Percolator vs MetaBrush
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Percolator
Easily turn your photos into vibrant, multicolor mosaics with unique artistic styles. Intuitive controls allow for creative editing, and you can save or share your creations across various social platforms and messaging apps.
- Create multicolor photo mosaics
- Unique artistic 'Brews'
- Intuitive dial-based controls
- Save and share to social media
- Integrates with other photo apps
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Transform your photos into dazzling, multicolor mosaics. FEATURES: • Create delightful mosaics from your photos • Amazing Brews, each with their own unique look • Intuitive dial-based controls • Save to your phone or share via Instagram, Facebook, Bluesky, Mastodon, Message, Email, and more • Try it with other photo editing apps — mix-n-match! WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING ABOUT PERCOLATOR: • “Delightfully quirky” —NY Times • 4½ out of 5 Mice: “The animated effects throughout the app are truly impressive...” —Macworld • “The result—something like a Seurat painting rendered with Microsoft Paint’s circle tool—is unique in the app world.” —Wired App Guide • “Percolator…is a unique, well-done modernist app with a fun retro wink.” —Life In LoFi KEEP UP WITH TINROCKET: • Follow @Tinrocket on Instagram for the latest! • We’re here to help: If you have a question or need assistance, you can always email us at support@tinrocket.com • If you like Percolator, please consider leaving an App Store review or rating—we’d really appreciate it! Every review counts and helps indie developers like ourselves. :) Happy Percolating!
MetaBrush
Transform your photos into artistic paintings with a variety of brush presets and advanced settings. This app offers layers support and the ability to import Photoshop brushes, allowing for detailed customization of your artwork.
- 30 brush presets
- Layers support
- Import Photoshop brushes (.abr)
- Customizable stroke settings
- Paint with images
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With Metabrush you can easily turn your photos into paintings. The result images are very artistic, as you brush with different presets and settings. Visit the gallery at http://instagram.com/metabrush for many examples. Features: • 30 brush presets for artistically clone your original image. • Layers support • 500+ brushes bitmaps • Support for importing directly Photoshop brushes (.abr) • Include many settings for the strokes as dynamical size, rotation, shadow, and opacity. • You can assign colors to the strokes, but also paint with images (as if they were colors). Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: MetaBrush at Free against Percolator's $3.99. Percolator's advantage is rating (4.8 vs 3.8) and in-app purchases (none vs 3). On update cadence, ads 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
MetaBrush is free to download; Percolator costs $3.99 up front. MetaBrush sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per 7 days. Percolator asks for nothing beyond the download.
Percolator holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Percolator has 1.1K ratings behind it against 22, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 86% of Percolator's written reviews are positive against 65% of MetaBrush's.
Percolator ships an update every 4 months, MetaBrush every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Percolator | MetaBrush |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $3.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.8 (1.1K ratings) — better | 3.8 (22 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 86.4% of reviews — better | 65.4% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1.1K — better | 22 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Best chart rank | #94 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 16.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 37 MB | 253 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Tinrocket, LLC | talonsodev |
Customer experience
Percolator
MetaBrush
Bugs and requests
Percolator
Reported bugs
2 issues- Login screen freezes
- Incompatible with older devices
Requested features
10 requests- Ability to save and name custom settings
- Show which iteration of settings was used
- Load last used settings
- Add more example art
- Ability to select areas to exclude from effects
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- Add vector/PDF export
- Slider to control bubble size variation
- Batch processing option
- More control over colors and sizes
- Ability to mask or erase parts of the image
MetaBrush
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Percolator
No in-app purchases
MetaBrush
- Metabrush PRO3 Days trial$0.997 Days
- Metabrush PRO3 Days trial$6.991 Year
- Metabrush PRO$9.99









