Comparison

WowPaint vs PAkA! Pattern Maker

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

Head to head
About

WowPaint

Create seamless patterns for backgrounds, textures, and more with intuitive drawing tools. Adjust parameters live while painting and utilize fingertip-based stroke sizing. Supports Apple Pencil and multiple layers.

Highlights
  • Seamless pattern creation
  • Wrapped painting mode
  • Fingertip stroke size adjustment
  • Live parameter changes
  • Multiple layers
  • Photo tracing mode (Pro)
Features
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Pattern/texture designers: You’ll find the app’s unique feature set very useful when making repeatable images (patterns). Other artists: WowPaint is great for drawing and painting “normal” art as well! • CREATE SEAMLESS PATTERNS • Use the Seamless Pattern Options to aid you in creating seamless patterns that can be used as website or desktop backgrounds, in print, or for textures in 3d modeling. When you have switched on Wrap X/Y, any strokes you paint that go over the picture’s edge will continue on the opposite side. That means that there will be no hard edges where strokes are cut off (since they continue instead), which makes the picture a perfect candidate for being seamlessly repeated. A tremendous help when using the Wrapped Painting mode is the option of having the picture displayed as tiles next to each other. You’re free to paint anywhere on these tiles, and you will see the results in real time. You can also switch on Edge Indicators, to make it easier to see where the picture being repeated begins and ends. • FINGERTIP = STROKE SIZE • When you paint, the app measures how much of your finger is touching the screen and changes the stroke size accordingly. There’s a huge difference between using just the corner of your fingertip and pressing down the whole fingerprint area! A 2nd tool assigned to your finger will still use this feature, so don’t ignore it just because you have an Apple Pencil! • LEFT-HANDED? • Just swipe the toolbar over to the other side! • PARAMETERS CAN BE CHANGED LIVE • Use any buttons or controls to change/adjust color, size, force, simultaneously while painting. • UNIVERSAL PURCHASE • If you choose to buy the Pro upgrade, this one-time in-app purchase will unlock all Pro features in the app on all available platforms (iPad-iPhone-Mac)! • METAL • The engine is based on Metal, with 128-bit color and floating-point arithmetic. • SWIFT • The app was developed entirely using Swift (earlier versions used C++). • APPLE PENCIL SUPPORT • FULL SCREEN PAINTING • • DARK MODE • LANDSCAPE • PORTRAIT • WIDE COLOR • • MULTIPLE LAYERS • PHOTO TRACING MODE (Pro feature) •

About

PAkA! Pattern Maker

Effortlessly create unique, professional-looking pattern designs with procedurally generated content. Select images from a vast library, adjust settings, and generate custom artwork for print-on-demand items or digital backgrounds. Export in various formats.

Highlights
  • Procedural placement and parametric generation
  • Large built-in image library (17000+ images)
  • Live preview with zoom and pan
  • Export to JPEG, transparent PNG, and editable PDF
  • Generator animation to visualize algorithm
  • Handy export presets with different resolutions
Features
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Do you like pattern design artworks? We certainly do! They are pretty cool and inspiring, but sometimes they could be also a little boring. Designing great pattern is not easy. It is a long process of planning, placing, sizing and stitching. Even experienced designers might have trouble creating diverse and ascetically pleasing patterns. That's why we are proud to present PAkA! PAkA! stands for Procedural Artwork Arranger. PAkA! is a software program which allows you to create procedurally generated content on the fly. Simply said - you can get professional-looking pattern-like designs with virtually no effort. You just need to select a bunch of images from our huge library, dial in some settings and press a button (Generate). Yes, it is that easy! PAkA!'s advanced algorithm guarantees unique results each time. The generated designs can be exported as JPEG, transparent PNG or editable PDF. PAkA! is great tool for everybody who wants to create quickly cool t-shirts, stickers, pillows, leggings, phone cases or any other print on demand items. It also can be used to add fresh backgrounds to videos on TikTok, posts on Instagram and Facebook. PAkA! helps you to be more productive, to quickly test new ideas and to find inspiration by experimenting. Features - procedural placement and parametric generation - easy to understand generator parameters - live preview - huge built-in image library of more than 17000 images - powerful search function - no image count limit - handy export presets with different resolutions - graphical module with zoom, pan and double tap functions - generator animation - you can see how the algorithm works - regenerate function - multithreaded implementation - multiple raster export formats such as JPEG and transparent PNG - hight DPI editable PDF export - detailed help Subscription: • Title: PAkA! Pro • Length of subscription: 1 month • Price: $5/month • Unlocks transparent PNG and PDF export features • Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase • Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period, and identify the cost of the renewal • Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user's Account Settings after purchase • Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to that publication, where applicable Terms and conditions: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy policy: https://omni-labs.net/index.php/privacy-policy/

Screenshots

WowPaint4 screens
PAkA! Pattern Maker4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: WowPaint at 4.7 against PAkA! Pattern Maker's 3.0. WowPaint also leads on ratings volume (119 vs 1) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. WowPaint sells 6 one-off in-app purchases and PAkA! Pattern Maker sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

WowPaint holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: WowPaint has 119 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 30, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
WowPaint versus PAkA! Pattern Maker: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWowPaintPAkA! Pattern Maker
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (119 ratings) — better3.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews75.9% of reviews—
Number of ratings119 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size22 MB280 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNorbyteOmnilabs LTD

Customer experience

WowPaint

All ratings119 ratings
Positive94.1%
Neutral2.5%
Negative3.4%
Written reviews29 reviews
Positive75.9%
Neutral10.3%
Negative13.8%

PAkA! Pattern Maker

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral100.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

6 purchases

WowPaint

One-time6
  • Tip Jar: Smallest Tip$1.00
  • Tip Jar: Small Tip$2.00
  • Tip Jar: Medium Tip$5.00
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  • Pro Upgrade$7.00
  • Tip Jar: Big Tip$10.00
  • Tip Jar: Biggest Tip$25.00
1 purchases

PAkA! Pattern Maker

Subscriptions1
  • PAkA! Pro$4.991 Month

Questions

Is WowPaint free?
WowPaint is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is PAkA! Pattern Maker free?
PAkA! Pattern Maker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, WowPaint or PAkA! Pattern Maker?
WowPaint is rated higher. WowPaint averages 4.7 out of 5 from 119 ratings, while PAkA! Pattern Maker averages 3.0 from 1 ratings.
Do WowPaint or PAkA! Pattern Maker have ads?
Neither WowPaint nor PAkA! Pattern Maker shows ads.
Which is updated more often, WowPaint or PAkA! Pattern Maker?
WowPaint ships an update every 2 months, and PAkA! Pattern Maker every 2 months. Most recently, WowPaint was updated on September 30, 2026 and PAkA! Pattern Maker on October 6, 2026.

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