Comparison

Brushes XP vs Bookmarks

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

Head to head
About

Brushes XP

This freehand drawing app offers powerful tools for artists, including custom brushes, layers, and image import/export. It can record your entire drawing process as a movie file, making it ideal for sharing your creative journey. As a successor to a legendary project, it includes enhanced features for a smoother artistic workflow.

Highlights
  • Freehand drawing
  • Custom brushes
  • Layer support
  • Image import/export
  • Drawing process recording
  • Copy/paste layers with transparency
Features
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"Brushes XP" is a powerful and easy-to-use freehand drawing application which can save the process of your drawing as a movie file. "Brushes XP" features painting with colors and custom brushes, using layers, images import and export, and it can save the replay of your drawing process as a movie file (see the demo movie). "Brushes XP" is a direct successor of the legendary "Brushes 3" project. "Brushes XP" offers features which are missing in original "Brushes 3": it can record the replay of drawing process as a movie, it allows to copy/paste layers with transparency and has other enhancements. Screenshots are demonstrating artwork of artist Maria Grazzia (Kq) Calderón.

About

Bookmarks

Organize your web links with this powerful bookmark manager. Save URLs, categorize them with folders and tags, and customize their appearance. Seamlessly sync across Apple devices and choose your preferred app for opening links.

Highlights
  • Save and import bookmarks
  • Organize with folders and tags
  • Customize bookmark appearance
  • Open links with third-party apps
  • iCloud sync across Apple devices
  • Nested folders and hashtags (Pro)
Features
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Bookmarks is a simple url manager app. Create and manage bookmarks the way you like - Save unlimited links Copy a url and tap + and easily save to the app. I you use safari’s bookmarks, you can long press and tap “Copy Content” to move multiple bookmarks. On browsers with support for exporting bookmarks, this app has support for importing using HTML. - Organize with folders Create folders using preset or your own colors, and match with icons Purchase Bookmarks Pro to add nested folders - Tags Easily filter bookmarks from multiple folders using tags. Tags can be added by long pressing a bookmark and tapping “edit” -Customize appearance Open settings and tap customize. This will allow you to pick gradients or icons for bookmarks that do not contain any images. By settings “Use for all bookmarks” will apply this to all. - Open With Select which third party app to open your links with. Bookmarks supports, major browsers, twitter, reddit, mastodon, and etc. - iCloud Sync Sync data between iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple Vision - AI Use Apple Intelligence to get suggestions for title, folder and hashtag. When creating a folder get icon suggestion. - Bookmarks Pro Unlock nested folders, hashtags, pinning, and custom icons. Purchase by a one time purchase, and share the purchase within family sharing. -And more! Search, widgets, customizing Home Screen icons, and more -Like the app? Support the app by tipping in the settings screen Give @BookmarkApp_ or follow the developer @yidev0 on Twitter Terms: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Brushes XP4 screens
Bookmarks4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Bookmarks at Free against Brushes XP's $4.99. Bookmarks also leads on rating (4.5 vs 3.8) and update cadence (every 4 weeks vs every 13 months). Brushes XP's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 5) and iOS requirement (12.1 vs 18.0). On review sentiment, ads 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

Bookmarks is free to download; Brushes XP costs $4.99 up front. Bookmarks sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 2 months. Brushes XP asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Bookmarks holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Bookmarks has 64 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 60% of Brushes XP's written reviews are positive against 59% of Bookmarks's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Brushes XP ships an update every 13 months, Bookmarks every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 23, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Brushes XP versus Bookmarks: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBrushes XPBookmarks
Price$4.99Free — better
Rating3.8 (4 ratings)4.5 (64 ratings) — better
Positive reviews60.0% of reviews — better58.7% of reviews
Number of ratings464 — better
Update frequencyEvery 13 monthsEvery 4 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac, Vision Pro — better
Requires iOS12.1 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB38 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNikolay DenislamovYuto Iwakami

Customer experience

Brushes XP

All ratings4 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral25.0%
Negative25.0%
Written reviews25 reviews
Positive60.0%
Neutral8.0%
Negative32.0%

Bookmarks

All ratings63 ratings
Positive85.7%
Neutral3.2%
Negative11.1%
Written reviews63 reviews
Positive58.7%
Neutral15.9%
Negative25.4%

In-app purchases

None

Brushes XP

No in-app purchases

5 purchases

Bookmarks

Subscriptions1
  • Supporter$1.992 Months
One-time4
  • Small Tip$0.99
  • Medium Tip$2.99
  • Bookmarks Pro$4.99
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  • Large Tip$5.99

Questions

Is Brushes XP free?
Brushes XP costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Bookmarks free?
Bookmarks is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Brushes XP or Bookmarks?
Bookmarks is rated higher. Brushes XP averages 3.8 out of 5 from 4 ratings, while Bookmarks averages 4.5 from 64 ratings.
Do Brushes XP or Bookmarks have ads?
Neither Brushes XP nor Bookmarks shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Brushes XP or Bookmarks?
Brushes XP ships an update every 13 months, and Bookmarks every 4 weeks. Most recently, Brushes XP was updated on October 21, 2026 and Bookmarks on October 23, 2026.

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