Comparison

PaintMee 2 vs Imaengine

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

Imaengine

Transform photos and videos into stylized vector art with various filters and editing tools. Create pop-art effects, remove backgrounds with black and white vectorization, and generate rotoscope-style videos from imported footage.

Highlights
  • Color vectorization
  • Pop-art style filters
  • Black and white vectorization
  • Video and movie import
  • Rotoscope-style videos
  • User-friendly editor
Features
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Color vectorization, pop-art style filters, black and white for background removing. Video and movie import to get rotoscope-style videos. User-friendly editor with selection tools, brush and eraser. Now we have 3 different vector apps, you can choose the one fit your necessities: - 'Imaengine': filter section with all the vectorization capabilities, with smart controls and clean interface, editor section with only the essential tools. - 'Vector Q': the most powerful, full control over vectorizing with advanced parameters and a complete vector editor. - 'Vinilo': the simpler, only black and white vectorization and single-tool editor.

Screenshots

PaintMee 24 screens
Imaengine4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Imaengine at Free against PaintMee 2's $2.99. Imaengine also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months). PaintMee 2's advantage is rating (4.7 vs 3.1) and review sentiment (79% vs 58%). On ads, in-app purchases, monetization model 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

Imaengine is free to download; PaintMee 2 costs $2.99 up front. PaintMee 2 sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Imaengine sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

PaintMee 2 holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 122 and 35 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 79% of PaintMee 2's written reviews are positive against 58% of Imaengine's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

PaintMee 2 ships an update every 2 months, Imaengine every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
PaintMee 2 versus Imaengine: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPaintMee 2Imaengine
Price$2.99Free — better
Rating4.7 (122 ratings) — better3.1 (35 ratings)
Positive reviews78.6% of reviews — better58.1% of reviews
Number of ratings122 — better35
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS9.0 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size44 MB18 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperStudio MeeLuis Rivas

Customer experience

PaintMee 2

All ratings122 ratings
Positive92.6%
Neutral5.7%
Negative1.6%
Written reviews14 reviews
Positive78.6%
Neutral7.1%
Negative14.3%

Imaengine

All ratings35 ratings
Positive51.4%
Neutral8.6%
Negative40.0%
Written reviews31 reviews
Positive58.1%
Neutral12.9%
Negative29.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

PaintMee 2

One-time1
  • High Definition Export$9.99
1 purchases

Imaengine

One-time1
  • Unlimited Sharing$5.99

Questions

Is PaintMee 2 free?
PaintMee 2 costs $2.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is Imaengine free?
Imaengine is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, PaintMee 2 or Imaengine?
PaintMee 2 is rated higher. PaintMee 2 averages 4.7 out of 5 from 122 ratings, while Imaengine averages 3.1 from 35 ratings.
Do PaintMee 2 or Imaengine have ads?
Neither PaintMee 2 nor Imaengine shows ads.
Which is updated more often, PaintMee 2 or Imaengine?
PaintMee 2 ships an update every 2 months, and Imaengine every 3 weeks. Most recently, PaintMee 2 was updated on October 7, 2026 and Imaengine on October 11, 2026.

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