Comparison

MagicalDraw vs SpinCanvas

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

Head to head
About

MagicalDraw

Create and join real-time collaborative drawing sessions instantly, with no registration needed. Enjoy a vast, customizable canvas with layers, shake correction, and undo features. Save, load, and share your creations, or even play drawing games together.

Highlights
  • Instant drawing room creation
  • No registration required
  • Real-time multi-user drawing
  • Vast, resizable canvas
  • Layer support and undo function
  • Save, load, and share drawings
  • Password protection and social login
Features
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MagicalDraw is a free, no registration required drawing chat service. You can create a drawing chat room in no time. - You can create a drawing chat room in 1 second, all for free. - No registration is required. Just push a button. - All the people on your computer or phone can enter the same room and draw at the same time. - You can change the size of the vast canvas as you wish. - Not to mention the layer function, shake correction and undo! - There is no limit to the number of people in a room, so you can use it for a large group and there is no time limit. - You can use the room you created forever. Your drawings will not be erased. - You can load, save and restore images. - You can set up passwords, of course, as well as Twitter connections and mutual followers! - You can stroke the picture of your precious person. Of course, you can also use the legs of a squid. - You can easily tweet or make a video of the picture you have drawn. - You can also play games such as "Drawing Swamp"!

About

SpinCanvas

Features
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SpinCanvas is a painting app where you lay color onto a spinning disc, like a pottery wheel. Touch the disc while it spins, and even a still finger draws rings and arcs as the disc turns beneath it. Move your finger to make spirals. Turn on symmetry mode and you get kaleidoscope-like patterns. You don't have to try to draw well. Just touch, and it becomes art. WHY YOU'LL LOVE IT • Relax and let your hand move without thinking • Create geometric and mandala-style designs in seconds • Draw together with kids • Make your own profile icon or phone wallpaper DRAW • Just touch the disc. Hold still for rings, move for spirals • Pause the disc to draw carefully while it's still • Symmetry mode mirrors every stroke into 2–12 segments • Eraser turns painted areas transparent again • Undo removes your last stroke COLORS • Six palettes: Standard, Japanese, Pastel, Neon, Monochrome, and Earth • Create any color with the color picker • Recently used colors are kept automatically BRUSHES • Round, Soft, Spray, Dry, Square, and Star • A "Speed" brush that gets thinner the faster the disc spins • Adjustable size and opacity DISC • Rotation speed and reverse rotation • Base color: white, black, any color, or a transparency checker • Wood and ceramic textures • Concentric, radial, and grid guide lines EXPORT • Save as PNG to Photos or share directly • High-resolution export at 2K, 4K, or wallpaper size • Transparent, white, black, or custom backgrounds • Choose whether to include the disc base SPINCANVAS PRO One purchase unlocks every feature forever. No subscription. • All brushes • Free brush size and rotation speed with sliders, plus reverse rotation • Disc base colors, textures, and guide l • Undo up to 50 steps (5 in the free version) • High-resolution export and custom backg • Export without the logo watermark The free version includes the round brush, every palette, symmetry mode, and standard-size export. On iPhone in portrait, the palette and toolbar sit below the disc. In landscape and on iPad, all settings appear in a side panel next to the disc. No account is required, and your artwork never leaves your device.

Screenshots

MagicalDraw3 screens
SpinCanvas4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: MagicalDraw at none against SpinCanvas's 1. MagicalDraw also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 26.0). SpinCanvas's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price 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. SpinCanvas sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. MagicalDraw asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
MagicalDraw versus SpinCanvas: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMagicalDrawSpinCanvas
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.5 (19 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews63.8% of reviews—
Number of ratings19 — better—
Update frequencyMonthly—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationAd-supported—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size24 MB5 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperAki UenoKosuke Goto

In-app purchases

None

MagicalDraw

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

SpinCanvas

One-time1
  • SpinCanvas Pro$3.99

Questions

Is MagicalDraw free?
MagicalDraw is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is SpinCanvas free?
SpinCanvas is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do MagicalDraw or SpinCanvas have ads?
MagicalDraw shows ads; SpinCanvas does not.

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