Comparison

DrawingCanvas vs Gridder

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

Head to head
About

DrawingCanvas

This app provides a simple yet powerful digital whiteboard experience. It offers various colors, shapes, and essential tools like undo/redo and grid mode. Users can save their creations or share them with others.

Highlights
  • Multiple colors
  • Adjustable shape sizes
  • Undo/Redo functionality
  • Grid mode
  • Save to photos
  • Share with friends
Features
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DrawingCanvas is a clean and flexible drawing app for sketching ideas, creating artwork, taking visual notes, and building layered compositions. Start with a blank canvas, draw naturally, add photos, organize layers, and use selection tools to refine your work. The interface stays simple so you can focus on drawing instead of managing complicated settings. Features: - Natural drawing experience - Layers for organized artwork - Undo and redo support - Brush and color controls - Photo import - Selection tools - Portrait and landscape editing - Clean file management - Mock data mode for preview screenshots ----- DrawingCanvas Pro is available with a monthly or annual subscription. You can subscribe and pay through your Apple account. Your subscription will automatically renew unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Auto-renew may be turned off after purchase. Terms of Use: https://www.zhihuke.com/drawingcanvas/terms.html Privacy Policy: https://www.zhihuke.com/drawingcanvas/privacy.html

About

Gridder

Easily add customizable grid lines to your photos. Perfect for artists and illustrators, this tool lets you import images, adjust grid settings like line thickness and color, and export your work for sketching or reference.

Highlights
  • Import and crop images
  • Customizable grid lines
  • Adjust rows and columns
  • Control line thickness and opacity
  • Change grid line color
  • Export images with grid
Features
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Gridder is a customizable image grid overlay tool — designed for artists and illustrators who sketch from photo references or plan paintings. Import any image, crop it to your desired format, and apply a customizable grid. You can adjust the number of rows and columns, grid line thickness, opacity, and color to suit your style. When you're ready, export the final image with the grid applied for printing, sketching, or saving to your reference library.

Screenshots

DrawingCanvas3 screens
Gridder4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Gridder at none against DrawingCanvas's 3. Gridder also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 17.0). DrawingCanvas's advantage is ratings volume (6 vs 1). On price, rating, 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. DrawingCanvas sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.49 per month. Gridder asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for DrawingCanvas against 5.0 for Gridder. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: DrawingCanvas has 6 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
DrawingCanvas versus Gridder: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDrawingCanvasGridder
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (6 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings6 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 25 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemiumFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB34 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer杏娣 吴Qing Yan

Customer experience

DrawingCanvas

All ratings6 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Gridder

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

DrawingCanvas

Subscriptions2
  • DrawingCanvas Pro$1.491 Month
  • DrawingCanvas Pro7 Days trial$7.991 Year
One-time1
  • DrawingCanvas Pro$9.99
None

Gridder

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is DrawingCanvas free?
DrawingCanvas is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Gridder free?
Gridder is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, DrawingCanvas or Gridder?
DrawingCanvas and Gridder are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 6 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do DrawingCanvas or Gridder have ads?
Neither DrawingCanvas nor Gridder shows ads.

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