# PanoPainter — Paint and animate in 360

> 360° panoramic canvas for sketching, painting, and animating with VR support. (iPhone/iPad app by OmixLab ltd.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/panopainter/id1436606758 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [OmixLab ltd](https://appshunter.io/developer/1436606757)
- Category: Entertainment, Photo & Video
- Price: $14.99
- Rating: 3.80/5 from 5 App Store ratings · 7 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 9.2 · 10 MB
- Languages: English
- Released: 2018-09-26
- Data updated: 2026-09-04
- Monetization: paid
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/panopainter/id1436606758/reviews.md

## What is PanoPainter?

PanoPainter is the first software ever made to enable an immersive experience for artists that want to sketch, paint, and animate on a full 360° panoramic canvas. 
Its native workflow allows artists to work in an intuitive environment and create amazing illustrations that can also be viewed using any virtual reality headset and be immersed inside the artwork.

These are the main features you will find:
- Import regular images and place them in the scene
- Share across Apple devices using AirDrop
- Copy/paste and transform the selection
- Immersive 360° panoramic canvas
- High-Performance GPU Accelerated Paint Engine
- Intuitive gestures to navigate
- Dynamic cross-platform User Interface
- Native Apple Pencil support
- Native Sonar Pen support
- Massive resolution up to 8K panorama
- Highly customizable brushes
- Cloud Storage for device interoperability
- Timelapse
- Layers
- Side panel for quick access to brush settings.
- Popup panels.
- Height-map tool for landscapes generation.
- Ray-traced shadows generation.
- Multi-threading for faster computation.
- Overall performance optimized.
- Import Photoshop Brushes ABR file.
- Improved color picker.
- Layer blending modes.
- Improved Brush Engine with Dual-Brush and Patterns.
- VR Painting
- High DPI display support

More features will be added as the software evolves.

## Key features

- Immersive 360° panoramic canvas
- VR Painting support
- High-Performance GPU Accelerated Paint Engine
- Massive resolution up to 8K panorama
- Highly customizable brushes
- Layers and Timelapse

## Recent user reviews (7 of 7)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/panopainter/id1436606758/reviews.md

### 3/5 — Buggy

*2025-10-09*

The actually art part is pretty cool, despite I couldn’t find tools like smudge. This program is painfully laggy, I have a Apple IPad that I’m using for this and it just randomly crashes, glitches the screen, and when I saved a project and reloaded it, it shuffled up all of the layer names. I feel like this could do good, it just needs some bug fixes.

### 1/5 — APP COOL IN THEORY

*2025-01-31*

App would be great if it worked but it just crashes  I deleted and reinstalled to see if that would help but now I can’t even I
Open the app really upset because I can’t even request a refund

### 5/5 — I’ve been waiting for something like this!

*2020-04-27*

It crashed on me once already and there’s a few issues with the menus not resizing properly when I rotate my device, but I think this is such a great concept. I’ve been looking for this exact thing for a long time.

### 5/5 — Yup

*2019-12-10*

This is the status quo for hui and software. I’ll find bugs I’m sure but 5 to start.  Instabuy!

### 3/5 — Interesting app but.... has weird behaviour

*2018-12-15, version 0.1.6*

When I tested this app, I am expecting the exported JPG to be perfectly equirectangular for viewing on FB, but there is this weird distortion that is unexpected. I wonder if this is a bug?

UPDATE:
If I imported an equirectangular photo first, suddenly I realized I need to paint with distorted perspective.... Would be nicer if PanoPainter can auto project the 6 CUBE viewing into proper equirectangular. Maybe?

So I noticed this random distorted export, but rotating the iPad from Portrait to Landscape gives me the correct result.

Need a way to maybe copy paste layer between document. Need more brushes options.

On iPad Pro 2016, 8K, 16K, 32K, prone to crashing.

Can it be improved? It has huge potential!!

### 5/5 — So good!

*2018-10-10, version 0.1.4*

I love PanoPainter. There’s a bit of a learning curve to get your head around it but drawing/painting in 360 is so much fun.

Can’t wait to spend lots of time on this app.

### 5/5 — LOVE LOVE LOVE this app

*2018-09-29*

I’ve known this app was coming and waited patiently( it wasn’t easy) it was easy to learn and with each new thing I learned about this app made me want to experiment more! 
Alpha transparency, masking, layer support and a nice array of customizable brushes make creating in a VR space fun and exciting! 100 thanks to the creator of this amazing app. Being able to create visual spaces to explore while on the go with my iPad is THE best!

## Frequently asked questions about PanoPainter

### What is PanoPainter?

PanoPainter is a software designed for creating immersive 360° panoramic artwork and animations. It allows artists to sketch, paint, and animate on a full spherical canvas, with support for viewing in VR.

### What devices does PanoPainter support?

PanoPainter is supported on iPhone, iPad, and iPod. It also offers high DPI display support for enhanced visual fidelity.

### How much does PanoPainter cost?

PanoPainter is available for a one-time purchase of $14.99. There are no in-app purchases or subscriptions mentioned.

### Does PanoPainter have ads?

No, PanoPainter does not contain advertisements. It is a paid application designed for a focused creative experience.

### What is the age rating for PanoPainter?

PanoPainter has an age rating of 4+, making it suitable for a wide range of users interested in digital art creation.

### How often is PanoPainter updated?

The latest version of PanoPainter was released on September 28, 2019. While the initial release was in 2018, more features are planned as the software evolves.

### Can I import existing images into PanoPainter?

Yes, PanoPainter allows you to import regular images and place them within your 360° scene. You can also copy, paste, and transform selections.

### Does PanoPainter support Apple Pencil?

Yes, PanoPainter offers native Apple Pencil support, providing a precise and intuitive drawing experience for iPad users.

## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 0.2.2 — 2019-09-28

Add Export cube-map faces
Add layer name when exporting separate layers
Add import options on brush preset panel when empty
Add PPBR (PanoPainter BRush) format import/export
Add floating panels title
Add file/folder picking
Fix iOS black image export
Fix iOS crash on high dpi detection
Fix layer move buttons order
Fix layer multiply mode blending
Fix multiple panels sync views
Fix rescale text nodes with UI
Fix lightmap rendering crash
Fix iOS/MacOS files icon
Fix stroke preview rendering scale

### 0.2.1 — 2019-08-13

- Queue based multithreading architecture
- Improve blending with float 16/32 framebuffer
- Use tick icon on checkboxes
- Improved battery life
- Improve file browser thumbnails
- Unique recovery file name
- Layers sorted from top to bottom
- Limit camera zoom
- Add UI and Viewport scale options
- Add shortcut to rotate canvas with spacebar
- Fix bucket fill tool
- Fix stroke samples computation
- Fix PPI file association on OSX and iOS
- Fix color bleeding due to interpolation
- Fix layer index on undo/redo
- Fox Import image aliasing
- Fix color picking tool
- Fix color from clipboard update global
- Fix hard-mix stroke shader
- Fix brush outline on scaled viewport
- Fix UI on iOS device rotation
- Fix exporting

### 0.1.9 — 2019-06-29

Fix 3D Depth Export
Improve Undo/Redo to better support layers and guides
Implement Oculus Quest rendering

### 0.1.8 — 2019-05-21

- Floating and docking panels.
- Left-handed UI.
- Improved rendering performance.
- Better high DPI devices support.
- Raytraced shadows generation.
- Multiple lasso selection.
- VR mode painting.
- Splash screen.

### 0.1.7 — 2019-03-14

With a completely redesigned UI this update will feature:
- Side panel for quick access to brush settings.
- Popup panels.
- New heightmap tool for landscapes generation.
- Raytraced shadows generation.
- Multithreading for faster computation.
- Overall performance optimized.
- Import Photoshop Brushes ABR file.
- Improved color picker.
- Layer blending modes.
- Improved Brush Engine with Dual-Brush and Patterns.

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