Comparison

Crayon vs LFTools

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

Head to head
About

Crayon

Features
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The Crayon app is great for creating sketches, doodles, drawings, and notes. This app is FAST, FUN and EASY to use! FEATURES: sketch paper, color pencils, erasers, magnifying glass, smudge finger, and water blur. CANVAS SIZE: 1024x1024 pixels UNDO: 15 levels

About

LFTools

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LFTools is an app for Large Format and Film Photographers. In version 1.5.0 LFTools contains 2 Tabs. The first one is the 'LF Tools' tab, with several sub sections. Each section has a tool to calculate certain properties which are used in large format photography. Like extended exposure times with regard to bellows extension or the magnification from a bellows draw for a given focal length. The second tab, 'Film Reciprocity', contains the Film Reciprocity Calculator. This calculator is of interest for all film photographers who are interested in long time exposure. With the Film Reciprocity Calculator one can overcome the so called reciprocity failure, which is inherent to almost all films. It is quite simple to use, one just has to select a film, shutter speed and aperture an the tool automatically creates a table with extended exposure times. The app comes with a pre-populated list of films from Ilford. Ilford was the only manufacture who publishes the p factor for their films. Al be it, the user can add its own films for calculation.

Screenshots

Crayon3 screens
LFTools4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Crayon at every 3 weeks against LFTools's every 3 months. Crayon also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 18). On price, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Crayon ships an update every 3 weeks, LFTools every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on May 16, 2026 and September 11, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences ยท 3 level
Crayon versus LFTools: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCrayonLFTools
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks โ€” betterEvery 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod โ€” betteriPhone
Requires iOS11.0 โ€” better18
Further details โ€” not scored
Size21 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBrook SeatonRuediger Merz

In-app purchases

None

Crayon

No in-app purchases

None

LFTools

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Crayon free?
Crayon is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is LFTools free?
LFTools is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Crayon or LFTools have ads?
Neither Crayon nor LFTools shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Crayon or LFTools?
Crayon ships an update every 3 weeks, and LFTools every 3 months. Most recently, Crayon was updated on May 16, 2026 and LFTools on September 11, 2026.

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