HEAVYPAINT vs Doodraw
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
HEAVYPAINT
This app offers a raw digital painting experience with unique tools for creating textured art and quick studies. It's designed for artists who embrace digital chaos and seek a streamlined, mobile art studio.
- Unique digital brushes
- Color Jitter for texture
- Fast color blocking tools
- Line Blend for gradients
- Liquify tool
- Minimalist interface
- Gallery for creations
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Raw digital painting with unique brushes & color chaos. The painter's painting app that celebrates digital chaos. HEAVYPAINT is unapologetically digital and a bit unhinged. It’s a celebration of digital impressionism. Whether you're sketching on the train, painting outdoors, or creating quick color studies, this is your pocket art studio. Unique Digital Tools Color Jitter: Unleash beautiful digital chaos and texture Fan Fill and Lasso Fill for fast color blockins, textured foliage, notan, organic shapes. Rake tool for softening up edges in a graphic way Line Blend for instant gradients Liquify to adjust proportions and shapes Built for Speed & Mobility Perfect pochade box replacement for pleinair painting. Great for quick paintings on public transit, many will finger paint on their phones. Streamlined interface.Focus on pure color and shape without digital clutter. Streamlined Experience Minimalist interface puts painting first Customizable tools that adapt to your style Strong shape design tools for bold, crisp artwork Gallery to review and organize your creations + Plein air painters who want to ditch heavy supplies + Quick color studies and concept sketches + Figure painting and gesture drawing + Artists wanting to rediscover digital painting joy + Anyone seeking a uniquely digital aesthetic HEAVYPAINT balances professional capabilities with unhinged creativity. Embrace procedural randomness / crunchiness / glitchiness that digital enables. Touch grass. Ideal for pleinair painting and quick studies This app is subject to Apple's standard EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Doodraw
Create instant animations from your drawings without complex timelines or keyframes. This app offers animated brushes and tools to bring your doodles, text, and illustrations to life for social media or design projects.
- Instant animation from drawings
- Animated brushes with adjustable motion
- Frame-by-frame animation assistant
- Per-layer animation controls
- Export as MP4, GIF, or Animated PNG
- Progressive drawing export
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Draw. It moves. Instantly. Doodraw turns your lines into living animations the moment you draw them. Every brush has motion built into the stroke, no timelines, no keyframes, no animation skills needed. Just draw… and watch it come alive. PERFECT FOR CREATING - Animated doodles & GIFs - Handwritten text that moves - Wiggle art for TikTok, Instagram & YouTube - Living illustrations & simple animated characters - Boiling holds and animated accents for 2D animators ANIMATED BRUSHES Each brush comes with its own built-in motion: subtle wiggles, dynamic textures, lively stroke variations. Fine-tune everything, animation intensity, speed, and brush behavior. ANIMATION TOOLS, WITHOUT THE COMPLEXITY - Motion tool to enhance animated strokes - Frame-by-frame animation assistant with onion skin - Per-layer animation controls (intensity & speed) - Duration, playback speed & smoothness settings LAYERS & FULL CONTROL - Flexible layer system, separate elements easily - Edit freely, animate each layer independently EXPORT ANYWHERE - MP4 & GIF & Animated PNG (1080p) - Transparent PNG, drop your art into any project - Progressive drawing export (stroke reveal / timelapse) for a "drawn live" effect - Ready for TikTok, Reels, CapCut, After Effects & more SIMPLE. POWERFUL. The ease of a doodle app. The power of an animation tool. No complexity. No heavy timelines. Just draw, and watch it move. DOODRAW PRO Go further with Pro: watermark-free exports, progressive drawing export, frame-by-frame assistant, per-layer animation controls, and 9 premium animated brushes. Doodraw Pro is available as an auto-renewing subscription (monthly or yearly) or a one-time Lifetime purchase. Subscriptions are billed to your App Store account and renew automatically unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in your App Store settings; if you cancel, access remains active until the end of the billing period. TERMS & PRIVACY Terms of Use: https://www.doodraw.com/legal/terms-of-use/ Privacy Policy: https://www.doodraw.com/legal/privacy-policy/ SUPPORT Questions? We're here: support@doodraw.com
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Verdict
HEAVYPAINT and Doodraw both sit at 4.0 stars, but that hides the real split: 58% of HEAVYPAINT's written reviews are positive against 43% of Doodraw's. Doodraw's advantage is chart position (#121 vs unranked). On price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence 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. HEAVYPAINT sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and Doodraw sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.0 for HEAVYPAINT against 4.1 for Doodraw. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 66 and 88 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 58% of HEAVYPAINT's written reviews are positive against 43% of Doodraw's.
HEAVYPAINT ships an update every 5 weeks, Doodraw monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | HEAVYPAINT | Doodraw |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (66 ratings) | 4.1 (88 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 57.7% of reviews — better | 43.2% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 66 | 88 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Freemium |
| Best chart rank | — | #121 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 37 MB | 79 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | HEAVYPOLY, Inc. | Alexis Gridel |
Customer experience
HEAVYPAINT
Doodraw
Bugs and requests
HEAVYPAINT
Reported bugs
3 issues- Gallery crashes
- Artwork files not saving properly
- Eyedropper tool not working as expected
Requested features
3 requests- Improved layer management
- More customization options
- Better color controls and eyedropper tool
Doodraw
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
HEAVYPAINT
- Gallery Sync Monthly7 Days trial$2.991 Month
- Gallery Sync Yearly$19.991 Year
- Unlock Full Version$9.99
Doodraw
- Doodraw Pro Mensuel$3.991 Month
- Doodraw Pro Annuel7 Days trial$22.991 Year
- Doodraw Pro Lifetime$44.99









