Comparison

Comic Draw by plasq vs Hypersketch

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

Head to head
About

Comic Draw by plasq

Create and view comics on your iPad with a comprehensive set of tools. Features include brushes, fonts, layers, and perspective guides. An in-app purchase unlocks full editing capabilities.

Highlights
  • Comic creation and viewing
  • 34 bundled brushes
  • 130+ bundled comic fonts
  • Layer support
  • Perspective guides
  • Comic lettering tools
  • In-app purchase for full editing
Features
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"I've only had it for a day but it is by far my favorite app on my iPad Pro. It is the app I have been waiting for. Thank you!" - Alex Ogle, Comic Book Artist. View and create awesome comics right on your iPad! Comic Draw comes with everything you need: brushes, fonts and tools to make reading & creating cartoons and comics easy and fun! While the basic app allows viewing and sharing of Comic Draw comics, an In-App Purchase unlocks the full editing capabilities. Start with a comic or cartoon template and get creating today! • Comic Viewer Feature Highlights - Optimized for iPad Pro - Integrated fullscreen comic reader - Import and Export Comic Draw files • Comic Editor Feature Highlights - Optimized for iPad Pro and Apple Pencil - Supports Adonit & Wacom pressure sensitive styluses - Standard comic and cartoon templates - 34 bundled brushes - 130+ bundled comic fonts - Layers and layer groups - 1, 2 & 3 point and isometric perspective guides - Fast and easy comic lettering - Auto-save enabled - never lose your artwork - Integrated publishing system • Brushes - 34 bundled brushes - Textures and screentones - Lots of customization options - Easy favoriting system - Import and export brushes for fast sharing • Layers - Build up your artwork with layers - Layer groups help separate your stages of work - Lock, hide and merge layers as you go - Layer blend modes for advanced effects - Clipping and masking modes • Color - Create custom color palettes - Multiple bundled palettes including a classic comic color palette - Fast color blocking with automatic edge detection from higher layers - Quick shade adjustment slider - Canvas color sampling • Perspective Guides - 1, 2 and 3 point guides available - Multiple guides per page - Automatic perspective snap of strokes, lines, rectangles and ovals - Simple guide calibration from reference photo or sketch • Selection and Masking - Copy, flip, distort and filter selected areas - Filters include hue, saturation, brightness, recolor, background exclusion and foreground selection. - Mask regions for safe painting • Lettering - 130+ bundled fonts - Advanced balloon support including extension balloons - Sophisticated lettering controls including warping and 3D effects - Advanced style system for consistent fonts and graphic design across multiple pages • Script Editor - Full comic script editor included - Automatic keyword recognition - Drag and drop lettering elements from the script to comic page • Sketchpad - Separate sketch area with simplified tools - Fast switching between sketch and final artwork - Lettering layer available for panel layout planning • Publishing & Sharing - Record video of your creative process - Upload to Comic Connect for fast and easy publishing - Import Comic Draw native format - Export as Comic Draw native format, PDF, ePub, JPG or PNG - Export to AirDrop, iCloud Drive, Photos, iTunes, email and many more

About

Hypersketch

Transform simple sketches into polished visuals and new ideas in seconds with AI assistance. This tool empowers users to explore creative breadth, refine concepts, and generate diverse design variations from a single drawing. It offers a human-centered approach, keeping you in creative control while accelerating the ideation process.

Highlights
  • AI-powered sketch transformation
  • Rapid idea generation
  • Creative iteration tools
  • Human-centered AI collaboration
  • Offline sketching capability
  • Reverse sketching for remixing
  • Style references (SREFs)
Features
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Hypersketch - You don't need a great idea to start creating. You create to discover the idea. Hypersketch is the Visual Co Thinking app that helps you think through sketching. Instead of asking you to write the perfect prompt or draw the perfect sketch, Hypersketch helps you make a small creative move, then uses AI to reveal new possibilities you never considered. Draw a quick doodle, a few lines, or even an incomplete sketch. In seconds, Hypersketch transforms your marks into dozens of creative directions that you can react to, remix and refine. It's not about generating the final image. It's about helping you discover better ideas. Built together with leading designers and sketching educators, Hypersketch combines a professional sketchbook with AI designed to provoke creativity, not replace it. Whether you're designing products, architecture, fashion, interiors, branding or simply exploring ideas, Hypersketch helps you move beyond obvious solutions. Perfect for designers, students, entrepreneurs, innovators, and anyone who thinks they're "not creative." ======================= WHY HYPERSKETCH? Think Visibly Don't stare at a blank page. Make a tiny sketch and let AI become your creative thinking partner. Draw Barely Anything A few strokes are enough. No prompt engineering required. Simply choose a creative mode and tap Brainstorm. Generate Design Concepts in Minutes Turn one rough doodle into dozens of unique concepts so you can compare, combine and discover stronger directions. Create Professional Sketches Fast Rapidly produce presentation ready concept sketches without slowing your creative flow. AI That Encourages Discovery Unlike traditional AI image generators that simply follow instructions, Hypersketch introduces thoughtful variations that help you notice new opportunities and unexpected directions. Upscale and Refine Transform rough concepts into polished visuals. Add detail, improve realism and prepare ideas for presentations with a single tap. A Layer System Built for Designers Organize ideas naturally with lightweight layers that remember your tools and help you stay focused without unnecessary complexity. Sketchbook Organization Keep every sketch, note and concept in one place. Organize projects into albums so every idea is easy to revisit. Create with a Page Flip Start a fresh sketch instantly with a simple page flip. Capture ideas as quickly as they arrive. Optimized for Design Thinking Drawing tools, pens and color palettes are carefully tuned for industrial design, product concepts, automotive sketching and visual communication. AI Creative Modes Generate ideas across a growing collection of creative disciplines including: Product Design, Architecture, Automotive, Food, Anime, Form Exploration etc. 
Powerful AI Editing Continue exploring without starting over. Generate variations
, Smart Fill
, Inpaint Retouch
, Convert photos into line art
, Continue sketching directly on AI generated concepts. ======================= BUILT FOR CREATIVE THINKERS Most AI tools help you visualize an answer. Hypersketch helps you discover what the answer could be. Whether you're solving a design challenge, exploring product ideas or simply learning to think more creatively, Hypersketch gives you the confidence to start before you know exactly where you're going. 
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 Stop prompting. Start thinking. Try Hypersketch Today and Redefine How You Sketch and Design.
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Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Hypersketch at none against Comic Draw by plasq's shown. Hypersketch also leads on update cadence (every 11 days vs every 2 months) and review sentiment (79% vs 68%). Comic Draw by plasq's advantage is ratings volume (686 vs 74) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 17.6). On price, rating, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Comic Draw by plasq sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and Hypersketch sells 20 in-app purchases, starting at $8.00 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.2 for Comic Draw by plasq against 4.2 for Hypersketch. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Comic Draw by plasq has 686 ratings behind it against 74, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 68% of Comic Draw by plasq's written reviews are positive against 79% of Hypersketch's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Comic Draw by plasq ships an update every 2 months, Hypersketch every 11 days. Both last shipped on September 22, 2026.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Comic Draw by plasq versus Hypersketch: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterComic Draw by plasqHypersketch
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (686 ratings)4.2 (74 ratings)
Positive reviews67.6% of reviews78.7% of reviews — better
Number of ratings686 — better74
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 11 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPadiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS11.0 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size240 MB222 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developerplasq LLCSTUCK

Customer experience

Comic Draw by plasq

All ratings686 ratings
Positive80.8%
Neutral5.0%
Negative14.3%
Written reviews327 reviews
Positive67.6%
Neutral8.9%
Negative23.5%

Hypersketch

All ratings74 ratings
Positive77.0%
Neutral8.1%
Negative14.9%
Written reviews61 reviews
Positive78.7%
Neutral9.8%
Negative11.5%

Bugs and requests

Comic Draw by plasq

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Brush freehand tool not working with Apple Pencil
  • Layers getting misaligned when using undo
  • Crashes when trying to drag and zoom images
  • Saved comics disappearing after updates

Requested features

6 requests
  • Ability to import/export PSD files
  • More keyboard shortcuts and power user features
  • Improved color picker with RGB/CMYK/Hex support
  • Ability to work on double-page spreads
  • Masking/clipping tools for panels
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  • More default font options, especially non-Latin scripts

Hypersketch

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Comic Draw by plasq

One-time2
  • Free Trial2 variantsFree
  • Unlock Full App$9.99
20 purchases

Hypersketch

Subscriptions8
  • Starter$8.001 Month
  • Starter$10.001 Month
  • Professional$28.001 Month
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  • Starter$50.001 Year
  • Premium$56.001 Month
  • Starter$87.001 Year
  • Professional$199.001 Year
  • Ultra$669.001 Year
One-time12
  • Credit Pack N0$3.49
  • Unlimted Sketches2 variants$7.19
  • Unlimted Sketches$8.99
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  • Credit Pack O1$12.49
  • Credit Pack C1$15.00
  • Credit Pack O2$17.49
  • Credit Pack N1$19.00
  • Credit Pack C2$20.00
  • Credit Pack N2$25.00
  • Credit Pack O3$34.49
  • Credit Pack C3$40.00
  • Credit Pack N3$50.00

Questions

Is Comic Draw by plasq free?
Comic Draw by plasq is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Hypersketch free?
Hypersketch is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Comic Draw by plasq or Hypersketch?
Comic Draw by plasq and Hypersketch are both rated 4.2 out of 5 on the App Store, from 686 and 74 ratings respectively.
Do Comic Draw by plasq or Hypersketch have ads?
Comic Draw by plasq shows ads; Hypersketch does not.
Which is updated more often, Comic Draw by plasq or Hypersketch?
Comic Draw by plasq ships an update every 2 months, and Hypersketch every 11 days. Most recently, Comic Draw by plasq was updated on September 22, 2026 and Hypersketch on September 22, 2026.

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