PaintMee 2 vs Inkwork
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
PaintMee 2
Transform your photos into unique works of art with various styles and a powerful focus system. Experiment with different artistic expressions and create personalized paintings. Save your creations in high resolution or as a movie of the painting process.
- 92 tuned example styles
- Focus point system for expression
- Up to 5 focus points
- Unique results with each use
- Save painting process as movie
- 4K resolution rendering
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True Art happens when your mind is invited into a piece. When there is something intriguing, provoking, ambiguous or incomplete. Now YOU can make true art in an instant – and have fun while doing it. Your tools are STYLE and FOCUS. For a photo, choose a style and set a focus point. Moving the focus point dramatically alters the resulting painting. Use this very powerful tool to make the painting truly yours. Features • 92 carefully tuned example styles. • Styles range from oil paintings through sketches, ink splatter and wood carvings to downright craziness. • Use a powerful focus point system to control expression. • Place up to 5 focus points. • Different results every time, even for the same style. • Watch the painting take shape stroke by stroke. • Advanced users: fine tune styles to get that perfect look. • Advanced users: create your own styles and add them to the list. • Save the entire painting process as a movie. • Render and save painting in 4K resolution.
Inkwork
Transform your photos into unique ink drawings with a wide array of style variations and color options. Easily share your creations on social media or order high-quality prints to be delivered to your door.
- Transform photos into ink drawings
- Over 90 style variations
- Customizable ink and paper colors
- Fine-tune style details
- Instant transformations
- Share to social media
- Order physical prints
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Discover your photo's inner art with Inkwork. Inkwork instantly transforms your photos into unique and expressive ink drawings. Choose from over 90 style variations, select an ink and paper color, then share your art on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, and more. Want to hang your new art on the wall? We've teamed up with CanvasPop to provide the highest quality prints available, all backed by a 100% “Love It” guarantee. You’ll have your art on your doorstep and ready to hang in no time. Features: • Instantly transform your photos into art with over 90 ink style variations • Choose from dozens of ink and paper colors, or create your own • Fine-tune styles to make them more detailed or abstract • Take snaps and watch them transform instantly • Load photos from your Camera Roll and other albums • Share your art on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, and more • Have your art printed and shipped right to your doorstep Subscribe or purchase Inkwork to unlock all features. For more information, visit us at www.codeorgana.com, or follow us on Twitter and Instagram @codeorgana. Find out more about CanvasPop prints and their 100% "Love it" lifetime guarantee at www.canvaspop.com. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Inkwork at Free against PaintMee 2's $2.99. Inkwork also leads on ratings volume (3.2K vs 122). PaintMee 2's advantage is iOS requirement (9.0 vs 12.0). On rating, review sentiment, update cadence and ads 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
Inkwork is free to download; PaintMee 2 costs $2.99 up front. PaintMee 2 sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Inkwork sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for PaintMee 2 against 4.8 for Inkwork. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Inkwork has 3.2K ratings behind it against 122, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 79% of PaintMee 2's written reviews are positive against 77% of Inkwork's.
PaintMee 2 ships an update every 2 months, Inkwork every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | PaintMee 2 | Inkwork |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.7 (122 ratings) | 4.8 (3.2K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 78.6% of reviews — better | 77.2% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 122 | 3.2K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 5 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 44 MB | 67 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Studio Mee | Code Organa |
Customer experience
PaintMee 2
Inkwork
Bugs and requests
PaintMee 2
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Inkwork
Reported bugs
3 issues- Crashes on certain devices/iOS versions
- Inability to save or export images properly
- Compatibility issues with large photo libraries
Requested features
4 requests- Add opacity/layer controls
- Expand range of artistic styles
- Improve export options (SVG, higher res)
- Implement a trial or freemium model
In-app purchases
PaintMee 2
- High Definition Export$9.99
Inkwork
- Inkwork2 variants$4.997 Days
- Inkwork2 variants$9.991 Month
- Inkwork3 Days trial2 variants$29.991 Year
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- Inkwork3 Days trial2 variants$59.991 Year
- Unlock Full Version$5.99
- Unlock Full Version$6.99
- Unlock Full Version$11.99
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- Unlock Full Version$13.99
- Inkwork2 variants$79.99
