Comparison

Vector Curve vs BladeDraw

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

Head to head
About

Vector Curve

Features
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Vector Curve is a vector drawing workspace for illustration and design on iPhone and iPad. Sketch freely with pen and brush tools, edit paths and shapes, organize layers, and export files ready for social, print, and production. DRAW WITH PRECISION β€’ Pen, brush, eraser, and shape tools (line, rectangle, circle, triangle) β€’ Classic, taper, end-taper, and jitter brushes with pressure and smoothing β€’ Custom brush presets, path points, and simplify for clean vectors β€’ Premium tools: Blob Brush, Art Brush, Polyline, and BΓ©zier Path DESIGN LIKE A PRO ILLUSTRATOR β€’ Layers with lock, opacity, reorder, and blend modes β€’ Symmetry modes: horizontal, vertical, quadral, and radial β€’ Grid and snap for aligned layouts β€’ Boolean pathfinder: combine, minus front, intersect, exclude, divide β€’ Draw Inside This Shape and Fill Shape with Elements β€’ Shape library, image import, and SVG import β€’ Group, ungroup, break apart, and copy/paste across layers and projects EXPORT FOR REAL WORK β€’ JPEG and PNG for everyday sharing β€’ Premium: hi-res PNG (up to 3600px), SVG with or without background, and layered ZIP for Photoshop-friendly workflows β€’ Canvas presets for square, landscape, portrait, Instagram, A4, Letter, or custom sizes STAY ORGANIZED β€’ Document gallery with autosave and continue last session β€’ Share selected elements as reusable design snippets PREMIUM Unlock advanced drawing tools, unlimited gallery saves, and high-resolution export formats. Choose weekly, monthly, or lifetime. Restore purchases anytime. Whether you create illustrations, motifs, social graphics, or print-ready artwork, Vector Curve gives you a focused vector workflow in your pocket. Privacy Policy: https://sites.google.com/view/vectorcurveprivacypolicy/ Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Additional Terms: https://sites.google.com/view/vectorcurvetermsofuse/

About

BladeDraw

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BladeDraw is the vector drawing studio for iPad, iPhone and Mac – made for Apple Pencil and fingers. Every stroke is a curve, not pixels. That means you can zoom in as far as you like without anything fraying – and everything stays changeable, even weeks later. DRAW β€’ Pressure-sensitive vector brushes: pressure pen, ink, marker, calligraphy, sketch pencil β€’ Texture brushes: airbrush, chalk, charcoal, graphite, watercolor, spatter β€’ Import Photoshop-compatible brushes (.abr) β€’ Auto-straighten lines, line tool with angle snapping β€’ Symmetry: mirrored, fourfold, radial β€’ Shapes: rectangle, ellipse, polygons, star, heart, arrows, speech bubbles CUSTOM VECTOR BRUSHES β€’ Four types: width profile with nib, pattern brush, art brush and pure outline β€’ Apple Pencil pressure and tilt control width and nib angle β€’ Create your own brushes, try them out right away on the test pad and organize them in folders β€’ Searchable brush library with favorites – it also shows which drawings use a brush β€’ Assign a brush to a drawing without copying it IMPORT PDF AND TEXT β€’ PDF pages become real vector paths – and can be rotated before import β€’ Continuous text arrives as a text object, not as a pile of individual letters β€’ Text recognition entirely on device β€’ Document scanning with the camera, also from imported images and PDF pages without text β€’ Insert recognized text or simply copy it CHANGE IT LATER β€’ Tap an element and set a new color, opacity, width and brush in the object inspector β€’ Edit nodes: drag, add or delete individual points β€’ Stretch and distort shapes, images and text at their corners and edges – or straighten them β€’ Smooth or simplify strokes β€’ Freely change the order of elements β€’ Rotate the canvas afterward, swap portrait and landscape β€’ Rotate crooked imported background images by 90Β° or flip them EDIT β€’ Layers with opacity, lock and visibility β€’ Lasso for moving, scaling, rotating, flipping and recoloring β€’ Paint bucket for filling and erasing areas β€’ Area eraser and whole-element eraser β€’ Text with all system fonts, your own fonts (.ttf/.otf) and text on an arc β€’ Insert images from Photos or Files, crop them right away and cut out subjects automatically PAPER & FORMATS β€’ All ISO sizes (A, B, C), US sizes, plus photo, card, screen and social media formats β€’ Freely selectable resolution up to 16,384 px β€’ Papers: grid, 5 mm dot grid, graph paper, stationery, watercolor paper, aged canvas β€’ Custom paper templates from HEIC, JPEG, PNG, BMP, TIFF, GIF, SVG and PDF ORGANIZE & SHARE β€’ Gallery with folders, search and sorting – for drawings and for brushes β€’ Save versions and edit side by side in multiple windows β€’ Export as PNG, JPEG, HEIC, TIFF, BMP, GIF, PDF (vector), SVG and PSD with layers β€’ AirDrop, Files app, iCloud Drive β€’ Back up the entire library as a single file – drawings, folders, versions, images, brushes, fonts and templates β€’ Light and Dark Mode, automatically following your system setting No ads. No account. No data collection. Everything stays on your device.

Screenshots

Vector Curve4 screens
BladeDraw3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: BladeDraw at none against Vector Curve's 3. On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS

CostPrice Β· In-app purchases Β· Ads Β· Monetization

Both are free to download. Vector Curve sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per 7 days. BladeDraw asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard1 real difference Β· 5 level
Vector Curve versus BladeDraw: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterVector CurveBladeDraw
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksβ€”
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo β€” better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.617.0 β€” better
Further details β€” not scored
Size7 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCengiz BodurBitblade

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Vector Curve

Subscriptions2
  • Premium Pro Weekly$0.997 Days
  • Pro Premium Monthly$1.991 Month
One-time1
  • Premium Pro Lifetime$17.99
None

BladeDraw

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Vector Curve free?
Vector Curve is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is BladeDraw free?
BladeDraw is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Vector Curve or BladeDraw have ads?
Neither Vector Curve nor BladeDraw shows ads.

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