Comparison

Paintstorm Studio vs Quick Poses

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Paintstorm Studio

This app offers a professional digital painting experience on iOS devices, leveraging Apple Pencil for advanced control. It provides a vast array of customizable brushes, stroke correction, and intuitive tools for artists of all levels to create masterpieces on the go.

Highlights
  • Advanced brush customization
  • Stroke post-correction
  • Perspective-aware parameters
  • Dynamic and custom interface
  • Mask brush functionality
  • Photoshop PSD and ABR support
  • Apple Pencil integration
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Paintstorm Studio is the first iOS App designed not only for simple sketches, but professional digital painting of any level, genre and technique. Paintstorm helps you to discover the magnificence and unleash the full potential of Apple Pencil and brings you to a whole new level of drawing. Creating an art masterpiece has never been so mobile. A major feature of Paintstorm Studio is the array of brushes to choose from. We did our best so that you can easily and quickly adjust the brushes suitable to your painting style. Anyone who has ever painted knows it's hard to overestimate the painting tool and the importance of all the seemingly insignificant details. We tried not to miss any of them. Our goal was to create an intuitive, simple-to-use but at the same time functionally powerful tool that brings the process of digital painting to a new level, making it as comfortable as possible. - Full control of all brush options (Incredible possibilities for brush settings) - Bristle brushes of any form and kind - Stroke post correction (You can take an action on any option. Not only on the stroke thickness) - Parameters binding to the perspective - Dynamic interface (Global interface scale, panels scale, opacity, color) - Custom panels - Full controlled mask-brush (Each brush can work as mask for other brush) - Takes underlayer's color while blending - "Close gaps" function when you fill or select - Dirty brush mode - Stroke stabilizer - Usable color mixer - Different gradient strokes - Mirror drawing - Standart tools pack (Lasso, Magic wand, Crop, Fill, Gradient and etc) - Control of the random amounts - Photoshop PSD and ABR supported - Apple Pencil support (Pressure, Tilt, Direction)

About

Quick Poses

This app helps artists improve their drawing skills with timed practice sessions. Users can customize pose durations, select from built-in or custom galleries, and track their progress over time. It's designed to enhance observation, anatomy, and composition skills through gesture drawing.

Highlights
  • Customizable pose durations
  • Session time control
  • Warm-up delay option
  • Built-in and custom galleries
  • Gesture drawing focus
  • Progress tracking
  • Left/right-handed support
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Quick Poses is THE ultimate tool to help artists sharpen their drawing skills by simulating REAL LIFE academic figure drawing sessions. Select your pose duration, choose your favorite photo galleries, and start drawing right away! Train your observation and anatomy skills with Quick Poses. The goal is simple: capture the ESSENCE of each pose within a limited time. As soon as the timer runs out, a new pose appears, keeping you focused and in the flow. At the end of your session, a SUMMARY gives you a clear picture of your progress. Over time, track your improvement in the HISTORY section and see how your skills evolve. This practice, called GESTURE DRAWING, is one of the BEST ways to build confidence, observation accuracy, and dynamic composition. It’s also an excellent warm-up before longer drawing sessions. FEATURE HIGHLIGHTS • CUSTOMIZE pose durations anywhere from 5 SECONDS to INFINITY. • CONTROL your total session time by limiting the number of poses. • ADD a short WARMUP DELAY before each pose to prepare your workspace or materials. • USE your APPLE PENCIL directly on screen, and analyze your sketches after each session. • ACCESS the full TOOL PICKER for longer poses to unleash your creativity with more tools and colors. • SWITCH your drawing side for LEFT or RIGHT-HANDED comfort. • USE iPad MULTITASKING or PICTURE-IN-PICTURE to draw in your favorite app like Procreate with more screen real estate. • APPLY basic IMAGE EFFECTS (monochrome, 2-tones, 4-tones, line overlay, blur) to study poses in a whole new way. • ENJOY 7 BUILT-IN GALLERIES featuring various subjects (people, animals). • ADD your own galleries easily with the integrated GALLERY EDITOR (optional in-app purchase required). • DISPLAY poses in ORDER or RANDOM sequence. • REVIEW your past sessions in the HISTORY SCREEN and MEASURE your progress over time. • EXPORT your best drawings to share, print, or refine further in another app. • YOUR PRIVACY MATTERS – all your data stays on device unless you choose to share it. Master gesture drawing, stay motivated, and see your art grow session after session with Quick Poses.

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Quick Poses at Free against Paintstorm Studio's $12.99. Quick Poses also leads on review sentiment (91% vs 60%) and rating (4.8 vs 4.4). Paintstorm Studio's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and ratings volume (368 vs 87). On ads and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Quick Poses is free to download; Paintstorm Studio costs $12.99 up front. Quick Poses sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Paintstorm Studio asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Quick Poses holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 368 and 87 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 60% of Paintstorm Studio's written reviews are positive against 91% of Quick Poses's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Paintstorm Studio ships an update every 4 months, Quick Poses every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
Paintstorm Studio versus Quick Poses: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPaintstorm StudioQuick Poses
Price$12.99Free — better
Rating4.4 (368 ratings)4.8 (87 ratings) — better
Positive reviews59.9% of reviews90.9% of reviews — better
Number of ratings368 — better87
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPadiPad
Requires iOS13.1 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size103 MB70 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperSergei KomarovFrederic Ruaudel

Customer experience

Paintstorm Studio

All ratings368 ratings
Positive84.2%
Neutral4.3%
Negative11.4%
Written reviews282 reviews
Positive59.9%
Neutral10.6%
Negative29.4%

Quick Poses

All ratings76 ratings
Positive97.4%
Neutral0.0%
Negative2.6%
Written reviews33 reviews
Positive90.9%
Neutral6.1%
Negative3.0%

Bugs and requests

Paintstorm Studio

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Crashes on startup or when using certain tools
  • Brush lag and performance issues with large canvases
  • Unreliable autosave and file management
  • Unresponsive or glitchy UI elements
  • Incompatibility with older iPad models

Requested features

5 requests
  • Improved brush customization and management
  • Seamless canvas rotation and zooming
  • Expanded layer and selection tools
  • Better text and typography support
  • Integrated cloud/online sync and sharing

Quick Poses

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Paintstorm Studio

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Quick Poses

One-time2
  • Long-time user offerFree
  • Add Custom User Galleries$5.99

Questions

Is Paintstorm Studio free?
Paintstorm Studio costs $12.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Quick Poses free?
Quick Poses is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Paintstorm Studio or Quick Poses?
Quick Poses is rated higher. Paintstorm Studio averages 4.4 out of 5 from 368 ratings, while Quick Poses averages 4.8 from 87 ratings.
Do Paintstorm Studio or Quick Poses have ads?
Neither Paintstorm Studio nor Quick Poses shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Paintstorm Studio or Quick Poses?
Paintstorm Studio ships an update every 4 months, and Quick Poses every 2 months. Most recently, Paintstorm Studio was updated on October 16, 2026 and Quick Poses on October 14, 2026.

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