Comparison

BeFunky vs Brushstroke

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

BeFunky

Easily edit photos, create stunning collages, and design graphics with AI-powered tools. Transform images with artistic effects, enhance portraits, and remove unwanted objects. Access a wide range of editing features and design templates.

Highlights
  • AI-powered photo editing
  • Artsy effects and filters
  • Background removal
  • Portrait retouching
  • Collage creation
  • Graphic design templates
  • Text editor with free fonts
Features
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Edit photos. Design beautiful collages. Create stunning design layouts. With BeFunky, you can do it all! Our AI-powered one-tap photo editing tools, intelligent auto-collage features, and professionally made design templates take the complexity out of your creative process. With BeFunky, there’s NO ADS or registration necessary! TURN YOUR PHOTOS INTO PAINTINGS, CARTOONS, SKETCHES, AND MORE BeFunky’s Artsy effects are the most unique feature of our Photo Editor. With one tap, your photos will take on stunning, artistic characteristics. With realistic textures & natural-looking brush strokes, these effects will instantly turn your photo into a work of art! ENHANCE IMAGES IN A SINGLE TAP With a single tap, the Image Enhancer intelligently intensify colors, balance exposure, and correct contrast to make your photos stand out. Our Portrait Enhancer does all that AND softens blemishes, whitens teeth, and more. REMOVE BACKGROUNDS AND ERASE UNWANTED OBJECTS Easily remove distracting backgrounds, turn a dreary sky into sunshine, and erase unwanted objects. Our AI-powered tools give you the control to make seamless edits. RETOUCH AND RELIGHT YOUR PORTRAITS With an entire suite of Touch Up tools, you can make subtle edits to your portrait to bring out their natural beauty. If the lighting isn’t very inspiring, you can re-imagine your scene with the Portrait Relight tool. Go from professional studio lighting to neon glow in a tap. A FULL SUITE OF PHOTO EDITING TOOLS While it’s our effects that make headlines, BeFunky is also a full-service photo editor. Crop, Upscale, adjust levels, dodge and burn, and so much more. Everything you need from a photo editor in an easy-to-use package. ADJUST YOUR PHOTOS WITHOUT LOSING A SINGLE PIXEL Is your photo slightly crooked or not the right size? Or maybe your subject just needs to be moved a bit to the right. With BeFunky’s Expand, Straighten, and Detach Subject tools, our AI technology fills in the surrounding area, allowing you to keep the entire image intact and make edits with ease. APPLY EFFECTS AND FILTERS Find new ways to get creative! You’ll find everything from Vintage and Chromatic effects to B&W and Pop Art filters to transform your photo in seconds. CREATE PHOTO COLLAGES WITH A SINGLE TAP Our Collage Wizard generates optimal collage layouts in high resolution without cropping or losing image details. It’s collage technology like no other! REMOVE BLUR AND IMPROVE SHARPNESS BeFunky has all the tools to get your photo looking sharp. Deblur to reduce blurriness. Denoise low-light photos to bring out details. Get clear, sharp images in a single tap! ACCESS HUNDREDS OF FREE FONTS Our Text Editor has many fonts and customization options to add text to photos, designs, and collages. Choose from our collection of hand-selected fonts by our graphic designers, or upload your own fonts! FREE TEMPLATES FOR QUICK AND EASY GRAPHIC DESIGN Our design templates are the perfect starting point for any project, offering thousands of professional templates for birthdays, weddings, social media posts, and more. BEFUNKY ON ALL YOUR DEVICES Access your stored projects and images across our mobile and desktop apps by logging in to your BeFunky account. ACCESS HUNDREDS OF ADDITIONAL PREMIUM FEATURES WITH BEFUNKY PLUS Subscribe to BeFunky Plus monthly or yearly to access premium photo editing, collage-making, and graphic design tools. Access our Plus features across our mobile and desktop apps by logging into your BeFunky account. Start your Plus membership with a free trial! Limited to one free trial per Apple ID. When you start a trial, select a monthly or yearly subscription term. Once the trial ends, you’ll be charged a subscription fee for your Plus subscription that is charged to your App Store account. Your Plus subscription will auto-renew until auto-renew is turned off. You can manage your BeFunky Plus subscription in your App Store account settings. Terms of Use: https://befunky.com/terms

About

Brushstroke

Transform your photos and videos into stunning paintings with a single touch. Edit, personalize with a signature, and share your creations on social media. High-quality canvas prints of your artwork can also be ordered and delivered directly to your home.

Highlights
  • Photo to painting transformation
  • Video to painting transformation
  • Signature personalization
  • Social media sharing
  • Canvas print ordering
  • Multiple painting styles
Features
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Turn your photos into paintings with Brushstroke. Brushstroke transforms your album photos and snaps into beautiful paintings in one touch. Edit, sign, and share your work on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook. Want your artwork printed? We've teamed up with CanvasPop to provide the best quality canvas prints available. Pick a frame and size, and you’ll have your masterpiece delivered and hanging on your wall in no time. For something extra special, try transforming your videos into incredible moving paintings at up to 4K resolution with Video Paintings. Features: • Automatically transform your photos into one of many painting styles • Load photos from your Camera Roll and other Albums • Take snaps and watch them transform instantly • Experiment with different color palettes • Adjust your painting to get just the right look • Select from a variety of canvases and surfaces • Sign your painting to personalize it • Share your art on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook • Have your art printed and shipped right to your doorstep • Transform your videos into art with Video Paintings (requires iPhone 5S, iPad Air, iPod touch 6 or later) Subscribe or purchase Brushstroke to unlock all features. For more information, visit us at www.codeorgana.com, or follow us on Twitter and Instagram @codeorgana. Find out more about CanvasPop prints and their 100% "Love it" lifetime guarantee at www.canvaspop.com. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula

Screenshots

BeFunky4 screens
Brushstroke4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Brushstroke at monthly against BeFunky's every 2 months. Brushstroke also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.6). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. BeFunky sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $14.99 per month and Brushstroke sells 11 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for BeFunky against 4.8 for Brushstroke. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 11K and 14K respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 75% of BeFunky's written reviews are positive against 80% of Brushstroke's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

BeFunky ships an update every 2 months, Brushstroke monthly. Both last shipped on October 1, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
BeFunky versus Brushstroke: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBeFunkyBrushstroke
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (11K ratings)4.8 (14K ratings) — better
Positive reviews74.8% of reviews79.5% of reviews — better
Number of ratings11K14K — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsMonthly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.613.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size203 MB126 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBeFunky IncCode Organa

Customer experience

BeFunky

All ratings10,940 ratings
Positive93.6%
Neutral2.6%
Negative3.9%
Written reviews449 reviews
Positive74.8%
Neutral5.6%
Negative19.6%

Brushstroke

All ratings13,991 ratings
Positive96.1%
Neutral2.3%
Negative1.6%
Written reviews655 reviews
Positive79.5%
Neutral4.7%
Negative15.7%

User reviews

BeFunky

From 11K App Store ratings

What we love

  • ⭐ Awesome
  • 👍 Easy to use
  • 🎨 Great editing tools
  • 🖼️ Excellent for collages
  • 💻 Works well on desktop and mobile

Room to improve

  • 💰 Subscription model is expensive
  • 🔒 Paywall for basic features
  • 🤔 Confusing UI changes
  • 🙄 Forced to pay for previously free features
  • 🤯 Buggy and crashes frequently

Brushstroke

From 14K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Easy to use
  • 🎨 Versatile painting effects
  • 💡 Helpful for planning paintings
  • 🖼️ Turns photos into paintings
  • 🎨 Excellent for creating art

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Bugs with saving/exporting images
  • 🔍 Difficult to find/select photos
  • 💰 Expensive for some features
  • 🖼️ Printed results not always accurate

Bugs and requests

BeFunky

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Login issues and account problems
  • Inability to upload or edit photos
  • Frequent crashes and freezes
  • Distorted image quality after editing

Requested features

6 requests
  • Add more free filters and effects
  • Improve text editing tools
  • Implement batch editing for collages
  • Allow custom color selection
  • Add support for video editing
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  • Improve alignment and resizing tools

Brushstroke

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Crashes when importing certain photos
  • Saved images disappear from camera roll
  • Slider controls not working as expected

Requested features

4 requests
  • More painting/filter styles
  • Ability to adjust brush size/strokes
  • Better photo organization/search
  • Improved printing quality/options

In-app purchases

2 purchases

BeFunky

Subscriptions2
  • BeFunky Plus - Monthly7 Days trial$14.991 Month
  • BeFunky Plus - Yearly7 Days trial$83.901 Year
11 purchases

Brushstroke

Subscriptions4
  • Brushstroke2 variants$4.997 Days
  • Brushstroke2 variants$9.991 Month
  • Brushstroke3 Days trial2 variants$29.991 Year
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  • Brushstroke3 Days trial2 variants$59.991 Year
One-time7
  • Illustration Pack$3.99
  • Video Paintings$3.99
  • Unlock Full Version$6.99
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  • Unlock Full Version$7.99
  • Unlock Full Version$13.99
  • Unlock Full Version$15.99
  • Brushstroke2 variants$79.99

Questions

Is BeFunky free?
BeFunky is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Brushstroke free?
Brushstroke is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, BeFunky or Brushstroke?
Brushstroke is rated higher. BeFunky averages 4.7 out of 5 from 11K ratings, while Brushstroke averages 4.8 from 14K ratings.
Do BeFunky or Brushstroke have ads?
Neither BeFunky nor Brushstroke shows ads.
Which is updated more often, BeFunky or Brushstroke?
BeFunky ships an update every 2 months, and Brushstroke monthly. Most recently, BeFunky was updated on October 1, 2026 and Brushstroke on October 1, 2026.

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