Comparison

iCPainter vs Paperclap

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

Head to head
About

iCPainter

Transform your photos into artistic paintings using custom or imported brushes. Features include face detection for detailed enhancements, brush size control, masking, and adding edges and textures. Compatible with other creative apps for expanded possibilities.

Highlights
  • Convert photos to paintings
  • Use custom or imported brushes
  • Face detection for detail
  • Brush size controller
  • Masking
  • Add edges and texture
Features
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- Convert your photos in artistic paintings! - You can use your own brushes or import Photoshop brushes. - Face detection for enhanced details. - Use together with iColorama and MetaBrush apps. - Brush size controller - Mask - Add edges and texture For examples of the images, you can create with this app just visit Instagram: @icolorama_one and @icolorama Join our FB group with more than 4000 members: http://facebook.com/groups/icolorama

About

Paperclap

Features
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Paperclap is where your circle keeps the moments that matter, together. Not for an audience. For the people who were in the room. Add photos and moments as they happen, shape them into a journal, and come back to it for years. The best moments are not the best pictures. The blurry shot that caught the laugh. The badly framed photo where everyone was moving. Paperclap keeps what happened and who was there, not the most flattering image. How it works Add the moments. Anyone in your circle can add photos and a few words, during the trip or long after, whenever something is worth keeping. Make the journal. Give it a cover, a title, a caption under each photo in your own words. Or drop the photos in and publish fast. Both are complete. There is no right amount of effort. Live it again. Open a journal a year later and it is all still there, exactly as it was. Two simple ways to include everyone Collect with a link. People can add their photos by opening a link on their phone, with no app to install. Send the finished journal as a link. Anyone you send it to can open it in a browser, with no app and no account. Private by design Paperclap has no feed, no followers, and no algorithm. Nothing is public, and nothing is recommended to strangers. You decide who is in the circle and who sees what you make. Your memories are yours. We don't show ads, and we never sell what's inside. Yours to take, whenever you want, in full quality. If you ever leave, you can export everything and open it without Paperclap. We don't lock you in. Paperclap is funded by subscription, so it answers to the circle, not to advertisers. One person subscribes. The whole circle can add, make, and keep together. For the moments you'd never post. Kept together.

Screenshots

iCPainter4 screens
Paperclap2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Paperclap at Free against iCPainter's $1.99. Paperclap also leads on update cadence (monthly vs every 4 months). iCPainter's advantage is iOS requirement (14.2 vs 16.4). 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

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

UpkeepUpdate frequency

iCPainter ships an update every 4 months, Paperclap monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 18, 2026 and September 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
iCPainter versus Paperclap: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameteriCPainterPaperclap
Price$1.99Free — better
Rating3.5 (14 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews22.2% of reviews—
Number of ratings14 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsMonthly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS14.2 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size246 MB55 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperEnrique GarciaRomain COCHET

In-app purchases

None

iCPainter

No in-app purchases

None

Paperclap

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is iCPainter free?
iCPainter costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Paperclap free?
Paperclap is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do iCPainter or Paperclap have ads?
Neither iCPainter nor Paperclap shows ads.
Which is updated more often, iCPainter or Paperclap?
iCPainter ships an update every 4 months, and Paperclap monthly. Most recently, iCPainter was updated on September 18, 2026 and Paperclap on September 8, 2026.

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