Comparison

iCPainter vs Sephalight

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

Sephalight

A minimalist color tool for designers and developers. Offers pre-built color schemes and supports HEX/RGB value copying. Includes an icon generator for App Store compliance, providing an efficient and elegant coloring experience.

Highlights
  • Minimalist color tool
  • High-quality color schemes
  • HEX/RGB color value copying
  • App Store compliant icon generator
  • Clean interface
  • Ad-free experience
Features
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Sephalight brings cinematic capture, detailed color tools, and personal finishing touches into one creative workflow. Capture with character: Shoot photos and videos with live LUT previews, a 21:9 frame, and manual exposure, white balance, and focus controls. Refine every shade: Adjust exposure, curves, HSL, color grading, masks, and grain. Import .cube LUTs to shape your own look. Make it yours: Add camera details, device information, time, location, a signature, or a color palette as a watermark, then export to your photo library. Create on iPhone, iPad, and iPhone Duo, with an editing layout that adapts to the space you have.

Screenshots

iCPainter4 screens
Sephalight1 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Sephalight at 5.0 against iCPainter's 3.5. Sephalight also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs every 4 months). iCPainter's advantage is ratings volume (14 vs 1) and iOS requirement (14.2 vs 26.0). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

iCPainter costs $1.99 and Sephalight $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Sephalight holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: iCPainter has 14 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

iCPainter ships an update every 4 months, Sephalight every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
iCPainter versus Sephalight: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameteriCPainterSephalight
Price$1.99$1.99
Rating3.5 (14 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews22.2% of reviews—
Number of ratings14 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS14.2 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size246 MB30 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperEnrique Garcia祖浪 吴

Customer experience

iCPainter

All ratings14 ratings
Positive57.1%
Neutral7.1%
Negative35.7%
Written reviews9 reviews
Positive22.2%
Neutral11.1%
Negative66.7%

Sephalight

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

iCPainter

No in-app purchases

None

Sephalight

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is iCPainter free?
iCPainter costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Sephalight free?
Sephalight costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, iCPainter or Sephalight?
Sephalight is rated higher. iCPainter averages 3.5 out of 5 from 14 ratings, while Sephalight averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do iCPainter or Sephalight have ads?
Neither iCPainter nor Sephalight shows ads.
Which is updated more often, iCPainter or Sephalight?
iCPainter ships an update every 4 months, and Sephalight every 4 days. Most recently, iCPainter was updated on November 1, 2026 and Sephalight on October 28, 2026.

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