Comparison

Paint vs Orb

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

Head to head
About

Paint

Create and share augmented reality experiences by adding 3D holograms and special effects. Paint and sculpt in 3D, record your creations, and remix your world with mixed reality.

Highlights
  • Add 3D holograms
  • Apply special FX
  • Paint and sculpt in 3D
  • Record video
  • Share with friends
  • Mixed reality storytelling
Features
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Paint-AR is an augmented reality app for creatives. Add 3D holograms & special FX, paint & sculpt in 3D. Join featured artists, record video & share with friends. Remix your world & tell trippy mixed reality tales.

About

Orb

This proactive AI assistant anticipates your needs, offering timely reminders and updates without being asked. It allows you to control your computer remotely via your phone, handling tasks like file organization and providing voice-first, human-like interactions. Your data remains private as it runs on your own hardware.

Highlights
  • Proactive notifications
  • Remote computer control
  • Voice-first interaction
  • Open-source server
  • Customizable AI engine
  • Private data handling
Features
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7:02 AM. You haven't said a word yet. "Morning. Rain clears by nine. Your ten o'clock moved to ten thirty — and that form you've been dodging is due today, so I put it at the top of your list." Every assistant until now has waited to be asked. Orb doesn't wait. IT KNOWS WHAT'S UP Orb keeps a running sense of your day and reaches out when something actually matters: "You've got four commits sitting unpushed since Tuesday. Worth protecting before the weekend." "NVDA's up four percent since you asked me to watch it." "You've been at this for twenty hours. I moved tomorrow's first ping to ten so you can sleep in." And when nothing matters? Silence. The bar for interrupting you is high. YOUR COMPUTER, IN YOUR POCKET Run the free, open-source Orb server on your own computer and your phone becomes its remote. Ask for real work from anywhere — "clean up my downloads folder" — and carry on with your day until the receipt lands: "Done. 214 files sorted, three gigs freed." Your machine did the work. Your phone just told you. JUST SAY IT Voice-first, human answers. "Remind me at eight" — "Done, eight tonight." No menus, no forms, no robot voice reading bullet points. IT REMEMBERS What you said last week. What you asked it never to let you skip. Where you left off. One continuous assistant across voice and chat — whichever AI engine you plug in, Orb stays Orb. ACTUALLY YOURS No account. No developer cloud — we couldn't read your data if we wanted to, because there's nothing of ours to read it with. Choose which AI powers it, swap anytime, name it what you like. Self-host and nothing ever leaves hardware you own. You've been promised this assistant for fifteen years. Nobody built it, because it can't be built in someone else's cloud — an assistant this close to your life only works if it's yours.

Screenshots

Paint4 screens
Orb4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Orb at none against Paint's 4. Paint's advantage is ratings volume (18 vs 2) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, rating 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Paint sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Orb asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.0 for Paint against 4.0 for Orb. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Paint has 18 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Paint versus Orb: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPaintOrb
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (18 ratings)4.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews83.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings18 — better2
Update frequency—Every 5 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS11.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size857 MB7 MB
Age rating+412+
DeveloperJames TunickNATHAN BOYD LANGLEY

Customer experience

Paint

All ratings18 ratings
Positive77.8%
Neutral0.0%
Negative22.2%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive83.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative16.7%

Orb

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Paint

One-time4
  • Magic Brush Pack$0.99
  • 3D Object Pack$0.99
  • Special FX Pack$0.99
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  • Premium 3 Pack$1.99
None

Orb

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Paint free?
Paint is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Orb free?
Orb is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Paint or Orb?
Paint and Orb are both rated 4.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 18 and 2 ratings respectively.
Do Paint or Orb have ads?
Neither Paint nor Orb shows ads.

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