PaintMee vs ToonPAINT
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
PaintMee
Transform your photos into stunning oil paintings with this original artistic filter app. Featured in the US App Store, it offers creative and beautiful results for gallery-worthy prints. Enjoy versatile functionality and a fun, entertaining experience.
- Photo to oil painting conversion
- Artistic filter application
- Gallery-worthy print creation
- Versatile functionality
- Fun and entertaining effects
- Fast and efficient processing
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The original photo-to-oil painting app. Featured under "New and Noteworthy" in the US App Store. You will also want to check out PaintMee 2.
ToonPAINT
Easily transform your photos into unique cartoon-paintings. This app provides an "automagic" sketch from your image, which you can then color in like a paint-by-numbers experience. Express your creativity without needing any prior drawing skills.
- Import photos from device or camera
- Automated sketch generation (MagiSketch)
- Color-in sketches with finger painting
- Optional ToonColor feature for automated coloring
- Automatic session saving
- Undo/Redo functionality
- Pinch-zoom and pan for precise painting
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ToonPAINT: Real Art. Real Creativity. No AI. The legendary photo-to-cartoon tool is back—rebuilt for the modern era. ToonPAINT transforms your photographs into high-fidelity, hand-crafted masterpieces, and ToonPAINT Premium adds video tooning too. With over 2.8 million users in our history, we’ve returned to give you the ultimate precision tool for turning life into art. HUMAN CREATIVITY, EMPOWERED In a world of generated images, ToonPAINT stands apart. We don’t use AI to guess what your art should look like—we provide professional-grade image processing tools that put you in the director’s chair. Whether you are a professional artist looking for a pipeline tool or a hobbyist creating unique gifts, ToonPAINT is designed for you. KEY FEATURES • PRECISION INK & PENCIL ENGINES: Generate crisp sketches or soft pencil art from any photo or video. • GRANULAR CONTROL: Fine-tune Edge Length (XS to XL), Coherence, and Black levels. • RESOLUTION SELECTION: Start with the right scale for your vision. The ink is repeatable—no hallucinations. • DYNAMIC COLOR MODES: Cartoon, Photo, and One Color modes for any vibe. Adjust Brightness and Saturation in real time. • THE PAINTER’S STUDIO: Manual painting with adjustable brushes and a precision color picker. Clear paint or erase marks independently. • VIDEO TOONING (PREMIUM): Apply Toon and Pencil looks across video frames with high-res export and original sound. • PROFESSIONAL WORKFLOW: Hi-Res Export, seamless importing via Photos Share extension, and automatic Session Management. PERFECT FOR • Artists speeding up their line-art pipeline. • Automotive enthusiasts turning cars into technical illustrations. • Pet lovers creating stylized portraits. • Designers needing unique, non-AI-generated illustrations. CLASSIC TOONPAINT OWNERS If you owned ToonPAINT before version 3.0, your photo tools remain unlocked. Subscribe to Premium anytime for video tooning and new features. SUBSCRIPTION INFORMATION ToonPAINT Premium unlocks video tooning and new Premium modes. • ToonPAINT Premium Monthly — $0.99 USD per month • ToonPAINT Premium Yearly — $9.99 USD per year (save with the annual plan!) Payment is charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions automatically renew unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel in Settings > Apple ID > Subscriptions. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://insatiablegenius.wixsite.com/insatiablegenius/privacy-policy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: ToonPAINT at Free against PaintMee's $4.99. ToonPAINT also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 5 months) and rating (5.0 vs 4.8). PaintMee's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and ratings volume (65 vs 1). On ads, 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
ToonPAINT is free to download; PaintMee costs $4.99 up front. ToonPAINT sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. PaintMee asks for nothing beyond the download.
ToonPAINT holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: PaintMee has 65 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 85% of PaintMee's written reviews are positive against 71% of ToonPAINT's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
PaintMee ships an update every 5 months, ToonPAINT every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 10, 2026 and November 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | PaintMee | ToonPAINT |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $4.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.8 (65 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 84.5% of reviews — better | 71.1% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 65 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 12 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Studio Mee | Insatiable Genius LLC |
Customer experience
PaintMee
ToonPAINT
User reviews
PaintMee
From 65 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🎨 Amazing artistic results
- ✨ Stunning and beautiful pictures
- 💡 Creative and wonderful applications
- 👍 Simple to use
- 🚀 Fast and efficient
Room to improve
- 🐛 Crashes upon launch
- 🐛 Malfunctioning application
- 🐛 App is broken
- 🐛 Updates made it worse
- 🐛 Progress meter obstructs controls
ToonPAINT
From 1 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Excellent toon effect
- 👍 Easy to use
- 🎨 Flexible customization
- 💯 Impressive results
- 🎨 Fun and creative
Room to improve
- 🐛 Crashes and stability issues
- 💰 In-app purchases required for full functionality
- 🎨 Coloring can be tedious
- 🔍 Limited zoom and brush control
- 🔁 Lack of undo/redo options
Bugs and requests
PaintMee
Reported bugs
10 issues- Crashes upon launch
- Malfunctioning application
- App is broken
- App crashes after upgrade
- Progress meter obstructs controls
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- Auto rotates pictures incorrectly
- Faces not showing up correctly after update
- In-app upgrade not functional
- App unstable after upgrade
- App closes on launch
Requested features
14 requests- Output to vector PDF for printing
- Option to turn off paint texture
- Desktop version
- Presets like SketchMee Pro
- Slider for adjusting light source
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- Facebook sharing option
- More options for each module
- Ability to stop progress mid-stream
- Option to save stopped animation/progress
- Save work in progress as animated GIF
- Save animation as a movie file
- More options overall
- Way to rotate pictures correctly
- Ability to choose when painting starts
ToonPAINT
Reported bugs
3 issues- Saved images sometimes corrupted
- Issues with uploading to social media
- Compatibility problems on iPad
Requested features
5 requests- Ability to save work in progress
- Auto-coloring feature
- More brush options and size control
- Improved zoom functionality
- Undo/redo history
In-app purchases
PaintMee
No in-app purchases
ToonPAINT
- ToonPAINT$0.991 Month
- ToonPAINT Premium Yearly$9.991 Year
