SketchPath vs Sketchwise
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SketchPath
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Anyone can learn to draw. SketchPath shows you how, one short lesson at a time. Built for absolute beginners — not for artists who already know what to practice. Every lesson is a guided, roughly ten-minute path: read the concept, follow the demonstration, try the exercise, save the result. HOW IT FEELS DIFFERENT • Bite-sized — most lessons run about ten minutes. Fits into a lunch break. • Structured — every lesson builds on the last. No guessing what to study next. • Encouraging — written for people who said "I can't draw a straight line." • Yours — your sketches stay on your device. No social feed, no likes. DAILY PRACTICE, BUILT IN A new prompt every day in the Practice tab — quick gesture warm-ups, free-draw sessions, or copy-from-reference exercises. Set an optional reminder for the time you'd actually pick up a pencil. YOUR PORTFOLIO Snap a photo of every drawing and watch your skill grow week by week. Delete, share, or keep them private — everything stays on your device. THOUGHTFULLY DESIGNED • Full Dark Mode • Dynamic Type — readable at any text size • Built natively for iPhone • No account required to start FREE TO START Begin learning with free foundational lessons. When you're ready for more, unlock the full curriculum with a subscription — monthly, annual, or a one-time lifetime purchase. The price for your region is shown in the app before you buy. Subscriptions auto-renew unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. Manage or cancel anytime in Settings → Apple Account → Subscriptions. Privacy Policy: https://sketchpath.app/privacy Terms of Use: https://sketchpath.app/terms Questions or feedback? moz1131125@gmail.com
Sketchwise
Transform any photo into a personalized, step-by-step drawing lesson. Receive instant feedback on each stage and track your progress with a scored final report. Learn to draw with structure and confidence.
- Photo to step-by-step drawing lesson
- Custom guide images for each stage
- Real-time feedback and scoring
- Scored final drawing report
- Multiple drawing styles and levels
- Progress tracking and gallery
- Built for real paper drawing
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Sketchwise turns any photo into a step-by-step drawing lesson built for you, then coaches you through it stroke by stroke. HOW IT WORKS Pick a reference photo, a face, a pet, a building, anything you want to draw. Sketchwise studies it and builds a custom lesson broken into clear construction stages, each with its own guide image showing exactly what to put on the page. Draw each stage on real paper. Snap it. Get specific feedback on what is working and what to fix before you move on. A GUIDE IMAGE FOR EVERY STAGE No vague advice. Every step comes with a generated guide showing the shapes, proportions, contours, shading, or details for that stage, so you always know what the page should look like before you commit a line. FEEDBACK AS YOU GO, NOT JUST AT THE END Each step is reviewed on its own. You get a score, a short summary, the corrections that matter, and one clear next action. Mistakes get caught at stage two instead of surviving to the finished drawing. A SCORED FINAL REPORT Finish a lesson and get a full breakdown, proportions, shading, accuracy and more, each scored and explained, plus what you did well and what to focus on next time. CHOOSE YOUR STYLE AND LEVEL Pencil sketch, manga, watercolor, realistic graphite or cartoon, at beginner, intermediate or advanced. The same photo becomes a different lesson depending on what you pick. BUILT FOR REAL PAPER This is not a digital canvas. Use whatever you have, pencil, pen, notebook, sketchbook, and build skills that stay with you when the phone is away. TRACK REAL PROGRESS Finished drawings are saved to your gallery, and every completed lesson earns XP and builds your streak. Progress you can actually see, instead of a vague sense that you are getting better. DRAW TOGETHER Pin a finished drawing to the community wall, praise great lines, proportions and shading, and draw along with any drawing you like. Start a challenge to draw the same subject as your friends: compare the drawings side by side, vote, and see the People's choice and the Coach's pick. Friends can vote on the web, no app needed. TRY IT FREE Sample lessons, including five quick four-step ones, are free, with a guide image for every stage and an AI review of your drawing once a day, up to three times a month. A subscription adds custom lessons from your own photos. MADE FOR Absolute beginners who do not know where to start. People coming back to drawing after years away. Anyone who can copy a photo but wants to understand why it works. Manga, portrait and pencil sketchers who want structure instead of another blank page. Pick a photo and draw your first lesson today. Sketchwise is a subscription. Sample lessons are free; building custom lessons from your own photos requires an active subscription, which renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in your App Store account settings. This app follows the standard Apple Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
SketchPath and Sketchwise are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
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. SketchPath sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month and Sketchwise sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
| Parameter | SketchPath | Sketchwise |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 1.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 1 — better |
| Update frequency | — | Every 9 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | — | Subscription |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 16.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 35 MB | 79 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 城林 吴 | Maxime Gheysen |
In-app purchases
SketchPath
- Monthly$9.991 Month
- Annual$29.991 Year
- Lifetime$79.99
Sketchwise
- Sketchwise Monthly$9.991 Month
- Sketchwise Annual3 Days trial$59.991 Year








