Comparison

Cosmic Brush vs Canvas Software

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

Head to head
About

Cosmic Brush

Unleash your creativity with a powerful digital art application. Explore unique painting tools, intuitive stroke size adjustments based on finger contact, and customizable parameters. Supports left-handed users and offers a universal Pro upgrade for expanded features across Apple devices.

Highlights
  • Unique painting tools (3D-Shaded, Halo, Plasma Chain)
  • Dynamic stroke size based on finger contact
  • Adjustable parameters during painting
  • Left-handed toolbar option
  • Universal Pro upgrade
  • Multiple layers
  • Photo tracing mode (Pro)
Features
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Paint a beautiful piece of art or just doodle on a photo. Only your imagination sets the limits for what you can create! • INSPIRING PAINTING TOOLS • Be as creative as you want with inspiring out-of-this-world painting tools like 3D-Shaded Brush, Halo Brush, Plasma Chain Brush, and Translucent Brush. It also has Lighten and Darken tools, a tremendous help when you want to add some depth and life to your drawings. • FINGERTIP = STROKE SIZE • When you paint, the app measures how much of your finger is touching the screen and changes the stroke size accordingly. Apply just the corner of your fingertip for a thin line, or the whole fingerprint area for a broad stroke. A 2nd tool assigned to your finger will still use this feature, so don’t ignore it just because you have an Apple Pencil! • LEFT-HANDED? • Just swipe the toolbar over to the other side! • PARAMETERS CAN BE CHANGED LIVE • Use any buttons or controls to change/adjust color, size, force, simultaneously while painting. • UNIVERSAL PURCHASE • If you choose to buy the Pro upgrade, this one-time in-app purchase will unlock all Pro features in the app on all available platforms (iPad-iPhone-Mac)! • METAL • The engine is based on Metal, with 128-bit color and floating-point arithmetic. • SWIFT • The app was developed entirely using Swift (earlier versions used C++). • APPLE PENCIL SUPPORT • FULL SCREEN PAINTING • • DARK MODE • LANDSCAPE • PORTRAIT • WIDE COLOR • • MULTIPLE LAYERS • PHOTO TRACING MODE (Pro feature) •

About

Canvas Software

A powerful yet user-friendly drawing application for iPad and Mac, powered by a custom engine for smooth 60fps rendering. Offers features like adjustment layers, timelapse recording, and filters for creative expression.

Highlights
  • Canvas7 drawing engine
  • 60fps rendering
  • Adjustment Layers
  • Timelapse recording
  • Filters
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Painter is a feature-rich, easy to use drawing app for the iPad and Mac. It uses the custom built Canvas7 drawing engine for rendering at 60fps. Some of the features include Adjustment Layers, Timelapse, Filters, and more. Make sure to leave a review and let me know how Painter can be improved!

Screenshots

Cosmic Brush4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Cosmic Brush at 88% against Canvas Software's 40%. Cosmic Brush also leads on rating (4.6 vs 4.0) and ratings volume (132 vs 1). Canvas Software's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 6). On price and ads 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. Cosmic Brush sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. Canvas Software asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Cosmic Brush holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Cosmic Brush has 132 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 88% of Cosmic Brush's written reviews are positive against 40% of Canvas Software's.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Cosmic Brush versus Canvas Software: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCosmic BrushCanvas Software
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (132 ratings) — better4.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews87.5% of reviews — better40.0% of reviews
Number of ratings132 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 2 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — betteriPad, Mac
Requires iOS12.0 — better14.4
Further details — not scored
Size24 MB27 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNorbyteCanvas Software LLC

Customer experience

Cosmic Brush

All ratings132 ratings
Positive88.6%
Neutral3.8%
Negative7.6%
Written reviews16 reviews
Positive87.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative12.5%

Canvas Software

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive40.0%
Neutral40.0%
Negative20.0%

In-app purchases

6 purchases

Cosmic Brush

One-time6
  • Tip Jar: Smallest Tip$1.00
  • Tip Jar: Small Tip$2.00
  • Tip Jar: Medium Tip$5.00
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  • Pro Upgrade$6.00
  • Tip Jar: Big Tip$10.00
  • Tip Jar: Biggest Tip$25.00
None

Canvas Software

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Cosmic Brush free?
Cosmic Brush is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Canvas Software free?
Canvas Software is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Cosmic Brush or Canvas Software?
Cosmic Brush is rated higher. Cosmic Brush averages 4.6 out of 5 from 132 ratings, while Canvas Software averages 4.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Cosmic Brush or Canvas Software have ads?
Neither Cosmic Brush nor Canvas Software shows ads.

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