Comparison

Animated Drawing vs Painto Bitmap Editor

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Create animations
  • Star your own drawn characters
  • Flexibly create animations
  • Useful creative tool
Features
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Useful creative tool. You can flexibly create animations starring your own drawn characters.

About

Painto Bitmap Editor

Features
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Painto is a simple, classic-style bitmap paint app for iPhone and iPad. With an easy, familiar interface, anyone can start drawing in seconds - from quick sketches and doodles to annotating photos and making simple diagrams. Key features: - Pencil plus 9 brush types (marker, crayon, oil, watercolor, calligraphy, and more) - Eraser, fill bucket, and color picker (eyedropper) - One-tap background removal with the magic wand - make backgrounds transparent - Zoom in for pixel-level editing, with a handy minimap - Text tool with full Japanese input support - Rectangular and free-form (lasso) selection - move, resize, and transparent selection - 23 shapes: line, curve, ellipse, rectangle, rounded rectangle, polygon, triangle, diamond, star, arrow, callout, heart, lightning, and more - 20-color palette plus custom colors - Resize, rotate, flip, and color invert - Copy and paste, undo/redo - Save to Photos, open images - Works on iPhone and iPad Simple enough for your very first drawing, and handy for everyday quick edits.

Screenshots

Animated Drawing3 screens
Painto Bitmap Editor4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Animated Drawing at Free against Painto Bitmap Editor's $2.99. Painto Bitmap Editor's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs every 4 weeks) and device support (3 vs 1). On 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Animated Drawing is free to download; Painto Bitmap Editor costs $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Animated Drawing ships an update every 4 weeks, Painto Bitmap Editor every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Animated Drawing versus Painto Bitmap Editor: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAnimated DrawingPainto Bitmap Editor
PriceFree — better$2.99
Rating1.8 (4 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews4.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings4 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 weeksEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, Mac — better
Requires iOS18.016.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size36 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperChang Min ParkYuya Suzuki

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

Painto Bitmap Editor

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Animated Drawing

No in-app purchases

None

Painto Bitmap Editor

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Animated Drawing free?
Animated Drawing is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Painto Bitmap Editor free?
Painto Bitmap Editor costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Animated Drawing or Painto Bitmap Editor have ads?
Neither Animated Drawing nor Painto Bitmap Editor shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Animated Drawing or Painto Bitmap Editor?
Animated Drawing ships an update every 4 weeks, and Painto Bitmap Editor every 4 days. Most recently, Animated Drawing was updated on October 24, 2026 and Painto Bitmap Editor on October 25, 2026.

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