BananaPaint vs DitherProg
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
BananaPaint
Experience the 1980s computing era with this app, designed to recreate a groundbreaking classic. It offers a nostalgic interface with modern enhancements for a unique creative tool.
- 1980s computing nostalgia
- Modern iOS enhancements
- Creative design tool
- Simple interface
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BananaPaint lets you relive the 1980s- when life was simpler, and using a computer with mouse and windows was definitely thinking different. BananaPaint is an homage, and labor of love; it painstakingly recreates one of the most groundbreaking applications of the last century, fixes some bugs, and bridges the past to the present with many cool modern features savvy users expect of a cutting edge iOS App. Coming soon: BananaWrite & BananaDraw!
DitherProg
This application allows users to apply nostalgic dithering effects to images. It offers various tone depths and dithering algorithms, including Bayer, Halftone, Spiral, Floyd-Steinberg, and Jarvis, Judice & Ninke. Processed images can be saved in PNG format.
- Nostalgic dithering effects
- Multiple tone depths
- Various dithering algorithms (Bayer, Floyd-Steinberg, etc.)
- Save as PNG
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This is an application for nostalgic dithering. Tone Depth: - [ 0, 255 ] - [ 0, 128, 255 ] - [ 0, 64, 128, 192, 255 ] Dithering Type： - 2x2, Bayer - 4x4, Bayer - 4x4, Halftone - 4x4, Spiral (Type 1) - 4x4, Spiral (Type 2) - Floyd-Steinberg - Jarvis, Judice & Ninke Save format: - PNG
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: DitherProg at Free against BananaPaint's $1.99. BananaPaint's advantage is rating (3.7 vs 3.3) and review sentiment (62% vs 50%). On update cadence, ads, in-app purchases 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
DitherProg is free to download; BananaPaint costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
BananaPaint holds the better App Store score, 3.7 against 3.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 15 and 4 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 62% of BananaPaint's written reviews are positive against 50% of DitherProg's.
BananaPaint ships an update every 4 months, DitherProg every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on October 5, 2026 and September 26, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | BananaPaint | DitherProg |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 3.7 (15 ratings) — better | 3.3 (4 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 61.9% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 15 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months — better | Every 6 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPad | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Amalgamated Coders Inc | Itoh Tomoaki |
Customer experience
BananaPaint
DitherProg
In-app purchases
BananaPaint
No in-app purchases
DitherProg
No in-app purchases
