iCanvas Pro vs Coursework
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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.
Coursework
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Your week at Canvas, without the noise. The official Canvas app shows everything; Coursework shows what matters right now — what's due, what's done, and how close you are to finishing. Sign in with your school's Canvas account and your coursework lands in a clean, fast planner. What you get: • Tasks — this week's assignments grouped by day, with course-colored progress rings. Check something off and it syncs back to Canvas, so you stay in step with the official app. • Courses & grades — every active course, its grade, and the details, in one tap. • Calendar — a month view of what's due, with per-day breakdowns. • Reminders — assignment alerts and optional morning and evening digests, with per-course muting. All scheduled on-device. • Home-screen widget — your per-course progress rings at a glance. • Submit — attach a photo or file to turn in an assignment without leaving the app. Private by design. Coursework has no accounts of its own, no analytics, and no tracking. It talks only to your school's Canvas server, using a token you control and can revoke any time. Your data stays on your device. Coursework is an independent app and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Instructure, Inc. or Canvas.
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Verdict
iCanvas Pro and Coursework are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
| Parameter | iCanvas Pro | Coursework |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (11 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 11 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 165 months | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Dan Ristea | Andrew Wittmann |
In-app purchases
iCanvas Pro
No in-app purchases
Coursework
No in-app purchases









