Comparison

Draw Along vs Doodle Turtle

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

Head to head
About

Draw Along

This app guides children aged 3-8 through drawing and coloring activities with simple, step-by-step animations. It fosters creativity and confidence by allowing kids to save and revisit their artwork in a personal gallery. Designed for ease of use with no reading required, it offers offline play and multiple profiles.

Highlights
  • Step-by-step drawing guidance
  • Interactive tracing and coloring
  • Personal art gallery
  • Multiple child profiles
  • Offline play functionality
  • Adjustable difficulty levels
Features
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Draw Along teaches kids ages 3-8 how to draw, one simple step at a time. Watch each line draw itself and trace along on the dotted guide for every step. Then color your drawing in and save it to your very own art gallery! No ads. No account. Nothing to read for pre-readers. Just draw, color, and feel proud. HOW IT WORKS • Each drawing is broken into small, easy steps — a circle here, a squiggle there • The step animates right on your child's canvas, then stays as a dotted guide to trace • A sparkling dot shows where to start • Finished a step? Big friendly arrows lead to the next one — no reading required WHAT YOUR CHILD CAN DRAW • Animals — puppies, kittens, bunnies, bears, lions and more • Fairy Tale — princesses, a prince, a castle and a pumpkin carriage • Sea Life — fish, turtles, dolphins, sharks and crabs • Fantasy — unicorns, dragons, mermaids, fairies and magic wands • Vehicles — airplanes, trains, fire trucks and sailboats • Dinosaurs — T-Rex, triceratops, stegosaurus and more • Desserts — cupcakes, donuts, ice cream and a birthday cake • Nature — sunshine, rainbows, tulips, mountains and starry nights • Birds — penguins, parrots, peacocks and more • 60+ drawings, with new ones in regular updates COLOR IT IN When the drawing is done, kids can color their creation with bright paints, chunky brushes and a true eraser — every artwork becomes their own. • Glitter paint: all 48 colors can sparkle REPLAY EVERY LINE • Watch the finished drawing replay line by line, in the order your child drew it • Save the replay as a video to share with family A REAL ART GALLERY • Every finished piece is saved automatically to "My Art" • Kids sign their masterpiece like a real artist • Revisit any drawing and draw it again — watch them improve each time • Export favorites to your photo library to share with family STICKER BOOK • Every finished drawing becomes a sticker • Draw freely on a blank page and decorate it with your own stickers ONE APP, EVERY CHILD • Give each child their own profile — separate artwork, progress and signature • Set up profiles behind the parental gate, so nothing gets mixed up MADE FOR LITTLE HANDS • Designed for ages 3-8 — big buttons, no menus to get lost in, landscape tablet-friendly • Difficulty levels from first scribbles (level 1) to proud-of-yourself challenges (level 3) • Builds fine motor skills, focus, and drawing confidence one step at a time DESIGNED FOR PARENTS' PEACE OF MIND • 100% ad-free — no banners, no videos, no surprises • No account needed, and we never collect your child's personal data — artwork stays on your device • All purchases and external links sit safely behind a parental gate • Works offline — perfect for car rides and waiting rooms FREE & PREMIUM A selection of drawings is free to play. Unlock the full collection with: • Monthly Pass — auto-renewing subscription, cancel anytime • Yearly Pass — auto-renewing subscription, our best value, cancel anytime • Lifetime Pass — one-time purchase that unlocks the full drawing collection, plus every drawing we add in regular updates Family Sharing is supported, so one purchase works for the whole family. Subscriptions renew automatically until canceled. Payment is charged to your Apple ID account, and subscriptions can be managed or canceled anytime in your App Store account settings. Privacy Policy: https://app.notion.com/p/Draw-Along-Privacy-Policy-3a6f2c7f7dd5806582d2d9b2a6f6b4a2 Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Questions or ideas? We read everything: drawalong.apps@gmail.com Grab a crayon — let's draw along!

About

Doodle Turtle

Features
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Doodle Turtle draws at the speed of a three-year-old. Every other drawing app moves at a grown-up's pace. A line appears, then another, then another, and your child is still working on the first one. So you end up hovering over the pause button, rewinding, pausing again. Ask any parent of a preschooler how that goes. Doodle Turtle fixes it in the simplest possible way. It draws one line, slowly. Then it stops. And it waits, with a real and generous pause, long enough for a small hand to finish before the next line begins. No pause button required. Nobody is rushing anybody. That is the whole app. HOW IT WORKS 1. Your child picks a picture: a cat, a fish, a house, an ice cream. 2. Doodle Turtle draws it once, all the way through, so your child can see where it is going. 3. Then it starts again, one stroke at a time, with a warm voice saying what to draw ("A big round face!"), a gentle ding, and a quiet pause while your child draws that stroke on their own paper. 4. At the end, their drawing goes into a picture frame. Because it should. WHAT IS INSIDE - Slow, stroke-by-stroke drawing lessons made for ages 3 to 5 - A spoken cue for every single stroke, clear and encouraging - Two speeds: Turtle for the youngest hands, Bunny once they are confident - Tap mode, where your child taps when they are ready, so the app never moves first - Draw on the screen: trace over a faded guide with a fingertip - Free Doodle: a blank canvas for when they just want to invent something - Coloring: tap a space to fill it or a line to color it, or use a crayon that stays inside the lines - Printable tracing sheets for every picture, for crayons and real paper - Works completely offline, in the car, on a plane, in a waiting room BUILT FOR SMALL PEOPLE - No ads. Not one, anywhere, ever. - No in-app purchases, no subscriptions, no upsells. - No accounts and no sign-in. Nothing to type. - No data collected. No analytics, no tracking, no server. The app makes no network requests at all. - The one link that leaves the app sits behind a parental gate a young child cannot pass. - Big buttons, no menus to get lost in, nothing breakable. WHY A TURTLE I built this for my daughter, who is three and a half, who loves to draw, and who was getting frustrated with every drawing video we tried because all of them went too fast. She picked the turtle. He is slow, and that is entirely the point. Doodle Turtle is quiet, patient, and never in a hurry. Neither is your kid.

Screenshots

Draw Along4 screens
Doodle Turtle4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Doodle Turtle at none against Draw Along's 2. On price, update cadence, ads and device support 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 Along sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days. Doodle Turtle asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Draw Along ships an update weekly, Doodle Turtle every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Draw Along versus Doodle Turtle: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDraw AlongDoodle Turtle
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (31 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings31 — better—
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 9 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.415.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size102 MB57 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperValue Makers Inc.AO TANG

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Draw Along

Subscriptions1
  • Weekly Pass$4.997 Days
One-time1
  • Lifetime Pass$49.99
None

Doodle Turtle

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Draw Along free?
Draw Along is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Doodle Turtle free?
Doodle Turtle is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Draw Along or Doodle Turtle have ads?
Neither Draw Along nor Doodle Turtle shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Draw Along or Doodle Turtle?
Draw Along ships an update weekly, and Doodle Turtle every 9 days. Most recently, Draw Along was updated on October 29, 2026 and Doodle Turtle on October 25, 2026.

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