inkBlox vs Bantam Tools Draw
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
inkBlox
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Official pixel art design app for the inkBlox kit. inkBlox App helps you to design, edit and manage your pixel art projects. Plan your prints in the app and bring them to life with the inkBlox Print-Making Kit! Special features in the app like shape builder and mirror feature are built to specially assist the inkBlox print-making process.
Bantam Tools Draw
This app transforms your sketches into clean vector line work for art machines. It focuses on capturing individual strokes as precise paths, ideal for pen plotters and physical art reproduction. Designed for artists and engineers, it offers Apple Pencil and touch input.
- Vector line work creation
- Apple Pencil and touch support
- SVG export for art machines
- Clean stroke capture
- Minimalist interface
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Bantam Tools Draw is a minimalist iPad drawing app to turns your sketches into Art Machine ready line work. It offers Apple Pencil responsiveness, as well as touch drawing, and SVG export optimized for physical machines to reproduce your art. While most iPad drawing apps focus on blending, shading, and screen-based illustration, often converting strokes into filled shapes, Draw doesn’t. It captures each stroke as a single, clean vector path, exactly what pen plotters need. Whether you're drafting technical diagrams, exploring generative patterns, creating meditative hand-drawn designs, or combining art and engineering with a generation already comfortable drawing on iPads, Draw helps you draw with intention and plot with precision.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: inkBlox at Free against Bantam Tools Draw's $9.99. inkBlox also leads on iOS requirement (15.6 vs 18.0). Bantam Tools Draw's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 6 months) and chart position (#29 vs unranked). On 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
inkBlox is free to download; Bantam Tools Draw costs $9.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
inkBlox ships an update every 6 months, Bantam Tools Draw every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 19, 2026 and September 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | inkBlox | Bantam Tools Draw |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $9.99 |
| Rating | — | 4.8 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 4 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | — | Paid |
| Best chart rank | — | #29 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 33 MB | 22 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | inkBlox | BantamTools |
In-app purchases
inkBlox
No in-app purchases
Bantam Tools Draw
No in-app purchases
Questions
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