Grid Painter vs Paint By Number Creator
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Grid Painter
Easily overlay a customizable grid onto your images to aid in accurate drawing and painting. Select photos from your library or camera, choose grid styles and sizes, and utilize various image filters for reference. Save, print, or share your projects.
- Overlay customizable grids on images
- Select photos from library or camera
- Choose grid styles and sizes
- Image filters (grayscale, Notan, etc.)
- Customizable canvas size
- Save, print, and share projects
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GridPainter is the premium application to use compose your next masterpiece. It lets you quickly and easily place a grid onto an image for the purpose of using the grid technique of drawing and painting, the same method even Leonardo da Vinci used in his work. With the portability of our devices and access to thousands of images at our fingertips, more artists than ever are using them as a reference for drawings. With GridPainter, the process of drawing accurately from your device is easier than ever. Simply select the photo you wish from your photo library or using the "Open In" functionality in Messages or email, and the app will scale your image and place the "fourths" style grid over the top. From the toolbar on top you will find easy to use controls. -Select a standard canvas or customize your canvas size. -Customize your grid pattern from several different styles. -Crop We have also integrated some basic functions from our sister application NotanIzer so now you can -Look at you image in color, gray scale, Notan, 3 Level, 4 level, or Levels Everything is saved and you can work with your image in the app, or using the share menu, print, email, or export it to your photo library. To create a drawing from the photo, simply draw a grid of the same proportions on your drawing material as your selected final project size and grid size. From there you can easily transfer the image by drawing whats in each square, letting the grid take care of the proper scaling and framing within your picture. Great for when you need to draw a large drawing from a small reference photo, or for drawing complicated imagery. Features: -Select an image from your camera roll , import, or take a photo directly from the app -Choose final image size -Place a grid over the image using different grid types -Change the grid size -Change the grid color for best visibility over the image -Select any canvas size or automatically choose the aspect ratio or use the Golden Ratio -Scale and move your image to fit exactly where you want -Save the project for later revisions -Print or share your project with others
Paint By Number Creator
Create your own custom paint-by-number kits using your photos. Convert images into numbered patterns for coloring, either digitally within the app or by printing them out. It's an easy way for anyone to create art.
- AI-powered image generation
- Convert photos to paint-by-number patterns
- Optimized color palettes
- In-app digital coloring
- Printable patterns with color keys
- Create custom worksheets
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Your favorite photo deserves more than a gallery scroll. Paint By Number Creator transforms it into a classic numbered painting you can enjoy yourself, share with family, or print as a handmade gift. Open a picture, choose how detailed you want the palette, and watch regions and numbers appear. Prefer speed? Use Rough. Want finer shapes? Switch to Precise. Then paint digitally—fill everything at once or one area at a time—or export a crisp PDF with a color key for real paints and paper. Why people love it • Bring memories, pets, and portraits to life as numbered art • Dial in 2–64 colors and A4, A3, or A2 paper for the look you want • Rough for a quick result, Precise when every contour counts • Flip between original, filled colors, and numbered outlines • Playful fill modes: complete the whole picture or tap area by area • Match paints with RAL, RGB, HEX, or Pantone FHI labels • Export PDF with color key, print, or save JPEG views • Keep projects in your library and pick up anytime From rainy-day coloring to classroom crafts and thoughtful keepsakes, Paint By Number Creator makes creating feel easy—and finishing feel wonderful.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Grid Painter at $2.99 against Paint By Number Creator's $4.99. Grid Painter also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.0). On rating, review sentiment, ratings volume and update cadence 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
Grid Painter costs $2.99 and Paint By Number Creator $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Grid Painter against 4.9 for Paint By Number Creator. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 393 and 167 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 81% of Grid Painter's written reviews are positive against 77% of Paint By Number Creator's.
Grid Painter ships an update every 3 weeks, Paint By Number Creator every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and September 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Grid Painter | Paint By Number Creator |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 — better | $4.99 |
| Rating | 4.8 (393 ratings) | 4.9 (167 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 81.5% of reviews — better | 77.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 393 — better | 167 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 6 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Best chart rank | #91 — better | #100 |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better | iPhone, iPad, Mac |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 11 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | bigpantsgroup LLC | Mikhail Kuznetsov |
Customer experience
Grid Painter
Paint By Number Creator
Bugs and requests
Grid Painter
Reported bugs
14 issues- Cannot upload photos from desktop
- Grid width too thick even at lowest setting
- Photo library update message with no update available
- Grid would not reset
- App crashes when changing canvas to Landscape
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- Resizing won't maintain aspect ratio and image disappears
- Stop work after last update
- Annoying bug: rotates square format photos with Notan/grayscale
- Cropping feature only allows absolute values (inches), not ratios
- Cropping feature freezes the page
- Cannot get saved images back
- Inability to print image with grid
- Email developers function freezes
- Crop feature does not work
Requested features
10 requests- Allow uploading photos from desktop directly
- Lock canvas size and adapt photo to fit
- Approximate color in levels section for palette preview
- Sort projects
- Different grid styles (isometric, diagonal)
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- Select grid opacity
- User-selectable number of rows and columns for grids
- Add movable lines for grid customization
- Combine multiple grids without screenshots
- Geometrically sound grid drawing method (X through corners, etc.)
Paint By Number Creator
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Grid Painter
No in-app purchases
Paint By Number Creator
No in-app purchases
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