HEAVYPAINT Classic vs TourBox Console
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
HEAVYPAINT Classic
A streamlined painting application focused on pure colors and shapes. It offers essential tools for artists, including improved smudge and blur, layers, masking, and erasing. Ideal for quick sketches, studies, and plein air work.
- Improved Smudge tool
- Improved Blur tool
- Layers
- Masking
- Clipping
- Erase tool
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HEAVYPAINT ClassicA simple yet secretly powerful painting app! Focus on pure colors and shapes with a streamlined interface. Ideal for plein air painting, color notes, sketches and studies. + Improved Smudge + Improved Blur + Layers + Masking + Erase + Clipping 30 day trial with full functionality.
TourBox Console
This app allows for powerful customization of creative software workflows. It enables quick setup of functions and creation of unique presets for different applications and tasks, enhancing drawing, animation, and editing experiences.
- Multi-scene support
- Cross-app functionality
- Powerful customization
- Exclusive built-in features
- Intuitive canvas control
- Convenient system operations
- Diverse setting modes
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Multi-Scene Support, Cross-App Functionality Effortlessly use TourBox Elite Plus with apps like Procreate, Clip Studio Paint, Artstudio Pro, LumaFusion, and Final Cut Pro for drawing, animation, editing, and retouching. Powerful Customization, Simple Setup Quickly set up functions with just one step. Create unique presets for different software and workflows. Exclusive Built-In Features, Intuitive Canvas Control Easily zoom, rotate, and reset views in Procreate. Convenient System Operations Adjust volume, brightness, perform quick searches, and take screenshots with a single click. Diverse Setting Modes Choose from multiple key sending modes like AB, UP and REP mode to suit your personal workflow. Frequently Software Updates for More Features
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: HEAVYPAINT Classic at 4.1 against TourBox Console's 3.3. HEAVYPAINT Classic also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs every 3 weeks) and review sentiment (54% vs 43%). TourBox Console's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2). On price, ads and iOS requirement 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. HEAVYPAINT Classic sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. TourBox Console asks for nothing beyond the download.
HEAVYPAINT Classic holds the better App Store score, 4.1 against 3.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: HEAVYPAINT Classic has 179 ratings behind it against 32, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 54% of HEAVYPAINT Classic's written reviews are positive against 43% of TourBox Console's.
HEAVYPAINT Classic ships an update every 5 days, TourBox Console every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 18, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | HEAVYPAINT Classic | TourBox Console |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.1 (179 ratings) — better | 3.3 (32 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 54.5% of reviews — better | 42.9% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 179 — better | 32 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPad |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 51 MB | 50 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | HEAVYPOLY, Inc. | TourBox Tech Inc. |
Customer experience
HEAVYPAINT Classic
TourBox Console
Bugs and requests
HEAVYPAINT Classic
Reported bugs
18 issues- App crashes frequently, causing work loss
- Auto-save feature unreliable despite crashes
- Canvas flips upside down randomly
- Transform tool deletes paintings
- Undo button requires multiple taps
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- Zoom functionality buggy and destabilizes canvas
- Canvas resize not working
- Image corruption with layer duplication
- Eye dropper functionality haphazard
- Fill tool doesn't work with selected colors
- Pressure setting eliminates mark-making
- Brush size settings change across all tools
- Some brush textures cannot be changed
- Random blobs appear on export
- App crashes when switching between drawings
- Trial period not clearing for paid users
- Incompatibility with SE2 and older devices
- Speaker popping on undo action
Requested features
15 requests- Gesture controls (2-finger undo, 3-finger redo)
- Pressure sensitivity for brush size
- Lasso tool for moving selections
- Redo button functionality
- Canvas zoom capability
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- Resizable/collapsible UI elements
- Ability to move canvas with single finger
- Line work capabilities
- Better brush texture preset selection
- Canvas size input field
- Eraser tool
- Moveable UI panels
- Tutorial or onboarding guide
- Better save/export documentation
- Pressure control for size on all tools
TourBox Console
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
HEAVYPAINT Classic
- Seurat Texture Brushes$4.99
- HEAVYPAINT Pro$9.99
TourBox Console
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is HEAVYPAINT Classic free?
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