Comparison

BrushBattle vs Swiggle

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

Head to head
About

BrushBattle

Compete in a fast-paced drawing game where you race against opponents to sketch words. An AI analyzes your drawings to determine speed and accuracy. Choose between multiplayer battles or a solo daily challenge.

Highlights
  • Real-time multiplayer drawing battles
  • AI-powered drawing detection
  • Speed mode with daily challenges
  • Draw objects and abstract concepts
  • Compete against up to three players
Features
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BrushBattle is a drawing game with the objective for players to draw terms as quickly as possible. Terms can be objects such as 'table', 'Eiffel Tower', or abstractions such as 'animal migration'. The game uses an AI model to detect what the player is drawing. There are two game modes: Battle and Speed. Battle is a multiplayer game with a maximum of three players where the objective is to draw terms quicker than others. In the Speed mode, the objective is to draw the daily set of 5 terms as quickly as possible.​

About

Swiggle

This drawing game challenges you to transform a single squiggly line into a creative artwork. Send your squiggle to a friend, and they'll turn it into a masterpiece. Build a library of your shared creations.

Highlights
  • Draw a single line
  • Send drawings to friends
  • Transform squiggles into art
  • Pinch to zoom for detail
  • Undo functionality
  • Build a creation library
Features
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PLAY WITH FRIENDS Invite a friend with a single link and you're automatically connected. Send them your swiggle inside the app - no texting required - and when they turn it into art, it lands right back in your library. Your squiggly line, their masterpiece, one growing gallery together. PLAY WITH FRIENDS Invite a friend with a single link and you're automatically connected. Send them your swiggle inside the app - no texting required - and when they turn it into art, it lands right back in your library. Your squiggly line, their masterpiece, one growing gallery together. Draw one line. Send it to a friend. Watch them turn it into art. Swiggle is the drawing game that turns a single squiggly line into endless creativity. Draw your Swiggle — one line, one shot — and send it by text. Your friend's job: transform your squiggle into a drawing, then send their masterpiece back. Pinch to zoom for tiny details. Undo when inspiration strikes twice. Build a library of every Swiggle you've sent and every artwork you've received. No ads. No accounts. No data collected. Just draw.

Screenshots

BrushBattle4 screens
Swiggle4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Swiggle at none against BrushBattle's shown. Swiggle also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs every 3 weeks) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). BrushBattle's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for BrushBattle against 5.0 for Swiggle. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 4 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

BrushBattle ships an update every 3 weeks, Swiggle every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
BrushBattle versus Swiggle: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBrushBattleSwiggle
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (4 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings24 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 4 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supportedFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size30 MB24 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBrightSpikeWiley Hodgden

Customer experience

BrushBattle

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Swiggle

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

BrushBattle

No in-app purchases

None

Swiggle

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is BrushBattle free?
BrushBattle is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Swiggle free?
Swiggle is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, BrushBattle or Swiggle?
BrushBattle and Swiggle are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 2 and 4 ratings respectively.
Do BrushBattle or Swiggle have ads?
BrushBattle shows ads; Swiggle does not.
Which is updated more often, BrushBattle or Swiggle?
BrushBattle ships an update every 3 weeks, and Swiggle every 4 days. Most recently, BrushBattle was updated on November 4, 2026 and Swiggle on October 31, 2026.

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