Tagtool SE vs Light Strokes
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Tagtool SE
Transform your iPad into a live visual instrument for painting with light and creating spontaneous animations. Ideal for performances, storytelling, and collaborative art, this app enables educators to distribute Pro licenses for institutional use.
- Live visual instrument
- Paint with light
- Create spontaneous animations
- Multiplayer jams
- Guerilla interventions
- Educational license distribution
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Tagtool transforms your iPad into a visual live instrument. Connect a projector to paint with light, draw expressive animations, or tell improvised stories. Jam with friends on a shared canvas, perform live shows, or create pop-up street art. From classrooms and workshops to galleries and live stages, Tagtool fills any space with colorful art, created together. Whether you're a VJ, artist, educator, or just curious — discover a new universe of digital art! Tagtool SE ("School Edition") is equivalent to the standard Tagtool App with the Pro upgrade. It enables educational institutions to distribute Tagtool Pro licenses using Apple School Manager.
Light Strokes
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This is the only app that lets you paint with whatever your iPad’s video camera sees. Create artwork instantly by aiming it at people, pets, flowers dancing in the wind, whatever. With Light Strokes, the world is your paintbrush! FEATURES & BENEFITS: • Adjust the camera settings (exposure, zoom, etc.) to paint with just what you want • Choose colors and set transparency, so that paint builds up at the speed you’d like • Blend colors along your “brush”, or use its edges to add texture, or do both at once • Turn on dissolve, so that you can keep on painting without ever filling the screen • Turn on mirroring to give symmetry to everything you paint • Swipe right to pause painting while you line up your next shot • Save your pictures or share them directly from the app EXTRA FEATURES available with in-app purchase or free trial: • Save combinations of colors and effects for quick and easy retrieval later • Automatically make small random color adjustments, to add variety • Import photos or other images to paint on • Undo painted strokes made in error, or redo them DEMO: • See a demonstration of the app (with and without special hardware for more natural painting) at https://youtu.be/S-s2kmsSa9w SUPPORT: • See the user guide at https://lightstrokes.com/Light Strokes for iPad User Guide v3.pdf • Send email to help@lightstrokes.com
Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Light Strokes at Free against Tagtool SE's $17.99. Tagtool SE's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2). On update cadence, ads, device support 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
Light Strokes is free to download; Tagtool SE costs $17.99 up front. Light Strokes sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Tagtool SE asks for nothing beyond the download.
Tagtool SE ships an update every 7 months, Light Strokes every 10 months. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Tagtool SE | Light Strokes |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $17.99 | Free — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | — |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months — better | Every 10 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | — |
| Devices | iPad | iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 141 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | OMA International | Richard Greene |
In-app purchases
Tagtool SE
No in-app purchases
Light Strokes
- 14-Day Trial of All FeaturesFree
- Unlock All Features$4.99
Questions
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Do Tagtool SE or Light Strokes have ads?
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