Comparison

Infinite Painter vs PSD Viewer

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

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About

Infinite Painter

Create stunning digital art with a powerful painting, sketching, and drawing app. It offers a vast array of brushes, intuitive tools, and advanced features for artists of all skill levels. Share your creations with time-lapse recordings and enjoy a seamless creative workflow.

Highlights
  • Hundreds of built-in and custom brushes
  • Intuitive and customizable interface
  • Advanced layer management
  • Time-lapse recording
  • Perspective guides
  • Selection and transformation tools
  • Color correction and filters
Features
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Experience one of the best-designed painting, sketching, and drawing apps created for iPad and iPhone. Used by millions, this award-winning app brings a rich, powerful feature set to artists of all levels, whether art is your hobby, passion or career. HIGHLIGHTS - Best-in-class pencils - Minimal and intuitive interface - Easily group layers - Share Time-lapse recordings with your social networks - Convert any stroke into an editable shape REIMAGINING BRUSHES - Hundreds of built-in brushes: Airbrushes, Calligraphy, Chalk, Charcoal, Glow, Lasso Fills, Pencils, Markers, Oil Paint, Paint Splatter, Spray Paint, Screentones, and Watercolor - Realistic brush to canvas interaction - Over 100 customizable settings for every brush - Organize and share your favorite brushes and brush sets - Designed for the Apple Pencil with full pressure and tilt support - Apply real-time color adjustments and live filters to any brush - Sample lower layers when blending - Import and export custom brushes and sets GETTING THE MOST OUT OF YOUR SPACE - More canvas, less clutter with a clean, customizable interface - Assign finger functions separate from the Apple Pencil - Expand and collapse layers with a flick - Dock brushes and brush settings for quick, easy editing - Quick access eyedropper - Rotate and flip canvas - Group layers with a pinch MAKING ART LESS WORK - Pin tools and actions to the main interface - Pull the color wheel right on the canvas with two fingers - Add multiple reference images - Lighting-fast saving and loading - Step back in time with Project History DIVERSIFYING TOOLS - Simple or complex symmetry with Radial or Kaleidoscope - Draw with precision using Guides or Shapes - Smart shape detection by pausing when drawing - Innovative Hatching guide NEVER LOSING PERSPECTIVE - Design 3D cityscapes with five different perspective guides or a standard 2D grid - Drag Rectangle and Circle shapes in perspective PIXEL-PERFECT EDITING - Seamless pattern projects - Selection tools: Lasso, Rectangle, Circle, Poly, Path, Wand, Brush, and Color Range - Industry-leading Transformations - Transform multiple layers at once - Gradient and Pattern Fill tools - Target separate layers or all layers with Fill tools - Drag with Fill tool or Magic Wand for live tolerance adjustment - Bring your painting to life with Time-lapse - Canvas Navigator with flip and grayscale support (for proportions and value checking) - Clone tool with offset - Tools for pattern creation EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO CREATE - 64-bit color when painting - Layer support with 30 blend modes - Masks for layers, adjustments, and groups - Clipping masks - Gradient map, Color Curves, and Filter layers - Industry-leading color correction - Over 40 live Filters - Focus and Tilt-shift masking - Liquify - Crop and Resize tool - Pattern and Array tools - Powerful selection workspace - Photoshop®-like smart layers for multiple transformations without loss of quality - Solo & Trace modes - Print presets & CMYK color modes ACCELERATE YOUR WORKFLOW - Import from Photos, Camera, Clipboard, or Image Search - Search over 1 million free for commercial-use images - Export images as JPG, PNG, ZIP, layered PSD files, or Painter projects - Share artwork to Infinite Painter's ever-growing community and see what others are creating, #InfinitePainter WHAT’S FREE? - 7 days to try out everything - 5 layers at the device resolution - Solid Fill, Lasso selection, Basic Transform and Symmetry - Seamless pattern projects - All the built-in brushes and brush editing - Smart shape detection WHAT’S PRO? - HD canvas sizes and tons of layers* - Adjustments and live Filter layers - Layer groups - Layer masks - Over 40 powerful, professional tools * Maximum number of layers depends on the canvas size and your device TAKE INFINITE PAINTER WITH YOU See what you can do.

About

PSD Viewer

Inspect Adobe Photoshop (.psd) and large document (.psb) files directly on your mobile device. View individual layers, use precision measurement tools, and sample colors. Annotate designs and switch between units and modes.

Highlights
  • Open PSD & PSB files
  • Layer panel with visibility toggle
  • Precision measurement tools
  • Color inspector with HEX, RGB, HSB
  • Zoom & pan
  • Pen tool for annotation
  • Unit switcher (px, mm, cm, inches)
  • Dark & light mode
Features
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Open and inspect Adobe Photoshop (.psd) and large document (.psb) files directly on your iPhone or iPad — no desktop required. PSD Viewer renders each layer of your file using high-performance Skia graphics, so you see your artwork exactly as it was saved in Photoshop. KEY FEATURES • Open PSD & PSB files — tap any .psd or .psb file in Mail, Files, or any app and open it instantly • Layer panel — browse every layer in your document, toggle visibility, and tap to inspect • Precision measurement tools — ruler, angle, and bounding box tools for pixel-accurate dimensions • Color inspector — sample any pixel and get HEX, RGB, and HSB values • Zoom & pan — smooth pinch-to-zoom and pan across large canvases • Pen tool — annotate and mark up your designs on-screen • Unit switcher — work in px, mm, cm, or inches • Dark & light mode — designed for both PERFECT FOR Designers reviewing work on the go, developers inspecting layer structure, print shops checking files, and anyone who receives PSD files and needs to open them without Photoshop. SUBSCRIPTION PSD Viewer offers a free trial. Unlock all tools with a Pro subscription. Payment is charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions automatically renew unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage your subscription and turn off auto-renewal in your Account Settings after purchase. Privacy Policy and Terms of Use are available in the app settings.

Screenshots

Infinite Painter4 screens
PSD Viewer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Infinite Painter at 67% against PSD Viewer's 0%. Infinite Painter also leads on rating (4.1 vs 3.0) and ratings volume (10K vs 2). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. Infinite Painter sells 5 one-off in-app purchases and PSD Viewer sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Infinite Painter holds the better App Store score, 4.1 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Infinite Painter has 10K ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 67% of Infinite Painter's written reviews are positive against 0% of PSD Viewer's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Infinite Painter ships an update every 2 weeks, PSD Viewer weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Infinite Painter versus PSD Viewer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterInfinite PainterPSD Viewer
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.1 (10K ratings) — better3.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews67.5% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings10K — better2
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size108 MB50 MB
Age rating9+9+
DeveloperSean BrakefieldMohamed Nagy

Customer experience

Infinite Painter

All ratings10,188 ratings
Positive78.6%
Neutral6.9%
Negative14.5%
Written reviews1,767 reviews
Positive67.5%
Neutral13.4%
Negative19.2%

PSD Viewer

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

Bugs and requests

Infinite Painter

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Layers disappearing or becoming corrupted
  • Brush behavior changing unexpectedly
  • Canvas resizing causing crashes
  • Inability to export projects properly

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add text tool
  • Improve layer management and organization
  • Implement better palm rejection
  • Allow more customization of UI and tools
  • Add support for Photoshop brushes

PSD Viewer

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

5 purchases

Infinite Painter

One-time5
  • Get Everything!$3.99
  • Get Everything! (iPhone-only)$4.99
  • Get Everything$6.99
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  • Get Everything (Trial Discount)$7.99
  • Get Everything$9.99
1 purchases

PSD Viewer

One-time1
  • Lifetime$9.99

Questions

Is Infinite Painter free?
Infinite Painter is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is PSD Viewer free?
PSD Viewer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Infinite Painter or PSD Viewer?
Infinite Painter is rated higher. Infinite Painter averages 4.1 out of 5 from 10K ratings, while PSD Viewer averages 3.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Infinite Painter or PSD Viewer have ads?
Neither Infinite Painter nor PSD Viewer shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Infinite Painter or PSD Viewer?
Infinite Painter ships an update every 2 weeks, and PSD Viewer weekly. Most recently, Infinite Painter was updated on October 29, 2026 and PSD Viewer on October 28, 2026.

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