miniDraw 2 vs Vector Illustration
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
miniDraw 2
Create vector illustrations and designs on your mobile device. Seamlessly sync your work across all your Apple devices via iCloud and export your creations as SVG files for use in professional design software.
- Vector illustration and design
- Intuitive mobile UI
- iCloud synchronization
- SVG export
- Pen Tool
- Nested Groups
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miniDraw 2 is a vector illustration and design app for iPhone and iPad. Draw precise, scalable artwork wherever you are and take it into any desktop vector editor as SVG. miniDraw 2 is now completely free: every feature is included, with no ads and no in-app purchases. DRAW • Rectangles, squares, ellipses and circles • Pen tool for Bézier curves, point-to-point lines, and a freehand pencil that smooths your strokes • Variable stroke width: make a line thicker or thinner along its length • Boolean operations: union, intersect, subtract and exclude • Text in a choice of fonts STYLE • Solid colours, linear and radial gradients, opacity • Dashed lines, line caps and joins ORGANISE • Layers and nested groups • A background image from Photos to trace over • Undo and redo SHARE • Import and export SVG for Adobe Illustrator, Inkscape, CorelDRAW and other vector tools • Export PNG, save to Photos, or share straight from the app • Keep your drawings in sync across your devices with iCloud
Vector Illustration
Create sophisticated vector illustrations with a wide range of tools for paths, text, and layers. Secure your work with a passcode and easily share or export your creations in various formats.
- Advanced path and text tools
- Unlimited layers
- Passcode lock for security
- Multiple export formats (SVG, PDF, PNG, JPEG)
- 80+ image filters
- Import custom fonts
- Dropbox and AirDrop integration
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* Finally comes to your iPhone and iPod Touch as well as your iPad * Extra Features: √80+ Image Filters. √Universal: Available on iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad. √Passcode Lock for the whole App to secure your Drawings. √Export/Import your Drawings directly to/from your PC, and MAC. √Send/Receive your Drawings via AirDrop (Device to Device directly). 'Vector Illustration' is your Ultimate Vector Illustration App for your iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad. It supports Paths, Compound Paths, Text, Images, Groups, Masks, Gradient Fills, and an unlimited number of Layers. It was designed with performance in mind. It can easily handle Drawings with hundreds to thousands of shapes without bogging down. Export/Import your Drawings directly to/from your Dropbox, PC, MAC, and Send/Receive them Device-to-Device directly via AirDrop. Main Features: √80+ Image Filters to be applied to any of your Drawings. √Passcode Lock for the whole App to secure your Drawings. √Very high performance. Select, Scale and Rotate hundreds of objects with zero lag. √Create arbitrary Bezier Paths with the Pen tool. √Create Compound Paths, Masks and Groups. √Create Text objects with many available Fonts and your own Fonts. √Place Photos from your Albums. √Boolean operators on Paths (Unite, Intersect, Exclude, Subtract Front) √Powerful Scale and Rotate tools. √Gradient Fills with interactive editing on canvas. √Arbitrary Stroke dash patterns. √Swatch Library. √Unlimited Layers per Drawing. √Rename, Rearrange, Delete, Hide and Lock Layers. √Adjust Layer transparency. √Snap to Grid, Points, and Path edges. √Isolate the active Layer for easy editing. √Show/Hide Grid, and Ruler. √Outline Mode. √Duplicate in Place, Duplicate from one Drawing to another, and Transform Again. √Cut and Copy in Place and from one Drawing to another. √Blend, Set Color Balance, and Set Hue and Saturation. √Stroke, Fill, Shadow, Gradient, and Opacity settings. √Import your own Font. √Save Drawings to your Album, Copy Drawings, Duplicate Drawings, Print Drawings, Post Drawings on Facebook, and Tweet Drawings on Twitter. √Email Drawings as SVG, PDF, PNG and JPEG. √Send/Receive (Export/Import) SVG, PDF, PNG, and JPEG directly to/from your Dropbox. √Send/Receive (Export/Import) SVG, PDF, PNG, and JPEG directly to/from your PC or MAC with iTunes via USB Cable. √Send/Receive Drawings via AirDrop Device-to-Device directly.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: miniDraw 2 at Free against Vector Illustration's $0.99. miniDraw 2 also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 2) and review sentiment (40% vs 28%). Vector Illustration's advantage is update cadence (every 5 months vs every 68 months) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On 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
miniDraw 2 is free to download; Vector Illustration costs $0.99 up front. Vector Illustration sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. miniDraw 2 asks for nothing beyond the download.
miniDraw 2 ships an update every 68 months, Vector Illustration every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on October 1, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | miniDraw 2 | Vector Illustration |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $0.99 |
| Rating | 4.1 (12 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 40.0% of reviews — better | 28.1% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 12 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 68 months | Every 5 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 10 MB | 12 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Black Bunny Studio | EyeOS Store Inc. |
Customer experience
miniDraw 2
Vector Illustration
In-app purchases
miniDraw 2
No in-app purchases
Vector Illustration
- Remove Advertisements$0.99
- Unlock Premium Features$4.99
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