Micapaint vs AuniDraw
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Micapaint
This drawing application offers a smooth and fluid painting experience with advanced brush technology and a user-friendly interface. It provides a wide array of free tools and features for digital art creation, with optional pro features available for purchase.
- Smooth 120fps brush performance
- Slime Brush for precise filling
- Workspace-first UI
- Unlimited layers
- Filter layers for non-destructive adjustments
- Liquify tools
- PSD import/export
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Made with a love of painting, Micapaint puts a delightful drawing experience above everything else. Key Features - Smooth brush performance at 120fps: even 1000×1000 blending brushes run fluidly. - "Slime Brush" that fills regions without spilling outside broken lines. - A simple, workspace-first UI that maximizes your canvas. - No ads. Use most tools without limits, for free. Free Features - Pencil, G-pen, watercolor blending, blur - Lasso fill - Unlimited layers (as long as memory allows) - Layer folders - Clipping masks (yes, even for folders!) - Canvas flip for preview - Alpha lock - Filters (Hue/Saturation/Lightness, Brightness & Contrast, Tone Curve, Noise, Dither, Gradient Map, Blur, Chromatic Aberration) - Filter Layers (Non-destructive adjustment layers) - Saturation adjustment that preserves perceived brightness - Selection & transform - Liquify (push, expand, pinch, rotate, reset) - Paint bucket fill - Image import - Standard blend modes - Mini canvas view - Reference images displayed over the canvas - PSD import / export - Undo / redo - Adjustable stabilizer strength - Barrel roll support - Customizable toolbar (button count & layout) - Color history and swatches - Timelapse recording - Crop / resize the canvas you're editing (free up to 5 times) Pro Features (available with in-app purchase) - Canvas reordering - Brush export and import - Unlimited canvas crop / resize
AuniDraw
This app offers a professional digital painting experience with a clean interface and powerful tools like layers, blend modes, and an extensive brush library. It supports Apple Pencil for natural drawing and includes features for exporting high-resolution artwork and creating speedpaint videos.
- Full layer support with blend modes
- Extensive brush library
- Apple Pencil support (pressure & tilt)
- Advanced color tools
- Unlimited undo history
- High-resolution export
- Built-in speedpaint recording
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AuniDraw is a full-featured digital painting app built for real artistic work, not just quick doodles, though it handles those beautifully too. Underneath its clean, responsive canvas is a genuinely professional toolset: layers, blend modes, a deep brush library, and full Apple Pencil support with pressure sensitivity and tilt. Whether you're sketching a quick idea, building a fully layered illustration, or recording your process for social media, AuniDraw adapts to how you work. It's just as ready for a first digital sketch as it is for a finished, professional piece. DRAWING & PAINTING - Full layer support with blend modes for building complex, multi-layered artwork - Deep, extensive brush library covering everything from fine detail work to bold, expressive strokes - Apple Pencil support with pressure sensitivity and tilt for natural, responsive lines COLOR & WORKFLOW - Advanced color tools for precise, professional-level color work - Unlimited undo history, so you can experiment freely without losing your progress - Smooth, fast performance that keeps up even with detailed, layered work EXPORT & SHARE - Export finished artwork in high resolution, ready for print or high-quality sharing - Built-in speedpaint recording that captures your entire drawing process automatically - Export your process as a shareable speedpaint video, great for social media or tutorials BUILT FOR IPAD - Dedicated iPad-optimized interface, not just a stretched-out iPhone layout - Feels just as natural on iPhone for drawing on the go AuniDraw brings professional-grade tools into a clean, focused interface: powerful enough for finished illustration work, simple enough that nothing gets in the way of your next idea. Download AuniDraw and start drawing today.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: AuniDraw at 5.0 against Micapaint's 4.4. AuniDraw also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and device support (3 vs 1). Micapaint's advantage is ratings volume (11 vs 3). On price, review sentiment, update cadence and ads 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. Micapaint sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. AuniDraw asks for nothing beyond the download.
AuniDraw holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 11 and 3 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
Micapaint ships an update every 9 days, AuniDraw every 5 days. Both last shipped on November 5, 2026.
| Parameter | Micapaint | AuniDraw |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (11 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 11 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 13 MB | 58 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | SHOGO SEKI | Andrei Skovorodnikov |
Customer experience
Micapaint
AuniDraw
In-app purchases
Micapaint
- Micapaint Pro (Lifetime)$11.99
AuniDraw
No in-app purchases









