Comparison

EtchDraw vs Trazu

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side β€” with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

EtchDraw

Features
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MagicDrawing is a nostalgic drawing app inspired by the classic etch-a-sketch toy. Turn the dial to draw lines, just like the old days β€” simple, relaxing, and fun! β€’ Choose from multiple colors and line widths β€’ Use dials or directional buttons β€’ Shake to erase your drawing Bring back your childhood creativity in a modern way!

About

Trazu

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A painting and drawing app. Free to start. Trazu Premium is a single one-time purchase, yours for life, no subscription. The brush carries a charge of paint that depletes as you drag, picks up wet color already on the canvas, and responds to pressure and speed. Nine mediums, each with its own behavior. Oil drags and blends. Watercolor goes translucent and blooms at the edges. Charcoal, chalk, and pastel catch the grain. Ink stays crisp. Airbrush lays soft gradients, blending stumps move paint without adding any, and a basic medium covers quick sketching. Paint in layers. Keep the sketch, the color and the details apart, and hide, rename, fade or merge any of them. Select part of a layer by rectangle, freehand or ellipse, then move, scale or turn it. Composition guides sit over the canvas while you paint and never reach your export: the rule of thirds, diagonals and a grid, and the classical constructions of the masters, from the golden section and golden spiral to dynamic symmetry and the harmonic armature. Over twenty brush tips, twelve paper textures, six canvas shapes, a full HSB color picker with hex input and recent colors. Eyedropper, paint bucket flood fill, symmetry, flip, and undo. Import a photo and paint over it. Four study views (Value, Temperature, Saturation, Contrast) let you flip the canvas and read your work while you paint. Everything stays on your device. No account, no sign-up, no ads, no cross-app tracking. Works fully offline. Free includes over twenty brushes, nine papers, three layers, the everyday composition guides, PNG and JPEG export, and ten saved drawings. Trazu Premium removes the drawing limit and unlocks up to twenty layers, the classical composition guides, the four study views, transparent PNG export, six master brushes (silverpoint, contΓ©, scumble, blending stump, tortillon, and airbrush), and three master papers (black, laid Ingres, terracotta).

Screenshots

EtchDraw4 screens
Trazu4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: EtchDraw at none against Trazu's 1. Trazu's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS

CostPrice Β· In-app purchases Β· Ads Β· Monetization

Both are free to download. Trazu sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. EtchDraw asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences Β· 4 level
EtchDraw versus Trazu: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEtchDrawTrazu
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyβ€”Fortnightly
AdsYesNo β€” better
In-app purchasesNo β€” betterYes
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac β€” better
Requires iOS15.1 β€” better16.0
Further details β€” not scored
Size17 MB32 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBetaphoniaPaintingstack Technologies SpA

In-app purchases

None

EtchDraw

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Trazu

One-time1
  • Trazu Premium$9.99

Questions

Is EtchDraw free?
EtchDraw is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Trazu free?
Trazu is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do EtchDraw or Trazu have ads?
EtchDraw shows ads; Trazu does not.

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