Animated Drawing vs Artistic Barcode
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Animated Drawing
This creative tool allows you to bring your own drawings to life by creating flexible animations. Design unique characters and animate them with ease.
- Create animations
- Star your own drawn characters
- Flexibly create animations
- Useful creative tool
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Useful creative tool. You can flexibly create animations starring your own drawn characters.
Artistic Barcode
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Transform ordinary barcodes into beautiful, scannable art. Creative Barcode is a procedural vector transformation engine that turns any barcode value into unique artistic designs. Choose from hundreds of shapes, colors, and styles to create barcodes that are both functional and visually stunning. KEY FEATURES: • Generate EAN-13, EAN-8, and Code 128 barcodes • Apply artistic shapes, colors, and gradients • Scan existing barcodes with your camera • Save and share high-resolution PNG/SVG exports • Full offline support — no internet required • Clean, intuitive mobile-first design PERFECT FOR: • Small business owners wanting branded product labels • Designers creating unique packaging • Artists exploring generative barcode art • Anyone who needs barcodes with personality All barcodes remain fully scannable while expressing your unique style. Export as PNG for printing or SVG for infinite scaling.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is device support: Artistic Barcode at 3 against Animated Drawing's 1. Artistic Barcode also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Animated Drawing ships an update every 4 weeks, Artistic Barcode monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Animated Drawing | Artistic Barcode |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.8 (4 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 4.5% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 4 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 4 weeks — better | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 36 MB | 25 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Chang Min Park | Trang Nguyen |
Bugs and requests
Animated Drawing
Reported bugs
25 issues- Connection error
- Loading for hours
- Cannot upload image
- Buttons are inactive
- App loads no image
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- Website not working
- App doesn't import pictures
- Starts loading and throws error
- Picture never uploads successfully
- Says no internet connection
- Takes long to load
- Picture would never load
- Cannot upload a simple photo
- Shows "Check the network connection"
- Says "connection error" all the time
- Cannot upload drawing at all
- Keeps saying connection problem
- App is not usable
- No network error
- Does not let you upload drawings
- Error when uploading image
- Cannot even upload the drawing
- Says no connection
- App will not load at all
- Does not allow uploading drawing
Requested features
3 requests- Fix the app
- Fix connection errors
- Improve animation options
Artistic Barcode
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Animated Drawing
No in-app purchases
Artistic Barcode
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Animated Drawing free?
Is Artistic Barcode free?
Do Animated Drawing or Artistic Barcode have ads?
Which is updated more often, Animated Drawing or Artistic Barcode?
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