Comparison

PanoPainter vs HoloKit

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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.

About

HoloKit

Experience stereoscopic AR with an affordable accessory and app. Explore immersive art, battle dragons, and play with friends in shared realities. Control your experience with an Apple Watch and track fitness goals.

Highlights
  • Stereoscopic AR experiences
  • Face-to-face multiplayer battles
  • Spectator mode for real-time viewing
  • Apple Watch motion controls
  • Health app integration for fitness tracking
  • Switch between realities with simple controls
Features
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HoloKit X is a simple, affordable accessory for iPhone that unlocks the world of stereoscopic AR and allows people to Dream Together in new realities. Download the HoloKit X app, follow the simple instructions to pair iPhone, try out a few of the included realities, and then get ready to transport into a new reality to become a wizard or dragon hunter and play with friends. The HoloKit X app includes all content, a series of realities, to demonstrate the capabilities and wonder of stereoscopic AR, experience immersive art dreams created by world-renewed digital artists, and battles with wizards and dragons by casting spells. HoloKit X’s killer feature is face-to-face multiplayer, which allows friends to battle together or against each other as wizards, by casting spells, and hunt down and battle dragons together. This has never been done before with AR and is now available for anybody to use. The HoloKit X app also enables others, with their own iPhone or iPad, to Dream Together with their friends using a unique spectator mode feature where battles, dragon hunts, and immersive art experiences can be viewed in real-time from a second screen. Simply download the app and await a pair request from a friend or friends with HoloKit X (using AirDrop). The HoloKit X app, once iPhone is docked and paired, includes simple controls to switch between realities. The included Apple Watch app enables motion control within HoloKit X realities with any object and using the built-in gyroscope. Now any object you want can be your wand to cast spells in these new worlds and shared experiences. The app also integrates with the Health app on iPhone and Apple Watch, allowing dreamers to track their activity and achieve fitness goals through individual battles and with their friends.

Screenshots

PanoPainter4 screens
HoloKit4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: HoloKit at Free against PanoPainter's $14.99. HoloKit also leads on review sentiment (67% vs 57%). PanoPainter's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 7 months). On rating, ratings volume, in-app purchases 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

HoloKit is free to download; PanoPainter costs $14.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 3.8 for PanoPainter against 3.8 for HoloKit. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 9 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 57% of PanoPainter's written reviews are positive against 67% of HoloKit's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

PanoPainter ships an update every 2 months, HoloKit every 7 months. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
PanoPainter versus HoloKit: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPanoPainterHoloKit
Price$14.99Free — better
Rating3.8 (5 ratings) — better3.8 (9 ratings)
Positive reviews57.1% of reviews66.7% of reviews — better
Number of ratings59 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 7 months
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidAd-supported — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch
Requires iOS9.2 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size10 MB884 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperOmixLab ltdHolo Interactive

Customer experience

PanoPainter

All ratings5 ratings
Positive60.0%
Neutral20.0%
Negative20.0%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive57.1%
Neutral28.6%
Negative14.3%

HoloKit

All ratings8 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%
Written reviews9 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%

In-app purchases

None

PanoPainter

No in-app purchases

None

HoloKit

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is PanoPainter free?
PanoPainter costs $14.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is HoloKit free?
HoloKit is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, PanoPainter or HoloKit?
PanoPainter is rated higher. PanoPainter averages 3.8 out of 5 from 5 ratings, while HoloKit averages 3.8 from 9 ratings.
Do PanoPainter or HoloKit have ads?
HoloKit shows ads; PanoPainter does not.
Which is updated more often, PanoPainter or HoloKit?
PanoPainter ships an update every 2 months, and HoloKit every 7 months. Most recently, PanoPainter was updated on October 6, 2026 and HoloKit on October 24, 2026.

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