Comparison

Sanshin vs AmberDraw

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

Head to head
About

Sanshin

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Sanshin invites you to a cyber-mystical universe between architecture, spirituality and technology. It offers an interactive and immersive experience around holographic fragments of digitised Korean architecture. These architectural models are 3D scans made during a two-months-long mission around the Korean Peninsula. Supported by the Hanyang University and University of Paris-Est, the Franco-Korean mission sought to study the supernatural representations in Korean architecture of the Goryeo Period (10-14th centuries). The “augmented touch” functionality allows users to touch and interact with virtual models visualised in physical space. Holographic ghosted visualisations increase the sensation of an overlay that is both mystical and digital. This app is the result of an experiment undertaken as part of the doctoral research of Mete Kutlu in collaboration with the developer Theuns Botha. The experiment sought to combine augmented reality and photogrammetry to innovate in digital scenography, mediation and humanities. As part of a series of experiments baptised as Dream Pixels, it was realised with the support of Cristiana Mazzoni, senior expert at Comet Lab and director of AUSser research lab at the Paris-Belleville School of Architecture.

About

AmberDraw

Create unique animated art with brushes that move as you draw. No keyframes or timelines needed, just pick a brush and let its built-in motion bring your strokes to life. Export your creations as video for social media or further editing.

Highlights
  • Animated brushes with unique motion
  • Full brush customization
  • Layer support
  • Custom canvas dimensions
  • Apple Pencil support
  • Video export
Features
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AmberDraw is a drawing app where the brushes themselves animate. Not filters. Not effects added afterwards. The motion is built into every single stroke. Pick up your Apple Pencil, draw a line, and watch it wiggle, scatter, flow, or pulse — live, as you draw. There are no keyframes. No timelines. No exporting to After Effects just to make something move. You draw, and it's already animated. The wiggle line aesthetic, finally in an app If you've ever loved the hand-drawn, jittery motion style — in title sequences, illustrated reels, motion posters — AmberDraw is how you make that. Each brush has its own character: Scribble shakes with nervous energy, Gradient flows like liquid, Particle explodes outward, Charcoal drifts like smoke. You're not choosing a tool, you're choosing a feeling. What's inside • Animated brushes, each with unique bespoke motion • Full brush customisation — speed, density, size, behaviour • Layers for organisation and creative control • Custom canvas dimensions • Apple Pencil support • Import images directly onto your canvas • Transform tool for repositioning and scaling • Export your finished piece as video — ready to post Who it's for Artists who composite across apps. Illustrators who want their work to breathe. Designers making content for social. Anyone who's opened Procreate and thought — what if this moved? Export your animations as video and bring them straight into After Effects, CapCut, or anywhere else you work. AmberDraw fits into your workflow, not the other way around. Free to download. Unlock the full brush library with Pro. Terms of use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy policy: https://sites.google.com/view/amberdraw-privacypolicy/home

Screenshots

Sanshin4 screens
AmberDraw3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Sanshin at none against AmberDraw's 2. AmberDraw's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 32 months). 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. AmberDraw sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Sanshin asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Sanshin ships an update every 32 months, AmberDraw every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Sanshin versus AmberDraw: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSanshinAmberDraw
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.3 (323 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—67.6% of reviews
Number of ratings—323 — better
Update frequencyEvery 32 monthsEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS18.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size271 MB40 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperComet LabMykyta Gaidukov

In-app purchases

None

Sanshin

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

AmberDraw

Subscriptions2
  • Pro Monthly7 Days trial$1.991 Month
  • Pro Yearly7 Days trial$9.991 Year

Questions

Is Sanshin free?
Sanshin is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is AmberDraw free?
AmberDraw is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Sanshin or AmberDraw have ads?
Neither Sanshin nor AmberDraw shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Sanshin or AmberDraw?
Sanshin ships an update every 32 months, and AmberDraw every 2 weeks. Most recently, Sanshin was updated on October 13, 2026 and AmberDraw on October 27, 2026.

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