Trippin vs Simple Paint AR
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Trippin
Immerse yourself in a visually stimulating and psychedelic experience. This app offers a unique way to engage your senses with captivating, abstract visuals.
- Unique visual experience
- Trippy graphics
- Sensory engagement
- Eye candy
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This is a unique and very trippy visual experience, perfect for use while your brain needs some eye candy.
Simple Paint AR
Create vibrant 3D drawings in augmented reality using a variety of colors and special effects. Import your own photos to paint on or share your creations via email and iTunes.
- Augmented reality drawing
- Variety of colors and special effects
- Adjustable brush sizes
- Import photos from albums
- Save and email drawings
- iTunes Sharing for computer transfer
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You can choose from a variety of colours and special effects, including drawing fire and glitter in the air! There are multiple brush sizes to cater to your needs. You can import pictures from your photo albums or take a photo to have it float in the air! Save the drawing or even email the painting to your friends! You can use iTunes Sharing to get the 3D drawings out to your computer. Download now and let your creativity flow!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Trippin at 4.4 against Simple Paint AR's 3.0. Trippin also leads on monetization model (free vs paid) and ratings volume (16 vs 2). Simple Paint AR's advantage is review sentiment (80% vs 59%). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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
Trippin costs $0.99 and Simple Paint AR $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Trippin holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Trippin has 16 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 59% of Trippin's written reviews are positive against 80% of Simple Paint AR's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Trippin ships an update every 5 weeks, Simple Paint AR every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Trippin | Simple Paint AR |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | $0.99 |
| Rating | 4.4 (16 ratings) — better | 3.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 59.1% of reviews | 80.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 16 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks — better | Every 6 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | PDJ Apps | Virtual GS |
Customer experience
Trippin
Simple Paint AR
Bugs and requests
Trippin
Reported bugs
7 issues- Does not save videos
- Pause button doesn't work
- Minor glitch: sensory pad icons visible
- Save feature sometimes results in half-colored images
- Pixel fade-out takes too long
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- Pause button not pausing action
- Icon is better than the program itself
Requested features
21 requests- Add music/choice of music
- More color options (multiple at once, lighter/darker)
- Actual music visualizer
- Higher resolution graphics
- Smoother visuals
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- Pause button to pause action
- Auto-save feature
- Adjustable fade-out time for pixels
- Neons
- Random ball drop/activity when idle
- More interactive features
- Brighter, higher intensity psychedelic colors
- More creative interactive features
- Config options for colors and balls
- More spectacular visuals
- Different patterns (light trails, bouncing stars)
- More variety of visualizations
- Option to change background colors and create patterns
- New 'trail' shapes and behaviors
- Make it free
- Deal with Pineapple Express for promotion
Simple Paint AR
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Trippin
No in-app purchases
Simple Paint AR
No in-app purchases
