PaintMee vs PhotoTropedelic
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.
PhotoTropedelic
Transform your photos into unique Pop Art masterpieces. This app analyzes your images and applies the vibrant colors, textures, and symbols of 1960s Pop Art to create bold, distinctive artwork.
- Advanced image processing
- Pop Art style transformation
- Color and texture analysis
- Unique art generation
- 60s Pop Art inspiration
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PhotoTropedelic uses advanced image processing techniques to analyze your ordinary photographs -- translate the colors, textures, and lighting -- and draw upon the colors and symbols of 60's Pop Art to produce boldly unique art.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: PaintMee at 4.8 against PhotoTropedelic's 3.7. PaintMee also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and review sentiment (85% vs 76%). PhotoTropedelic's advantage is price ($2.99 vs $4.99) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 17.0). On ratings volume, update cadence, ads and device support 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
PaintMee costs $4.99 and PhotoTropedelic $2.99 up front. PhotoTropedelic sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. PaintMee asks for nothing beyond the download.
PaintMee holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 65 and 25 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 85% of PaintMee's written reviews are positive against 76% of PhotoTropedelic's.
PaintMee ships an update every 5 months, PhotoTropedelic every 7 months. Both last shipped on November 6, 2026.
| Parameter | PaintMee | PhotoTropedelic |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $4.99 | $2.99 — better |
| Rating | 4.8 (65 ratings) — better | 3.7 (25 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 84.5% of reviews — better | 76.4% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 65 — better | 25 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months — better | Every 7 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 9.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 35 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Studio Mee | Larry Weinberg |
Customer experience
PaintMee
PhotoTropedelic
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
PhotoTropedelic
From 25 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🎨 Unique psychedelic/Peter Max-style artistic effects
- 👍 User-friendly interface and easy to use
- 🎛️ Highly customizable settings and controls
- 🚀 Fast processing speed on iPad
- 📄 Vector PDF export capability for high-quality prints
Room to improve
- 🐛 Crashes frequently on iOS 11+
- 🐛 Won't load photos or access photo library
- ❌ No customer support available
- ⚠️ Inconsistent results across different photos
- 🔧 Custom color settings don't persist between sessions
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
PhotoTropedelic
Reported bugs
10 issues- App crashes on iOS 11 and later versions
- Photos won't load from library
- White screen when accessing Albums or Photos
- App won't open or shows blank screen
- Custom color settings reset or don't save properly
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- In-app purchase for custom colors fails to load
- App crashes when changing device orientation
- Crashes after processing 5-6 photos
- Incompatible with older iPad models
- App becomes unstable after iOS updates
Requested features
19 requests- Update for iOS 11+ compatibility
- Ability to select/mask specific image areas
- Control over ray emanation point
- Repositionable stars and circles
- Blending function to soften psychedelic effect
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- Preview before rendering
- Option to disable auto-save or choose which images to save
- Higher output resolution
- Ability to stop processing at specific color stages
- Desktop/Mac version
- Direct social media upload (Facebook/Twitter)
- Restore to default settings option
- Control over background/transparent color selection
- Darken function in addition to contrast
- Thumbnail gallery browsing
- GIF animation capability
- More art style options
- Adjustable line thickness
- Ability to eliminate black outlines
In-app purchases
PaintMee
No in-app purchases
PhotoTropedelic
- Custom Color Palette Editing$0.99
