Pinterest vs Glidden
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Discover endless inspiration for fashion, home design, and more. Save ideas to personalized boards, shop styles you love, and learn new skills. Unlock billions of ideas for everyday life.
- Discover inspiration
- Shop styles
- Learn new things
- Create boards
- Save Pins
- Make collages
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Pinterest is a place of endless possibilities. You can: - Discover everyday inspiration - Shop styles you love - Try and learn something new Create boards, save Pins and make collages of all your inspiration. Unlock billions of ideas, from fashion tips and easy recipes to DIY projects and fresh ways to redo your space. Creating the life you love? It's Possible.
Glidden
Discover and visualize paint colors with this app. Browse extensive libraries, preview colors in different rooms, match existing shades from photos, and get free paint swatches delivered to your home. Find your perfect hue with curated palettes and a helpful color quiz.
- Browse extensive paint color library
- Preview colors in room/exterior settings
- Match paint colors from photos
- Take a paint color quiz
- Order free paint swatches
- Create and plan paint projects
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MATCH PAINT COLORS & FIND YOUR PERFECT PAINT COLOR Choosing a paint color has never been easier! Find your perfect paint color in minutes & get FREE paint color swatches delivered to your home with the new Glidden app – an easy to use paint color tool to browse or search through Glidden’s extensive paint color library, preview each paint color on different room or exterior options, match any paint color from your own photos, take our color quiz to get a paint color palette curated just for you, or scroll through our paint color recommendations and get inspired by our popular colors. Once you’ve selected your colors you can order free paint swatches to be sent straight to your home! Use this find a paint color app designed to simplify your paint color selection and get your interior room project painted: GET FREE COLOR SWATCHES Share your favorite paint colors with friends, easily plan out multiple painting projects in one app, and order a swatch of our colors to try in your room. Glidden will mail you a free 8x8 color swatch to view in your own space and lighting. PAINT COLOR PALETTES Browse and search thousands of paint colors using this paint color app. Easily sort through color options by viewing similar colors, different shades for each color and color palettes. View your colors in multiple rooms and house exterior options to help give you confidence in your color selection. PAINT COLOR QUIZ Not sure where to start? Find a Palette Perfect for you with Glidden’s 5-minute guided paint color quiz. This paint color quiz in the app is designed to help you quickly sort through all of the color options to identify your perfect color palette. PAINT COLOR TOOLS View trending paint color palettes and color collections based on real painting projects and ideas for real people. Scroll through our curated color palettes for every interior design need. You got this. MATCH PAINT COLOR Already have an idea of what you’re looking for? Matching a paint color has never been easier. Use our Match a Paint Color option and match the paint color uploaded from your own photos or on the web to find the closest Glidden paint color option. We love hearing your ideas and feedback. Leave a review to let us know how we can support you.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Glidden at none against Pinterest's 12. Glidden also leads on ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (64% vs 35%). Pinterest's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 4 months) and ratings volume (5.8M vs 534). On price, rating, 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
Both are free to download. Pinterest sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Glidden asks for nothing beyond the download.
Pinterest holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Pinterest has 5.8M ratings behind it against 534, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 35% of Pinterest's written reviews are positive against 64% of Glidden's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Pinterest ships an update weekly, Glidden every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and September 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Glidden | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (5.8M ratings) — better | 4.6 (534 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 34.6% of reviews | 63.6% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 5.8M — better | 534 |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Best chart rank | #2 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 406 MB | 129 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Pinterest, Inc. | The Pittsburgh Paints Co. |
Customer experience
Glidden
User reviews
What we love
- 💻 Great for inspiration and ideas
- 🎨 Excellent for creative projects
- 🔍 Helpful for finding references and tutorials
- 🧠 Stimulates creativity and imagination
- 🤝 Allows for collaboration and sharing
Room to improve
- 🤖 Excessive AI-generated content
- 📢 Overwhelming number of ads
- 🔄 Constant feed refreshing
- 🔒 Accounts being deactivated without reason
- 🗃️ Difficulty organizing and managing boards
Glidden
From 534 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Easy photo upload functionality
- 🎨 Helpful color identification from photos
- 💡 Color comparison and shade selection features
- 🛒 Convenient sample ordering capability
- 🎮 Color selection game to narrow options
Room to improve
- 🐛 App crashes and freezes frequently
- ❌ Limited color palette available
- 😤 Difficult to use with textured surfaces
- 🎨 Color painting tool limited to two areas only
- ⚙️ Poor adjustment controls for paint placement
Bugs and requests
Reported bugs
5 issues- Pins not loading or showing up as blank squares
- Issues with saving pins to boards
- Notifications not working properly
- Scrolling and navigation glitches
- Inconsistent behavior across mobile and web versions
Requested features
5 requests- Restore ability to search and view boards by name
- Bring back photo comments and 'try' feature
- Add option to disable video autoplay and sound
- Improve personalization and relevance of recommended content
- Provide better customer support and communication
Glidden
Reported bugs
6 issues- App stops responding after single click
- Color painting functionality doesn't work
- App freezes at 'your friends call you' screen
- Crashes when attempting to make adjustments
- Inconsistent performance with multi-wall photos
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- Saved favorites disappear after app restart
Requested features
6 requests- User account login system for saving favorites
- Persistent color palette storage
- Improved texture handling for exterior walls
- Enhanced color painting tool with more area coverage
- Better adjustment controls for color placement
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- Expanded color selection options
In-app purchases
- Funds for Ads$5.79
- Funds for Ads$11.49
- Funds for Ads$17.49
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- Funds for Ads$23.49
- Funds for Ads$35.00
- Funds for Ads$41.00
- Funds for Ads$70.00
- Funds for Ads2 variants$82.00
- Funds for Ads2 variants$163.99
- Funds for Ads$329.00
Glidden
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Pinterest free?
Is Glidden free?
Which has better reviews, Pinterest or Glidden?
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