Comparison

Cosmic Brush vs Draw & Play

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

Draw & Play

Color pages from a digital book, then scan your creations into the app. Watch your artwork magically come to life on screen.

Highlights
  • Digital coloring book pages
  • Scan drawings into the app
  • Animated artwork
  • Bring art to life
Features
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Draw & Play is where coloring meets magic. Color in one of our Draw & Play coloring book pages, scan it in the app, and watch your art come alive.

Screenshots

Cosmic Brush4 screens
Draw & Play4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Draw & Play at none against Cosmic Brush's 6. Draw & Play also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.6) and update cadence (every 5 days vs every 2 months). Cosmic Brush's advantage is ratings volume (132 vs 5). On price, ads, 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. Cosmic Brush sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. Draw & Play asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Draw & Play holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Cosmic Brush has 132 ratings behind it against 5, 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 100% of Draw & Play's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Cosmic Brush ships an update every 2 months, Draw & Play every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Cosmic Brush versus Draw & Play: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCosmic BrushDraw & Play
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (132 ratings)5.0 (5 ratings) — better
Positive reviews87.5% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings132 — better5
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better13.0
Further details — not scored
Size24 MB616 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNorbyteKai Hovland

Customer experience

Cosmic Brush

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

Draw & Play

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

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

Draw & Play

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Cosmic Brush free?
Cosmic Brush is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Draw & Play free?
Draw & Play is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Cosmic Brush or Draw & Play?
Draw & Play is rated higher. Cosmic Brush averages 4.6 out of 5 from 132 ratings, while Draw & Play averages 5.0 from 5 ratings.
Do Cosmic Brush or Draw & Play have ads?
Neither Cosmic Brush nor Draw & Play shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Cosmic Brush or Draw & Play?
Cosmic Brush ships an update every 2 months, and Draw & Play every 5 days. Most recently, Cosmic Brush was updated on November 1, 2026 and Draw & Play on October 30, 2026.

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