drawsta vs Infinite Painter
drawsta is for artists who trace and would rather not go hunting for the picture first: pick one, one tap to the canvas, free. Infinite Painter is a painting app with a Trace mode, for work where you already have the reference and want print output around it.
| Feature | drawsta | Infinite Painter |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free. | Free to download, with a Pro unlock. The listing sets out what is free and what is Pro but does not publish a price, and we could not verify one, so there is none here. |
| Subscription | None. | None found on the listing. |
| Platforms | iPhone and iPad. iOS 17 or later. | iPhone and iPad, iOS 16 or later. Also on Android. |
| Tracing | Tap a picture and it lands on your canvas as a ghosted layer you draw straight over. Turn the ghost off and your line is what is left. Bring your own photo and it works the same way. | A Trace mode, and reference images: its listing lists “Solo & Trace modes” and “Add multiple reference images”, plus a built-in image search. You choose and supply the picture. |
| Who it is for | Working artists who draw from reference: illustrators, tattooers, designers, anyone who sketches. | Painters who want desktop-class tooling on a tablet, and anyone preparing work for print: it does CMYK and print presets. |
Choose Infinite Painter if
- you print your work: CMYK colour modes, print presets and layered PSD export.
- you want desktop-class layer tooling on a tablet: smart layers for repeated transforms without quality loss, and a project history you can step back through.
- you also draw on Android, which drawsta does not run on.
The honest version
Take the free tier seriously before you choose: everything is open for 7 days, after which the free app is 5 layers at device resolution, with adjustments, layer groups, masks and HD canvases behind Pro. That is a normal way to sell an app and it is not a criticism. It is just the thing to know, because the free version you try is not the free version you keep. drawsta has no second tier; what you install is what you get.
Where these claims come from
Every statement about Infinite Painter on this page is from one of these, checked 9 October 2026. They are named rather than linked: a source you can look up is as checkable as one you can tap, and this page is not here to hand you a download button for somebody else. Prices move and differ by region. If something could not be verified from a listing, an official site or official documentation, it is not here.
- Infinite Painter on the App Store