Comparison

Pofi Create vs Paint Dynamics

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

Head to head
About

Pofi Create

This app provides a comprehensive 3D creation toolkit for artists. It features a vast library of assets, including characters, animals, and scenes, along with powerful tools for posing, animation, camera control, and lighting. It simplifies complex artistic challenges for illustrators, comic artists, and animators.

Highlights
  • Massive asset library (characters, animals, scenes)
  • Skeletal control for precise posing
  • Motion creation and animation tools
  • Advanced camera system with perspective control
  • Professional lighting studio
  • Customizable expressions and prop deformation
Features
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Draw what you imagine, with a reference you can shape. Pofi Create helps illustrators, comic artists and drawing enthusiasts build the 3D references their artwork needs. Start with a character, a pose or a ready-made scene. Arrange your subjects, find the camera angle and explore the light, so the picture in your head becomes easier to study and draw. Pose it. Frame it. Light it. Draw it. • FIND THE PIECES FOR YOUR NEXT DRAWING Build a scene with characters, animals, props and environments. Explore separate hands and feet, heads and art-study models, plus effects and alternate appearances. A growing collection of over 100,000 resources gives you starting points for solo poses, groups, interactions and hands holding props. Library expansions include 24 added model categories and 32 motion series. Supported models have built-in poses, expressions and appearance options; structural guides help you understand form. • SHAPE THE POSE YOU NEED Start with standing, sitting, running or action poses, then refine supported models. Around 80 preset hand poses help you study difficult fingers and grips without starting from scratch. Advanced controls offer up to 150 controllable joints on supported character rigs, detailed hand and toe adjustment, and over 100 facial parameters on selected characters. IK moves connected limbs from a target; FK turns individual joints. Body flexibility, joint limits and IK blending help with finer adjustments. Driver sliders change supported props and effects. Available controls vary by resource. • START WITH A COMPLETE SCENE Scene templates bring models, composition, cameras and lighting together, so you can study how the whole picture works. Static: open a ready-made composition with poses and light. Motion: play or pause existing animations to study body movement, camera changes and lighting. Annotated: use notes and dedicated views to understand structure and details. Interactive: tap to switch poses, scenes and existing animations. With Pro, adjust and save your own reference scenes for later drawings. • SEE THE ANGLE BEFORE YOU DRAW Explore standard, wide-angle and fisheye lenses to plan perspective and distortion. Choose a solid background, an HDR sky or your own image. Depth of field helps you preview foreground and background blur, making spatial relationships easier to study. • SEE HOW LIGHT SHAPES THE FORM Try studio lighting presets, use an HDR environment, or adjust three directional lights independently. Change direction, color and shadows for key, fill and rim lighting. Compare how different setups reveal a face, a pose or a prop before you paint the shadows. • BUILT FOR YOUR DRAWING WORKFLOW Use Pofi Create for illustration, manga, comics, figure drawing and storyboard planning. Existing motion scenes also help with animation studies; portrait poses, staging, clothing and accessories provide references for photography and fashion. A new 3D engine and streamlined controls support detailed observation. Cloud saving and sync keep saved work available on supported devices and platforms. The Pofi series has over 10 million combined installs across all platforms. Export JPG or transparent PNG snapshots to use alongside your drawing app. • RESOURCES AND FEATURES ARE SEPARATE Free to download, with some free resources. Buy individual resources with P-coins for permanent access; they remain available after Pro expires. Advanced controls, lighting and custom-scene saving require Pro. Ultra provides access to all resources without individual P-coin purchases. Check the purchase page for pricing, duration, included features and renewal terms. Ultra access differs from permanently purchasing each resource. • CONNECT WITH POFI X / Instagram: @PofiCreate Discord: https://discord.gg/q3VqR98Vkg Email: create@pofiart.com Terms of Use: https://create.pofiapp.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://create.pofiapp.com/privacy

About

Paint Dynamics

Features
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Paint Dynamics is a realtime fluid-paint experience powered by Metal. Create flowing streams of color, watch them react to gravity, and shape the movement directly with your touch. Paint sources can be added, removed, moved, recolored, and adjusted live, turning the screen into an interactive digital paint simulation. Whether you want to relax, experiment, explore motion, or simply enjoy colorful fluid patterns, Paint Dynamics gives you a clean and responsive creative playground. Features: • Realtime fluid-paint simulation • Add, move, recolor, or remove paint streams • Interactive touch modes for dragging or disturbing the flow • Adjustable animation speed, stream speed, gravity, wobble, source size, brightness, and contrast • Adjustable bucket height where the paint collects • Optional metallic paint shading for a reflective look • Automatic saving of settings, stream positions, and colors • Clean fullscreen interface with minimal controls • Fully offline — no accounts, no ads, no data collection Paint Dynamics is a playful visual experiment for anyone who enjoys generative art, digital fluids, color motion, and interactive visual effects.

Screenshots

Pofi Create4 screens
Paint Dynamics4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Pofi Create at Free against Paint Dynamics's $0.99. Paint Dynamics's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 10). On 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Pofi Create is free to download; Paint Dynamics costs $0.99 up front. Pofi Create sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $12.99 per year. Paint Dynamics asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Pofi Create versus Paint Dynamics: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPofi CreatePaint Dynamics
PriceFree — better$0.99
Rating4.1 (410 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews22.6% of reviews—
Number of ratings410 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.0 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size1.0 GB4 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperPofi EntertainmentPhilippe Zay

Bugs and requests

Pofi Create

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Login and sign-up issues
  • Inability to save or load poses
  • Compatibility problems on various devices

Requested features

6 requests
  • More free models and poses
  • Easier posing and manipulation
  • Better instructions and tutorials
  • More language support
  • Improved performance and stability
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  • Fair and transparent pricing

Paint Dynamics

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Pofi Create

Subscriptions1
  • 「Pofi Create」PRO Version 365day$12.991 Year
One-time9
  • 「Pofi Create」 Discount$0.99
  • 「Pofi Create」 P-coin(60)$1.99
  • 「Pofi Create」P-coin(300)$7.99
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  • 「Pofi Create」PRO Version 365 day$12.99
  • 「Pofi Create」Pro Version$12.99
  • 「Pofi Create」P-coin(680)$17.99
  • 「Pofi Create」P-coin(980)$24.99
  • 「Pofi Create」Ultra Annual$69.99
  • 「Pofi Create」P-coin(3280)$79.99
None

Paint Dynamics

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Pofi Create free?
Pofi Create is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Paint Dynamics free?
Paint Dynamics costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Pofi Create or Paint Dynamics have ads?
Neither Pofi Create nor Paint Dynamics shows ads.

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