Comparison

Artstudio Pro vs Paint World

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

Head to head
About

Artstudio Pro

This powerful app offers advanced drawing, painting, and photo editing tools for creative professionals and enthusiasts. It features a robust engine, flexible layer system, and an advanced brush engine for realistic strokes. Users can also create animations and import/export various image formats.

Highlights
  • GPU accelerated ArtEngine
  • Unlimited layers and large canvas sizes
  • Advanced brush engine with 150+ brushes
  • Flexible layer system with groups and masks
  • Professional photo editing tools
  • Animation creation and export
  • Import/Export ABR/TPL brush and pattern formats
Features
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Introducing Artstudio Pro, the most powerful painting and photo editing app available for both iOS and macOS. The successor to our famous ArtStudio app has been redesigned bringing many new features and improvements taking full advantage of the latest technologies Metal, iCloud Drive, Apple Pencil, and optimized for 64-bit multi-core processors to achieve the smoothest possible workflow. Powerful engine App is based on the powerful GPU accelerated ArtEngine developed by Lucky Clan. It allows working with multiple documents, supports large canvas sizes and an unlimited number of layers. Incredible optimization ensures smooth work even with large canvases. • Realistic Color Pigment Blending • Canvas size up to 64Mpix • Unlimited layers • Multiple open documents • 27 tools: Move, Select, Crop, Eyedropper, Paint, Wet Paint, Eraser, Bucket/Pattern/Gradient Fill, Smudge, Dodge, Burn, Sponge, Text, Heal, Clone, and more • Full iCloud integration Flexible layer system Artstudio Pro introduces a new layer system with grouping, non-destructive layer effects, and adjustment layers. • Groups • Masks, clipping masks • Adjustment Layers • 9 layer effects: Bevel/Emboss, Stroke, Inner Shadow, Inner Glow, Outer Glow, Color/Gradient/Pattern Overlay, Drop Shadow • Text layers Advanced Brush engine Perfectly optimized, lag free mechanism generating smooth, real looking strokes, making the most of Apple Pencil. • Brush size up to 4000x4000 • 64-bit painting with pattern, double stamp, wet brush, dynamics • Brush editor with over 100 customizable settings • Over 150 built-in brushes divided into multiple groups: Pens, Pencils, Oil Painting, Inking, Charcoals, Airbrushes, Watercolor and many more • Symmetric painting Professional photo editor Photo editing options developed in cooperation with professional photographers. Each feature was tested in several scenarios and light conditions. • 15 adjustments available as non-destructive layer or simple adjustment: Brightness/Contrast, Levels, Curves, Exposure/Gamma, Shadows/Highlights, Vibrance, Hue/Saturation, Color Balance, Temperature/Tint, Black and White, Gradient Map and more • 4 auto adjustments: Auto Contrast, Levels, Lightness, Saturation • Transform: Basic, Perspective, Warp • Dozens of filters with realtime preview and the ability to generate seamless patterns • Inpaint, Elastify (Liquify) • Retouching tools: Heal, Dodge, Burn, Sponge and more • Image resize, Canvas resize • Crop and Trim Animation Create animation from layers or groups and finally export it to one of the most popular animation format • Scrollable timeline view with Play/Pause • Onion skin • Customizable Frame duration • Always visible layers • Export to MP4, HEVC, Animated GIF/PNG Import/Export We have implemented many parsers from the most popular assets/images formats and we are especially proud of our ABR/TPL parser which not only reads brush stamps and patterns, but also most settings which are converted to Artstudio Pro brush engine values. Import • Images - PNG, JPEG, PSD, HEIC, TIFF, GIF, PDF, most raw formats • Brushes - ABR, TPL • Color swatches - ASE, ACO • Patterns - PAT • Gradients - GRD • Fonts - TTF, OTF Export • Images - PNG, JPEG, PSD, TIFF, PDF Other features • Floating panels for Colors, Layers, Brushes etc • Screen recording • Customizable Quick menu • Customizable Shortcuts • Snapping to guidelines, dynamic guidelines, grid • Perspective grid assist • Mirror (flipped) view • Support of iPad Drag and Drop, Split View, Sharing Extension, Open In, Clipboard Free version limitations: • locked Saving • canvas size limited to device screen size • layers count limited to 3 • export only to jpg • locked animation export Minimum System Requirements Artstudio Pro for iOS requires iPhone or iPad running iOS 15.0 or above Privacy policy: https://luckyclan.com/privacy-policy Terms of use: https://luckyclan.com/terms-use

About

Paint World

Explore a vibrant world of digital art where you can freely express your creativity through drawing. Connect with other artists by sharing your creations and engaging in visual communication.

Highlights
  • Freeform drawing tools
  • Share artwork with others
  • Visual communication with users
  • Explore user-created art
  • Social art platform
Features
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In this app, you will enter a world of painting. where you can draw as you will, and you can see pictures painted by others, and communicate with others by pictures, it is very cool, does not it?

Screenshots

Artstudio Pro4 screens
Paint World2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Artstudio Pro at 4.6 against Paint World's 2.3. Artstudio Pro also leads on ratings volume (4.1K vs 3) and update cadence (monthly vs every 3 months). Paint World's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and review sentiment (95% vs 74%). On price, ads 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

Both are free to download. Artstudio Pro sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.49 per year. Paint World asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Artstudio Pro holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 2.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Artstudio Pro has 4.1K ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 74% of Artstudio Pro's written reviews are positive against 95% of Paint World's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Artstudio Pro ships an update monthly, Paint World every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Artstudio Pro versus Paint World: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterArtstudio ProPaint World
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (4.1K ratings) — better2.3 (3 ratings)
Positive reviews74.2% of reviews95.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings4.1K — better3
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size385 MB28 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLucky ClanColin Shockley

Customer experience

Artstudio Pro

All ratings4,037 ratings
Positive88.8%
Neutral3.6%
Negative7.6%
Written reviews1,196 reviews
Positive74.2%
Neutral8.6%
Negative17.2%

Paint World

All ratings3 ratings
Positive33.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative66.7%
Written reviews20 reviews
Positive95.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative5.0%

Bugs and requests

Artstudio Pro

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Gradient tool not working as expected
  • Brush settings not saving properly
  • Unexpected canvas resizing and cropping
  • Layers disappearing or not rendering correctly

Requested features

6 requests
  • Add custom brush creation
  • Improve canvas resizing and previewing
  • Implement better layer and mask management
  • Add more blending and color adjustment tools
  • Introduce keyboard shortcuts and gesture support
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  • Provide a comprehensive user manual or tutorials

Paint World

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Artstudio Pro

Subscriptions1
  • Yearly Subscription3 Days trial$3.491 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime License$14.99
None

Paint World

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Artstudio Pro free?
Artstudio Pro is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Paint World free?
Paint World is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Artstudio Pro or Paint World?
Artstudio Pro is rated higher. Artstudio Pro averages 4.6 out of 5 from 4.1K ratings, while Paint World averages 2.3 from 3 ratings.
Do Artstudio Pro or Paint World have ads?
Neither Artstudio Pro nor Paint World shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Artstudio Pro or Paint World?
Artstudio Pro ships an update monthly, and Paint World every 3 months. Most recently, Artstudio Pro was updated on October 30, 2026 and Paint World on October 24, 2026.

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