Light Strokes vs Honeytile
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
Honeytile
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Honeytile lets you create EPIC geometric backdrops, wallpapers, designs, and patterns with amazing tactile interlocking shapes! Tap and drag the screen to snap shapes into place, color and customize them, and go WILD with creativity! What you get: - 5 FREE Designs - 14 Intricate Geometric TEMPLATES - Each template has many shapes in the same family to choose from - Silky, Slick, Tactile, and FUN pattern creation- just tap, drag, and place! - 155 Prints to create amazing textures within your designs! - 50+ Gorgeous Colors to decorate and shade your designs with! - 20+ beautiful background colors - 10 scene FX that bring your designs to life! - Scale and Squash your shapes to perfect the spacing and elevations in each uniquely crafted design. - Zoom and Rotate- view your pieces from any angle! - Zenlike and calming music to listen to while you create! - Save your creations to JPG or PNG - Social sharing! - Unlock Unlimited Designs with PREMIUM! Grab Honeytile today, experience the deep creative vibe you always wanted, and create amazing works!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is device support: Honeytile at 3 against Light Strokes's 1. Honeytile also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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 and Honeytile sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Light Strokes ships an update every 10 months, Honeytile every 15 months. The most recent releases landed on May 16, 2026 and February 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Light Strokes | Honeytile |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 10 months — better | Every 15 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Devices | iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 149 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Richard Greene | Egowall LLC |
In-app purchases
Light Strokes
- 14-Day Trial of All FeaturesFree
- Unlock All Features$4.99
Honeytile
- Unlock Premium!$1.99









