Sketchbook Studio vs PixelPad

Sketchbook Studio is a natural drawing studio made for iPad and Apple Pencil. Sketch, paint, and illustrate with pressure-sensitive brushes, then bring your art into the real world with AR. FEATURES - Brushes: pen, pencil, marker, crayon, fountain, monoline and watercolor - Adjustable brush size and a full color picker with opacity - Color fill (paint bucket) and a precise eraser - Layers: add, duplicate, reorder, lock, hide and blend with per-layer opacity - Ruler for clean straight lines - Symmetry guides: vertical, horizontal and 4-way kaleidoscope - Filter effects: mono, sepia, vibrant, invert, comic and soft blur - Page templates: blank, ring file, ruled, grid, dot grid, isometric, storyboard and music staff - Learn by tracing: import a photo as an adjustable-opacity reference overlay - Apple Pencil with palm rejection - Place your finished sketch into the real world as an AR effect - Your sketches are saved on your device Whether you are sketching ideas, studying from references, designing characters or just doodling, Sketchbook Studio gives you a fast, natural canvas on iPad.

PixelPad is a focused pixel art and sprite animation studio for iPad and iPhone. Draw precise pixels with Apple Pencil or touch, build frame-by-frame animations, and export assets without leaving your device. DRAW WITH PRECISION • Work on crisp 8×8 to 128×128 canvases • Use Pencil, Eraser, Fill, Eyedropper, and Selection tools • Pan and zoom without losing the pixel grid • Undo and redo complete strokes ANIMATE FRAME BY FRAME • Add, duplicate, delete, and reorder frames • Set a project frame rate or tune timing per frame • Compare neighboring frames with color-coded onion skins • Preview animation with the same timing used for GIF export BUILD YOUR PALETTE • Add, remove, and reorder colors • Start with built-in palettes • Save reusable custom palette presets EXPORT GAME-READY ASSETS • Export transparent or solid-background PNGs • Create animated GIFs • Arrange sprite sheets by rows and columns • Control frame spacing and 1×, 2×, or 4× scale PRIVATE BY DEFAULT PixelPad currently works offline, requires no account, and stores projects on your device. Export through the standard share sheet whenever you are ready. The app starts in English. Korean is available at any time in Settings.