Aquarell vs frame
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Aquarell
Create professional watercolor paintings on your iOS device with a variety of customizable brushes and layer support. Seamlessly sync your work across devices and export in multiple formats, including PSD, for further editing.
- Unlimited customizable watercolor brushes
- iCloud sync for cross-device work
- Export to PSD and common image formats
- Customizable canvas size up to 2048x2048
- Layer support with mixing operations
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Aquarell is a drawing and painting app for iPhone and iPad, with watercolor brushes, layers and custom canvases. Use it for digital illustration, freehand sketches, doodles and color studies—from a quick idea to a finished piece of art. MAKE EACH BRUSH YOUR OWN Adjust brush size, opacity and spacing to shape your strokes. Build a brush collection for expressive watercolor painting, line work and everyday sketching. BUILD YOUR ARTWORK IN LAYERS Keep your sketch, colors and finishing touches separate. Control layer opacity and blend modes, and use selections and masks to work on specific areas of your image. Undo and redo as you explore different ideas. EXPLORE COLOR AND COMPOSITION Choose colors, keep palettes and sample shades from your canvas. Work with a custom canvas size, zoom in for details and rotate the view for a comfortable drawing angle. Add text and import fonts to combine lettering with your illustrations. SAVE, SHARE AND KEEP CREATING Export PNG and JPEG images to share your work, or use PDF and TIFF for additional output options. Export PSD with pixel layers for further editing. Save in the native Aquarell artwork format to continue working in the app. Aquarell brings brushes, color and layers into one mobile art workspace. Sketch a landscape, paint a portrait, explore a palette or make an original illustration on your iPhone or iPad.
frame
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This is picture frame. TODO: adjust to ipad.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: frame at Free against Aquarell's $0.99. frame also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 12 months). Aquarell's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On in-app purchases, 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
frame is free to download; Aquarell costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Aquarell ships an update every 12 months, frame every 2 days. Both last shipped on October 27, 2026.
| Parameter | Aquarell | frame |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 3.0 (3 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 12 months | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 23 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Anyi County Bingzhiyi Trading Co., Ltd. | Ie So |
In-app purchases
Aquarell
No in-app purchases
frame
No in-app purchases
