Fast First vs Canvas
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Fast First
Quickly determine the first player for your tabletop games with this app. It supports 2-9 players by default and up to 24 with minimal taps. Additional features include complete player order and random team assignments.
- First player selection
- Supports 2-9 players
- Up to 24 players
- Complete player order
- Random team assignments
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Less time spinning, more time playing. Fast First is the quickest way to select the first player for your table top game. Start the app and you have first player chosen for 2 - 9 players (depending on device), with as many as 24 only two taps away. If you need complete player order, or random team assignments, that's also available.
Canvas
Strategically layer transparent cards to create unique paintings and earn ribbons. This digital adaptation of a board game challenges your artistic eye and strategic thinking with stunning artwork and endless combinations.
- Layer transparent art cards
- Create unique paintings
- Earn ribbons and score points
- Cross-platform online multiplayer
- Local and private online games
- Solo play against bots
- Synced progress across devices
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Create stunning paintings and earn ribbons in Canvas, the digital version of the acclaimed board game that challenges your strategy and artistic eye. In Canvas, you combine transparent Art Cards to create unique paintings, with each card adding elements and icons that shape your final score. Strategic choices about which cards to layer, and which icons to reveal or cover, are key to meeting scoring conditions and earning ribbons. Each painting contributes to your score while also becoming a one-of-a-kind masterpiece with its own title. The game features stunning artwork on each card, designed to inspire your creativity. Every decision shapes your painting, creating satisfying challenges for both new and experienced players. FEATURES: • Cross-platform online multiplayer! • Private online games with friends • Local multiplayer • Solo play against bots • Synced progress across all your devices. Play online game on one device, continue on another! • A gallery of your best paintings • An interactive tutorial • The full set of Art Cards for endless painting combinations © 2026 Mipmap, under license from Tycoon Games
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Fast First at $1.99 against Canvas's $7.99. Fast First also leads on rating (4.7 vs 4.5). Canvas's advantage is chart position (#192 vs unranked) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.1). On review sentiment, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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
Fast First costs $1.99 and Canvas $7.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Fast First holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 14 and 8 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
| Parameter | Fast First | Canvas |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 — better | $7.99 |
| Rating | 4.7 (14 ratings) — better | 4.5 (8 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 14 — better | 8 |
| Update frequency | Every 10 months | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Best chart rank | — | #192 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 31 MB | 156 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | David Corbin | Mipmap |
Customer experience
Fast First
Canvas
In-app purchases
Fast First
No in-app purchases
Canvas
No in-app purchases
