Graph Paper vs Ctrl Player
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Graph Paper
This app provides a minimalist digital sketchpad with a hand-drawn feel for planning, diagramming, and doodling. It offers both freehand and vector drawing tools, grid alignment, and iCloud sync for seamless workflow across devices.
- Authentic hand-drawn feel
- Blueprint and Graph Paper modes
- Freehand and Vector drawing tools
- Grid-aligned shapes and text
- Precise shape editing
- iCloud sync
- Export sketches as images
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Sketch fast. Think clearly. Graph Paper gives you a beautifully simple space to draw ideas with an authentic, hand-drawn feel — now with Blueprint Mode and Vector Drawing. Whether you're planning UI layouts, sketching diagrams, mapping rooms, or just doodling, Graph Paper keeps things delightfully minimal so you can focus on the idea, not the tool. Features • Authentic hand-drawn feel with smooth, responsive pens • Blueprint Mode with black, white, cyan and red inks • Graph Paper Mode with classic black, blue, red and green pens • Freehand and Vector tools for clean shapes or quick sketches • Grid-aligned rectangles, lines, ellipses & text • Precise shape editing with adjustable vector handles • iCloud sync across all your devices • Export your sketches as images for notes, design docs or sharing A simple, satisfying sketchpad — perfect for designers, developers, makers, planners, students, and anyone who thinks best on graph paper.
Ctrl Player
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For Version 2 of Ctrl Suite. The intuitive app making it easier than ever to control your installation's audio, entertainment, video, lighting, and so much more. Player makes control of multiple pieces of complex equipment on your installation centralised & simple by allowing you to view and interact with your Ctrl Suite interfaces. Player presents the customisable buttons, sliders, steppers, images, device modules & more in a form that makes triggering automation, controlling devices intuitive and straightforward for any level of technical ability. Player setup has been designed to be as simple and user-proofed as possible. Connect and go. Once the App is opened, Player can be discovered and adopted into a Ctrl Engine session over your local network to allow users to start controlling the installation. Why limit yourself to one device? The Ctrl Suite architecture allows you to connect multiple Player devices on the same installation. The system state is synchronised between all of them over the Ctrl Engine. Within Ctrl Designer, your Player interfaces can be authored to trigger devices using the following protocol types: · MIDI / Musical Instrument Digital Interface · OSC / Open Sound Control · UDP / User Datagram Protocol · HTTP(S) / HTTP(S)/1.1 Methods, Headers, Body · TCP / Transmission Control Protocol · MQTT / MQ Telemetry Transport · Serial · KNX over IP · Telnet · Timecode Alternatively, you can map each interface button to be fed into a logic process within Ctrl Engine to manipulate the input in real-time for more advanced projects. We’re always adding custom interface modules to simplify interaction with specific services to help you create the ultimate unified control interface for your installation: · Session timers · Buttons · Sliders · Steppers · Titles · Text · Images · Audio controls · Tab navigation bars · Side navigation bars · Module Specific controls Ctrl Player displays all customisation options defined in Ctrl Designer: · Custom background images & logos · Custom background colours Contact our team through our website if you're looking at Ctrl Suite for a project or installation and want to try the entire system.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Graph Paper at daily against Ctrl Player's every 2 months. Ctrl Player's advantage is iOS requirement (16.0 vs 18.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Graph Paper ships an update daily, Ctrl Player every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on June 5, 2026 and September 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Graph Paper | Ctrl Player |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.8 (8 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 25.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 8 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Daily — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 16.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 21 MB | 21 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Accidental Fish Ltd. | ON LX Limited |
In-app purchases
Graph Paper
No in-app purchases
Ctrl Player
No in-app purchases









