Comparison

Private Message Box vs DrawnIn

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

Head to head
About

Private Message Box

Secure your private conversations with password protection. Send unlimited texts, photos, and location details to other users for free. Enhance your privacy with a virtual number option.

Highlights
  • Password protected conversations
  • Free texting between users
  • Send unlimited text, photo, and location
  • Full emoji support
  • Virtual number for hidden communication
  • Privacy Guard
Features
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Do you want to hide your private conversations? Worried on messages from one friend checked by others, then Private Message Box is for you. It saves messages of secret contacts behind PIN pad. Its easy to use and keeps user conversation secret. Your conversation with PSB contacts is 100% SECRET and secure. It also provides free texting between App Users. Just Sign-In with your number. Send unlimited text, photo and location details to another user. You can do conversations only with users who have enabled Free messaging. 
Full of emoji characters (300 emoji support), useful to represent emotions. Features
- Free text & Multimedia Messaging between Users
- Image/Location sharing
- Password protection: Cannot be opened by other people
- Privacy Guard Pro version feature: -No Advertise - Remove ads from the application. Pro version subscriptions Options: -Duration of the subscription is 1 Year with a charge of $4.99 every year. Buy Virtual Number: - Hide your private conversation from your personal cell phone bill. - Keep your personal phone number hidden from some contacts. - Send or receive messages from anywhere in the world. Buy Virtual Number Options: - 58.99$/year for countries like USA, Canada etc. - 102.99$/year for countries like Estonia, Latvia etc. Please note :- All subscriptions are auto renewable. Subscription will be charged to your credit card through your iTunes account. Your subscription will automatically renew unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current subscription period. You will not be able to cancel the subscription once activated. Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period. You can cancel your subscription any time by turning off auto-renewal in your iTunes Account Settings. You can manage your subscription in iTunes Account settings after purchase. -Find more information in our privacy policy, click on this link http://privatesmsbox.com/legal.html - For terms of use, click on this link http://privatesmsbox.com/termsofuse.html Excited to receive feedbacks or queries at: info@privatesmsbox.com

About

DrawnIn

This app offers a unique way to communicate by allowing users to send handwritten notes, doodles, and animated messages. It goes beyond standard text with artistic fonts, custom backgrounds, and creative drawing tools, aiming to make conversations more personal and visually engaging.

Highlights
  • Handwritten notes and doodles
  • Animated backgrounds
  • Customizable text styles
  • Photo tracing for drawings
  • Event creation with moderation
  • Desktop projector integration
Features
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DrawnIn is a great stand-alone messenger but it's much more than that. It's also part of the patent pending DrawnIn Party and Event System where the mobile apps become input and controllers for our Desktop Program Party Projector (coming soon) that creates numerous styles of "Light Shows" from you and your friends or attendee's content. Perfect for conferences concerts, festivals, birthdays, rituals or any celebration. Party Projector delivers messages in style by limo, stage coach and other fancy methods. DrawnIn represents a new breed of social media on a mission to make your communications beautiful and inspiring. We've all had our fair share of little emoticons and plain text but something gets lost in the process—the personality! This means going beyond speech bubbles and cute bubble styles into the realm of art. We believe communication can be more artful, better designed and more fun and also get back to some of the things we used to do such as hand writing and doodling notes. We know that everybody has a different idea of what looks good so we made sure to build in almost infinite variability so you can find the look that's right for you. We are using our patented Art Fountain technology to give your content and infinite life of ever-changing beauty. DrawnIn lets you send hand-writing, doodles and traces as regular instant messages. But that's not all, it randomly generates cool animated backgrounds and renders your drawings in unexpected ways. Sure, we let you type in "regular" messages, but we make sure they look good on the other end, worthy of the feeling you put into your typing, not just the same old boring font and look. The founder of Apple, Mr. Steve Jobs, was a true appreciator of fonts and typography and so we aim to bring a higher level of typography to messaging, especially as DrawnIn evolves over the next year. Features: • Create unlimited distinct Sessions with friends • Choose from stock backgrounds or try using one of the many "generators" from Art Fountain™ to create one-of-a-kind animated backgrounds for your chats and broadcast them to others! • Choose different text styles • Send and receive: Text, Drawings and Photos with Titles and Captions • Switch between Day Mode or Night Mode • Trace Photos for an easy way to create recognizable drawings from things around you...lots of fun! • Create Parties and Public Events (Public Events have special Moderators you appoint to approve or reject content or users before it goes public) • Create protected or secret events that require a passcode to find and/or to enter • Stream content to the Party Projector desktop application for Mac where content is animated in sync with music and you can project it or put it on a high def TV with Airplay • Connect with your Facebook friends • Ninja Mode works for dark theaters or other places where stealthy discretion is required • Draw with over 22 brushes including the new "Emoji" brush that you can customize with any text or Emoji. Perfect for: • Artistic and entertaining chats with friends or groups • Social gatherings • Concerts big or small • Light shows • Conferences • Parties and Events • Weddings • Ceremonies We hope you will enjoy the results of our pioneering efforts in this area. Communicate Expressively!

Screenshots

Private Message Box4 screens
DrawnIn4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Private Message Box at 2.9 against DrawnIn's 2.3. Private Message Box also leads on ratings volume (20 vs 3). DrawnIn's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 5) and ads (none vs shown). On price, device support and iOS requirement 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. Private Message Box sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per year. DrawnIn asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Private Message Box holds the better App Store score, 2.9 against 2.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Private Message Box has 20 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Private Message Box ships an update monthly, DrawnIn every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and September 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Private Message Box versus DrawnIn: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPrivate Message BoxDrawnIn
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.9 (20 ratings) — better2.3 (3 ratings)
Positive reviews6.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings20 — better3
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 10 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size50 MB80 MB
Age rating17+9+
DeveloperVartit Technology Private LimitedTechné Media

Customer experience

Private Message Box

All ratings20 ratings
Positive45.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative55.0%
Written reviews15 reviews
Positive6.7%
Neutral6.7%
Negative86.7%

DrawnIn

All ratings3 ratings
Positive33.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative66.7%

In-app purchases

5 purchases

Private Message Box

Subscriptions4
  • Proversion$4.991 Year
  • Buy Number - Zone1 Yearly$21.991 Year
  • Buy Number - Zone2 Yearly$58.991 Year
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  • Buy Number - Zone3 Yearly$102.991 Year
One-time1
  • Get SMS Balance$6.99
None

DrawnIn

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Private Message Box free?
Private Message Box is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is DrawnIn free?
DrawnIn is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Private Message Box or DrawnIn?
Private Message Box is rated higher. Private Message Box averages 2.9 out of 5 from 20 ratings, while DrawnIn averages 2.3 from 3 ratings.
Do Private Message Box or DrawnIn have ads?
Private Message Box shows ads; DrawnIn does not.
Which is updated more often, Private Message Box or DrawnIn?
Private Message Box ships an update monthly, and DrawnIn every 10 days. Most recently, Private Message Box was updated on September 23, 2026 and DrawnIn on September 9, 2026.

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