Acrylic University vs drawsta
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Acrylic University
Access all your art tutorial videos in one convenient place. Receive notifications for new content and easily save your favorite lessons for quick access. Enjoy a seamless viewing experience without needing to remember passwords.
- Access all videos in one app
- Push notifications for news
- Password-free video access
- Save favorite posts
- Easy to use interface
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Inside the Acrylic University app, you can: Access all of your videos in one easy to use app Receive push notifications with the latest news and updates Access to all of your videos without having to remember your password Save your favorite posts so you can quickly find them later END USER LICENSE AGREEMENT https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
drawsta
This drawing app allows artists to trace images as a ghost layer and ink over them. It features a feed of original artwork and replays drawings as shareable time-lapses. Users can send traceable images via links and sync drawings across devices using iCloud.
- Ghost layer tracing
- Time-lapse drawing playback
- Shareable drawing links
- iCloud sync
- Apple Pencil support
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drawsta is a drawing app for working artists, with the best ways to trace built in. Pick a picture and it lands under your line as a ghost layer. Ink over it. The feed is full of original artwork from weirdLA, album covers from Apple Music, and more. Ghost under. Ink over. Turn the ghost off when the lines hold on their own. Every drawing replays stroke by stroke as a time-lapse you can share. Send a picture to anyone as a link. It opens in drawsta, ready to trace. iPhone and iPad, Apple Pencil or finger. Your drawings sync through your own iCloud. Free. No account.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: drawsta at every 2 days against Acrylic University's every 3 weeks. On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Acrylic University against 5.0 for drawsta. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 2 respectively.
Acrylic University ships an update every 3 weeks, drawsta every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Acrylic University | drawsta |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 37 MB | 38 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Acrylic University | Thisisground |
Customer experience
Acrylic University
drawsta
In-app purchases
Acrylic University
No in-app purchases
drawsta
No in-app purchases
