Comparison

Magic Coloring vs Paintist Plus

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

Head to head
About

Magic Coloring

Unleash your inner artist with a digital coloring book. Explore diverse categories, relax your mind, and share your creations with a vibrant community. Enjoy daily bonuses and rewards as you paint your stress away.

Highlights
  • Multiple picture categories
  • Daily free pictures
  • In-app painter community
  • Children's category
  • Various color palettes
  • Zooming function
  • Revert changes
Features
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Brighten your weekdays and fulfill your weekends — paint in Magic Coloring! Become a cool painter and express your emotions with colors! Make all the way from the first line to the final image in its glory. Relax your mind and soul and start painting right from your mobile device! Get inspired and wake up your inner artist! Make a fascinating switch from drawing with a pencil to a digital drawing tablet! Paint your stress away just in one tap! Magic Coloring features: — Multiple picture categories from animals to iconic paintings — everyone will find a picture to his taste! — Daily bonuses - get a free picture every day! — The in-app community of cool painters — join now, post your masterpieces, like and comment on pictures made by others! — A special children's category — inspiring paintings for imaginative boys and girls; — Various pallets — use the coloring switch to match colors and get your unique style! — Zooming function — enlarge your picture to make all the subtle touches! — Ability to revert your changes; — Additional rewards — master your painting skills and get bonuses as you level up! — Free-to-play access: just download to start painting! Combine the fascinating pastime with necessary relaxation in our colors game! Paint and share your thoughts with us and with the whole Magic Coloring community on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/magic.coloring.books.community/

About

Paintist Plus

Relax and de-stress with a digital coloring book. Choose from a vast library of exclusive artworks and fill them in by number. Enjoy a new way to explore art and express your creativity anytime, anywhere.

Highlights
  • Color by number anytime, anywhere
  • Vast library of artworks
  • Color hints for difficult cells
  • Share colored pictures with friends
  • Daily new artwork updates
  • Relaxing art exploration
Features
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Get relaxation and enjoy coloring the exclusive pics in this color by number & coloring book game! Paintist Plus (A Free Coloring Book & Paint By Number Game) is a casual and art drawing game to color awesome artworks with coloring by numbers. Paintist Plus is designed with a new and fresh style, provides you a new coloring and arts exploring experience. It provides many beautiful artworks for free, you can choose your favorite pictures and follow the numbers to paint freely. Coloring draw has never been so easy! Now, enjoy coloring pictures by numbers in an exquisite coloring book and release your inner artist for free! Key Features: Color by number anytime – no pencil and paper needed your pocket coloring book in anywhere. So many artworks to choose from Fantasy, Cartoon, Daily life, Mandala, Motto, Cute baby, Pattern, Plant and many others. Get the color hints if you can’t find a tiny hard-to-find cell, color by number can be more easy and fun. Share with friends with your colored pictures. Daily new pictures: New and fresh coloring artworks will be updated every day! We are constantly adding new coloring pages for you, hope you can relax and enjoy the coloring life with color by number! Enjoy the fun from the secret garden book and mandala coloring book. Welcome your feedback, please contact us: colorfunapps@gmail.com

Screenshots

Magic Coloring4 screens
Paintist Plus4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Paintist Plus at 4.7 against Magic Coloring's 3.8. Paintist Plus also leads on update cadence (every 9 days vs every 3 weeks). Magic Coloring's advantage is review sentiment (58% vs 17%) and ads (none vs shown). On price, ratings volume, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Magic Coloring sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and Paintist Plus sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Paintist Plus holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 271 and 700 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 58% of Magic Coloring's written reviews are positive against 17% of Paintist Plus's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Magic Coloring ships an update every 3 weeks, Paintist Plus every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Magic Coloring versus Paintist Plus: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMagic ColoringPaintist Plus
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.8 (271 ratings)4.7 (700 ratings) — better
Positive reviews57.6% of reviews — better16.7% of reviews
Number of ratings271700 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 9 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS9.0 — better13.0
Further details — not scored
Size282 MB87 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperZiMAD元彬 蔡

Customer experience

Magic Coloring

All ratings271 ratings
Positive66.4%
Neutral8.9%
Negative24.7%
Written reviews170 reviews
Positive57.6%
Neutral15.3%
Negative27.1%

Paintist Plus

All ratings693 ratings
Positive92.6%
Neutral3.5%
Negative3.9%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive16.7%
Neutral16.7%
Negative66.7%

Bugs and requests

Magic Coloring

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Connectivity errors when trying to unlock paid pictures
  • Colored pictures reverting to blank after updates
  • App crashing or freezing during use
  • Inconsistent behavior with daily free pictures

Requested features

5 requests
  • More free pictures to color
  • Add a night mode or dark theme
  • Ability to save and restore progress
  • More variety in picture themes and styles
  • Improved stability and performance

Paintist Plus

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Magic Coloring

One-time10
  • Micro Coins Pack$0.99
  • Mini Coins Pack$1.99
  • Valentine's Day$3.99
Show 7 more
  • Small Coins Pack$4.99
  • Remove Ads$4.99
  • Medium Coins Pack 2$9.99
  • Medium Coins Pack 3$19.99
  • Large Coins Pack 3$39.99
  • Large Coins Pack$49.99
  • Large Coins Pack 2$74.99
5 purchases

Paintist Plus

Subscriptions3
  • Weekly$3.997 Days
  • Monthly$9.991 Month
  • Yearly Premium with no ads3 Days trial$29.991 Year
One-time2
  • Hints Package One$0.99
  • Hint Package Two$1.99

Questions

Is Magic Coloring free?
Magic Coloring is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Paintist Plus free?
Paintist Plus is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Magic Coloring or Paintist Plus?
Paintist Plus is rated higher. Magic Coloring averages 3.8 out of 5 from 271 ratings, while Paintist Plus averages 4.7 from 700 ratings.
Do Magic Coloring or Paintist Plus have ads?
Paintist Plus shows ads; Magic Coloring does not.
Which is updated more often, Magic Coloring or Paintist Plus?
Magic Coloring ships an update every 3 weeks, and Paintist Plus every 9 days. Most recently, Magic Coloring was updated on November 2, 2026 and Paintist Plus on November 3, 2026.

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