Comparison

MagicalDraw vs Circles & Lines

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

Circles & Lines

Features
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An app for practicing clean circles and straight lines. Draw a circle or a straight line to see how accurate it is. There’s no need to choose between a circle and a line—the app recognizes it automatically. The app is free. As an optional extra, a calendar lets you see your progress day by day. It’s a one-time purchase for about the price of a cup of coffee. If you enjoy the app, please consider supporting it.

Screenshots

MagicalDraw3 screens
Circles & Lines3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: MagicalDraw at none against Circles & Lines's 1. MagicalDraw also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). Circles & Lines's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (daily vs monthly). 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. Circles & Lines sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. MagicalDraw asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

MagicalDraw ships an update monthly, Circles & Lines daily. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 26, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
MagicalDraw versus Circles & Lines: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMagicalDrawCircles & Lines
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.5 (19 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews63.8% of reviews—
Number of ratings19 — better—
Update frequencyMonthlyDaily — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationAd-supported—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size24 MB1 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperAki Uenozoome LLC

In-app purchases

None

MagicalDraw

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Circles & Lines

One-time1
  • プレミアム$1.99

Questions

Is MagicalDraw free?
MagicalDraw is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Circles & Lines free?
Circles & Lines is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do MagicalDraw or Circles & Lines have ads?
MagicalDraw shows ads; Circles & Lines does not.
Which is updated more often, MagicalDraw or Circles & Lines?
MagicalDraw ships an update monthly, and Circles & Lines daily. Most recently, MagicalDraw was updated on November 1, 2026 and Circles & Lines on October 26, 2026.

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