Comparison

Tico vs drawsta

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

Head to head
About

Tico

Easily create collages and edit photos with powerful cutout tools. Add text, stickers, and adjust backgrounds with intelligent color recommendations. Enjoy local processing for enhanced photo security.

Highlights
  • Smart Cutout feature
  • Unlimited drag and drop cutouts
  • Add strokes, shadows, and outlines
  • Filters and color adjustments
  • Intelligent color recommendations
  • Add text and exclusive stickers
  • Multiple canvas ratios
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It’s never been so easy for creating collages on your phone. Unleash Your Creativity and Imagination. Effortlessly cut out with lightning speed, you could either use the 'Smart Cutout' feature within the 'Tico' app with one-click, or simply long-press a photo from Photos and drag it onto the 'Tico' canvas for cutting out. Thanks to robust system support, all cutout operations are performed locally, ensuring enhanced photo security. Features: 1. Unlimited drag and drop to add cutouts; 2. Add strokes, shadows and fancy outlines to cutouts; 3. Decorate the cutouts with filters and color adjustments; 4. Rotate, flip, copy the cutout. 5. Change the canvas background color. The "Intelligent Color" function will automatically recommend colors for you according to the existing cutouts; 6. Add background patterns; 7. Add texts; 8. Add various Tico exclusive stickers; 9. Choose multiple ratios of the canvas to meet different occasions. Enjoy! # Tico Pro 1. Infinitely drag and drop cutouts from the Photos app; 2. Unlock all stickers; 3. Unlock color pickers of background color / stroke color. # ABOUT SUBSCRIPTION • Payment will be charged to your iTunes account at confirmation of purchase and will automatically renew (at the duration/price selected) unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hrs before the end of the current period. • Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period • Current subscription may not be cancelled during the active subscription period; however, you can manage your subscription and/or turn off auto-renewal by visiting your iTunes Account Settings after purchase. Privacy Policy: https://wala.cool/private/privacy_tico.html Terms of Use: https://wala.cool/private/terms_tico.html

About

drawsta

This drawing app allows artists to trace images as a ghost layer, enabling them to ink over the reference. It also features a feed of original artwork and replays drawings as shareable time-lapses. Drawings can be shared via links and sync across devices using iCloud.

Highlights
  • Ghost layer tracing
  • Time-lapse drawing playback
  • Artwork feed
  • Shareable drawing links
  • iCloud sync
Features
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drawsta is a drawing app for working artists, with the best ways to trace built in. Pick a picture and it lands under your line as a ghost layer. Ink over it. The feed is full of original artwork from weirdLA, album covers from Apple Music, and more. Ghost under. Ink over. Turn the ghost off when the lines hold on their own. Every drawing replays stroke by stroke as a time-lapse you can share. Send a picture to anyone as a link. It opens in drawsta, ready to trace. iPhone and iPad, Apple Pencil or finger. Your drawings sync through your own iCloud. Free. No account.

Screenshots

Tico4 screens
drawsta4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: drawsta at none against Tico's 3. drawsta also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.6) and update cadence (every 2 days vs every 4 weeks). Tico's advantage is ratings volume (9 vs 2). 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. Tico sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. drawsta asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

drawsta holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 9 and 2 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Tico ships an update every 4 weeks, drawsta every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Tico versus drawsta: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTicodrawsta
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (9 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews73.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings9 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 4 weeksEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemiumFree — better
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS16.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size333 MB39 MB
Age rating4+9+
Developer晶 李Thisisground

Customer experience

Tico

All ratings9 ratings
Positive88.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative11.1%
Written reviews15 reviews
Positive73.3%
Neutral6.7%
Negative20.0%

drawsta

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Tico

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly$0.991 Month
  • Yearly$4.491 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime$11.99
None

drawsta

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Tico free?
Tico is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is drawsta free?
drawsta is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Tico or drawsta?
drawsta is rated higher. Tico averages 4.6 out of 5 from 9 ratings, while drawsta averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Tico or drawsta have ads?
Neither Tico nor drawsta shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Tico or drawsta?
Tico ships an update every 4 weeks, and drawsta every 2 days. Most recently, Tico was updated on October 24, 2026 and drawsta on October 31, 2026.

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