Comparison

Glow Paint. vs Drawing Painting Coloring Arts

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

Head to head
About

Glow Paint.

Unleash your creativity by painting with a vibrant palette of glowing colors. Explore a variety of brushes and special effects, including unique rainbow colors. Save your masterpieces or share them instantly with friends on social media.

Highlights
  • Paint with glowing colors
  • Variety of brushes
  • Special rainbow colors
  • Unique brush effects
  • Save creations
  • Share on social media
Features
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Paint with beautiful glowing colors. Choose from tons of brushes and colors. Special Rainbow colors and brush effects! Save your creations or share them on Facebook and Twitter! Learn how to make this app: http://www.iphonecodeprojects.com

About

Drawing Painting Coloring Arts

This free game allows children and adults to unleash their creativity by drawing their own pictures or coloring pre-designed pages. It offers an intuitive interface for easy gameplay and sharing creations with others.

Highlights
  • Draw your own pictures
  • Color free coloring pages
  • Save and share creations
  • Intuitive icons and navigation
  • Easy gameplay for all ages
Features
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Turn blank-page nerves into finished art. Draw, color, and learn step by step without getting lost in a crowded studio. Make a quick sketch, finish a coloring page, or start a guided drawing lesson in one place. In the app - Draw on a square canvas with Pencil, Pen, Marker, Watercolor, Charcoal, Oil, Crayon, Calligraphy, and Eraser, then fine-tune your look with brush size, marker opacity, undo, redo, and clear canvas. - Pick from a 12-swatch palette or use the full color wheel when you want a custom shade for sketching, painting, or coloring. - Open Color mode and choose from original templates in Botanical, Animals, Still life, and Architecture & landscape, with line art placed on a locked guide layer so you can focus on coloring. - Start Sketch Coach with your own prompt or one of the 12 suggestion chips like a sleeping cat, fern frond, coffee cup, lighthouse, or mountain scene. - Follow a six-stage lesson from Basic shapes to Color and detail, with a ghost guideline that shifts from simple shapes to contour to detail as you progress. - Finish a lesson and get a short critique with one praise line and one next-step suggestion, then share your finished artwork right away. - Save every piece to your Library, filter by Draw, Color, or Lessons, then continue editing, rename, delete, or share from the artwork detail view or a long press. Perfect when You want to draw a fox from memory and need a clear path, not a pile of brush menus. You have 20 minutes before bed and want to color a Spring tulip or a Perched owl, save it, and come back later. You doodled a coffee cup and want to clean it up with Marker, adjust opacity, and share the finished image. You want a child to learn with Sketch Coach using the sleeping cat or owl prompts and keep the lesson on this device. Why Drawing Painting Arts Drawing Painting Arts helps you sketch, paint, color, and practice drawing lessons on your iPhone. What makes it stand out is how the three main modes work like one studio: Draw for freehand art, Color for curated pages, and Learn for guided practice with stage-by-stage tips, a progress bar, and a fading guide. Your prompt, strokes, and critique stay on this device, and if the on-device coach is not available, the curated lesson library keeps Sketch Coach useful instead of blocking you. Paid features Some brushes, templates, and extras are part of Pro, including Watercolor, Charcoal, Oil, Crayon, Calligraphy, the Architecture & landscape pack, iCloud sync, and more layers for free drawing. Free use includes a small banner in parts of the app and an optional rewarded ad for extra Sketch Coach lessons. Notifications are optional if you turn on the daily prompt reminder. Start with Draw, pick a coloring page, or try today’s prompt and build your next artwork one stage at a time. Terms of Use (EULA) - http://www.apple.com/legal/itunes/appstore/dev/stdeula

Screenshots

Glow Paint.1 screens
Drawing Painting Coloring Arts4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Glow Paint. at none against Drawing Painting Coloring Arts's 9. Glow Paint. also leads on ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (70% vs 40%). Drawing Painting Coloring Arts's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 23 months). On price, monetization model and device support 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. Drawing Painting Coloring Arts sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days. Glow Paint. asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Glow Paint. holds the better App Store score, 3.7 against 3.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Glow Paint. has 66 ratings behind it against 9, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 70% of Glow Paint.'s written reviews are positive against 40% of Drawing Painting Coloring Arts's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Glow Paint. ships an update every 23 months, Drawing Painting Coloring Arts every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Glow Paint. versus Drawing Painting Coloring Arts: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGlow Paint.Drawing Painting Coloring Arts
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.7 (66 ratings) — better3.4 (9 ratings)
Positive reviews70.1% of reviews — better40.0% of reviews
Number of ratings66 — better9
Update frequencyEvery 23 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS5.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB16 MB
Age rating4++4
DeveloperLimit Point SoftwareSandeep Bhandari

Customer experience

Glow Paint.

All ratings67 ratings
Positive58.2%
Neutral22.4%
Negative19.4%
Written reviews77 reviews
Positive70.1%
Neutral10.4%
Negative19.5%

Drawing Painting Coloring Arts

All ratings9 ratings
Positive55.6%
Neutral11.1%
Negative33.3%
Written reviews10 reviews
Positive40.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative60.0%

Bugs and requests

Glow Paint.

Reported bugs

7 issues
  • Colors turn white
  • Ads block drawing area
  • App crashes
  • Paint brush doesn't work
  • Eraser turns black
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  • Colors and brushes don't respond
  • Picture is blurry

Requested features

6 requests
  • Add an undo button
  • Improve color mixing
  • More brush options
  • Remove or reduce ads
  • Fix color selection issues
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  • Add more activities

Drawing Painting Coloring Arts

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Glow Paint.

No in-app purchases

9 purchases

Drawing Painting Coloring Arts

Subscriptions7
  • Weekly Subscription$1.997 Days
  • Pro Weekly$4.997 Days
  • Monthly Subscription7 Days trial$4.991 Month
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  • Yearly Subscription Sale$14.991 Year
  • Yearly Subscription Special$19.991 Year
  • Pro Annual7 Days trial$29.991 Year
  • Yearly Subscription1 Year trial$29.991 Year
One-time2
  • Forever Pro Discount$79.99
  • Forever Pro$99.99

Questions

Is Glow Paint. free?
Glow Paint. is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Drawing Painting Coloring Arts free?
Drawing Painting Coloring Arts is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Glow Paint. or Drawing Painting Coloring Arts?
Glow Paint. is rated higher. Glow Paint. averages 3.7 out of 5 from 66 ratings, while Drawing Painting Coloring Arts averages 3.4 from 9 ratings.
Do Glow Paint. or Drawing Painting Coloring Arts have ads?
Drawing Painting Coloring Arts shows ads; Glow Paint. does not.
Which is updated more often, Glow Paint. or Drawing Painting Coloring Arts?
Glow Paint. ships an update every 23 months, and Drawing Painting Coloring Arts every 2 months. Most recently, Glow Paint. was updated on November 1, 2026 and Drawing Painting Coloring Arts on November 6, 2026.

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