Comparison

A vs Dou

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

Head to head
About

A

Create unique geometric shapes through iterative affine transformations. Apply translations, rotations, and scaling to various objects with gradient coloring to generate visually interesting results.

Highlights
  • Affine transformation for shape creation
  • Translation, rotation, and scaling
  • Gradient coloring
  • Supports circles, rectangles, stars, polygons, and lines
  • Iterative shape generation
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This app allows you to create interesting shapes using affine transformation. Affine transformation can do translation, rotation and scaling on object's coordinate. We do iterations, and in each iteration we apply the affine transformation on the object (circle, rectangle, star, polygon or line), coloured in gradient. At the end, you may like the result. Have fun.

About

Dou

Features
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Dou is a tiny private space for you and your person. Draw something, tap send, and it lands right on their home screen. Say good morning with a heart. Send a terrible drawing of your cat. Leave a little "miss you" for when they unlock their phone. Dou keeps couples and close friends close, even across cities. ON THEIR HOME SCREEN • Add the Dou widget and the newest drawing from your partner appears right on your home screen. • Perfect for long-distance couples: a small sign of love they see every time they pick up their phone. DRAW IT. SEND IT. • Glowing brushes: neon, comet, rainbow, aurora, sparkle, fire, sakura, galaxy and more, plus a kaleidoscope symmetry mode. • Paper styles for your canvas, with new ones added online. • Send to your partner, or to the close friends you choose. TALK, NOT JUST DRAW • Chat with stickers and reactions, right next to your drawings. • History keeps every drawing you sent and received. PRIVATE BY DEFAULT • No phone number or contacts needed. Connect with an invite code, link or QR. • Drawings only go to people you connected with. No public feed, no strangers. • Delete your account inside the app any time. PLUS • Optional subscription: all sticker packs and a larger friend list. Everything else is free. Good to know: how fast a widget refreshes depends on your phone's battery and system settings. For ages 16 and up. Privacy Policy: https://liveink.app/privacy Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

A4 screens
Dou4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: A at none against Dou's 2. A also leads on ads (none vs shown). Dou's advantage is update cadence (every 6 months vs every 70 months). On price, 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. Dou sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. A asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

A ships an update every 70 months, Dou every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
A versus Dou: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterADou
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 70 monthsEvery 6 months — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.6 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size24 MB93 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperJohannes DwiartantoApp Dexter Limited

In-app purchases

None

A

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Dou

Subscriptions2
  • Dou Plus Monthly$0.991 Month
  • Dou Plus Yearly$9.991 Year

Questions

Is A free?
A is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Dou free?
Dou is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do A or Dou have ads?
Dou shows ads; A does not.
Which is updated more often, A or Dou?
A ships an update every 70 months, and Dou every 6 months. Most recently, A was updated on November 1, 2026 and Dou on November 5, 2026.

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