Brushes XP vs Print(Notes)
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.
Print(Notes)
An open-source notes application inspired by popular productivity tools. It offers extensive customization options for themes and note display, supports Markdown and LaTeX, and stores all data locally for easy access.
- Markdown and LaTeX support
- Customizable themes (light/dark)
- Multiple note display layouts (Grid, List, Tree)
- Local data storage via Files app
- Basic image and PDF viewers
- Ultimate customizability
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Print(Notes) is an open source markdown notes app, inspired by the look of Google Keep and functionality of Dynalist's Obsidian. Solo developed as a passion project, coming now to iOS! All notes and folders are stored locally on the device, you can access them from the Files app! Features Include: - Ultimate customizability - Many theme for light and dark mode - Create your own custom color themes - Change note display layout (Grid, List, Tree views) - Supports Markdown and LaTeX formatting - Includes basic Image and PDF viewers
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Print(Notes) at Free against Brushes XP's $4.99. Print(Notes) also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 60%) and update cadence (monthly vs every 13 months). On ratings volume, ads, in-app purchases 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
Print(Notes) is free to download; Brushes XP costs $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Print(Notes) holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 3.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 4 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 60% of Brushes XP's written reviews are positive against 100% of Print(Notes)'s.
Brushes XP ships an update every 13 months, Print(Notes) monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Brushes XP | Print(Notes) |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $4.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 3.8 (4 ratings) | 4.0 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 60.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 13 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.1 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 39 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Nikolay Denislamov | Robert Gordiyevych |
Customer experience
Brushes XP
Print(Notes)
In-app purchases
Brushes XP
No in-app purchases
Print(Notes)
No in-app purchases
Questions
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