“Added so many ads that take you to random links I lost TWO HOURS WORTH OF WORK ON THE DRAWING I WAS DOING-put me back to the first brushstroke-because I tried to hit the button it SAID would take me to my drawing. Instead it took me to…”
Independent automated assessment · 6 signal sources · 493 reviews scanned · analyzed 2026-10-04.
4.5 ★93,691 ratings
10M+Downloads
4+Age rating
—App size
Free · In-app purchasesIn-app purchases
About this app
Sketchbook Lite - Artbook! Say Hello to Sketchbook Lite - Artbook - the ultimate sketch pad designed to ignite your creativity and provide the perfect place to start sketching independently. With its intuitive and user-friendly interface, this drawing tablet is your gateway to the world of digital art and doodles, offering a range of brushstrokes and pen tools that will have you drawing masterpieces in no time.🖌
Great Sketchbook Brushstrokes!✏ At the heart of Sketchbook Lite is its powerful brushstroke and pencil tools. With a diverse selection of brush and pencil types, sizes, and styles, you can easily create the perfect brushstroke on your drawing pad. With Sketch Pad Lite, the brush tools provide you with complete control over your drawings and paintings.…
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Independent evidence report
The evidence behind this assessment
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 2.6.1 of the app (the version number recorded inside the package we inspected), analyzed 2026-10-04 . The app may have changed since.
The store currently lists version 2.6.1, updated 2026-05-18.
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
1 theme 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
80–89% 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
From the package we downloaded and read — version 2.6.1, scanned 2026-09-12.
Permissions Android classifies as dangerous
None requested
Counted against the eighteen permissions listed in collect-package.ts. A dangerous permission is one Android asks the user to grant; requesting one is not itself a finding.
Analytics or tracking SDKs in the scanned package
1–2 found
Advertising SDKs in the scanned package
10 or more found
Counted as distinct SDKs in the package we scanned. One mediation bundle can contribute several, so this is not a count of advertisers.
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.
The catch list 1
Charges we publish at a strength we stand behind: measured from an artefact, agreed by independent sources, or reported by enough users to clear that charge's own published bar.
Multiple ad networks bundled
The package embeds several distinct advertising or mediation SDKs — a stack built for ad volume, not for a single house ad.
What we saw: Bundles 13 distinct ad networks / mediation SDKs: Amazon Publisher Services, AppLovin MAX, BidMachine, Fyber / Digital Turbine Exchange and 9 more
Positive evidence 2
Things this app does right, published at the same strengths as the catch list.
States a price, or offers a one-time purchase
The app's own text offers a one-time or lifetime purchase, or reviewers report that the price is stated clearly.
What we saw: Offers a one-time or lifetime purchase: "Watching an Ad allows you to access premium tools for 24 hours. To get lifetime access and an ad-free experience, you can buy My Drawing 2 Premium."
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: 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 35 distinct reviewers (7.1% of 493 reviews scanned)
In the app's own text: Countdown-timer purchase pressure
The app's own purchase copy attaches a deadline to buying — a countdown, 'offer ends in', 'limited time' — or ships a countdown view on a purchase-screen layout.
What we saw: Deadline pressure in the app's own copy: "Limited time offer"
Highlighted reviews
Representative public review excerpts shown as user reports, not Appworthy audit evidence.
“full of ads. This is not the app for me🚫”
“Way too many ads so it is almost impossible to do anything.”
Assessment & version history
App changes and Appworthy events in one timeline.
Store listing updated to version 2.6.1.
What this app sells
Useful store-disclosed pricing, kept below the app listing.
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