing coloring books * BGM, sound can be turned ON/OFF * You can undo the coloring operation. * The screen can be enlarged/reduced when creating coloring books and playing. Terms of Use: https://mozkzki.github.io/apps/nurie_maker/terms_and_conditions/english Privacy Policy: https://mozkzki.github.io/apps/nurie_maker/privacy_policy/english

Screenshots

Drawing Desk4 screens
Coloring Maker4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Coloring Maker at 5.0 against Drawing Desk's 4.4. Coloring Maker also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 14) and update cadence (weekly vs every 3 weeks). Drawing Desk's advantage is ratings volume (240K vs 2). On price, ads, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Drawing Desk sells 14 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per 7 days. Coloring Maker asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Coloring Maker holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Drawing Desk has 240K ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Drawing Desk ships an update every 3 weeks, Coloring Maker weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Drawing Desk versus Coloring Maker: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDrawing DeskColoring Maker
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (240K ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews54.1% of reviews—
Number of ratings240K — better2
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksWeekly — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesAd-supported — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Vision Pro — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.0 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size269 MB230 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer4Axis Technologies Pte LtdYutaka Kato

Customer experience

Drawing Desk

All ratings240,079 ratings
Positive83.6%
Neutral5.0%
Negative11.4%
Written reviews3,899 reviews
Positive54.1%
Neutral8.3%
Negative37.6%

Coloring Maker

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Drawing Desk

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Lines become blurry when zooming in/out
  • Eraser function not working properly
  • Inability to save progress on drawings

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add blending tool
  • Improve color selection and mixing
  • Provide more free brushes and tools
  • Allow drawing on uploaded photos
  • Implement layer support for non-premium users

Coloring Maker

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

14 purchases

Drawing Desk

Subscriptions13
  • DrawingDesk Weekly Trial Offer3 Days trial$3.997 Days
  • Drawing Desk Weekly Offer7 Days trial$4.997 Days
  • Drawing Desk Weekly Standard7 Days trial$4.997 Days
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  • DrawingDesk Weekly Trial Offer7 Days trial$4.997 Days
  • DrawingDesk Weekly Trial Offer3 Days trial$4.997 Days
  • Drawing Desk Premium Monthly$9.991 Month
  • DrawingDesk Monthly Offer7 Days trial$9.991 Month
  • Drawing Desk Yearly Trial7 Days trial$39.991 Year
  • Drawing Desk Yearly7 Days trial$39.991 Year
  • Drawing Desk Premium Yearly7 Days trial$39.991 Year
  • Drawing Desk Kids Yearly7 Days trial$45.991 Year
  • Drawing Desk Yearly premium7 Days trial$49.991 Year
  • Drawing Desk Yearly Premium7 Days trial$59.991 Year
One-time1
  • Deluxe Pack$7.99
None

Coloring Maker

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Drawing Desk free?
Drawing Desk is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Coloring Maker free?
Coloring Maker is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Drawing Desk or Coloring Maker?
Coloring Maker is rated higher. Drawing Desk averages 4.4 out of 5 from 240K ratings, while Coloring Maker averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Drawing Desk or Coloring Maker have ads?
Both Drawing Desk and Coloring Maker show ads.
Which is updated more often, Drawing Desk or Coloring Maker?
Drawing Desk ships an update every 3 weeks, and Coloring Maker weekly. Most recently, Drawing Desk was updated on October 23, 2026 and Coloring Maker on October 9, 2026.

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