Brushes XP vs Linkboard
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Freehand drawing
- Custom brushes
- Layer support
- Image import/export
- Drawing process recording
- Copy/paste layers with transparency
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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.
Linkboard
Organize bookmarks into folders, archive old links, and save content from other apps. Subscribe to news feeds and read articles directly within the app. Collaborate with others on shared collections and sync across devices.
- Custom bookmark folders and subfolders
- Archive unused bookmarks
- Drag and drop bookmark saving
- Save bookmarks from other apps
- Tag filtering for bookmarks
- Subscribe to RSS feeds
- Collaborate on shared bookmark collections
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Linkboard keeps every bookmark, article, and RSS feed you save in one organized place: searchable, taggable, and in sync across all your devices. • Organize links into folders and subfolders, and archive the ones you want to keep without cluttering your view • Add bookmarks in a second with drag and drop on every device, or save straight from Safari, Chrome, and any other app • Find anything fast with tags, favorites, and an "unread" status for links you haven't gotten to yet • Search your entire library straight from your home screen: every bookmark and feed article is indexed in Spotlight • Subscribe to RSS feeds from your favorite blogs and news sites, and read full articles in a clean, distraction-free Reader Mode • Follow podcasts and YouTube channels alongside your feeds, with a built-in player and lock screen controls • Get an AI summary or a live translation of any article in one tap, plus recommendations based on what you've read and liked • Share a collection and collaborate on it with teammates or friends • Switch over in minutes with one-tap import from Safari, Chrome, Firefox, Opera, or Brave • Stay synced everywhere with iCloud, and enjoy a beautiful dark mode day or night Linkboard is designed, built, and supported by a single independent developer who reads every piece of feedback personally, and your suggestions genuinely shape what gets built next. Available for iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, and Mac. Download Linkboard and bring your bookmarks and news feeds into one place today.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Linkboard at Free against Brushes XP's $4.99. Linkboard also leads on rating (4.7 vs 3.8) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 13 months). Brushes XP's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and iOS requirement (12.1 vs 18.0). On 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
Linkboard is free to download; Brushes XP costs $4.99 up front. Linkboard sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Brushes XP asks for nothing beyond the download.
Linkboard holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 12 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 60% of Brushes XP's written reviews are positive against 73% of Linkboard's.
Brushes XP ships an update every 13 months, Linkboard fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Brushes XP | Linkboard |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $4.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 3.8 (4 ratings) | 4.7 (12 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 60.0% of reviews | 72.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 12 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 13 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Freemium — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Vision Pro — better |
| Requires iOS | 12.1 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 28 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Nikolay Denislamov | Francesco Leoni |
Customer experience
Brushes XP
Linkboard
In-app purchases
Brushes XP
No in-app purchases
Linkboard
- Monthly$1.991 Month
- Yearly3 Days trial$19.991 Year
- Lifetime$39.99
Questions
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