“You really should state that you have to pay to use the app downloaded it thinking I could use it with like basic stuff or limited lessons, but nope.You have to be forced subscribe to subscription to even get into the app.I'm highly…”
Independent automated assessment · 3 signal sources · 438 reviews scanned · analyzed 2026-10-04.
Drawing Desk: Learn to Draw
4Axis TechnologiesTrusted by over 70 million users worldwide with over 100000+ 5 star reviews,…
4.5 ★141,218 ratings
10M+Downloads
4+Age rating
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Free · In-app purchasesIn-app purchases
About this app
Trusted by over 70 million users worldwide with over 100000+ 5 star reviews, Drawing Desk is the #1 app for learning and practicing drawing & painting skills.
Now you can draw, doodle, sketch, paint or color with the Drawing Desk app on your phone or pad. Our unique collection of pro tools such as pencils, crayons, watercolor brushes and much more will help anyone to create amazing art works. Drawing Desk app is one of the best apps to learn and draw art or illustrations.
Learn How to Draw with 1000+ Step-by-Step Drawing Lessons! - Explore a wide range of lessons including Anime, Manga, Kawaii, Caricatures, Doodles, Art Therapy, and more. - Each lesson is consists of on-screen guides, text and voice guides - These are interactive drawing games to help beginners learn from scratch and advanced learners to refine their skills.…
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Independent evidence report
Evidence and review signals
This is where the page changes from an app-store listing into an evidence report: findings, important reviews, pricing and a dated history.
Which version this describes
When we ran this analysis, and what the store lists now.
This analysis describes version 11.0.7 of the app, analyzed 2026-10-04 . The app may have changed since.
The store currently lists version 11.0.7, updated 2026-09-02.
What we measured
Each line is a measurement published as a measurement, never a verdict.
Each line is a measurement, published as a measurement. Where we have not looked, the line says so rather than reading as a zero.
Developer replies to reviews
Replies to at least 1 review in 20
Price in the store description
States no price and billing period
Cancelling, in the store description
Does not say how to cancel
Themes reported by reviewers
2 themes reported
Counted from the reviews we have read for this app. "No theme reported" means no theme reached our reporting threshold — it is not a finding that nothing is wrong with this app, and we do not say it is.
Five-star share of ratings
65–79% five-star
Arithmetic on the stores' own published rating counts. It says nothing about why the ratings fall where they do.
In the package we scanned
No package has been scanned for this app, so nothing is published about what it ships. That is an absence of evidence about the app, not a finding about it.
Graded bands · predicate set 1.4 · how these are measured
What the analysis found
App-specific findings, grouped by what each one rests on. How they are graded lives on its own page.
Positive evidence 1
Things this app does right, published at the same strengths as the catch list.
Developer says data deletion can be requested
The developer's data-safety disclosure on the store states that users can request deletion of their data, or the app's own text offers a way to delete the account. This restates what the developer declares; it is not a test of whether deletion works. Apple publishes no equivalent disclosure, so on an Apple-only listing only the app's own text can support it.
What we saw: The developer's store data-safety disclosure states that data deletion can be requested; we have not seen a deletion control in the app's own text
One source only — shown, not confirmed 2
A single kind of evidence. We publish these because withholding them would be the bigger distortion, and we do not treat any of them as a finding we stand behind.
Reported by users: Paywall blocks the basics
The core of the app — not extras — sits behind payment, or previously-free function moved behind a paywall.
What we saw: Paywall blocks the basics: raised by 9 distinct reviewers (2.1% of 438 reviews scanned)
Reported by users: Aggressive ad load
Advertising volume or placement that interrupts normal use: ads between every action, unskippable or forced full-screen ads.
What we saw: Aggressive ad load: raised by 6 distinct reviewers (1.4% of 438 reviews scanned)
Highlighted reviews
Representative public review excerpts shown as user reports, not Appworthy audit evidence.
“For an app claiming to help people learn to draw, promoting generative AI is VILE! I would give zero stars if I could. Not to mention, everything except for one tutorial is locked behind a paywall. Even then, the one free tutorial forces…”
“You have to pay for almost EVERYTHING! You need premium to use everything but one.”
Assessment & version history
App changes and Appworthy events in one timeline.
Store listing updated to version 11.0.7.
What this app sells
Useful store-disclosed pricing, kept below the app listing.
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