Comparison

DrawBoard vs mazec

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

Head to head
About

DrawBoard

This keyboard app allows you to draw directly on your keyboard and share your creations instantly within any messaging app. Express yourself creatively with quick sketches or colorful drawings without leaving your current conversation.

Highlights
  • Draw directly on keyboard
  • Share drawings instantly
  • Save drawings to clipboard
  • Paste drawings into messages
  • Creative expression tool
Features
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*** 100% FREE FOR A LIMITED TIME! *** DrawBoard is a keyboard made for doodling! DrawBoard lets you draw right on your keyboard, and then easily share your drawings with your friends, all without leaving whatever app you're in! With DrawBoard, a picture says a thousand words... or nothing at all! Brighten someone's day with a doodle to make them smile! Do a quick sketch while you're waiting for a reply! Or get your point across in a colourful way! Be creative! Once you've created a masterpiece, tap the button in the bottom right of DrawBoard to save and/or copy your drawing to the clipboard. Then simply paste your drawing into any message and viola! You're doodle is ready to put a smile on the face of your friends! Try it! To Install DrawBoard, go to Settings > General > Keyboard > Keyboards > Add New Keyboard > and then select DrawBoard! DrawBoard requires you to Allow Full Access in the keyboard settings so you can save and share your images. To use all of DrawBoard's features, go to Settings > General > Keyboard > Keyboards > DrawBoard > and then switch on Allow Full Access. Now get ready to draw right on your keyboard!! DrawBoard requires iOS8.

About

mazec

This app provides a handwriting input method as an alternative to your keyboard for any application. It offers accurate handwriting recognition, predictive text, and customizable dictionaries to speed up your writing tasks. You can also input emojis and use it for emails, social posts, searches, and filling out forms.

Highlights
  • Real-time handwriting to text conversion
  • Accurate predictive text
  • Customizable learning dictionary
  • Emoji input
  • Works in all applications
  • Handwrite emails, social posts, and searches
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### This is the English handwriting recognition app. Mazec offers you handwriting input as an alternative to your keyboard within any app on your device. If you want to write an email, make a social post or quickly jot your notes, mazec handwriting input technology offers you a speedy alternative to handwrite the message instead of using a keyboard. The Mazec handwriting input method app offers extremely accurate handwriting recognition and predictive text to intelligently guess your handwriting on the fly. It even allows you to enrich the dictionary with your own favorite terms and phrases, or your favorite URL’s and email addresses. Mazec handwriting input method for iOS saves you time writing emails, notes and social posts. Instead of fumbling with a keyboard (which often causes you to use both hands), with mazec all input can be completed with the touch of a finger. Mazec handwriting input provides handwriting conversion while you are on the go. Its advanced technology is due to vast semantic databases built over MyScript, the world leader in handwriting recognition technology. Mazec handwriting input features include: 1. The most advanced experience for real-time conversion of handwriting to text, due to MyScript , the leader of handwriting recognition technology. 2. Extremely accurate predictive text due to natively-authored dictionaries of technical terms and popular phraseology 3. Auto and manual learning dictionary mazec can intelligently “learn” frequently used phrases automatically. You can also ”teach” mazec to memorize short sentences, such as "TYVM" to "Thank you very much" and allows you to customize the user dictionary to your own favorite phrases 4. Emoji input Mazec includes more than just emoticons, but over 100 selected Emojis in 12 categories. Just write "Emoji" or one of category name as "face", "moon", "animal" etc. , then the list of Emojis will pop up. Categories of Emojis include: Faces, Fingers, Weather, Moons, Animals, Hearts, Balls, Fruit, Flowers, Buildings, Trains and Cars 5. Handwriting Input available to all applications on the device Because mazec is written as an input method to iOS, it acts as an alternative keyboard within any application on the device that accepts input. 6. Handwriting Emails and Social Posts Mazec makes writing emails, blogs and social posts quick and fun and saves you time 7. Handwrite Google Searches With the mazec Handwriting Input app, browsing the internet and conducting Google searches has never been easier 8. Quickly fill out web forms and important documents online With mazec, it becomes extremely easy and quick to fill out web forms and critical documents online, thus saving time from printing PDF files and scanning to be sent back 9. Multiple languages The app itself supports English language only. Handwriting recognition add-ons for French, German, Italian, Spanish, Russian, Portuguese, Dutch, Polish, Japanese, Chinese (Simplified & Traditional), and Korean are available as in-app-purchase apps. We’d love to hear your feedback and feature requests. Email us at: support_anytime@metamoji.com or join our community at https://getsatisfaction.com/mazec

Screenshots

DrawBoard4 screens
mazec4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: DrawBoard at Free against mazec's $12.99. DrawBoard also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 10) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 10 months). mazec's advantage is rating (3.6 vs 2.9) and ratings volume (43 vs 9). On review sentiment, ads, 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

DrawBoard is free to download; mazec costs $12.99 up front. mazec sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. DrawBoard asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

mazec holds the better App Store score, 3.6 against 2.9. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 9 and 43 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 60% of DrawBoard's written reviews are positive against 64% of mazec's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

DrawBoard ships an update every 2 months, mazec every 10 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
DrawBoard versus mazec: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDrawBoardmazec
PriceFree — better$12.99
Rating2.9 (9 ratings)3.6 (43 ratings) — better
Positive reviews60.0% of reviews63.9% of reviews — better
Number of ratings943 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 10 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS8.08.0
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB33 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperUseless Creations Pty LtdMetaMoJi Corporation

Customer experience

DrawBoard

All ratings9 ratings
Positive44.4%
Neutral0.0%
Negative55.6%
Written reviews10 reviews
Positive60.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative40.0%

mazec

All ratings43 ratings
Positive62.8%
Neutral7.0%
Negative30.2%
Written reviews83 reviews
Positive63.9%
Neutral6.0%
Negative30.1%

In-app purchases

None

DrawBoard

No in-app purchases

10 purchases

mazec

One-time10
  • mazec Language Add-Ons (Japanese)$9.99
  • mazec Language Add-Ons (French)$9.99
  • mazec Language Add-Ons (German)$9.99
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  • mazec Language Add-Ons (Italian)$9.99
  • mazec Language Add-Ons (Spanish)$9.99
  • mazec Language Add-Ons (Russian)$9.99
  • mazec Language Add-Ons (Portuguese)$9.99
  • mazec Language Add-Ons (Chinese)$9.99
  • mazec Language Add-Ons (Korean)$9.99
  • mazec Language Add-Ons (All languages)$24.99

Questions

Is DrawBoard free?
DrawBoard is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is mazec free?
mazec costs $12.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, DrawBoard or mazec?
mazec is rated higher. DrawBoard averages 2.9 out of 5 from 9 ratings, while mazec averages 3.6 from 43 ratings.
Do DrawBoard or mazec have ads?
Neither DrawBoard nor mazec shows ads.
Which is updated more often, DrawBoard or mazec?
DrawBoard ships an update every 2 months, and mazec every 10 months. Most recently, DrawBoard was updated on November 6, 2026 and mazec on November 1, 2026.

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