Comparison

PaintHi vs InkTracer

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

Head to head
About

PaintHi

Create art anytime, anywhere with a vast selection of brushes and paper textures. Record your creative process and share it as a video. Import images to trace or paint freely.

Highlights
  • 100+ brushes
  • 100+ paper textures
  • Import images for tracing
  • Record creation process as video
  • Powerful color selector
  • Freehand drawing
Features
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PaintHi is a very distinctive painting App. You can use your mobile phone to create at any time. It breaks through the limitations of the device. You can make a perfect creation with the command of your hand. You can use 100+ brushes as you like, and 100+ papers can be selected as you like. You can record the perfect creative process, save it as a video for sharing, and share your creative process and story. 【Copy】 Import pictures via photo album or camera for copying 【Free Painting】 Free creation, unrestrained; individual creation, no limit 【Individual paper】 After drawing, you can change the drawing paper, 100+ paper switching, there is always one suitable for you; 【Record the creation process】 While drawing, you can turn on our screen recording function to record the highlight moments of creation [Powerful color selector] Powerful color selector, you can enter the color value to select the color, you can also select the color according to the color wheel, you can adjust any color you want 【Brush】 100+ brushes to choose freely, with a complete range of brushes; oil brushes, brush brushes, pen brushes, etc.

About

InkTracer

Transform photos into stunning line art, color cards, and artistic filters. This app offers offline use and privacy protection, with features for image splitting, pasting, and color extraction. Enjoy a variety of beautification filters, including film styles and artistic effects.

Highlights
  • Offline use
  • Privacy protection
  • Image splitting and pasting
  • One-click line art generation
  • Color card creation
  • Image color extraction
  • Photo beautification filters
Features
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Convenient and Amazing Photo Art Toolkit, Offline use, privacy protection, no ads Support for one-click generation of line art Support for creating exquisite color cards Support Advanced Image collage Support Custom Filter

Screenshots

PaintHi4 screens
InkTracer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: InkTracer at none against PaintHi's shown. InkTracer also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 6 weeks). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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

PaintHi costs $0.99 and InkTracer $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

PaintHi ships an update every 6 weeks, InkTracer fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 10, 2026 and November 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
PaintHi versus InkTracer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPaintHiInkTracer
Price$0.99$0.99
Rating1.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews20.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksFortnightly — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size19 MB22 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAnyi County Bingzhiyi Trading Co., Ltd.鑫鑫 陈

In-app purchases

None

PaintHi

No in-app purchases

None

InkTracer

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is PaintHi free?
PaintHi costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is InkTracer free?
InkTracer costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do PaintHi or InkTracer have ads?
PaintHi shows ads; InkTracer does not.
Which is updated more often, PaintHi or InkTracer?
PaintHi ships an update every 6 weeks, and InkTracer fortnightly. Most recently, PaintHi was updated on November 10, 2026 and InkTracer on November 9, 2026.

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