Comparison

Artstudio Pro vs DynBrushes

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

DynBrushes

Create photorealistic oil paintings on your device with a wide array of brushes that simulate real-world textures and stroke effects. Features a realistic paint blending algorithm and customizable canvases. Display your finished artwork in virtual scenes.

Highlights
  • Photorealistic oil painting creation
  • Wide range of oil paint brushes
  • Realistic paint blending algorithm
  • Customizable canvas parameters
  • Virtual scene display for artwork
Features
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This is an oil painting software that can be used to create almost photorealistic oil paintings on a computer. It comes with a wide range of oil paint brushes that can achieve various textures and stroke effects of oil paintings. Additionally, it features a blending algorithm that simulates the mixing of physical paints. The software includes multiple canvases, allowing you to adjust various parameters such as lighting and texture according to your preferences. You can also place your artwork in virtual scenes to admire it.

Screenshots

Artstudio Pro4 screens
DynBrushes4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Artstudio Pro at Free against DynBrushes's $12.99. Artstudio Pro also leads on ratings volume (4.1K vs 1). DynBrushes's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and rating (5.0 vs 4.6). On review sentiment, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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

Artstudio Pro is free to download; DynBrushes costs $12.99 up front. Artstudio Pro sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.49 per year. DynBrushes asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

DynBrushes holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Artstudio Pro has 4.1K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 74% of Artstudio Pro's written reviews are positive against 78% of DynBrushes's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Artstudio Pro ships an update monthly, DynBrushes fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Artstudio Pro versus DynBrushes: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterArtstudio ProDynBrushes
PriceFree — better$12.99
Rating4.6 (4.1K ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews74.2% of reviews77.8% of reviews — better
Number of ratings4.1K — better1
Update frequencyMonthlyFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size385 MB267 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLucky ClanColorfulPhone

Customer experience

Artstudio Pro

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

DynBrushes

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews9 reviews
Positive77.8%
Neutral22.2%
Negative0.0%

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

DynBrushes

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

DynBrushes

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Artstudio Pro free?
Artstudio Pro is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is DynBrushes free?
DynBrushes costs $12.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Artstudio Pro or DynBrushes?
DynBrushes is rated higher. Artstudio Pro averages 4.6 out of 5 from 4.1K ratings, while DynBrushes averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Artstudio Pro or DynBrushes have ads?
Neither Artstudio Pro nor DynBrushes shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Artstudio Pro or DynBrushes?
Artstudio Pro ships an update monthly, and DynBrushes fortnightly. Most recently, Artstudio Pro was updated on October 27, 2026 and DynBrushes on October 25, 2026.

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