Comparison

Scribblify vs Thirty

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

Head to head
About

Scribblify

This universal painting app allows users of all ages and skill levels to create unique digital art. Explore a vast array of brushes, drawing modes, and color effects to unleash your imagination and produce spectacular artwork in seconds.

Highlights
  • 140 unique brushes
  • Kaleidoscope and mirror drawing modes
  • Advanced color effects
  • Preset background textures
  • Smear/smudge tool
  • Save and export artwork
Features
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*** Grand Prize Winner of Intel's App Innovation Contest *** * Celebrating 6 years and millions of imaginative doodles! * "Drawing app meets Tickle Trunk with this unique doodle app..." -MOMeo Magazine OVERVIEW Unleash your wildest creativity with Scribblify, a one-of-a-kind universal painting app for children and adults of all ages and skill levels. From natural to abstract and everything in between, Scribblify allows anyone to create spectacular artwork in seconds—limited only by one's imagination. Scribblify comes packed with 140 hand crafted brushes (84 free and 56 additional) unlike anything seen before. Each brush has its its own unique appearance and behavior. The huge selection of exclusive brushes, kaleidoscope and mirror drawing modes, advanced color effects, preset backgrounds and more ensures endless entertainment for all. This is the free ad-supported version of Scribblify. Ads can be removed and two additional pages of brushes and backgrounds can be unlocked through in-app purchases. UNIVERSAL APP - USE EVERYWHERE Scribblify is a universal app that works great across all iOS devices including iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad and iPad Mini. With full retina and modern device support, users will enjoy stunning clarity and larger drawing canvases when using any high resolution device including all of the latest Apple products. KEY FEATURES - Paint using 84 original brushes (+54 unlockable) to create endlessly fascinating and creative compositions - Choose from 560 brilliant base colors and create custom blends using a variety of innovative effects - Select from pages of distinct background textures - Create incredible kaleidoscope designs using any of Scribblify's unique brushes and color effects - Draw reflective artwork using the horizontal, vertical and quad mirroring systems - Enable plasma, multicolor, color variance and other effects to produce rich blending styles - Smear the paint around the screen and manually blend colors using the smear / smudge tool - Add a secondary color for advanced mixing with all of the other color effects - Save art to your local library or export it via any compatible apps - Full retina support for the latest iPhones, iPod Touches and iPads - Ultra-smooth drawing capabilities Screenshot Artwork Credit: FT Help is available on the official Scribblify website. Please contact support for any assistance.

About

Thirty

Create and share simple black and white pixel art drawings within a 32x32 grid. Features include zoom, undo/redo, symmetry tools, and pixel selection for easy editing. Share your creations across various platforms and even view them on Apple Watch.

Highlights
  • 32x32 pixel grid drawing
  • Black and white or grayscale colors
  • Pinch to zoom with preview
  • Undo/redo toolbar
  • Symmetrical drawing modes
  • Pixel selection and movement
  • Sharing extensions and AirDrop
Features
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Thirty-Two: Black and white and square all over. Thirty-Two is a simple way to create and share drawings. Other than food and shelter there is no other need more powerful than the need to make small grayscale drawings. Old age is a myth, billions of people throughout history have simply died from lack of drawing in grids.* Thirty-Two is the solution!§ Features • Draw anything, as long as it fits in a thirty-two by thirty-two square! • Kick it 1-bit old school and draw with only black and white, or get ultra modern and use a plethora of grays!‡. • Duplicate a drawing, now duplicate a drawing! • Pinch to zoom while drawing, we know your chubby little fingers can't hit the squares you want, we're taking of that. See a little preview of the whole drawing while zoomed in, how cute. • Toolbar for the undo/redo to make them easier to get to. Didn't want to take three taps to undo something, we're considered two taps, but we decided one tap is best! • Super symmetrical mode, tap on the dotted line and pick vertical or horizontal so you can start drawing your favorite psychological inkblot tests. • Select and move pixels, tap and hold the pixels you want to move, tap other pixels to add to the selection, drag around, double tap to put the pixels in their final resting place. •Linear mode to draw straight lines. • Share from the app with your friends using sharing extensions. Any app that can share images will work, Mail, Messages, Facebook, Twitter, and any other third party apps that support sharing extensions. • Share with someone that's close to you, using AirDrop. • Watch your drawings on Apple Watch! • Search for your beauteous drawings in Spotlight. • Dance the hand jive while using Handoff between devices. Ideas for drawings • Unflattering portraits of your friends that you post online without their permission. • Replace the icons on your thirty year old computer. • Make reproductions of your favorite artist's square, black and white masterpieces. • Your hipster bike. • Your hipster glasses. • Your hipster bird you put on stuff. • Your hipster watch. • Your steampunk tophat. • Your hipster shark. • Drawings of pets you wished were yours, so that your sad meaningless life had a ray of hope.° • Illustrate the fourteen stations of the cross. • Illustrate the twelve signs of the zodiak. • A taxi-cab. • An old boot. • A urinal on it's side, with some letters scribbled on it. • And literally a couple more things... *Does not cure old age, athelete's foot or the plague. §There is no solution, because there is no problem. ‡A plethora in this context means six. °Users of Thirty-Two are prone to bouts of existential angst.

Screenshots

Scribblify4 screens
Thirty4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Scribblify at 4.0 against Thirty's 3.2. Scribblify also leads on review sentiment (74% vs 42%) and iOS requirement (6.1 vs 18.6). Thirty's advantage is monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases) and update cadence (every 3 months vs every 6 months). 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

Scribblify holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 3.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 22 and 10 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 74% of Scribblify's written reviews are positive against 42% of Thirty's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Scribblify ships an update every 6 months, Thirty every 3 months. Both last shipped on November 1, 2026.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Scribblify versus Thirty: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterScribblifyThirty
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (22 ratings) — better3.2 (10 ratings)
Positive reviews73.6% of reviews — better41.7% of reviews
Number of ratings22 — better10
Update frequencyEvery 6 monthsEvery 3 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch
Requires iOS6.1 — better18.6
Further details — not scored
Size50 MB30 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperlinkedPIXELChad Sager

Customer experience

Scribblify

All ratings21 ratings
Positive71.4%
Neutral4.8%
Negative23.8%
Written reviews87 reviews
Positive73.6%
Neutral10.3%
Negative16.1%

Thirty

All ratings10 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral10.0%
Negative40.0%
Written reviews12 reviews
Positive41.7%
Neutral8.3%
Negative50.0%

Bugs and requests

Scribblify

Reported bugs

9 issues
  • Shake tool not working
  • Apple Pencil not compatible with iOS 14
  • App frozen on one image
  • Undo bug causes crashes
  • App randomly closes and doesn't save
Show 4 more
  • App freezes frequently
  • Progress erased on crash/logout
  • Can't clear screen
  • Ads block ability to upgrade

Requested features

9 requests
  • Add calculator
  • Fix iPad app format
  • Add straight line tool
  • Restore purchases feature
  • Add music
Show 4 more
  • Improve menu navigation
  • Add more patterns
  • Add more updates
  • Add light gray guide lines

Thirty

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Scribblify

No in-app purchases

None

Thirty

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Scribblify free?
Scribblify is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Thirty free?
Thirty is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Scribblify or Thirty?
Scribblify is rated higher. Scribblify averages 4.0 out of 5 from 22 ratings, while Thirty averages 3.2 from 10 ratings.
Do Scribblify or Thirty have ads?
Neither Scribblify nor Thirty shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Scribblify or Thirty?
Scribblify ships an update every 6 months, and Thirty every 3 months. Most recently, Scribblify was updated on November 1, 2026 and Thirty on November 1, 2026.

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