Comparison

iCanvas Pro vs Pixie Pages

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

Head to head
About

iCanvas Pro

Create digital art with a streamlined interface and a variety of brushes and tools. Offers layers, selection options, and AI-powered style assistance for sketches, icons, and finished pieces. Save and share your creations easily.

Highlights
  • Variety of drawing tools and brushes
  • Layer support with blend modes
  • Selection and transformation tools
  • AI-assisted style application
  • Project saving and auto-save
  • Image import and export options
Features
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Create a great picture without confusion or clutter. iCanvas Pro is a simple, fast drawing app rebuilt from the ground up in native SwiftUI. Familiar tools, a clean workspace, and just enough power for sketches, icons, doodles, and finished art. DRAWING TOOLS • Studio Pen, Sketch Pencil, Charcoal, and webInk • Soft, Oil, Watercolor, Neon, Spray, Calligraphy, Hair, and Halftone brushes • Smudge, Eraser, Soft Eraser • Paint Bucket and Gradient Fill • Line, Rectangle, and Ellipse shapes • Color picker with brush size, opacity, and symmetry options LAYERS & SELECTION • Multiple layers with opacity, blend modes, and rename • Freehand, rectangle, and ellipse selection • Cut, copy, paste, and move selections • Multi-step Undo and Redo PROJECTS & CANVAS • Save and open .icanvas projects (layers preserved) • New canvas sizes and presets • Autosave so you don’t lose your work • Zoom, pan, and rotate canvas 180° • Light and Dark appearance PHOTOS & SHARE • Open images from Photos or take a photo with Camera • Export PNG (transparency) or JPG • Save to Photos and share AI ASSIST • Optional on-device Apple Intelligence styles. Made for people who want to draw — not dig through a complicated studio.

About

Pixie Pages

Empower young minds to create their own illustrated storybooks. Design unique characters and bring imaginative tales to life with an easy-to-use editor. Foster early literacy and creativity with this fun, parent-approved storytelling tool.

Highlights
  • Storybook Creator
  • Personalized Characters
  • Creative Writing Tools
  • Easy-to-Use Editor
  • Share & Print Stories
  • Vocabulary Building
Features
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Pixie Pages is the ultimate storytelling app for kids, empowering young minds to create their own stories, design personalized storybook characters, and bring their imagination to life with beautifully illustrated pages. Whether it's crafting a bedtime story, an epic adventure story, or a magical fairy tale, this app makes creative writing for kids fun and easy! Features Parents & Kids Will Love: - Storybook Creator: Build your own interactive story with fun, colorful illustrations. - Personalized Characters: Design unique characters to fit every story's theme. - Creative Writing Tools: Inspire early literacy, reading, and writing skills in children. - Easy-to-Use Editor: A simple, intuitive interface perfect for young authors. - Share & Print: Turn your child’s stories into real books to cherish forever. Why Parents Love Pixie Pages: - Encourages creativity and imagination through story-based learning. - Helps with vocabulary building and early reading development. - Safe, ad-free experience that’s parent-approved for all ages. - Perfect for fun learning at home or in the classroom. Whether your child dreams of becoming a young author, loves telling bedtime stories, or enjoys designing their own books, Pixie Pages is the perfect creative app for kids! Download Pixie Pages today and start crafting unforgettable stories! Terms of Use (EULA) - https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

iCanvas Pro3 screens
Pixie Pages4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: iCanvas Pro at 86% against Pixie Pages's 50%. iCanvas Pro also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 3). Pixie Pages's advantage is update cadence (every 5 days vs every 165 months) and rating (4.6 vs 4.3). On price, ratings volume, ads 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

Both are free to download. Pixie Pages sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days. iCanvas Pro asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Pixie Pages holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 11 and 5 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 86% of iCanvas Pro's written reviews are positive against 50% of Pixie Pages's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

iCanvas Pro ships an update every 165 months, Pixie Pages every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
iCanvas Pro versus Pixie Pages: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameteriCanvas ProPixie Pages
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (11 ratings)4.6 (5 ratings) — better
Positive reviews85.7% of reviews — better50.0% of reviews
Number of ratings11 — better5
Update frequencyEvery 165 monthsEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB48 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDan RisteaPixiepages

Customer experience

iCanvas Pro

All ratings11 ratings
Positive81.8%
Neutral0.0%
Negative18.2%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive85.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative14.3%

Pixie Pages

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral50.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

iCanvas Pro

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Pixie Pages

Subscriptions3
  • PixiePages Weekly3 Days trial$4.997 Days
  • PixiePages Monthly3 Days trial$7.991 Month
  • PixiePages Yearly3 Days trial$49.991 Year

Questions

Is iCanvas Pro free?
iCanvas Pro is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Pixie Pages free?
Pixie Pages is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, iCanvas Pro or Pixie Pages?
Pixie Pages is rated higher. iCanvas Pro averages 4.3 out of 5 from 11 ratings, while Pixie Pages averages 4.6 from 5 ratings.
Do iCanvas Pro or Pixie Pages have ads?
Neither iCanvas Pro nor Pixie Pages shows ads.
Which is updated more often, iCanvas Pro or Pixie Pages?
iCanvas Pro ships an update every 165 months, and Pixie Pages every 5 days. Most recently, iCanvas Pro was updated on November 1, 2026 and Pixie Pages on October 30, 2026.

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