Comparison

HEAVYPAINT Classic vs Entropy Brush

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Improved Smudge tool
  • Improved Blur tool
  • Layers
  • Masking
  • Clipping
  • Erase tool
Features
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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.

About

Entropy Brush

Features
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entropybrush is a physics-based oil painting studio for iPhone and iPad. Instead of faking brush marks with filters, it simulates the paint itself: loaded bristles lay down real pigment, wet paint flows and levels, and thick strokes build genuine impasto relief that catches the light. Paint on a canvas that's actually three-dimensional. Tilt it to see ridges of thick paint stand up off the surface, move the light to rake across the texture, and watch wet paint ooze, drip, and settle like the real thing. • Real bristle brushes — a stroke carries a load of paint that runs out as you drag • Wet paint flow — paint levels, blends wet-on-wet, and dries over time • Impasto relief — thick paint builds real height you can light and tilt in 3D • Pigment mixing — colors combine subtractively, like real paint (blue + yellow makes green) • Spin art — spin the canvas and fling paint outward into centrifugal spirals • Drips and gravity — tilt the canvas and let loaded paint run • Adjustable lighting — rake a light across the surface to reveal every ridge • Export your work as an image, or as a 3D model of the painted surface Multi-touch on iPhone and iPad: one finger paints, two fingers pan, pinch-zoom and twist to rotate, and the orbit control tilts the canvas in 3D — so you can rotate the painting while you paint. On iPhone the controls slide in from the right edge so the canvas gets the whole screen. No account, no sign-in, no data collection. Just paint.

Screenshots

HEAVYPAINT Classic4 screens
Entropy Brush4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Entropy Brush at none against HEAVYPAINT Classic's 2. HEAVYPAINT Classic's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). On price, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. HEAVYPAINT Classic sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Entropy Brush asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
HEAVYPAINT Classic versus Entropy Brush: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHEAVYPAINT ClassicEntropy Brush
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.1 (179 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews54.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings179 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size51 MB18 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHEAVYPOLY, Inc.Dan Newcome

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

Entropy Brush

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

2 purchases

HEAVYPAINT Classic

One-time2
  • Seurat Texture Brushes$4.99
  • HEAVYPAINT Pro$9.99
None

Entropy Brush

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is HEAVYPAINT Classic free?
HEAVYPAINT Classic is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Entropy Brush free?
Entropy Brush is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do HEAVYPAINT Classic or Entropy Brush have ads?
Neither HEAVYPAINT Classic nor Entropy Brush shows ads.

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