Comparison

Poster Maker vs Simple Sketchbook

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

Head to head
About

Poster Maker

Easily create professional flyers, posters, banners, and social media graphics without graphic design experience. Choose from over 1000 customizable templates and a vast library of fonts, stickers, and backgrounds to bring your ideas to life.

Highlights
  • 1000+ editable templates
  • Drag-and-drop editor
  • Extensive font and sticker library
  • Multi-purpose design tool
  • HD resolution output
  • Social media optimized sizes
Features
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Transform your ideas into stunning posters, flyers, banners, and marketing designs in minutes! Flyer Maker & Poster Maker is the powerful all-in-one graphic design app that makes professional design fast, easy, and fun – no design skills needed. Whether you're a business owner, event planner, marketer, teacher, or just need beautiful designs quickly, our poster maker and flyer maker app has everything you need. Why Choose Flyer Maker & Poster Maker? Drag-and-drop editor with intuitive tools – perfect for beginners and pros 1000+ professional, fully customizable templates for posters, flyers, banners, invitations & more Powerful AI features to speed up your design process Huge library of stickers, icons, fonts, shapes, and backgrounds Easy photo & logo import with background remover HD export for print or digital use Ready-made sizes for Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, WhatsApp & more What You Can Create: Business flyers, promotional posters & sale banners Event posters, party invitations & festival designs Restaurant menus, food flyers & takeaway banners Real estate flyers & property listings Social media posts, stories & ads Wedding invitations, birthdays & celebration cards Educational posters, brochures & certificates Key Features: 1000+ beautiful templates updated regularly Full customization: text, colors, fonts, backgrounds Professional print-ready quality One-tap social media sharing Fast performance and easy editing Flyer Maker & Poster Maker is the perfect tool for small businesses, entrepreneurs, students, teachers, event organizers, and anyone who wants to create eye-catching marketing materials without hiring a designer. Download now and start creating stunning posters, flyers, banners, and ads today! Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://www.haleemaglobal.com/privacy-policy.html

About

Simple Sketchbook

A digital sketchbook for iPad and iPhone that offers a clean, fast drawing experience without distractions. Create multiple sketchbooks with various paper styles, utilize layers, and import reference images. Export your work as high-resolution PNGs, PDFs, or timelapse videos.

Highlights
  • Distraction-free drawing interface
  • Multiple sketchbooks with custom paper styles
  • Multi-layer support with opacity and blend modes
  • Import reference images
  • Export pages as PNG or PDF
  • Generate timelapse videos of drawings
  • Face ID/Touch ID sketchbook lock
Features
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App Description Simple Sketchbook is a distraction-free sketchbook for iPad, designed around the Apple Pencil but will also work with your finger. No subscription. No social features. Just a clean, fast place to draw. Create as many sketchbooks as you like, each with its own paper style — blank, lined, grid, dotted, or a range of specialty templates. Every sketchbook fills your screen edge to edge, and the canvas stays fixed in space when you rotate your iPad, so your drawing never moves out from under your hand. There is no zoom by design on iPad (iPhone users can double-tap to zoom), just a regular sketchbook page in digital space. Layers, done simply Each page supports multiple layers with individual opacity, blend mode, and visibility controls. Bring in photos from your library or drag and drop images directly onto the canvas to use as reference or compose with your work. Reposition, scale, and rotate images freely before committing them to the page. Export your work Export any page as a high-resolution PNG — with or without the background — or export an entire sketchbook as a PDF. Generate a timelapse video of your drawing process, perfect for sharing how a piece came together. Your sketchbooks, backed up Back up any sketchbook to a single file and restore it on any of your iPads. Backups scale automatically to fit the screen, so moving from an iPad mini to an iPad Pro keeps everything looking right. Lock individual sketchbooks with Face ID or Touch ID. Simple Sketchbook is a distraction-free drawing notebook for iPad and iPhone, built for the feel of putting pencil to paper, with just enough digital magic to make every page more useful than a physical one. Draw naturally A slim, always-out-of-the-way tool strip puts your pen, sizes, opacity and colours one tap away, no picker popovers, no hunting through menus. Double-tap or squeeze your Apple Pencil to switch tools instantly, or rest two fingers on the page to pull up the full tool grid without ever putting your pencil down. Layer it up Sketch, ink, and shade on separate layers. Drop in a photo and arrange it (move, scale, rotate) right on the canvas. Add a storyboard frame template for comic panels and animatics. Blend, reorder, and merge layers exactly like a design tool, but built for a sketchbook workflow. Paper that feels right Choose plain, lined, grid, dotted, or textured paper for every notebook, whatever the page is for, to structured notes. Watch your drawing come to life Every stroke is quietly recorded as you draw. Export a timelapse video of any page, or a whole run of pages, and watch a sketch build itself from first line to finished piece. Say what you're thinking Record a voice reflection on any page, your process, your intent, what you'd change next time, and Simple Sketchbook transcribes it on-device, completely privately. Reflections play back alongside your timelapse, or export as Markdown for a portfolio or journal. Yours, and only yours Lock any notebook with Face ID or Touch ID. Back up and restore your entire sketchbook library whenever you like. Nothing leaves your device unless you choose to share it. Whether you're a student building a visual journal, an artist studying your own process, or just someone who likes to draw — Simple Sketchbook gets out of your way and lets the page do the work.

Screenshots

Poster Maker4 screens
Simple Sketchbook2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Poster Maker at 5.0 against Simple Sketchbook's 4.3. Poster Maker also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 26.0). Simple Sketchbook's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 5). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume and update cadence 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. Poster Maker sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days. Simple Sketchbook asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Poster Maker holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 6 and 3 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Poster Maker ships an update fortnightly, Simple Sketchbook every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on September 27, 2026 and September 17, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Poster Maker versus Simple Sketchbook: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPoster MakerSimple Sketchbook
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (6 ratings) — better4.3 (3 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings6 — better3
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 9 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size52 MB53 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMuhammad JamalDuncan Pollock

Customer experience

Poster Maker

All ratings6 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Simple Sketchbook

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

5 purchases

Poster Maker

Subscriptions5
  • Poster Maker - Weekly$2.997 Days
  • Poster Maker - Monthly$7.991 Month
  • Poster Maker - Yearly$12.991 Year
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  • Quarterly - Limited Time Offer$12.993 Months
  • Poster Maker - Yearly3 Days trial$24.991 Year
None

Simple Sketchbook

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Poster Maker free?
Poster Maker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Simple Sketchbook free?
Simple Sketchbook is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Poster Maker or Simple Sketchbook?
Poster Maker is rated higher. Poster Maker averages 5.0 out of 5 from 6 ratings, while Simple Sketchbook averages 4.3 from 3 ratings.
Do Poster Maker or Simple Sketchbook have ads?
Neither Poster Maker nor Simple Sketchbook shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Poster Maker or Simple Sketchbook?
Poster Maker ships an update fortnightly, and Simple Sketchbook every 9 days. Most recently, Poster Maker was updated on September 27, 2026 and Simple Sketchbook on September 17, 2026.

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