Comparison

Real Paint mixing tools PRO vs Values at Play

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

Head to head
About

Real Paint mixing tools PRO

This tool helps painters calculate precise paint mixing recipes from their own images. It supports numerous commercial paint brands and color spaces, aiding art students and professionals. Reduce wasted paint, time, and money with accurate color matching.

Highlights
  • Color picking from images
  • OPAQUE paint mixing recipes
  • Support for many commercial paint brands
  • Multiple color spaces (sRGB, CMYK, Lab, etc.)
  • Various mixing strategies
  • Exact and rounded recipe options
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Painters can pick colors from their own images and have the OPAQUE paint mixing recipe computed for many commercial brands! Great for art students, painters with color vision difficulties or for those working in the painting conservation and restoration fields. Paint, time and money waste can be greatly reduced! Color Spaces included: sRGB, Display P3, CMYK, HSL, HSV/B, Lab, Lch-ab, Luv, Lch-uv, XYZ, xyY and Munsell coordinates. The Munsell coordinates are computed from the original/extrapolated Renotation Data with great precision even around the neutral axis. Included one Ideal Paint set (8 colors) and 25 commercial Paint Sets: 1 Chartpak Grumbacher MAX Water Mixable Oils (45 colors) 2 Chartpak Grumbacher Pre-tested Professional Oils (44 colors) 3 Createx Illustration Opaques (11 colors) 4 Daler-Rowney Georgian Oil Colours (22 colors) 5 Daler-Rowney System3 Original Acrylics (29+3 colors) 6 Ferrario 1919 Oil Colors (30 colors) 7 Ferrario Pen Colors (26 colors) 8 Gamblin Artist Oil Colors (46 colors) 9 Gamblin Conservation Colors (42 colors) 10 Golden Heavy Body Acrylic Colors (35 colors) 11 Golden Matte Fluid Acrylic Colors (27 colors) 12 Liquitex Heavy Body Artist Colors (22+15 colors) 13 Maimeri Polycolor (33 colors) 14 Royal Talens Rembrandt Extra-Fine Artists’ Oil Colors (40 colors) 15 Royal Talens Van Gogh Oil colors (25 colors) 16 Schmincke Norma Professional finest artist’s oil colors (21 colors) 17 Schmincke Mussini Artists' Resin Oil Colours (35 colors) 18 Schmincke Primacryl (32 colors) 19 Sennelier Extra Fine Oils (46 colors) 20 Vallejo Acrylic Studio Colours (27 colors) 21 Winsor&Newton Artisan Water Soluble Oils (32 colors) 22 Winsor&Newton Artists' Oil Colors (62+4 colors) 23 Winsor&Newton Designers Gouache Colours (48 colors) 24 Winsor&Newton Galeria Acrylic Colors (30 colors) 25 Winsor&Newton Professional Acrylic Colours (60 colors) You can select up to 15 colors (white + up to 14 colors) of each Paint Set. Without a subscription you can use the app only with the Ideal Paint Set. RPaintPro use measured paint spectral information of painted samples. Big part of the RGB/P3 space can be mixed, but not all RGB/P3 colors. This is not a limitation of the apps, just physics. There are also many colors which can be mixed even if they don't belong to the RGB/P3 color space (you can find these by varying manually the paint amount on the "mixing" page). Paint recipes can use several Mixing Strategies: - “B and W + 2 Colors”: a gray is mixed using Black and White first, then 2 colored bases set Hue and Saturation. - “B or W + 3 Colors”: 3 colored bases are used to set Hue and Saturation and Black OR White set the Value - “at least one opaque”: all possible opaque mixing combinations are shown - “no Black used”: opaque mixing combinations without Black Each recipe can be Exact or Rounded: - “Exact recipe” means that each base has an amount with a precision of 0.01 units. If you need % values of each paint base amount, just enter 100 as amount. Exact setting is helpful for weight based measurements using a scale. - “Rounded recipe” means that each base has an integer number as amount. The recipe will have the minimum possible overall amount computed adding all paint base amounts. The rounded recipes are useful for volume based measurements, like drops, using spoons or squared paper with paint squeezed directly from tubes. Please note that color of paint coming from various parts of a tube/jar or from different batches of the manufacturer can vary, so mix always small amounts first to be sure that computed recipes meet your needs! Please check the video tutorials on youtube by searching for "Real Paint mixing tools" to see how to use the app in your paintings. Optishade images can also be imported directly from the Optishade by StyleItaliano app. These images can be used to create gum or dental colors for the mockups used by technicians. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.ai4res.com/tos.html

About

Values at Play

This app helps users practice identifying and analyzing values in art. It offers tools to create value studies, inspect specific color values, and find areas matching a chosen value. Users can import their own images for practice.

Highlights
  • Create value studies from images
  • Import custom images
  • Inspect Denman Ross and RGB values
  • Find points matching selected values
  • Colorized value studies
  • Full-screen value study viewing
Features
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Use "Values at Play" to practice seeing values in art. Practice with one of the images included in the app or import your own image. Values at Play includes: VALUE STUDY Create a Value Study for any image. Choose the number of values to include in the study, and the value study will be created within seconds! View the value study full-screen, and easily toggle between it and the original image. Create "colorized" value studies. IMAGE INSPECTOR Use Image Inspector to find the Denman Ross Value and RGB value of any point on an image. VALUE FINDER Find all the points on an image with the value you've selected. VALUES-TAC-TOE Drag the cross hair to a precise location on the image you've selected. Do you know the value at that point? If so, you're on your way to a "Values-Tac-Toe." If not, keep practicing.

Screenshots

Real Paint mixing tools PRO4 screens
Values at Play4 screens

Verdict

The call

Real Paint mixing tools PRO and Values at Play both sit at 4.9 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of Values at Play's written reviews are positive against 47% of Real Paint mixing tools PRO's. Real Paint mixing tools PRO's advantage is ratings volume (30 vs 6). On price, rating, update cadence and ads 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

Both are free to download. Real Paint mixing tools PRO sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and Values at Play sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Real Paint mixing tools PRO against 5.0 for Values at Play. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Real Paint mixing tools PRO has 30 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 47% of Real Paint mixing tools PRO's written reviews are positive against 100% of Values at Play's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Real Paint mixing tools PRO ships an update every 7 months, Values at Play every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Real Paint mixing tools PRO versus Values at Play: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterReal Paint mixing tools PROValues at Play
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (30 ratings)5.0 (6 ratings) — better
Positive reviews47.1% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings30 — better6
Update frequencyEvery 7 monthsEvery 5 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.515.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size11 MB8 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAI4res srlNeil Daly

Customer experience

Real Paint mixing tools PRO

All ratings30 ratings
Positive96.7%
Neutral3.3%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews17 reviews
Positive47.1%
Neutral11.8%
Negative41.2%

Values at Play

All ratings6 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Real Paint mixing tools PRO

Subscriptions4
  • 1 Month Full Access$2.991 Month
  • 3 Months Full Access$6.993 Months
  • 6 Months Full Access$11.996 Months
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  • 1 Year Full Access$17.991 Year
1 purchases

Values at Play

One-time1
  • Values at Play Unlimited$4.99

Questions

Is Real Paint mixing tools PRO free?
Real Paint mixing tools PRO is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Values at Play free?
Values at Play is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Real Paint mixing tools PRO or Values at Play?
Values at Play is rated higher. Real Paint mixing tools PRO averages 4.9 out of 5 from 30 ratings, while Values at Play averages 5.0 from 6 ratings.
Do Real Paint mixing tools PRO or Values at Play have ads?
Neither Real Paint mixing tools PRO nor Values at Play shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Real Paint mixing tools PRO or Values at Play?
Real Paint mixing tools PRO ships an update every 7 months, and Values at Play every 5 months. Most recently, Real Paint mixing tools PRO was updated on October 21, 2026 and Values at Play on October 24, 2026.

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