WowPaint vs Vector Curve
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Seamless pattern creation
- Wrapped painting mode
- Fingertip stroke size adjustment
- Live parameter changes
- Multiple layers
- Photo tracing mode (Pro)
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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) •
Vector Curve
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Vector Curve is a vector drawing workspace for illustration and design on iPhone and iPad. Sketch freely with pen and brush tools, edit paths and shapes, organize layers, and export files ready for social, print, and production. DRAW WITH PRECISION • Pen, brush, eraser, and shape tools (line, rectangle, circle, triangle) • Classic, taper, end-taper, and jitter brushes with pressure and smoothing • Custom brush presets, path points, and simplify for clean vectors • Premium tools: Blob Brush, Art Brush, Polyline, and Bézier Path DESIGN LIKE A PRO ILLUSTRATOR • Layers with lock, opacity, reorder, and blend modes • Symmetry modes: horizontal, vertical, quadral, and radial • Grid and snap for aligned layouts • Boolean pathfinder: combine, minus front, intersect, exclude, divide • Draw Inside This Shape and Fill Shape with Elements • Shape library, image import, and SVG import • Group, ungroup, break apart, and copy/paste across layers and projects EXPORT FOR REAL WORK • JPEG and PNG for everyday sharing • Premium: hi-res PNG (up to 3600px), SVG with or without background, and layered ZIP for Photoshop-friendly workflows • Canvas presets for square, landscape, portrait, Instagram, A4, Letter, or custom sizes STAY ORGANIZED • Document gallery with autosave and continue last session • Share selected elements as reusable design snippets PREMIUM Unlock advanced drawing tools, unlimited gallery saves, and high-resolution export formats. Choose weekly, monthly, or lifetime. Restore purchases anytime. Whether you create illustrations, motifs, social graphics, or print-ready artwork, Vector Curve gives you a focused vector workflow in your pocket. Privacy Policy: https://sites.google.com/view/vectorcurveprivacypolicy/ Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Additional Terms: https://sites.google.com/view/vectorcurvetermsofuse/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Vector Curve at weekly against WowPaint's every 2 months. WowPaint's advantage is device support (4 vs 2) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 17.6). On price, 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
Both are free to download. WowPaint sells 6 one-off in-app purchases and Vector Curve sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
WowPaint ships an update every 2 months, Vector Curve weekly. The most recent releases landed on August 20, 2026 and September 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | WowPaint | Vector Curve |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (119 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 75.9% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 119 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 22 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Norbyte | Cengiz Bodur |
In-app purchases
WowPaint
- 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
Vector Curve
- Premium Pro Weekly$0.997 Days
- Pro Premium Monthly$1.991 Month
- Premium Pro Lifetime$17.99








