MotionPortrait vs Drawing pad
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
MotionPortrait
Transform your portrait photos into animated 3D avatars that mimic your speech. Add fun accessories and record your creations as movies to share with friends. This app processes your photos locally, ensuring your privacy.
- Create moving 3D avatars from photos
- Lip-syncs to your voice
- Record animated movies
- Add hairstyles, glasses, and beards
- Share creations on social media
- Use as Twitter profile icon
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MotionPortrait™ can transform any portrait photo into a moving 3D avatar that repeats your every word. *** How to use the app *** - Take a portrait photo or pick one from your photo library, and the face will automatically start moving in 3D. - Talk to it and it will repeat your every word. - Record your moving 3D avatar as a movie. - Try fun hairstyles, glasses, masks, and beards, and apply them to your animated 3D avatar. - Share your 3D movie with friends via email, Facebook, and Twitter. Upload your new look to Twitter and Facebook, and use it as your Twitter profile icon. (About handling of personal information) MotionPortrait app does not collect any personal data. - Our app creates your avatar without uploading your photo to any web server. - Our app does not save or upload your avatar data without your operation. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us. mp_apps@motionportrait.com
Drawing pad
Unleash your creativity with a user-friendly digital sketchpad. Explore various drawing materials, brushes, and multi-layer support to bring your artistic visions to life, even for beginners. Optimized for a smooth experience with Apple Pencil.
- Refined and easy-to-operate design
- Variety of sketch materials
- Built-in brushes
- Multi-layer support
- Optimized for Apple Pencil
- Beginner-friendly
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Drawing pad is a sketch drawing board and drawing software, giving you an interesting drawing experience. Drawing pad has a refined design and is easy to operate. Even beginners without basic knowledge can give full play to their creativity! The app provides different categories of sketch materials to help you quickly get started with drawing. As a drawing software for ipad, Drawing pad has a variety of built-in brushes and super multi-layers, and the experience with App Pencil is better! This subscription will be automatically renewed through your iTunes account, and the renewal fee will be deducted from your package within 24 hours before the end of the current subscription period. You can manage or cancel the automatic renewal at the account settings. Cancellation of the automatic renewal must be at least 24 hours before the end of the current subscription period. If your trial has not ended, the remaining days will automatically expire after you start the subscription. To open the subscription, you need to agree to the following terms Terms of Service: https://linmomoxh.github.io/posts/linmomoxh/fuwu Privacy Terms: https://linmomoxh.github.io/posts/linmomoxh/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Drawing pad at 4.5 against MotionPortrait's 3.2. MotionPortrait's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and ads (none vs shown). On price, update cadence 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
Both are free to download. Drawing pad sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. MotionPortrait asks for nothing beyond the download.
Drawing pad holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 135 and 37 respectively.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | MotionPortrait | Drawing pad |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.2 (135 ratings) | 4.5 (37 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 47.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 135 — better | 37 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Fortnightly |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 25 MB | 52 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | MotionPortrait, Inc. | 列峰 胡 |
Customer experience
MotionPortrait
Drawing pad
Bugs and requests
MotionPortrait
Reported bugs
17 issues- App crashes on startup or during use
- Eyes repositioning randomly after adjustment
- Mouth and eye positions moving together unintentionally
- Audio not recording properly or only capturing partial speech
- Video exports with black bars on edges
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- Glitches appearing in top right corner of images
- Glasses moving during animation
- Hair and eyelashes moving incorrectly with blinks
- Random faces or teeth appearing in animations
- Share button stuck or non-functional
- Sound cancellation on iPad screen recordings
- App freezing when adjusting facial features
- Saving functionality completely broken
- Microphone turning back on automatically
- Exported videos showing still images instead of animations
- Audio lag and sync issues during playback
- Sensitivity issues with touch controls
Requested features
15 requests- Head turning and body movement capabilities
- Multiple facial expressions and mood library
- Longer audio recording duration (currently ~7-15 seconds)
- External microphone support
- HD video export quality
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- Ability to disable or control random blinking
- Face mapping control to prevent background movement
- Scaling controls for eye and mouth position markers
- More realistic 3D animation effects
- Support for multiple faces in single image
- Adjustable countdown timer
- Better eye detection for people wearing glasses
- Audio import functionality
- Better lip-sync accuracy
- Universal app support for iPad
Drawing pad
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
MotionPortrait
No in-app purchases
Drawing pad
- Plus Version3 Days trial$1.991 Month
- Quarterly Version3 Days trial$4.493 Months
- Pro Version$9.99
