Paint Retro vs VectorMotion
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Paint Retro
A user-friendly raster graphics editor for quick image editing, doodles, and detailed artwork. Offers a wide range of brushes, shapes, text tools, and color options. Supports various image formats and transparent backgrounds.
- Multiple brush types
- Shape creation tools
- Text with stylish fonts
- Color palette and custom palettes
- Transparent background support
- Import and export various image formats
- Unlimited undo/redo
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Paint Retro is a simple, fun drawing app for quick everyday image editing — from a few doodles to detailed artwork. Easy for beginners, handy for everyone. CREATE & EDIT • Draw freely with many brushes: pencil, brush, calligraphy pen & brush, crayon, watercolour, neon, glow, splatter, airbrush, and more • Adjust brush size and opacity for the perfect stroke • Shapes made easy: line, curve, rectangle, rounded rectangle, ellipse, polygon • Fill tool, eraser, eyedropper (pick any color), and zoom & pan • Add text with a huge collection of stylish fonts • Select, move, and edit parts of your image • Unlimited undo & redo COLORS & THEMES • Rich color palette plus a full HSV color picker • Create and save your own custom color palettes • Switch app themes — colors and icon styles — to make it yours • Download extra theme packs WORK WITH YOUR IMAGES • Draw in full color or classic black-and-white • Transparent background support • Import photos to edit or draw over • Save and open as PNG, JPEG, GIF, BMP, or TIFF • Save to Photos or share anywhere GO VIP • Unlock every premium theme • Enjoy an ad-free experience Start painting today — no fuss, just fun.
VectorMotion
Create and animate vector graphics with a comprehensive suite of tools. Design shapes, text, and images, then bring them to life with advanced animation features and effects. Export your creations in various high-quality formats.
- Vector shape design and editing
- Multi-scene project support
- Keyframe animation with easing
- Layer effects and puppet deformation
- 3D extrusion and rendering
- Typography and text effects
- Image and font library management
- High-quality export options
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VectorMotion is a completely free (and Ad-Free) tool for all your design and animation needs. Features : -Vector design : Create and edit vector shape layers with the provided pen and direct select tools. -Multi scene support : Create as much scenes as you need in a project without any restrictions on size or animation length. -Saveable projects : Continue where you left off. -Layers : Create shapes, texts, images, and edit their properties (Style, Geomtry, Effects). -Animation : If you can edit it, you can animate it. Just long click any property and select the option to make it animatable. -Advanced Timeline : Add, copy, reverse, delete keyframes and edit their easing for all layers at once. -Layer Effects : Add style to your layers with effects such as blur, shadow, glow, glare, perspective deformation, bezier deformation… -Puppet deformation : Create cool character animations with ease using the puppet deformation effect. -Geometry Effects : Transform your shape’s geometry by applying effects such corner rounding and path trimming. -Text Effects : Make your text animation standout by adding effects such as character rotation and blur. -Shape Morphing : Copy-paste an animated path into another, to get that cool shape morphing effect. -Path Masks : Mask any layer using the pen tool with the masking mode. -Typography : Per character styles, external font support, texts on paths, range based animatable effects… It’s all here. -Simple 3d : Transform your layers in 3d with perspective. -Advanced 3d : Extrude your shapes and texts to enable 3d rendering with PBR support. -Image library : Manage, crop, transform, tag your images and insert them into your projects. -Font Library : Import supported fonts to your library, and use them in your designs. -Remove image backgrounds : Create alpha masks for you images with ease. -Sequencer : Create sequences out of your scenes and add audio tracks to create your final movie. -Export your scenes or sequences in high quality. Supported output formats are : animations (MP4, GIF), images(JPEG, PNG, GIF), documents (SVG, PDF). Support: If you have any questions or feedback, please send an email to vectormotion.team@gmail.com
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Paint Retro at 5.0 against VectorMotion's 3.2. VectorMotion's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ratings volume (5 vs 1). On price, review sentiment, 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
Both are free to download. Paint Retro sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. VectorMotion asks for nothing beyond the download.
Paint Retro holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: VectorMotion has 5 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 32% of Paint Retro's written reviews are positive against 36% of VectorMotion's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Paint Retro ships an update every 8 days, VectorMotion fortnightly. Both last shipped on November 12, 2026.
| Parameter | Paint Retro | VectorMotion |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 3.2 (5 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 32.3% of reviews | 36.1% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 5 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 8 days — better | Fortnightly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 16 MB | 64 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Uyen Nguyen Thi Kim | Remotion Apps Inc. |
Customer experience
Paint Retro
VectorMotion
In-app purchases
Paint Retro
- Vip No Ads and Icon$1.99
VectorMotion
No in-app purchases








