MetaBrush vs RooArt
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
MetaBrush
Transform your photos into artistic paintings with a variety of brush presets and advanced settings. This app offers layers support and the ability to import Photoshop brushes, allowing for detailed customization of your artwork.
- 30 brush presets
- Layers support
- Import Photoshop brushes (.abr)
- Customizable stroke settings
- Paint with images
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With Metabrush you can easily turn your photos into paintings. The result images are very artistic, as you brush with different presets and settings. Visit the gallery at http://instagram.com/metabrush for many examples. Features: • 30 brush presets for artistically clone your original image. • Layers support • 500+ brushes bitmaps • Support for importing directly Photoshop brushes (.abr) • Include many settings for the strokes as dynamical size, rotation, shadow, and opacity. • You can assign colors to the strokes, but also paint with images (as if they were colors). Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula
RooArt
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Give your photos an artistic twist with RooArt. What would your pictures look like if instead of taken on your phone’s camera, they were painted by one of the famous painters such as Salvador Dalí, Claude Monet, Henri Matisse, Vincent van Gogh or Yayoi Kusama? RooArt does intelligent style transfer by using the latest advances in AI. Our app can make any photo look like a fancy painting. Just try it out! We have several styles and painters to choose from. RooArt is completely free to use and you can style, save and share images all you want without any ads. If you would like to save your images without a watermark you can either view an ad or purchase the app. For any suggestions, comments or bugs we are eager to help you at hello@rootroo.com. If you like the app, give us a review on AppStore to show your support. Note: all your photos will remain on your phone at all times. We do not upload or store any of your images on our servers.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: MetaBrush at none against RooArt's shown. RooArt's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (14.0 vs 16.6). On price and in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. MetaBrush sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per 7 days and RooArt sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
| Parameter | MetaBrush | RooArt |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.7 (21 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 65.4% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 21 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | — |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 253 MB | 81 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | talonsodev | Rootroo Ltd |
In-app purchases
MetaBrush
- Metabrush PRO3 Days trial$0.997 Days
- Metabrush PRO3 Days trial$6.991 Year
- Metabrush PRO$9.99
RooArt
- RooArt full unlock$9.99








