Comparison

Paintstorm Studio vs Vesica Studio

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

Vesica Studio

Create intricate geometric art, mandalas, and sacred geometry patterns with real-time symmetry and transformative tools. Designed for artists and designers, it offers an intuitive interface and full Apple Pencil support for precise, lag-free drawing. Export your creations in high resolution for various artistic applications.

Highlights
  • Real-time symmetry engines (radial, reflective, wallpaper)
  • Instant stroke mirroring with Apple Pencil pressure/tilt
  • Real-time canvas transforms (kaleidoscope, spiral, wallpaper)
  • Intuitive, distraction-free dark interface
  • Unlimited undo for fearless experimentation
  • High-resolution export for print and digital use
  • Private by design: no accounts, tracking, or ads
Features
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Vesica Studio is a precision drawing tool for sacred geometry, mandalas, and geometric art. Built for artists, designers, and anyone drawn to the beauty of mathematical pattern, it combines real-time symmetry engines with an intuitive, distraction-free interface. DRAW WITH SYMMETRY Draw once and watch your strokes echo across the canvas in real time. Choose from radial symmetry (2-fold to 24-fold, perfect for mandalas and rose windows), reflective symmetry (mirror your lines across any axis for kaleidoscopic effects), or wallpaper symmetry (tile your strokes across 17 wallpaper groups for seamless repeat patterns). Every brush stroke, every pressure variation, every tilt of the Apple Pencil is mirrored instantly. The symmetry follows your hand with no lag and no delay. TRANSFORM YOUR CANVAS Apply real-time transforms to any drawing and watch your work evolve into something entirely new. Kaleidoscope mode reflects and rotates your canvas into mesmerizing crystalline patterns. Spiral mode warps your drawing into logarithmic spirals, Fibonacci curves, and vortex forms. Wallpaper mode tiles your artwork into seamless repeating patterns. Each transform lets you adjust position with precise X/Y sliders, fine-tune zoom and rotation, and dial in the exact look. Reposition the effect anywhere on your canvas until it clicks. BUILT FOR REAL ARTISTS Apple Pencil is fully supported with pressure and tilt sensitivity for natural line variation. Press lightly for faint whispers, dig in for bold strokes. Unlimited undo lets you experiment without fear, every mark can be reversed. Export your finished work at full resolution, ready for prints, wallpapers, tattoos, and digital art. The dark interface stays out of your way so your geometry takes center stage. Works on both iPhone and iPad in all orientations. SACRED GEOMETRY, MODERN TOOLS From the Flower of Life to Metatron's Cube, from Gothic rose windows to Islamic tessellations, geometric pattern has been humanity's universal visual language for thousands of years. Vesica Studio gives you the precision tools to explore these patterns, whether you're a tattoo artist designing a sleeve, a graphic designer creating branding, or a meditator drawing mandalas for stillness. The app is named after the Vesica Piscis, the almond-shaped intersection of two circles, the seed from which the Flower of Life grows. It's the simplest sacred geometry form, and the beginning of everything you can create here. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No accounts. No sign-in. No analytics. No ads. No tracking. No network calls. Your drawings stay on your device. Your data is yours. Vesica Studio is a tool, not a service, and tools don't need to know who you are. WHAT YOU CAN CREATE Mandalas and meditation art. Tattoo designs and flash sheets. Logo concepts and brand marks. Wallpaper and repeat patterns. Sacred geometry studies. Coloring book pages. Geometric illustrations. FROM OUR USERS "A meditation in geometry. I lose hours in this app." "Finally, a sacred geometry tool that actually feels like drawing, not CAD." "My go-to for mandala designs. The symmetry is flawless." TECH SPECS Built with Capacitor 8 (native WKWebView). Optimized for iOS 15.0 and later. Supports iPhone and iPad, all orientations. Apple Pencil 1st and 2nd generation. Requires iOS 15.0 or later. Download Vesica Studio and start drawing the patterns that connect us all. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

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Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Vesica Studio at Free against Paintstorm Studio's $12.99. Vesica Studio also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.4) and update cadence (every 6 days vs every 4 months). Paintstorm Studio's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and ratings volume (368 vs 3). On ads 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

Vesica Studio is free to download; Paintstorm Studio costs $12.99 up front. Vesica Studio sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month. Paintstorm Studio asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Vesica Studio holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Paintstorm Studio has 368 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 60% of Paintstorm Studio's written reviews are positive against 50% of Vesica Studio's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Paintstorm Studio ships an update every 4 months, Vesica Studio every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard9 real differences · 1 level
Paintstorm Studio versus Vesica Studio: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPaintstorm StudioVesica Studio
Price$12.99Free — better
Rating4.4 (368 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews59.9% of reviews — better50.0% of reviews
Number of ratings368 — better3
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 6 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFreemium — better
DevicesiPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS13.1 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size103 MB11 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSergei KomarovRaul Perez allende wesche

Customer experience

Paintstorm Studio

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

Vesica Studio

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral50.0%
Negative0.0%

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

Vesica Studio

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Paintstorm Studio

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Vesica Studio

Subscriptions2
  • Vesica Pro Monthly$6.991 Month
  • Vesica Pro Annual$59.991 Year

Questions

Is Paintstorm Studio free?
Paintstorm Studio costs $12.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Vesica Studio free?
Vesica Studio is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Paintstorm Studio or Vesica Studio?
Vesica Studio is rated higher. Paintstorm Studio averages 4.4 out of 5 from 368 ratings, while Vesica Studio averages 5.0 from 3 ratings.
Do Paintstorm Studio or Vesica Studio have ads?
Neither Paintstorm Studio nor Vesica Studio shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Paintstorm Studio or Vesica Studio?
Paintstorm Studio ships an update every 4 months, and Vesica Studio every 6 days. Most recently, Paintstorm Studio was updated on October 16, 2026 and Vesica Studio on October 7, 2026.

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