ibis Paint X vs ArtWorkout
Choose ibis Paint X for a more feature-rich and versatile drawing experience.
ibis Paint X offers a wider range of features and tools for digital artists compared to ArtWorkout, which is limited by its energy system and subscription model. While both apps have their share of ads, ibis Paint X's free tier provides more functionality without the constant need for in-app purchases.
Head to head
you want a comprehensive drawing app with many features and a free tier.
you prefer a simpler, game-like drawing experience and are okay with subscription models.
Evidence note: Most of the negative feedback for ibis Paint X revolves around recent updates, which may not reflect its overall quality, while ArtWorkout's issues stem from its monetization strategy, impacting user satisfaction.
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What reviewers actually said
Built only from these 120 real reviews (foreign ones translated). Superscripts jump to the quote here. Apple has no per-review links, so [ref] opens that app's reviews on the App Store.
- [R2] ibis Paint X It’s so good: I love it but the anoyying part is when I accidentally hit the top thing
- [R17] ibis Paint X Best drawing app ever!: Ok so I’ve had this app the minute I found out about digital art. If you’re a beginner artist then I recommend this app 100%! This app is the best app on my iPad (other then TikTok and Roblox) love you ibis paint X!
- [R35] ibis Paint X 🐳: i love this app so much! so much styles u can do on this app and it’s amazing! many colors/ brushes! i love this app a lot
- [R64] ArtWorkout "pay to win" totally not worth it: the inly thing good about this app is that the drawings are cute. i dont want to have to PAY to draw something by myself, i dont want to PAY to get rid of ads, and i dont want to PAY for this app when there are others that are identical without the paywalls. the 'energy' requirements are stupid, when i come home from my day at my 5-5 i want to just sit down and d
- [R6] ibis Paint X All the pop up adds make the app more difficult, though it’s easy and decent making digital art.: I don’t like all the pop ups and adds it ruins the experience and makes it hard to use, also you cannot use all brushes and tools sadly. But aside that, it’s great for making digital art!
- [R15] ibis Paint X What??!!: I actually love the app but there are a good amount of adds that are annoying and there are times when it just deletes something that I had just drawn and I cannot undo it! I also have been having a problem where over the last couple of days I haven’t been able to get on the community page at all like when I press the button it just doesn’t work??!! How do I fix this??
- [R18] ibis Paint X Why this is good and bad: So my opinion I really like it but it’s a bit difficult because the last time I used it the color black was completely invisible and I didn’t like it but what I did like was that it has nice quality and another thing I don’t really like is that it has a few adds. And we have too many adds already.
- [R68] ArtWorkout It's good but..: It's good but it's just that you haft to wait for a bit to get energy and idk if it's hours to wait and I hate to wait. Also, all of the drawings needs a free trial and I really want to draw but I always haft to wait. So I haft to use a other drawing app so I can draw. It's just not fair that you haft to pay when you just started. So If the owner of this app reading this, please j
- [R9] ibis Paint X I geniuanlly don’t know: So this app made me crash out a lot of times and it’s so confusing but overall I still like it
- [R36] ibis Paint X I keep having crashes all the time: Please remove the crashes
- [R39] ibis Paint X Ibis paint x: This app is ok but sometimes is really glitchy and laggy and hard to draw with
- [R90] ArtWorkout used to love this: I absolutely used to love this app! I previously has payed for the pro version back when it was only $20 for the year because it seemed like a reasonable price… now that it has bumped up to $50 for an annual subscription I am looking into other options. I LOVE this app so much, and I would use it all the time. It’s just really frustrating with the price changing so drastically.
- [R3] ibis Paint X Eh: Good but not good. Too many ads and most good stuff you gotta pay for. Just make it a paid app at this rate.
- [R33] ibis Paint X Everything is literally premium: You literally can’t draw without paying for it
- [R59] ibis Paint X BEST: I love this art app it’s way better then the other apps I’ve tried,even tho a lot of brushes you have to watch adds, the brushes that aren’t adds are really good. I love the tools and the mechanics of the app.Its a NEED art app.try it out if you haven’t downloaded it yet
- [R61] ArtWorkout This app sucks: Sucks really bad I tired to cancel a free trial and it didn’t let me and now I can’t a get refund
- [R4] ibis Paint X new update: this new update sucks for like half the people that use your app. a lot of us are minors without web browsers and now we can't access our comics. please bring back the in app web browser. idk who told you guys that this was a good idea
- [R16] ibis Paint X the new update: in my opinion, the new update just adds more steps to upload new fonts into Ibis Paint. Hopefully it’s reverted back to it’s previous version
- [R58] ibis Paint X The new update: I hate that it takes you to the website instead of the app now. I lost my 1 year account due to this new update and a lot more people are effected by it. This update is probably a bad decision since a lot of people are now logging out to make new accounts, please remove it taking you to google/safari. It’s very not needed. Also the reason i couldn’t have got my old account back was
- [R79] ArtWorkout USED TO LOVE BUT…: They removed the photo drawing feature and it hasn’t worked since, the reason I pay for app. They refusing to resolve or accommodate & I’m a paying consumer. I have free apps that offered accommodations to THEIR MISTAKE…. save your money.
Synthesized from 120 recent App Store reviews · updated July 2026 · View on the App Store