Tiny Paint vs Dear Bear
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Tiny Paint
This app offers a comprehensive suite of tools for creating, drawing, and editing images. It supports layers, a wide variety of brushes, and advanced selection tools for precise edits. Users can also remove unwanted objects and apply numerous filters and color adjustments.
- Unlimited layers with blend modes
- Over 450 high-quality brushes
- 60+ photo enhancement filters
- Intelligent selection tools
- Raster and vector graphics editing
- Object removal (Inpaint)
- Extensive resources (stickers, textures)
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TinyPaint is an easy and full featured photo editor. Create, draw, design and retouch photos in minutes with TinyPaint! You won't believe how easy this is! FEATURES 1. Layers Support unlimited layers and 20+ blend modes. Support exporting and importing layered PSD files 2. Brushes Over 450 high quality brushes. Support Apple Pencil for iPad 2018 and 3D Touch sensitivity for iPhones. Drawing whenever and wherever you want! 3. Filters Over 60 filters, ideal for enhancing your photos. 4. Select Select areas with Inteligence, Lasso, Magic Wand, Rect or Tap tool. Edit and apply effects to portions of photo while leaving unselected areas untouched. 5. Raster and Vector Graphics Editor If you want to design UI, web page or LOGO on the go, TinyPaint is for you. 6. Undo Undo any slippery editing mistakes. 7. Inpaint Remove unwanted objects from your photos. 8. Seamless Merge Combine two layers seamlessly. 9. Color 20 + Color FX and 10+ Color adjustment tools. 10. Resources Over 1000 stickers, textures, backgrounds, etc. 11. More Fill, stroke, text, crop, resize, rotate and etc. Paint Pro Subscription: • Get unlimited access for $14.99/6 months • Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase • Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period • Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period, and identify the cost of the renewal • Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user's Account Settings after purchase • Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to that publication, where applicable - Privacy Policy: https://tinypaint.wordpress.com - Terms of Use: https://tinypaint.wordpress.com
Dear Bear
Unleash your creativity with a user-friendly drawing application. Offers a variety of brushes, layers, and import options for both finger and Apple Pencil use. Perfect for sketching everyday wonders.
- Variety of brushes
- Customizable layers
- Image import function
- Finger and Apple Pencil support
- Professional drawing tools
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Dear Bear - Draw the wonderful things every day. Dear Bear is a simple and cute drawing app, where you can draw all kinds of beautiful things in life. In addition to drawing with your fingers, you can also use the Apple Pencil with the iPad. Provide you with professional drawing tools - A lot of drawing materials - A variety of interesting brushes - custom layers - Image import function Hurry up and download the Dear Bear, let's create wonderful things together in the painting world. This subscription will be automatically renewed through your iTunes account, and the renewal fee will be deducted according to your package within 24 hours before the end of the current subscription period. You can manage or cancel the automatic renewal at the Account Settings Department. To cancel the automatic renewal, you must at least 24 hours before the end of the current subscription period. If your trial has not ended, the remaining days will automatically expire after you start subscribing. To open the subscription, you need to agree to the following terms: Terms of Service: https://keshoujie.github.io/posts/keshoujie/fuwu Privacy terms: https://keshoujie.github.io/posts/keshoujie/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is monetization model: Dear Bear at free with in-app purchases against Tiny Paint's subscription. Dear Bear also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 81%). Tiny Paint's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (526 vs 101). On price, rating, update cadence and in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Tiny Paint sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $14.99 per 6 months and Dear Bear sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.4 for Tiny Paint against 4.4 for Dear Bear. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Tiny Paint has 526 ratings behind it against 101, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 81% of Tiny Paint's written reviews are positive against 100% of Dear Bear's.
Tiny Paint ships an update monthly, Dear Bear every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Tiny Paint | Dear Bear |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (526 ratings) | 4.4 (101 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 81.4% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 526 — better | 101 |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Subscription | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 336 MB | 38 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 80 Degree Photo Studio | 受杰 柯 |
Customer experience
Tiny Paint
Dear Bear
Bugs and requests
Tiny Paint
Reported bugs
4 issues- App crashes when trying to save drawings
- Brush settings reset unexpectedly
- Layers disappear after exiting the app
- Frequent freezes and lags when using certain tools
Requested features
5 requests- Add direct line tool
- Improve layer management
- Allow importing/exporting of PSD files
- Provide a free version with fewer limitations
- Improve overall stability and reduce crashes
Dear Bear
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Tiny Paint
- UNLIMITED ACCESS3 Days trial$14.996 Months
- Unlock 450+ Paint Brushes$0.99
- Unlock Elements & Filters$1.99
Dear Bear
- Plus Version3 Days trial$1.991 Month
- Plus Version Quarterly3 Days trial$3.993 Months
- Pro Version$5.99









