Comparison

AI Coloring vs Squiggle Studio

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

Head to head
About

AI Coloring

This app uses AI to create unique coloring pages from your child's ideas, words, or a creative personality quiz. It offers a safe and inspiring way for children to explore their imagination and print their creations for offline coloring.

Highlights
  • AI-generated coloring pages
  • Creative personality quiz
  • Custom word/phrase input
  • Printable designs
  • Discover tab for inspiration
  • Safe for kids with content filtering
Features
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AI Coloring turns your child's ideas into one-of-a-kind coloring pages — powered by AI, designed for families. Discover Your Creative Type Take a quick 5-round quiz and find out whether your child is an Energetic Lion, Explorer Dolphin, Relaxed Turtle, or Meticulous Owl. The app instantly generates personalized coloring pages that match their unique creative style — and they can retake the quiz anytime as their interests grow. Create from Any Word Type in any word or phrase and watch AI generate an original coloring page in about a minute. Pick favorites from the results, print them with one tap, and color offline with pencils and paper. It's a great way to spark conversation — choose words together and see what the AI imagines. Get Inspired Browse the Discover tab for editor-curated designs and surprising motifs you might never have thought of. Fresh inspiration that stretches your child's imagination. Safe for Kids Built-in content filtering automatically blocks inappropriate keywords, so children can explore freely. Once they're familiar with the app, kids can create on their own — no supervision required.

About

Squiggle Studio

This app transforms spoken ideas into printable coloring pages for children. Users can then color, draw on, and save their creations. It prioritizes privacy with no accounts, ads, or tracking.

Highlights
  • Voice-activated drawing generation
  • Extensive coloring tools
  • Freehand drawing capabilities
  • Undo/redo functionality
  • Save and print options
  • Gallery of pre-made images
Features
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Squiggle Studio turns whatever your child can say into a colouring page. Tap the microphone and say an idea — "a dragon reading a book", "a mermaid astronaut" — and a picture appears, ready to colour. Children who can't read yet can pick from the gallery instead: every idea is a picture, not a word. Colour it in. Tap any part to fill it. Sixteen colours, plus a colour wheel for everything in between. Draw on top. Switch to the pencil and add your own lines anywhere. Change your mind. Undo steps back through everything, one tap at a time. Keep it. Save finished drawings to your photos, or print them to colour on paper. Built for families: • No accounts and no sign-in — nothing to set up • No ads of any kind • No analytics or tracking software • We never ask for your child's name, age, photo or location • Drawings stay on your device The only thing that leaves the device is the short text of what to draw, which goes to Google's AI so it can draw it. Our full privacy policy is in the app. SQUIGGLE STUDIO PRO — OPTIONAL SUBSCRIPTION Squiggle Studio is free to use. An optional subscription raises how many new drawings can be made each month. • Title: Squiggle Studio Pro • Length: 1 month, renewing automatically • Price: $2.99 per month (USD; equivalent local price set by Apple) • What it changes: 60 new drawings each month instead of 5. Nothing else is locked behind it — every tool works the same either way, and the 16 gallery pictures are always free. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. The subscription renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period, and your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours before the period ends. Manage or cancel it in your Apple Account settings after purchase. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Full terms: https://squigglestudio.app/terms Privacy Policy: https://squigglestudio.app/privacy

Screenshots

AI Coloring4 screens
Squiggle Studio4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: AI Coloring at none against Squiggle Studio's 1. Squiggle Studio's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs fortnightly). On price, review sentiment, ads and device support 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. Squiggle Studio sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $2.99 per month. AI Coloring asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

AI Coloring ships an update fortnightly, Squiggle Studio every 4 days. Both last shipped on October 5, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
AI Coloring versus Squiggle Studio: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAI ColoringSquiggle Studio
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—3 — better
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size62 MB9 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developerzukan.comNidhi Mehta

Customer experience

AI Coloring

Written reviews4 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Squiggle Studio

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

AI Coloring

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Squiggle Studio

Subscriptions1
  • Squiggle Studio Pro$2.991 Month

Questions

Is AI Coloring free?
AI Coloring is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Squiggle Studio free?
Squiggle Studio is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do AI Coloring or Squiggle Studio have ads?
Neither AI Coloring nor Squiggle Studio shows ads.
Which is updated more often, AI Coloring or Squiggle Studio?
AI Coloring ships an update fortnightly, and Squiggle Studio every 4 days. Most recently, AI Coloring was updated on October 5, 2026 and Squiggle Studio on October 5, 2026.

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