Comparison

Sketchbook® vs ViviPix

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

Head to head
About

Sketchbook®

This app provides a professional-grade drawing and painting experience for artists and illustrators. It offers a natural drawing feel with customizable tools, layers, and guides for precision. Unlock advanced features like custom brushes and canvas resizing with an optional premium purchase.

Highlights
  • Full complement of brush types
  • Highly customizable brushes
  • Guides, rulers, and stroke tools
  • Layers with blend modes
  • Clean and unobtrusive interface
  • Custom brush creation (premium)
  • Canvas resizing (premium)
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From quick sketches to fully finished artwork, Sketchbook goes where your creativity takes you. Sketchbook is an award-winning sketching, painting, and drawing app for anyone who loves to draw. Artists and illustrators love Sketchbook for its professional-grade feature set and highly customizable tools. Everyone loves Sketchbook for its elegant interface and natural drawing experience, free of distractions so you can focus on capturing and expressing your ideas. • A full complement of brush types: pencils markers, airbrushes, smear and more that look and feel just like their physical counterparts • Brushes are highly customizable so you can create just the look you want • Guides, rulers and stroke tools support precision when you need it • Layers with a full complement of blend modes deliver the flexibility to build up and explore drawings and color • Purpose-built for sketching, the interface is clean and unobtrusive so you can focus on drawing Purchase the Premium Bundle to unlock more... • Import and export brushes • Create your own custom brushes • Resize your canvas or image • Set canvas resolution in px/inch or px/cm • Clipping masks • Time-lapse recording: choose fixed canvas view or show pan/zoom navigation • Additional layer adjustments including blur, sharpen, brightness/contrast, greyscale, and invert • Additional color harmonies • Additional custom gradients • Select color from reference images • Extract color palettes from images • Import and export color palettes • Layer grouping • Layer masking Blend Modes • Draw Outline tool • Lasso Fill tool • Export to PDF • plus more to come!

About

ViviPix

A straightforward drawing application for children, featuring a variety of art tools like crayons, markers, and watercolors. Its intuitive interface allows young artists to create freely without complex menus.

Highlights
  • Crayons, markers, watercolor, pens
  • No complex menus
  • Intuitive interface
  • Designed for children
Features
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ViviPix is simple painting app for kids. ViviPix was designed by a four-year-old girl and her dad. Draw whatever is in your imagination with crayons, markers, watercolor, and pens. All tools are available from the main screen -- no menus to navigate.

Screenshots

Sketchbook®4 screens
ViviPix1 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: ViviPix at none against Sketchbook®'s 1. ViviPix also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.8). Sketchbook®'s advantage is ratings volume (221K vs 2) and chart position (#35 vs unranked). On price, 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

Both are free to download. Sketchbook® sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. ViviPix asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

ViviPix holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Sketchbook® has 221K ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
Sketchbook® versus ViviPix: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSketchbook®ViviPix
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (221K ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews76.6% of reviews—
Number of ratings221K — better2
Update frequencyEvery 2 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
Best chart rank#35 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15 — better17.2
Further details — not scored
Size144 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSketchbook, Inc.Ford Parsons

Customer experience

Sketchbook®

All ratings220,588 ratings
Positive95.8%
Neutral2.4%
Negative1.8%
Written reviews1,733 reviews
Positive76.6%
Neutral7.1%
Negative16.3%

ViviPix

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Sketchbook®

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Layers randomly deleted or corrupted
  • Freezing when using certain tools like the eyedropper
  • Saving issues leading to loss of progress
  • Incompatibility with newer iPad Pro devices

Requested features

7 requests
  • Add blurring and clipping mask tools
  • Improve gallery and canvas rotation functionality
  • Allow custom font import
  • Add effects like glow, stroke, and drop shadow
  • Implement layer grouping and organization
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  • Add real-time collaboration features
  • Improve time-lapse recording and saving

ViviPix

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Sketchbook®

One-time1
  • Premium Bundle$2.99
None

ViviPix

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Sketchbook® free?
Sketchbook® is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is ViviPix free?
ViviPix is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Sketchbook® or ViviPix?
ViviPix is rated higher. Sketchbook® averages 4.8 out of 5 from 221K ratings, while ViviPix averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Sketchbook® or ViviPix have ads?
Neither Sketchbook® nor ViviPix shows ads.

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