Paint vs Simply Paint
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Paint
This drawing application offers a simple interface for creating artwork. Users can draw, edit photos, add characters, and create wallet photos. It supports precise line drawing, color filling, shadow effects, and includes various stamps for creative expression.
- Simple user interface
- Scrollable tool menu
- Photo editing and enhancement
- Precise line drawing
- Color filling and shapes
- Shadow effects
- Stamp collection
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A Paint application for drawing Start with a blank canvas or import a photo from your library. Draw with your finger, choose different brush colors, erase mistakes, add shapes, write text, and place stickers anywhere you like. The app includes many fun sticker categories, including stars, hearts, animals, fruits, glasses, vegetables, trees, sun, moon, and flowers. Move, resize, rotate, and place stickers freely to make every photo unique. Perfect for kids, students, families, and anyone who wants an easy creative tool without complicated controls. Features: * Draw on a blank canvas * Import and decorate photos * Add stickers anywhere * Use stars, hearts, animals, fruits, flowers, and more * Add text to photos and drawings * Choose brush colors and sizes * Erase and edit easily * Save and export your artwork * Simple, colorful, beginner-friendly design Create, decorate, and share your imagination with Paint
Simply Paint
Create and share your artwork with this intuitive finger painting application. It offers essential tools like adjustable brush sizes, opacity settings, and a custom color mixer. Easily save your creations or share them directly to social media and email.
- Adjustable brush size
- Opacity settings
- Custom color mixing
- Pre-set color palette
- Eraser tool
- Share to social media
- Save to camera roll
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Simply Paint is the easiest way to make and share your art. It has all the things you need to make a beautiful finger painting! This app includes: ∙ Opacity settings ∙ Brush size settings ∙ Mix your own colors to get ANY color you need ∙ Palate of 10 set colors and eraser ∙ Share your art to Facebook & Twitter ∙ Save to your camera roll ∙ Email your pictures to your friends Go wild and let the creativity flow!
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Verdict
Paint and Simply Paint both sit at 5.0 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of Simply Paint's written reviews are positive against 24% of Paint's. Simply Paint also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ratings volume (7 vs 1). Paint's advantage is update cadence (every 7 months vs every 92 months). On price, rating, ads and monetization model 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 sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Simply Paint asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Paint against 5.0 for Simply Paint. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Simply Paint has 7 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 24% of Paint's written reviews are positive against 100% of Simply Paint's.
Paint ships an update every 7 months, Simply Paint every 92 months. The most recent releases landed on September 5, 2026 and June 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Paint | Simply Paint |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (7 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 23.7% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 7 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months — better | Every 92 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 9 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Alteru Inc. | Mariah Cox |
Customer experience
Paint
Simply Paint
Bugs and requests
Paint
Reported bugs
12 issues- Extreme lag when drawing, especially on iPhone 4/4S and iPad
- Drawing lines appear after lifting finger from screen
- Images saved off-center or misaligned
- Orientation not preserved when saving imported photos
- Entire background deleted when removing first mark
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- Accidental coloring book page covers entire painting and cannot be undone
- Finger tracking problems on certain devices
- App crashes and freezes frequently
- Menu items don't function properly
- Stamps lag and stutter
- Poor image quality when importing photos
- Auto-fit feature cuts off portions of images
Requested features
16 requests- Eraser tool or clear screen button
- Fill bucket/paint pot tool
- Text tool for adding text to images
- Ability to resize and move objects
- Zoom in/magnifying glass feature
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- Rotate image and inserted objects
- Undo/redo functionality improvements
- Better brush selection and variety
- Smooth curve drawing tool
- Full screen drawing mode
- Better image import and cropping
- Ability to create custom stamps
- More stamp variety and options
- Improved menu organization and larger buttons
- Better image quality on save/export
- Brightness and contrast adjustments
Simply Paint
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Paint
- Paint Ads Free$2.99
Simply Paint
No in-app purchases
