Comparison

PaintMee 2 vs Hand Tint Pro

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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.

About

Hand Tint Pro

Transform your photos into timeless hand-painted art. Apply color with smart brushes, layers, and selective tools. Choose from various background effects and paper textures for unique creations.

Highlights
  • Smart brushes for precise coloring
  • Layering system for organized editing
  • Selective color tool
  • Multiple background effects (B&W, Luminescent, Vintage)
  • Various layer modes
  • Save projects to resume later
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Colorize your photo with Tint, Tone and Color Hand Tint Pro supplies everything you need—color palettes, paper and smart brushes—for creating beautiful and timeless hand painted photography. Like all art forms, preparing a good base for hand coloring is like stretching a canvas for painting, so every imaged placed in the app is stripped of color and transformed into a classic Black & White, a dreamy Luminescent or an aged Vintage photo we call a Background Effect. To keep your painting organized and in control, we give you Layers and a handy Selective Color tool to define areas for accurate brushing. Both features are designed to keep color where you want them. FEATURES An easy workflow with a professional layering system has modes for tint, tone, color, multiply, soft paint or paint that can be changed per layer, and a powerful color selection tool to keep brushing inside isolated areas for fast colorization and accuracy. It is important to have fun while creating beautiful photo memories so a forgiving erase brush is there to wash away mistakes occurred during the painting process. If you need to stop, not a problem! Use the save project feature and return to finish when you are ready. PHOTO EFFECTS (also known as background effects) For the base of your hand tint we transform your photo into a classic Black & White, a dreamy Luminescent or an aged Vintage—the choice is yours! Black and White—turns a photo into a classic black and white with options to adjust the RGB channels. A strength slider gradually blends the photo's original colors back in, if desired, for a variety of customized looks before the tinting process begins. Luminescent—adds dreamy brightness combined with subtle texture—that you control, as you brush on color, tint or tone Vintage—ages the photo with image toning and adds distressed paper for a beautiful and unique basis of your tinting project INCLUDES 3 Photo Effects—Black & White, Luminescent & Vintage (also known as background effects, creates the base photo layer for hand tinting) 3 Layer Styles—Colorize Layer allows the original color to be brushed back in, Paint Layer allows customizable coloring using paintbrushes and color palettes, Auto Paint Layer allows original color to be removed, and a base layer called Background Effect to change photo effects styles on-the-fly without changing the hand colored layers above it—this allows you to be creative without repainting the image. Layer Modes—on every layer feature Color, Tint, Tone, Multiply, Soft Paint and Paint modes. These modes are designed to change the look of painted or colorized areas for unique and infinite variations. RGB Sliders—found on the Background Effect allow for pro mixing of light and dark areas in the Black & White and Luminescent effects. Film Grain Slider Soften Slider 6 Paper Surface Textures 25 Color Palettes—consist of multiple swatches created for seasons, hair color, eye color and skin tones plus 2 Romantic palettes for dreamy gardens and seascapes. 36 Textures for adding an aged and worn paper effect 15 One-touch customizable Presets—create the Background Effect 3 Paint Presets—with layer styles and brush colors already in place for learning and understanding the layering process. Save Project—will save your hand tint project externally, or share projects with co-workers and friends. This feature keeps all layers and brush colors in tact. Randomize Button—automatically changes the settings on the Background Effects

Screenshots

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Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: PaintMee 2 at $5.99 against Hand Tint Pro's $19.99. PaintMee 2 also leads on rating (4.7 vs 4.1) and chart position (#189 vs unranked). Hand Tint Pro's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 3 months). On review sentiment, ads 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

PaintMee 2 costs $5.99 and Hand Tint Pro $19.99 up front. PaintMee 2 sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Hand Tint Pro asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

PaintMee 2 holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: PaintMee 2 has 123 ratings behind it against 16, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 79% of PaintMee 2's written reviews are positive against 71% of Hand Tint Pro's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

PaintMee 2 ships an update every 3 months, Hand Tint Pro fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 3 level
PaintMee 2 versus Hand Tint Pro: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPaintMee 2Hand Tint Pro
Price$5.99 — better$19.99
Rating4.7 (123 ratings) — better4.1 (16 ratings)
Positive reviews78.6% of reviews — better71.4% of reviews
Number of ratings123 — better16
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
Best chart rank#189 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPad
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size51 MB105 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperStudio MeeJixiPix, LLC

Customer experience

PaintMee 2

All ratings123 ratings
Positive92.7%
Neutral5.7%
Negative1.6%
Written reviews14 reviews
Positive78.6%
Neutral7.1%
Negative14.3%

Hand Tint Pro

All ratings16 ratings
Positive81.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative18.8%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive71.4%
Neutral0.0%
Negative28.6%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

PaintMee 2

One-time1
  • High Definition Export$9.99
None

Hand Tint Pro

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is PaintMee 2 free?
PaintMee 2 costs $5.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is Hand Tint Pro free?
Hand Tint Pro costs $19.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, PaintMee 2 or Hand Tint Pro?
PaintMee 2 is rated higher. PaintMee 2 averages 4.7 out of 5 from 123 ratings, while Hand Tint Pro averages 4.1 from 16 ratings.
Do PaintMee 2 or Hand Tint Pro have ads?
Neither PaintMee 2 nor Hand Tint Pro shows ads.
Which is updated more often, PaintMee 2 or Hand Tint Pro?
PaintMee 2 ships an update every 3 months, and Hand Tint Pro fortnightly. Most recently, PaintMee 2 was updated on October 26, 2026 and Hand Tint Pro on October 13, 2026.

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