Comparison

Exify vs DrawPlus

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

Head to head
About

Exify

This app provides in-depth technical details for iPhone photos, including exposure, lens data, image size, and color information. It offers tools for pixel-level inspection, color sampling, and metadata management, with extensions for easy access within other apps.

Highlights
  • Exposure and lens information
  • Image size and color space
  • Pixel-level detail magnifier
  • Color sampling and layout proportions
  • RGB and luminosity histograms
  • Photo location and maps
  • Watermark and copyright addition
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Exify is a collection of tools for people who take their iPhone photography seriously. The app gives you quick access to: • Exposure and lens information • Image size and color space • Magnifier for pixel-level details • Color sampling and layout proportions • RGB and luminosity histograms • Photo location, elevation and maps • Capture time in local time and UTC • Camera model and manufacturer • Copyright and other IPTC information iOS action extensions provide the following tools in Photos, Messages and any other app that supports the action sheet for images: • Show Image Information • Magnify Image • Duplicate Image Finally, an iOS editing extension lets you perform the following directly from your Photo library: • Add a watermark to your photo • Set a copyright, image description, and artist • Remove location information for privacy • Add GPS metadata from another image Every photographer needs a copy of Exify in their pocket!

About

DrawPlus

Enhance your images with a comprehensive suite of annotation tools, including lines, text, and effects. Quickly create collages, stitch long screenshots, and read QR codes. Share your visual ideas for fun, home, school, or work.

Highlights
  • Extensive annotation tools (lines, text, effects)
  • Fast tool switching with swipe gestures
  • QR Code and Barcode Reader
  • Photo collage creation
  • Long screenshot stitching
  • Action Extension and iCloud sync support
Features
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A super-helpful image annotation tool for Free! DrawPlus is better than the one in the system. The interface is simple and beautiful. The annotation tool is easy to use. Features: POWERFUL TOOLS: Annotate now including line, dash line, curve line, arrow, twins arrow, curve arrow, rect, text, magnifier, spotlight, clip, blur effect and mosaic tools. DO FASTER & DO EASIER It’s like using shortcut in Photoshop, switch tools ever fast on a touch screen, just one swipe, the tools will automatic expand, keep swiping to switch, then release your finger to select. QR Code Reader and Scanner: The easiest and fastest QR Code and Barcode Reader COLLAGE: Many collage format bright up your photos. LONG SCREENSHOT: Automatically combine your screenshots into one full content image. SMALL WIDGETS, DOING A GREAT JOB Preview, Delete your photos right on widgets page, and the network activity monitor shows your device network status, upload/download speeds, received/sent data, storage in real time. ACTION EXTENSION: Fully support Action Extension, Photo Editing Extension, Edits Sync via iCloud Photo Library, URL Schemes. People everywhere use DrawPlus to help them visually share their thoughts with others. Here are a few ways you can use it, too: FOR FUN Mark up photos of silly, cool, or inspiring things you see and share them via social, email, SMS, and more. FOR HOME Annotate photos of your backyard to plan out your vegetable garden. FOR SCHOOL Share a diagram of the earth’s layers and have students label it with you FOR EVENTS Capture a map, mark it up, and share it with your friends to show them where you'll be. FOR WORK Open a PDF and highlight changes to skip the lengthy, confusing email chains and give clear feedback.

Screenshots

Exify4 screens
DrawPlus4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: DrawPlus at Free against Exify's $1.99. DrawPlus also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 5 months) and review sentiment (64% vs 44%). Exify's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and chart position (#180 vs unranked). On rating, ads 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

DrawPlus is free to download; Exify costs $1.99 up front. DrawPlus sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Exify asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 3.8 for Exify against 3.8 for DrawPlus. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 21 and 6 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 44% of Exify's written reviews are positive against 64% of DrawPlus's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Exify ships an update every 5 months, DrawPlus every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 26, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 3 level
Exify versus DrawPlus: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterExifyDrawPlus
Price$1.99Free — better
Rating3.8 (21 ratings)3.8 (6 ratings) — better
Positive reviews43.9% of reviews64.3% of reviews — better
Number of ratings21 — better6
Update frequencyEvery 5 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank#180 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.610.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size8 MB59 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperThe IconfactoryNan Chao

Customer experience

Exify

All ratings21 ratings
Positive76.2%
Neutral4.8%
Negative19.0%
Written reviews41 reviews
Positive43.9%
Neutral12.2%
Negative43.9%

DrawPlus

All ratings6 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral16.7%
Negative16.7%
Written reviews14 reviews
Positive64.3%
Neutral21.4%
Negative14.3%

In-app purchases

None

Exify

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

DrawPlus

One-time1
  • Upgrade to Pro Version$0.99

Questions

Is Exify free?
Exify costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is DrawPlus free?
DrawPlus is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Exify or DrawPlus?
DrawPlus is rated higher. Exify averages 3.8 out of 5 from 21 ratings, while DrawPlus averages 3.8 from 6 ratings.
Do Exify or DrawPlus have ads?
Neither Exify nor DrawPlus shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Exify or DrawPlus?
Exify ships an update every 5 months, and DrawPlus every 3 weeks. Most recently, Exify was updated on October 24, 2026 and DrawPlus on October 26, 2026.

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