Comparison

Sketchbook® vs Peelify

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 • 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

Peelify

Features
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Peelify brings the feeling of real stickers to your screen. Choose any photo, illustration, or design, and transform it into a digital sticker you can actually peel. Unlike traditional sticker makers, Peelify creates a unique interactive experience: lift the edge, peel it away, and enjoy the satisfying feeling of removing a real sticker. Your images are not just stickers. They are stickers you can touch and peel. Features: • Turn any image into a digital sticker • Realistic sticker peeling experience • Interactive and satisfying animations • Create your own sticker collection • Perfect for journaling, creativity, and sharing Create something. Then peel it away.

Screenshots

Sketchbook®4 screens
Peelify4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Peelify at every 9 days against Sketchbook®'s every 6 weeks. Sketchbook®'s advantage is chart position (#42 vs unranked) and iOS requirement (14 vs 16.0). On price, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Sketchbook® sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Peelify sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Sketchbook® ships an update every 6 weeks, Peelify every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 8 level
Sketchbook® versus Peelify: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSketchbook®Peelify
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (221K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews76.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings221K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksEvery 9 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
Best chart rank#42 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS14 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size142 MB58 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSketchbook, Inc玮华 姚

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

Peelify

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Sketchbook®

One-time1
  • Premium Bundle$2.99
1 purchases

Peelify

One-time1
  • Life Member$1.69

Questions

Is Sketchbook® free?
Sketchbook® is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Peelify free?
Peelify is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Sketchbook® or Peelify have ads?
Neither Sketchbook® nor Peelify shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Sketchbook® or Peelify?
Sketchbook® ships an update every 6 weeks, and Peelify every 9 days. Most recently, Sketchbook® was updated on October 21, 2026 and Peelify on October 10, 2026.

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