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AutoDraw vs Silly Times

Two fact sheets from our own research, side by side — pricing, platforms, API access and status re-checked by us rather than quoted from the vendors.

The short answer

Cheaper
AutoDraw — free to use, vs $4.99 once for Silly Times
Free plan
Only AutoDraw (Silly Times has paid plans only)
Higher Trust score
AutoDraw — 94 vs 87 for Silly Times
Best fit
AutoDraw: Teachers and kids making quick classroom visuals · Silly Times: parents of children aged 4 to 8 who want a contained drawing toy with no ads or sign-up
Platforms
AutoDraw: Web · Silly Times: iOS

From our own records as of each tool's last check. Anything we have not confirmed is left out rather than guessed. How we verify

AutoDrawGoogle experiment that swaps rough sketches for clean clip artSilly TimesiPhone and iPad drawing app for young kids that repaints a finger doodle as an AI watercolor with one tap of a wand.

Side by side

FactAutoDrawSilly Times
CategoryIcons, Stickers & IllustrationsImage-to-Image & Style Transfer
Pricing modelFreePaid
Starts at—$4.99 once
Trust score94 / 10087 / 100
PlatformsWebiOS
CompanyGoogle LLCELBO AI Inc.
Launched20172022
Last verifiedOct 16, 2026Oct 14, 2026

What our research says

AutoDraw

A nine-year-old Google toy that still works and still costs nothing, useful for a quick icon or a whiteboard doodle. It is not an image generator, so anyone expecting prompt-to-art should look elsewhere.

Pros

  • Zero friction: no login, no email, works on phone browsers
  • Suggestions are real artist drawings, so output looks consistent rather than mangled
  • Free forever with no watermark on the PNG download

Cons

  • Matches only against a limited catalogue of common objects; anything specific fails
  • PNG only, no SVG or layered file
  • Untouched for years; the surrounding editor is very basic

Silly Times

Silly Times is a small, focused app: a child draws, taps a wand and gets a painted version back, aimed squarely at young kids rather than adult hobbyists. There are no ads, accounts or in-app purchases, but the App Store now asks $4.99 up front even though the vendor's own page still advertises it as free, and it is iPhone and iPad only.

Pros

  • one tap turns a rough doodle into a finished watercolor-style picture
  • no ads, no accounts, no social features and no in-app purchases
  • PencilKit drawing tools respond well to fingers and Apple Pencil
  • single up-front price instead of a subscription

Cons

  • drawing tools are basic: pencil, marker, highlighter and eraser
  • iOS only, with no Android version found
  • the product page says free while the App Store charges $4.99
  • few App Store ratings, so there is little outside feedback

Which one fits

Choose AutoDraw if you need

  • Teachers and kids making quick classroom visuals
  • Slide and worksheet doodles that need to look tidy
  • Anyone who wants a clean icon in under a minute without an account

Choose Silly Times if you need

  • parents of children aged 4 to 8 who want a contained drawing toy with no ads or sign-up
  • families on iPad looking for a one-off purchase rather than a subscription

AutoDraw vs Silly Times: the questions people ask

Is AutoDraw cheaper than Silly Times?

AutoDraw is free to use; Silly Times starts at $4.99 once.

Does AutoDraw or Silly Times have a free tier?

AutoDraw is free to use; Silly Times has paid plans only.

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