TinyBlackboard vs GridWeave
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
TinyBlackboard
Capture inspiration with a simple, elegant drawing app. Recreate childhood blackboard memories with chalk effects, generate painting replays, and explore colorful creations. Ideal for fun, educational art or creative signage.
- Simulates blackboard effect with chalk fonts
- Multiple blackboard styles
- Finger-based eraser function
- Free brush color selection
- Drawing playback and video generation
- Neon flickering animations
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A Simple, Elegant Drawing App, Capture Inspiration Anytime, Anywhere. Do you remember secretly writing the name of someone you liked on the blackboard as a child, writing beautiful poems, and counting down to exams? The beautiful sunset illuminated the words on the blackboard, while chalk dust swayed in the sunlight. All those wonderful memories are left in that time. This app has many useful features, such as generating painting replay videos, neon flickering animations, multi-board support, and more. Come and freely realize your childhood drawing dreams! Children love the chalk drawing feature, where you can draw blue skies, white clouds, and flowers with your kids, learn painting skills, and explore the world of colors in a fun and relaxing educational experience. Try it now! Of course, if you're a super fan, you can create drawings of your favorite stars or idols. You can even use it as a neon board for concerts or a welcome sign at airports. It's practical and creative, helping you stand out in a crowd. Features: 1.Simulates the blackboard effect with chalk fonts. 2.Supports multiple blackboard styles, easily switchable. 3.Eraser function, and you can erase with your finger. 4.Choose your brush color freely and create your unique colors. 5.Powerful playback function, which allows you to replay the entire drawing process. 6.Generate a video of your entire drawing process and share it with friends.
GridWeave
Create and edit grid-based pixel patterns for crafts like beading and embroidery. Transform images into printable, makeable designs with precise control over each grid cell. All processing is done locally on your device.
- Precise grid-based design
- Convert images to craftable patterns
- Multiple grid styles
- Export print-ready PDF patterns
- Fully local processing
- Supports beading and embroidery
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GridWeave is a pixel pattern design tool focused on grid-based creation. It helps you turn images and ideas into clear, editable, and printable pixel patterns. Whether you are working on beading, embroidery, or other grid-based crafts, GridWeave provides a stable and intuitive workflow designed for real-world making. Key Features • Precise grid-based design Every grid cell is clearly defined and fully controllable, ensuring a true WYSIWYG editing experience. • Convert images into makeable pixel patterns Transform images into pixel patterns that are suitable for actual crafting, not just visual pixelation. • Multiple grid styles Support for different grid styles to fit various creative needs. • Export print-ready patterns (PDF) Clear grids and color references make patterns easy to print and use for crafting. • Fully local processing All images and patterns are processed locally on your device. No data is uploaded to any server. Use Cases • Beading • Embroidery / Cross-stitch • Perler beads / Pixel crafts • Other grid-based creative work GridWeave is designed to be a clear, reliable, and production-oriented pixel design tool, helping you turn ideas into patterns you can truly make.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: TinyBlackboard at 100% against GridWeave's 0%. TinyBlackboard also leads on update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 28 months). GridWeave's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and ads (none vs shown). 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
Both are free to download. TinyBlackboard sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. GridWeave asks for nothing beyond the download.
TinyBlackboard ships an update every 6 weeks, GridWeave every 28 months. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and June 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | TinyBlackboard | GridWeave |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks — better | Every 28 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 14.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 47 MB | 17 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | 利军 周 | 凌峰 孟 |
Customer experience
TinyBlackboard
GridWeave
In-app purchases
TinyBlackboard
- Buy pen & background color$0.99
- Remove the ADs$1.99
GridWeave
No in-app purchases









