Comparison

ManimStudio vs Draw & Paint

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

Head to head
About

ManimStudio

Create mathematical animations on your iPhone or iPad using a powerful open-source engine. Write code to define scenes and mathematical formulas, then render them into videos directly on your device. Ideal for educators, students, and creators visualizing math concepts.

Highlights
  • Create animated videos with manim's mobject API
  • Render at multiple qualities up to 4K
  • Compose mathematical formulas with bundled LaTeX
  • Auto-detect Scene classes with built-in picker
  • Preview rendered videos instantly
  • Works entirely offline
  • Bundles manim and all dependencies
Features
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ManimStudio renders mathematical animations on iPhone and iPad using manim, the open-source animation engine behind 3Blue1Brown's videos. Type a Scene class, tap Render, and watch the math come to life as a video — entirely on-device, no signup, no cloud. Built for math educators, content creators, and students who want to visualize mathematics without leaving their iPhone or iPad. ManimStudio bundles everything manim needs — there is nothing to install or configure. WHAT YOU CAN DO • Author Scene classes that produce animated videos using manim's full mobject API: Text, MathTex, Circle, Square, Arrow, Graph, NumberPlane, Transform, FadeIn, Write, Create. • Render at multiple qualities (480p, 720p, 1080p, 4K) with hardware video encoding via Apple VideoToolbox. • Compose mathematical formulas with LaTeX-backed Tex and MathTex mobjects — the LaTeX engine is bundled, no internet needed. • Auto-detect every Scene class in your file with the built-in scene picker. • Preview the rendered video the moment manim finishes — saved as MP4 to the Files app or shared to Photos, AirDrop, Mail. WHAT'S BUNDLED manim, numpy, scipy, sympy, matplotlib, plotly, PyAV, Cairo, and a full LaTeX engine. ManimStudio works entirely offline. No account, no telemetry, no internet required.

About

Draw & Paint

Features
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Create without limits on a calm, powerful canvas built for iPad. Creative Canvas is a digital art studio for sketching, painting, and illustration. Start a new canvas, pick expressive brushes, and shape every stroke with size, opacity, and color controls that stay out of your way. Made for real creative work • Sketch, paint, smudge, erase, and fill with precision • Layered artwork with lock, alpha lock, duplicate, and reorder • Brush library for sketching and painting styles • Color Studio with eyedropper and rich color control • Guides, shapes, text, and vector tools for clean layouts • Paper styles, adjustments, zoom, and undo/redo • Export and share—or save finished pieces to Photos Whether you’re doodling ideas, building illustrations, practicing calligraphy, or finishing a portrait, Creative Canvas keeps your tools close and your focus on the art. Privacy policy: https://digitalhole.github.io/DHPrivacy.html Standard Apple Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

ManimStudio4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: ManimStudio at none against Draw & Paint's 1. ManimStudio also leads on ads (none vs shown). Draw & Paint's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs weekly). On price, device support and iOS requirement 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. Draw & Paint sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. ManimStudio asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ManimStudio ships an update weekly, Draw & Paint every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 18, 2026 and October 19, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
ManimStudio versus Draw & Paint: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterManimStudioDraw & Paint
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 2 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPad
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size761 MB14 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developerchienchung YuArima Jain

In-app purchases

None

ManimStudio

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Draw & Paint

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$5.99

Questions

Is ManimStudio free?
ManimStudio is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Draw & Paint free?
Draw & Paint is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do ManimStudio or Draw & Paint have ads?
Draw & Paint shows ads; ManimStudio does not.
Which is updated more often, ManimStudio or Draw & Paint?
ManimStudio ships an update weekly, and Draw & Paint every 2 days. Most recently, ManimStudio was updated on October 18, 2026 and Draw & Paint on October 19, 2026.

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