PanoPainter vs Kinetiform
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
PanoPainter
Create immersive 360° illustrations and animations with a panoramic canvas. This software supports VR headsets, offering intuitive tools for sketching, painting, and animating in a full spherical environment.
- Immersive 360° panoramic canvas
- VR Painting support
- High-Performance GPU Accelerated Paint Engine
- Massive resolution up to 8K panorama
- Highly customizable brushes
- Layers and Timelapse
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PanoPainter is the first software ever made to enable an immersive experience for artists that want to sketch, paint, and animate on a full 360° panoramic canvas. Its native workflow allows artists to work in an intuitive environment and create amazing illustrations that can also be viewed using any virtual reality headset and be immersed inside the artwork. These are the main features you will find: - Import regular images and place them in the scene - Share across Apple devices using AirDrop - Copy/paste and transform the selection - Immersive 360° panoramic canvas - High-Performance GPU Accelerated Paint Engine - Intuitive gestures to navigate - Dynamic cross-platform User Interface - Native Apple Pencil support - Native Sonar Pen support - Massive resolution up to 8K panorama - Highly customizable brushes - Cloud Storage for device interoperability - Timelapse - Layers - Side panel for quick access to brush settings. - Popup panels. - Height-map tool for landscapes generation. - Ray-traced shadows generation. - Multi-threading for faster computation. - Overall performance optimized. - Import Photoshop Brushes ABR file. - Improved color picker. - Layer blending modes. - Improved Brush Engine with Dual-Brush and Patterns. - VR Painting - High DPI display support More features will be added as the software evolves.
Kinetiform
This app transforms your doodles into dynamic abstract art. Shapes automatically connect and fill with unique patterns, while kaleidoscopic animations add a mesmerizing visual experience. You can also let the app create art for you with its Auto Draw feature.
- Automatic shape detection and pattern filling
- Auto Draw for generative art creation
- Regenerate patterns
- 36 preset kaleidoscopic effects
- Customizable kaleidoscope settings
- Save and share drawings
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Kinetiform is doodling reimagined. It is a canvas with a mind of its own. Draw abstract shapes that automatically connect and fill with randomly generated patterns. Use Auto Draw to sit back and watch as the app creates a unique random composition right before your eyes. Watch as your drawing is tumbled and twisted through beautiful kaleidoscopic animations. Features: - Automatically detects shapes and fills them with random procedural patterns - Auto Draw creates procedural art as you watch and finishes lines for you - Regenerate any pattern after it’s been drawn - 36 preset kaleidoscopic effects - Advanced kaleidoscope settings let you fully configure the effect - Pan and zoom feature that interacts with kaleidoscope effects - Draw into the kaleidoscope - Customize your drawing experience with several control options - Create a color palette and save it, or load one of 200 preset color palettes - Choose which patterns you want to use and how often they will randomly appear - Save drawings to work on them later - Save images to your photo library or share them on social media - 100 levels of undo
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Kinetiform at Free against PanoPainter's $14.99. Kinetiform also leads on rating (4.9 vs 3.8) and review sentiment (92% vs 57%). PanoPainter's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 22 months). 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
Kinetiform is free to download; PanoPainter costs $14.99 up front. Kinetiform sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. PanoPainter asks for nothing beyond the download.
Kinetiform holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Kinetiform has 41 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 57% of PanoPainter's written reviews are positive against 92% of Kinetiform's.
PanoPainter ships an update every 2 months, Kinetiform every 22 months. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | PanoPainter | Kinetiform |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $14.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 3.8 (5 ratings) | 4.9 (41 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 57.1% of reviews | 91.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 5 | 41 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 22 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.2 — better | 13.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 10 MB | 12 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | OmixLab ltd | Colordodge Labs |
Customer experience
PanoPainter
Kinetiform
In-app purchases
PanoPainter
No in-app purchases
Kinetiform
- Pro Mode$4.99
