Paint Gallery vs Cherkalka
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Paint Gallery
Unleash your creativity with a free and fun painting application. This app offers a wide range of tools, including pencils, brushes, text, and shape drawing, along with the ability to import and export your artwork.
- Pencil tool
- Various brushes
- Color fill
- Text tool
- Draw shapes
- Import/export drawings
- Create photo galleries
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Free Fun Paint App with exciting features and easy to use interface. Enjoy the old school painting with: Pencil Various brushes Smudge Color fill tool Text Tool Draw shapes (lines, rectangles, circles and more) Import & export drawings to and from photo library Create photo galleries Share on facebook and twitter And much more… Stay tuned for exciting updates.
Cherkalka
This app offers a versatile toolkit for quick note-taking, image editing, and on-the-fly modifications. Seamlessly sketch or write on photos directly from your gallery or use its action extension for broader application compatibility. It's designed for efficient visual communication and creative annotation.
- Quick note creation on photos
- Integrated photo editor
- Action extension for sharing
- Drawing and erasing tools
- Customizable pencil width and color
- Store and duplicate notes
- Stylus palm touch elimination
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Three in one: the app to create notes, photo editor to alter images in Photos, action extension to make changes on the fly. Cherkalka is a great tool when in need to note quickly on a photo, just to sketch or write, all these without launching a heavy notepad. The app includes a photo editor and an action extension. The photo editor allows you to make notes on photos right from the Photos app without launching the app. The action extension gives you possibility to handle pictures from any app supporting that feature and share the results. Note: not every program able to receive the result after you press the Done button, e.g., the Photos app does not support that feature, in the case with the Photos use the photo editor. Cherkalka can: • draw and erase; • change width and color of the pencil, color of a note; • share created pictures; • utilize photos; • store created notes and duplicate them; • eliminate palm touches when you use a stylus. The full version in addition can: • resize the note; • move and rotate layers of strokes and background; • scale the current note view; • change width and color of a pencil in the photo editor and the extension; • sync notes via iCloud; • to not show the app logo on exported pictures.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Cherkalka at none against Paint Gallery's shown. Cherkalka also leads on iOS requirement (8.0 vs 11.0). Paint Gallery's advantage is ratings volume (68 vs 21). On price, rating, review sentiment and update cadence 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. Paint Gallery sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Cherkalka sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Paint Gallery against 4.7 for Cherkalka. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 68 and 21 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 95% of Paint Gallery's written reviews are positive against 90% of Cherkalka's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 2, 2026 and September 18, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Paint Gallery | Cherkalka |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (68 ratings) | 4.7 (21 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 94.6% of reviews — better | 90.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 68 — better | 21 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| 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 | 11.0 | 8.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 23 MB | 8 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Bilal Javed Bhutta | Semen Kudriavtsev |
Customer experience
Paint Gallery
Cherkalka
User reviews
Paint Gallery
From 68 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Simple and easy to use
- 🎨 Powerful drawing tools
- 💡 Ability to import photos
- 🎨 Wide variety of colors and brushes
- 👍 Great for kids and beginners
Room to improve
- 🐛 Occasional crashes or glitches
- 🔒 No option to retrieve accidentally deleted drawings
- 💡 Lack of advanced features like layers, blending, and rotation
Cherkalka
From 21 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Easy to use and intuitive
- 🚀 Fast and responsive
- 💡 Great for quick notes and sketches
- 🖼️ Useful for drawing on photos
- 🎨 Good for digital art and animations
Room to improve
- 🐛 Missing undo/redo functionality
- 📉 Blurry line work on some screens
- 🤔 Color selection could be improved
- ⚠️ App crashes when taking photos
- 😵 Badly translated texts
Bugs and requests
Paint Gallery
Reported bugs
2 issues- Paintings sometimes do not display properly after painting
- Crashes when trying to use certain tools or features
Requested features
3 requests- Add a physical trash can to retrieve deleted drawings
- Implement a copy/paste and rotate/resize feature for added elements
- Include a layer system for more advanced editing
Cherkalka
Reported bugs
4 issues- App crashes when trying to take a photo
- Rubber/eraser doesn't delete
- Unclear how to handle some settings
- Translations are poorly made
Requested features
11 requests- Add undo and redo features
- Improve line quality for sharper lines
- Enhance color selection with smooth scrolling
- Allow notes on clear backgrounds interchangeable with PC applications
- Support vector compatible format for professional editing
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- Add more features and filters
- Implement an undo option for the last stroke
- Make it easier to restore a white background
- Save selected photo from album within the app for future modifications
- Add dark mode option
- Improve translation quality
In-app purchases
Paint Gallery
- Remove Ads$1.99
Cherkalka
- The full version$0.99









