# Paintstorm Studio Lite — user reviews > 140 indexed App Store user reviews of Paintstorm Studio Lite by Sergei Komarov, rated 4.00/5 from 262 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/paintstorm-studio-lite/id1097147869/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/paintstorm-studio-lite/id1097147869.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 164 · 4★ 27 · 3★ 19 · 2★ 8 · 1★ 44 ## What do users think of Paintstorm Studio Lite? Overall sentiment: mixed **Pros** - 💎 Excellent brushes and color mixing - 🎨 Sophisticated drawing tools - 🖌️ Advanced interface like desktop apps - 🖥️ Powerful features on par with desktop software **Cons** - 🚧 Cluttered and confusing interface - 🐛 Frequent crashes and performance issues - 💦 Annoying watermark on exported artwork - 🔍 Lack of clear instructions and tutorials **Commonly reported bugs** - App crashes when opening or switching between projects - Brush settings and color wheel disappearing unexpectedly - Inability to save or recover unsaved artwork **Most requested features** - Remove watermark option - Ability to import photos and images - Better organization and customization of UI - More intuitive brush and tool controls ## Newest reviews (15 of 140) ### 3/5 — It’s ok *2023-03-16, version 2.49* The app itself is ok but I had to delete it bc it was laggy. ### 2/5 — Rating *2022-11-24, version 2.49* They need to give you a tutorial or something it is not even letting me draw ### 2/5 — I kinda like this app 😩 *2022-10-26, version 2.49* So I made this rainbow drawing I loved it and screenshot it but I couldn’t rub it out so do something now 😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡 ### 3/5 — Need’s improving *2022-07-20, version 2.48* I believe the app would be good if it didn’t crash!😟 ### 2/5 — The watermark *2022-01-12, version 2.48* The watermark appears half way throw my drawing and it ruins it And I’m not buying the full version ### 3/5 — What shall I do?? *2021-12-30, version 2.48* Hello I just downloaded this app and I have some questions. I have put some sunset Coulers and I was about to blend but then I realised how are you supposed to blend? Please write back as this is something that would make this game amazing. Overall I think this is a good game but it could be better. Please write back soon. ### 3/5 — Paintstorm Lite rating *2021-12-20, version 2.48* Overall , I really like using this app. However, you have to find your way a bit with all the different features and buttons. I also wish that the watermark would go away. It’s a mark that stays on the picture while and after you draw, but it doesn’t go away unless you purchase the full drawing. This app would be recommended by me if you like making digital art. 3.5 out of 5 rating. ### 4/5 — its ok *2021-10-16, version 2.47* watermark ruins it ### 1/5 — Not the best *2021-04-14, version 2.47* I downloaded this app happy and deleted it sad. It has so much potential but when I was paint it kept showing the text “To get rid of this mark please purchase the full version” I don’t wanna spend money, it also has a large lack of tools and it always is very slow and takes about 5 seconds to drawing something you took 1 second to draw. Very bad app, just download procreate or sketchbook. ### 3/5 — Watermark *2021-04-14, version 2.47* Theres a darn watermark that ruins my works and i am NOT purchasing the ‘full version’ >:l Great app get rid of the watermark ### 1/5 — I hate it *2021-04-01, version 2.47* I thought it would be fun but it not. ### 1/5 — Wow..um *2021-03-28, version 2.47* I got this app thinking “Wow, this looks sooo fun!” But first of all, it doesn’t show you where everything is. Second of all, it put marks all over your drawing saying ‘To remove this watermark, please purchase the full game’ like I think I’ve already said enough. I would give this 0 stars if I could. ### 1/5 — Not my thing *2021-03-26, version 2.47* So it not my thing but if u like paint and stuff like that Maybe give it a try but still I’m pretty sure it would be horrible for you too 🤷🏽‍♀️ ### 3/5 — Please, fix it 🥺 *2021-03-22, version 2.46* Hi, there is some things I don’t like, there is only 1 think that need to b fixed 1. When I want to cooler the hair it says me to type something but I don’t need that, and it does not delete. ### 1/5 — Hard and not useful *2021-02-28, version 2.46* When you try to get another font of color drawing you can’t change it only when you have one at the top that distracts me from drawing and you also can’t even change the canvas. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — THE WATER MARK!!!!!!!!!!! *2025-07-25, version 2.50* I would give it five stars but the water mark is a 1 star 😢•́︿•̀৹ᵒ̴̶̷᷄﹏ᵒ̴̶̷᷅৹ I love the custom colors and all that it is nice for a free ### 1/5 — I can’t paint *2025-06-01, version 2.50* I can’t paint the picture won’t let me grab a brush I don’t know why and I hate it so I am radio one cause it’s so terrible that I cannot do anything so can somebody please help me and it’s not letting me send just because I don’t know giving you like five stars I did it to the other app and I wasn’t very mistake you’re not letting me send it OK after a year you let me send it to me so I can terrible. Terrible F terrible Siri. I don’t know I’m just letting you know that I need help. Which is Ave so if you could help me I’m sorry for what I’m said this is for real. If you don’t help me so help me. I need it. I download this app. It was so hard and it won’t let me. I don’t know. I’m not some kind of expert doing this, not like you’re that made this don’t let me ### 1/5 — water mark makes it useless *2024-11-16, version 2.50* stopped using it and copied the brushes into another art app remove the water mark its the worse thing ever the brushes were cool but for watermarking my art alone 1/10 ### 1/5 — Hate it *2024-07-20, version 2.50* I hate this app because it gets laggy can’t make a new canvas and hard to use and I don’t want to pay for the watermark to go away so I recommend ibs paint it works well and it has a tutorial ### 1/5 — Probably. The worst art game out there *2022-08-02, version 2.48* So I like doing realism/ fantasy art, and when I saw the pictures advertising the art I thought, “hey! This can really help my art skills and boost my confidence in fantasy art,” and I didn’t read the reviews. So I downloaded it and eagerly got my Apple Pencil and began drawing, all was fine until I needed to add a background to the sketch of the body and add detail, that’s where it went wrong. I mixed 3 COLOURS and it completely muffled. It didn’t let me use all the tools and said I Had to pay to save the ART I made. ### 1/5 — Use IbisPaint instead *2022-07-09, version 2.48* This program is missing a lot of features, badly optimized, and hard to draw with I would suggest to use IbisPaint instead (also a free art program) ### 1/5 — Sooooooo bad!!!!!!!!!!!! *2021-07-22, version 2.47* I hate this app so much it seemed good at first so I got it, then read the reviews and I completely agree this app is trash don’t waste your time getting it! Would give it 0 stars if I could! 😒😒 ### 1/5 — Ble ble I’m a hribal game maker👺💀💀 *2021-07-02, version 2.47* First of all I would like to say that the concept of the game is good the concept but that’s all. There are other apps that are way better than this I was just hoping this app had some good things to it. Spoiler alert it doesn’t. The one thing that I hate about it is on my second drawing have these things right behind my work so I couldn’t really see what I was doing this a bunch of words and remove watermark go and buy premium they’re ruining your artwork. Sing in the wall place is really disorganized. This is horrible. ### 1/5 — Stupid app *2021-06-10, version 2.47* Not good at all!! ### 1/5 — I kinda hate it.... *2021-04-18, version 2.47* So by the title it says “I kinda hate it....” and the reasonings for the title is because the app was super glitchy! Also when I pressed the mixed button it didn’t work. The paint is low quality and none of the tools accept for paint. I don’t get how somebody could make art like in the pictures. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — I want screen tones and symmetry!!! *2026-04-02, version 2.51* It will include animate your own, screen tones and symmetry to go along with the app and it will be unlimited 🥳 ### 5/5 — I have matured. *2026-01-25, version 2.50* The water marks no longer effect also your brushes are better then clip studio paint and provide realistic pen pressure without even having a drawing pencil, please if you come back to this app do not remove any brushes or change how the brushes work, I’d only ask that this app doesn’t ask you to press ok for everything, that’s it. ### 5/5 — Paintstorm Lite *2025-11-01, version 2.50* 💎🥰It’s actually really fun. Plus all the brushes are good and it won’t glitch. ### 5/5 — PLEASE GET RID OF YOUR HORRIBLE WATERMARK *2024-12-11* PUT IT IN ALL THE CORNERS TRANSPARENTLY , PUT “made with so and so” AT THE BOTTOM OF IMAGE TRANSPARENTLY WHEN EXPORTED BUT PLEASE, DONT COVER THE WHOLE CANVAS WITH WATERMARKS , NO ONE LIKES IT ON ART SO THEIR GONNA HATE IT ON AN ART APP , AND IF SOMEONE POSTS A DRAWING ONLINE PEOPLE WONT THINK “oh that looks lovely I should get this app now” THEYLL THINK “oh this app has horrible water marks I won’t get this app” ### 5/5 — This APPLICATION (not Game) is OUTSTANDING! *2024-01-26, version 2.50* The amount of hours that must have gone into creating an app this capable and this good must have taken literally hundreds of hours! The app is better than some apps costing TEN times more! Yes, that’s right. The developer has put a huge amount of work into this. Why is it, then, that so many young ladies feel the need to leave negative reviews? Each ‘negative’ review moans and whines about how they did this, did that, and how great it all seemed, and then the ‘big, bad application’ asked them to pay! They then say things like how it made them cry, and so on… I mean, really? Apple really needs to stop negative reviews based upon the fact an app has in-app purchases — something that is made very clear. The things that these girls say should be free would mean they can use the app free forever and never need to pay. Here’s a question for the moaners: ‘If you spent hundreds of hours of effort, dedicated to creating something amazing, then you put it on the App Store & a section of demographic whine & moan they want your hard work (or, enough of it to meet their specific, freeloading needs) for free, I’m guessing one of the words you, the critics would use is naughty! In the real world, people BUY things to reward the creator for their efforts. People of a level of maturity do not then embarrass themselves by leaving silly, immature reviews etc. Honestly, when you look at the worlds problems today, and then see these ‘devastating’ effects on people because they are asked to pay, I’m genuinely worried for the future of the human race when these people graduate!!! ### 5/5 — glitch :( *2018-05-13, version 2.21* sometimes when I'm drawing over one of my lines, there's some random glitch that happens, it's like white boxes surrounding your line, and it discolours what's under it. it's a bit annoying when your colouring in one of your drawings. i still support the app though :) - Lizzy ### 5/5 — ? *2018-04-24, version 2.21* It’s a good app but the only problem is that it does not let you add a photo from your camera roll ### 5/5 — WHERE WAS THIS ALL MY LIFE??? *2018-03-28, version 2.21* All out photoshop replacement! (I’d been waiting for this, but let’s be honest, who wasn’t?) it even LOOKS like it. Yeah, It would be great if it wasn’t incredibly slow. And extremely buggy. But I know your trying your best to improve and an app of this caliber is bound to go slow. So really it’s overall great.👍 job well done👏 ### 5/5 — Best painting app! *2018-03-16, version 2.20* Great app. Paintstorm is one of the best painting apps/ art softwares out there. The lite version is buggy though, so I do suggest to use the full version if possible. ### 5/5 — Incredible brushes and color mixing *2018-03-04, version 2.20* 5 stars because this app has the best default brushes and by far the best paint/color mixing out of any app I have tried, including the popular ones like autodesk sketchbook and (overrated) procreate. The interface is very intuitive, I like how the panels grow when you are using them and shrink when you are painting. However, it is simply ridiculous that as others have mentioned, it runs out of memory even on the newest generation of iPad Pro. Hopefully the developer will give some attention to performance issues. --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-08-02.*