Comparison

How2Draw vs How To Draw

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

Head to head
About

How2Draw

Master the art of drawing with step-by-step lessons. Compare your work in real-time using your device's camera or photo library. Learn to draw faces, superheroes, and manga with guidance from renowned artists.

Highlights
  • Step-by-step drawing lessons
  • Camera comparison tool
  • Draw faces, superheroes, and manga
  • Lessons by renowned artists
  • Intuitive interface
  • Available for iPad and iPhone
Features
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How2Draw - Learn how to draw the easy way How2Draw is a new and innovative way to learn the simple basics of drawing. You will master the art and draw faces, super heroes and manga. At any time, you can use the device's camera to compare your drawing with the lesson, and spot the differences right away (or, if you are using an iPod touch, you can access your photo library and compare to a previous taken picture). Features: - Available for iPad and iPhone - 36 different drawings, including the lessons: Kids, Manga, Faces, Female Faces and Super Heroes - Friendly and intuitive interface - Lessons with cartoon stars like Roger Cruz and Fabio Yabu About the authors: Roger Cruz was born in Brazil, Feb 1971. He's been working in the comic book industry since the 80's, and has published many works in brazilian magazines. In the US, has published in most of the major comic book publishers, notably, Marvel Comics (Uncanny X-Men, X-Men Alpha, X-Men Omega, Ghost Rider, Hulk, Spider-Man, X-Men: First Class, Generation X, X-Men, Marvel Team Up) and many others. In his spare time, Cruz creates some original works such as his own comic book series, Xampu and Gutigutz. He also paints in watercolor and is a professional teacher. http://www.rogercruzbr.blogspot.com/ http://rogercruz.deviantart.com/ Twitter: http://twitter.com/rogercruzbr Fabio Yabu was born in Brazil in 1979. He has published comics and childrens’ books in the brazilian market for more than 10 years. He is also the creator of the 2D animated series "Sea Princesses", an international co-production among Australia, Spain and Brazil, broadcast in 50 countries. Twitter: @fabioyabu Publisher: 01 Digital www.01digital.com.br

About

How To Draw

Learn to draw various subjects like characters, animals, and cars with easy-to-follow, step-by-step tutorials. This self-teaching app requires no prior artistic skills, guiding you to draw independently.

Highlights
  • Step-by-step drawing tutorials
  • Learn to draw characters
  • Learn to draw animals
  • Self-teaching guide
  • No special skills required
Features
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How To Draw-Learn Step by Step In this app we help you to learn how to draw characters, animals,birds,cars,flowers step by step.  if you follow tutorial properly we can tell you that you would be drawing every thing yourself for sure.  You don't need any special skills. it’s self-teaching. Don't forget to rate this app if you love it.

Screenshots

How2Draw3 screens
How To Draw4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: How To Draw at 3.2 against How2Draw's 2.6. How To Draw also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 5). How2Draw's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (63 vs 12). On price, update cadence 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. How2Draw sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. How To Draw asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

How To Draw holds the better App Store score, 3.2 against 2.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: How2Draw has 63 ratings behind it against 12, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 31 months. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
How2Draw versus How To Draw: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHow2DrawHow To Draw
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.6 (63 ratings)3.2 (12 ratings) — better
Positive reviews25.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings63 — better12
Update frequencyEvery 31 monthsEvery 31 months
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesAd-supported — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS10.0 — better12.0
Further details — not scored
Size178 MB80 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperZeroUm DigitalWaleed Khalid

Customer experience

How2Draw

All ratings63 ratings
Positive36.5%
Neutral1.6%
Negative61.9%
Written reviews32 reviews
Positive25.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative75.0%

How To Draw

All ratings12 ratings
Positive41.7%
Neutral25.0%
Negative33.3%

In-app purchases

5 purchases

How2Draw

One-time5
  • Faces$0.99
  • Manga$0.99
  • Super Heroes$0.99
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  • Female Faces$0.99
  • Remove ads$4.99
None

How To Draw

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is How2Draw free?
How2Draw is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is How To Draw free?
How To Draw is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, How2Draw or How To Draw?
How To Draw is rated higher. How2Draw averages 2.6 out of 5 from 63 ratings, while How To Draw averages 3.2 from 12 ratings.
Do How2Draw or How To Draw have ads?
How To Draw shows ads; How2Draw does not.
Which is updated more often, How2Draw or How To Draw?
How2Draw ships an update every 31 months, and How To Draw every 31 months. Most recently, How2Draw was updated on October 13, 2026 and How To Draw on October 4, 2026.

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