Light Strokes vs Wallshapes App
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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
Wallshapes App
Unleash your creativity by drawing unique images and custom wallpapers using geometric shapes. Design anything from simple figures to abstract art on your iPhone or iPad.
- Create images with geometric shapes
- Design custom wallpapers
- Draw abstract art
- Draw figurative images
- iPhone/iPad compatible
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Use your imagination to create beautiful images with geometric shapes. You can draw a fish or an abstract art. Be creative! Design your own wallpapers for your iPhone/iPad.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Wallshapes App at none against Light Strokes's 2. Wallshapes App also leads on update cadence (every 9 days vs every 10 months). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Light Strokes sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Wallshapes App asks for nothing beyond the download.
Light Strokes ships an update every 10 months, Wallshapes App every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on May 16, 2026 and June 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Light Strokes | Wallshapes App |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 4.7 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 3 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 10 months | Every 9 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | — | Free |
| Devices | iPad | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Richard Greene | Bruna Baudel |
In-app purchases
Light Strokes
- 14-Day Trial of All FeaturesFree
- Unlock All Features$4.99
Wallshapes App
No in-app purchases
Questions
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