PhotoTropedelic vs PaintMee 2
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
PaintMee 2
Transform your photos into unique works of art with various styles and a powerful focus system. Experiment with different artistic expressions and create personalized paintings. Save your creations in high resolution or as a movie of the painting process.
- 92 tuned example styles
- Focus point system for expression
- Up to 5 focus points
- Unique results with each use
- Save painting process as movie
- 4K resolution rendering
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True Art happens when your mind is invited into a piece. When there is something intriguing, provoking, ambiguous or incomplete. Now YOU can make true art in an instant – and have fun while doing it. Your tools are STYLE and FOCUS. For a photo, choose a style and set a focus point. Moving the focus point dramatically alters the resulting painting. Use this very powerful tool to make the painting truly yours. Features • 92 carefully tuned example styles. • Styles range from oil paintings through sketches, ink splatter and wood carvings to downright craziness. • Use a powerful focus point system to control expression. • Place up to 5 focus points. • Different results every time, even for the same style. • Watch the painting take shape stroke by stroke. • Advanced users: fine tune styles to get that perfect look. • Advanced users: create your own styles and add them to the list. • Save the entire painting process as a movie. • Render and save painting in 4K resolution.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: PaintMee 2 at 4.7 against PhotoTropedelic's 3.7. PaintMee 2 also leads on update cadence (every 3 months vs every 7 months) and ratings volume (123 vs 25). PhotoTropedelic's advantage is price ($2.99 vs $5.99) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 15.0). On review sentiment, ads, in-app purchases 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
PhotoTropedelic costs $2.99 and PaintMee 2 $5.99 up front. PhotoTropedelic sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and PaintMee 2 sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
PaintMee 2 holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 25 and 123 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 76% of PhotoTropedelic's written reviews are positive against 79% of PaintMee 2's.
PhotoTropedelic ships an update every 7 months, PaintMee 2 every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | PhotoTropedelic | PaintMee 2 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 — better | $5.99 |
| Rating | 3.7 (25 ratings) | 4.7 (123 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 76.4% of reviews | 78.6% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 25 | 123 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months | Every 3 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 35 MB | 51 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Larry Weinberg | Studio Mee |
Customer experience
PhotoTropedelic
PaintMee 2
Bugs and requests
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
PaintMee 2
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
PhotoTropedelic
- Custom Color Palette Editing$0.99
PaintMee 2
- High Definition Export$9.99
