Tagtool vs HEAVYPAINT
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Tagtool
Transform your tablet into a live visual instrument for painting with light and creating spontaneous animations. Collaborate with others for performances or improvised storytelling. Explore a new dimension of digital art.
- Live visual instrument
- Paint with light
- Create spontaneous animations
- Improvised storytelling
- Multiplayer jamming
- Projector connectivity
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Tagtool transforms your iPad into a visual live instrument. Connect a projector to paint with light, draw expressive animations, or tell improvised stories. Jam with friends on a shared canvas, perform live shows, or create pop-up street art. From classrooms and workshops to galleries and live stages, Tagtool fills any space with colorful art, created together. Whether you're a VJ, artist, educator, or just curious — discover a new universe of digital art!
HEAVYPAINT
This app offers a raw digital painting experience with unique tools for creating textured art and quick studies. It's designed for artists who embrace digital chaos and seek a streamlined, mobile art studio.
- Unique digital brushes
- Color Jitter for texture
- Fast color blocking tools
- Line Blend for gradients
- Liquify tool
- Minimalist interface
- Gallery for creations
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Raw digital painting with unique brushes & color chaos. The painter's painting app that celebrates digital chaos. HEAVYPAINT is unapologetically digital and a bit unhinged. It’s a celebration of digital impressionism. Whether you're sketching on the train, painting outdoors, or creating quick color studies, this is your pocket art studio. Unique Digital Tools Color Jitter: Unleash beautiful digital chaos and texture Fan Fill and Lasso Fill for fast color blockins, textured foliage, notan, organic shapes. Rake tool for softening up edges in a graphic way Line Blend for instant gradients Liquify to adjust proportions and shapes Built for Speed & Mobility Perfect pochade box replacement for pleinair painting. Great for quick paintings on public transit, many will finger paint on their phones. Streamlined interface.Focus on pure color and shape without digital clutter. Streamlined Experience Minimalist interface puts painting first Customizable tools that adapt to your style Strong shape design tools for bold, crisp artwork Gallery to review and organize your creations + Plein air painters who want to ditch heavy supplies + Quick color studies and concept sketches + Figure painting and gesture drawing + Artists wanting to rediscover digital painting joy + Anyone seeking a uniquely digital aesthetic HEAVYPAINT balances professional capabilities with unhinged creativity. Embrace procedural randomness / crunchiness / glitchiness that digital enables. Touch grass. Ideal for pleinair painting and quick studies This app is subject to Apple's standard EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Tagtool at 4.4 against HEAVYPAINT's 4.0. Tagtool also leads on review sentiment (69% vs 58%). HEAVYPAINT's advantage is update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 8 months) and ratings volume (65 vs 5). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Tagtool sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and HEAVYPAINT sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Tagtool holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: HEAVYPAINT has 65 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 69% of Tagtool's written reviews are positive against 58% of HEAVYPAINT's.
Tagtool ships an update every 8 months, HEAVYPAINT every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 8, 2026 and September 26, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Tagtool | HEAVYPAINT |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (5 ratings) — better | 4.0 (65 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 69.2% of reviews — better | 58.4% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 5 | 65 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 8 months | Every 6 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 141 MB | 35 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | OMA International | HEAVYPOLY, Inc. |
Customer experience
Tagtool
HEAVYPAINT
Bugs and requests
Tagtool
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
HEAVYPAINT
Reported bugs
3 issues- Gallery crashes
- Artwork files not saving properly
- Eyedropper tool not working as expected
Requested features
3 requests- Improved layer management
- More customization options
- Better color controls and eyedropper tool
In-app purchases
Tagtool
- Tagtool Pro$19.99
HEAVYPAINT
- Gallery Sync Monthly7 Days trial$2.991 Month
- Gallery Sync Yearly$19.991 Year
- Unlock Full Version$9.99
