Comparison

PaintMee 2 vs Sequence

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

Sequence

Create professional print-ready photo zines and books directly from your mobile device. Design with two-page spreads, preview your layout with realistic page-flips, and export high-quality PDFs for printing.

Highlights
  • Design on two-page spreads
  • Hand-crafted templates
  • Realistic page-flip preview
  • High-quality PDF export
  • Print-accurate margins
  • iCloud project sync
Features
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Sequence is a focused, beautiful way to turn your photographs into print-ready zines and photo books — right from your iPhone and iPad. Start from a book structure that matches your work, sequence your images across real two-page spreads, and preview the finished book with a natural page-flip before you ever export. DESIGN LIKE A BOOK • Start fast with hand-crafted templates — classic grids, full-bleed spreads, gallery mats, and paced left-right rhythms • Compose on true two-page spreads, the way a printed book actually reads • Set any image as your cover and build a clean front-to-back sequence • Full-bleed, matted, and captioned layouts with print-accurate margins SEE IT BEFORE YOU PRINT • Immersive, full-screen book preview with a real page-turn feel • Contact sheet view to arrange and reorder your whole edit at a glance PRINT WITH CONFIDENCE • Export high-quality PDFs ready for your printer • Trim, bleed, and safe-area guidance so nothing important gets cut YOURS, EVERYWHERE • Your projects sync across your devices with iCloud • Built natively for iPhone and iPad Whether you're a photographer building a portfolio zine, a traveler making a keepsake, or an artist self-publishing a small run, Sequence helps you shape a sequence you're proud to hold in print.

Screenshots

PaintMee 24 screens
Sequence4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Sequence at none against PaintMee 2's 1. Sequence also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.7) and review sentiment (100% vs 79%). PaintMee 2's advantage is ratings volume (123 vs 2) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On ads 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

PaintMee 2 costs $5.99 and Sequence $2.99 up front. PaintMee 2 sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Sequence asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Sequence holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: PaintMee 2 has 123 ratings behind it against 2, 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 100% of Sequence's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

PaintMee 2 ships an update every 3 months, Sequence every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
PaintMee 2 versus Sequence: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPaintMee 2Sequence
Price$5.99$2.99 — better
Rating4.7 (123 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews78.6% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings123 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 4 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size51 MB57 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperStudio MeeCodesigner Tech Co., Ltd.

Customer experience

PaintMee 2

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

Sequence

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

PaintMee 2

One-time1
  • High Definition Export$9.99
None

Sequence

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is PaintMee 2 free?
PaintMee 2 costs $5.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is Sequence free?
Sequence costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, PaintMee 2 or Sequence?
Sequence is rated higher. PaintMee 2 averages 4.7 out of 5 from 123 ratings, while Sequence averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do PaintMee 2 or Sequence have ads?
Neither PaintMee 2 nor Sequence shows ads.
Which is updated more often, PaintMee 2 or Sequence?
PaintMee 2 ships an update every 3 months, and Sequence every 4 weeks. Most recently, PaintMee 2 was updated on November 3, 2026 and Sequence on November 6, 2026.

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