Comparison

Micapaint vs doodloop

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

Head to head
About

Micapaint

This drawing application offers a fluid and intuitive painting experience with a focus on performance and a clean interface. It provides a wide array of free tools and features, with optional pro features available for purchase.

Highlights
  • 120fps smooth brush performance
  • Slime Brush for precise filling
  • Workspace-first UI
  • Unlimited layers
  • Filter layers for non-destructive adjustments
  • Liquify tools
  • PSD import/export
Features
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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

About

doodloop

Features
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doodloop is a drawing pad for kids and grown-ups. Your lines stay yours — wobbly, naive, in the colours you picked — and then, if you want, the drawing becomes one short loop. DRAW, FOR FREE • Pencil, ink pen, marker, crayon, chalk, watercolour, spray, highlighter, neon and rainbow — real-feeling strokes with pressure and tilt on Apple Pencil, and with your finger too. • Sizes that match the tool: a pencil has three, a brush has five. • A floating paint palette: tap a well, mix shades, keep your recent colours. A colour wheel and an eyedropper when you want any colour. • Hold still at the end of a stroke and it snaps to a clean line, circle or rectangle. Turn it off in Settings if you like the wobble. • Symmetry: draw one side, the other side follows. • Photo → sketch: turn a photo into faint grey lines under your drawing and trace over it. The photo never ends up in your picture. • Timelapse: replay how the drawing was made and save it as a video. • Up to 8 layers, undo with a two-finger tap, redo with three. Everything saves by itself. A gallery keeps every drawing. • Share a clean white PNG of the drawing only — no buttons, no chrome. LOOP Tap Loop, choose 6, 10 or 15 seconds, and the drawing becomes one muted looping clip. The instructions we send always say: one clip, one shot, do not redraw, do not restyle, no 3D, no photoreal — keep every wobbly stroke. Save it as a video or a GIF. Loops use credits (6 s = 1, 10 s = 2, 15 s = 3). Credits come in packs of 3, 10 and 30. There is no subscription and nothing is unlimited. Drawing tools are always free. Purchases sit behind a grown-up gate. WHAT doodloop DOES NOT DO No account. No chat. No ads. No social feed. Drawings stay on your device unless you save or share them. When you make a loop, only the white drawing PNG and the text instructions leave the device, to generate that one clip. For iPad and iPhone.

Screenshots

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Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: doodloop at 3 against Micapaint's 1. doodloop also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Micapaint sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and doodloop sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Micapaint ships an update every 9 days, doodloop every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on November 8, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Micapaint versus doodloop: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMicapaintdoodloop
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (12 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings12 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 9 daysEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS1715.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size13 MB19 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSHOGO SEKIYongsu Lim

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Micapaint

One-time1
  • Micapaint Pro (Lifetime)$11.99
3 purchases

doodloop

One-time3
  • 3 Loop Credits$5.99
  • 10 Loop Credits$17.99
  • 30 Loop Credits$49.99

Questions

Is Micapaint free?
Micapaint is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is doodloop free?
doodloop is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Micapaint or doodloop have ads?
Neither Micapaint nor doodloop shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Micapaint or doodloop?
Micapaint ships an update every 9 days, and doodloop every 5 days. Most recently, Micapaint was updated on November 8, 2026 and doodloop on October 31, 2026.

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