Simple Paint AR vs Weird Type
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Simple Paint AR
Create vibrant 3D drawings in augmented reality using a variety of colors and special effects. Import your own photos to paint on or share your creations via email and iTunes.
- Augmented reality drawing
- Variety of colors and special effects
- Adjustable brush sizes
- Import photos from albums
- Save and email drawings
- iTunes Sharing for computer transfer
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You can choose from a variety of colours and special effects, including drawing fire and glitter in the air! There are multiple brush sizes to cater to your needs. You can import pictures from your photo albums or take a photo to have it float in the air! Save the drawing or even email the painting to your friends! You can use iTunes Sharing to get the 3D drawings out to your computer. Download now and let your creativity flow!
Weird Type
Create unique visual art by writing words in augmented reality. Type custom phrases and explore various creative modes to see your text transform in innovative ways. Record and share your AR text creations.
- Draw with text in AR
- Type custom phrases
- Multiple creative modes
- Record and share videos
- Multi-lingual input support
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Have you ever wanted to draw with words? Weird Type is an AR app that lets you paint with text in space! You can type your own phrases and pick from multiple modes and see your text in completely new ways. You can record videos of your messages and share them or save them to you camera roll. It's based on a series of AR experiments that the authors Zach Lieberman and Molmol Kuo have been posting to Instagram over the last few months. People kept asking, "is that an app?" Now, together with our collaborator Design Indaba, which helped produce this, we're packaging some of these experiments into app and we hope you enjoy them! The app is designed by Richard The, with iOS help from Ying Quan Tan, Robby Kraft, and Peter Sibley Note the app now supports multi-lingual input.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Weird Type at 4.9 against Simple Paint AR's 3.0. Weird Type also leads on monetization model (free vs paid) and ratings volume (814 vs 2). Simple Paint AR's advantage is update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 3 months). On price, review sentiment, 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
Simple Paint AR costs $0.99 and Weird Type $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Weird Type holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Weird Type has 814 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 80% of Simple Paint AR's written reviews are positive against 87% of Weird Type's.
Simple Paint AR ships an update every 6 weeks, Weird Type every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 26, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Simple Paint AR | Weird Type |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | $0.99 |
| Rating | 3.0 (2 ratings) | 4.9 (814 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 80.0% of reviews | 87.1% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 814 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 23 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Virtual GS | Zach Lieberman |
Customer experience
Simple Paint AR
Weird Type
Bugs and requests
Simple Paint AR
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Weird Type
Reported bugs
2 issues- Orientation issues when sharing videos
- Inconsistent performance on older devices
Requested features
5 requests- Add support for more languages
- Allow custom font/color options
- Implement selfie camera mode
- Add audio recording capabilities
- Improve video export quality
In-app purchases
Simple Paint AR
No in-app purchases
Weird Type
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Simple Paint AR free?
Is Weird Type free?
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Do Simple Paint AR or Weird Type have ads?
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