Comparison

BananaPaint vs Eagle Pocket

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 1980s computing nostalgia
  • Modern iOS enhancements
  • Creative design tool
  • Simple interface
Features
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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!

About

Eagle Pocket

Features
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Eagle Pocket is the mobile companion for Eagle — the powerful desktop image library manager loved by designers and creatives worldwide. Access your entire Eagle library from your iPhone or iPad. Browse, search, and edit your curated collections wherever you are — with changes synced back to your desktop. EDIT & SYNC • Edit tags, star ratings, and annotations directly from your phone • Changes sync back to your Eagle desktop library automatically • Smart conflict detection — get notified when desktop and mobile edits overlap • Delete items on the go with confirmation safeguards BROWSE ANYWHERE • Multi-source access — iCloud Drive, network shares (NAS), Google Drive, or local storage • Full format support — images (JPG, PNG, WebP, SVG, RAW, GIF…), videos (MP4, MOV, MKV…), and text files (Markdown, JSON) • Search with tag suggestions and sort by date, title, or rating • Discover items with random refresh, and track your view history POWERFUL VIEWER • Full-screen viewing with zoom, pan, and swipe navigation • Thumbnail strip for quick browsing between items • Video playback with timeline scrubbing and loop support • Offline browsing — cached content available without internet PRIVACY FIRST No backend servers. Your data stays on your device. No tracking, no ads, no data collection. REQUIREMENTS • An existing Eagle library (created with Eagle for Mac/Windows) • Library accessible via iCloud Drive, local storage, network share, or Google Drive

Screenshots

Eagle Pocket4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Eagle Pocket at Free against BananaPaint's $1.99. BananaPaint's advantage is iOS requirement (11.0 vs 18.6). On 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Eagle Pocket is free to download; BananaPaint costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
BananaPaint versus Eagle Pocket: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBananaPaintEagle Pocket
Price$1.99Free — better
Rating3.7 (15 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews61.9% of reviews—
Number of ratings15 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPadiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS11.0 — better18.6
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB17 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAmalgamated Coders IncAn Kai Cheng

In-app purchases

None

BananaPaint

No in-app purchases

None

Eagle Pocket

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is BananaPaint free?
BananaPaint costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Eagle Pocket free?
Eagle Pocket is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do BananaPaint or Eagle Pocket have ads?
Neither BananaPaint nor Eagle Pocket shows ads.

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