Realistic Paint Studio vs Abstractor
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Realistic Paint Studio
This digital art software offers a familiar art station experience with realistic brushes, pencils, and markers. It allows users to create art in drawing, watercolor, and oil painting styles with a unique color engine and diverse canvas textures. Step-by-step tutorials and live demonstrations guide users through the creative process.
- Realistic color engine
- Drawing, Watercolor, Oil Painting styles
- Realistic brushes and tools
- Realistic canvases with diverse textures
- Live demonstration of drawing methods
- Step-by-step tutorials
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Realistic Paint Studio is a unique digital art software. The program combines the simplicity of traditional tools and pioneering innovations in digital art. No special education is required to work in Realistic Paint Studio. The interface is designed to show a familiar art station with real paper, brushes, pencils, pens, and markers, etc. instead of a complicated and hard-to-understand graphic editor. With Realistic Paint Studio you will forget that you are using a digital editor, being completely absorbed in the art process! Easy-to-use, yet powerful engine allows to draw and paint in any desirable style! - "Realistic color" - Unique color engine! - 3 creative styles: Drawing, Watercolor, Oil Painting "Realistic brushes" carefully designed to convey all the nuances of real brushes, pencils, pens, markers, etc. - “Realistic showcase” - You can instantly have a look at your picture within a beautiful scene - “Realistic Canvases” - 15 types of sketchbooks, paper sheets, and canvases with 45 different textures scanned from real materials. - “Realistic palettes” - Most of the brushes have their own palette's presets. - “Live demonstration” - Instant demonstration of drawing methods for the selected tool - Live liquid watercolor drops - Step by step tutorials - Сoloring with the edge control function
Abstractor
This drawing app uses generative magic and dynamic flow brushes to create unique, animated artwork. Explore infinite possibilities with brushes that respond to your gestures, imported images, and algorithmic patterns.
- Generative flow brushes
- Image-driven velocity maps
- Algorithmic particle behavior
- Color shifting based on stroke
- Layer support
- Color source layers
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ABSTRACTOR: PAINT WITH GENERATIVE MAGIC Unleash your vision with Abstractor, a poetic drawing app for iPad and iPhone, crafted for artist explorers and playful creators. Paint with infinite possibilities, where every stroke pulses with generative magic. FLOW BRUSHES: THE HEART OF CREATION Dive into the soul of Abstractor with flow brushes, where particles swirl like living liquids, leaving hypnotic trails across your canvas. These dynamic tools respond to three unique velocity maps: • Stroke Paths: Your gestures carve flowing rivers, guiding particles along vibrant trails. • Image-Driven Flow: Import an image to shape a velocity field, infusing brushes with textured, directional energy. • Algorithmic Soul: Add generated noise or patterns to give particles a distinct character—turbulent storms or gentle ripples. Tune particle behaviors in real time, sculpting their essence like a visual composer. Blend these maps to create mesmerizing, emergent patterns that surprise and inspire, making every stroke a performance. Colors shift with stroke angle, pressure, or speed, weaving emotion into every line. Use familiar layers or bind tools to them for tailored magic. Paint over a color source layer, pulling hues from imported images to craft radiant distortions—flow brushes shine here, warping visuals into dreamlike abstractions. Abstractor is your canvas for boundless wonder. Download now and let your art flow eternal.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Abstractor at Free against Realistic Paint Studio's $11.99. Abstractor also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs every 5 weeks) and rating (5.0 vs 4.7). Realistic Paint Studio's advantage is ratings volume (765 vs 7) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 18.0). On review sentiment, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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
Abstractor is free to download; Realistic Paint Studio costs $11.99 up front. Realistic Paint Studio sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and Abstractor sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Abstractor holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Realistic Paint Studio has 765 ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 67% of Realistic Paint Studio's written reviews are positive against 71% of Abstractor's.
Realistic Paint Studio ships an update every 5 weeks, Abstractor every 5 days. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.
| Parameter | Realistic Paint Studio | Abstractor |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $11.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.7 (765 ratings) | 5.0 (7 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 67.3% of reviews | 71.4% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 765 — better | 7 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPad | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1005 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Aleksandr Komarov | superdiagonal |
Customer experience
Realistic Paint Studio
Abstractor
Bugs and requests
Realistic Paint Studio
Reported bugs
4 issues- Crashes when using the camera feature
- Inconsistent behavior with the undo/redo function
- Issues with the color mixing in the palette
- Delayed response and lag when using Apple Pencil
Requested features
5 requests- Add support for PSD export with layers
- Implement canvas rotation and resizing options
- Allow for more brush customization and pressure sensitivity
- Improve color picker and palette functionality
- Introduce a simple, distraction-free canvas mode
Abstractor
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Realistic Paint Studio
- Artistic brushFree
- Mechanical penFree
- Glitz penFree
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- Glass penFree
- Fountain penFree
- Calligraphy brushFree
- Hieroglyph brushFree
- Diamond brushFree
- Album with six color sheetsFree
- All brushes from the VIP boxFree
Abstractor
- All-Access$9.99
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