Impressionism Camera vs Artomaton
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Impressionism Camera
Transform your photos into Impressionist-style paintings with various artistic filters. Create unique artwork by repeating transformations and add your personal autograph to your creations.
- Impressionist art styles
- Photo transformation
- Customizable styles
- Autograph addition
- iOS 9.0+ compatibility
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Impressionism Now turns your photos into paintings like an Impressionism art! Choose from different styles to change your photos. You can also create your own picture by repeating the transformation. You can write your autograph! Please Note: This application is only available in iOS 9.0 and later. Please have a look at the screen shots below.
Artomaton
Transform your photos and videos into painterly artworks using artificial intelligence. Apply various art styles, textures, and effects to create unique hand-drawn animations and stylized images. Save your creative process as a video.
- AI-powered photo and video analysis
- Variety of painting materials and textures
- Save drawing process as video
- Adjustable art and canvas options
- Control line thickness, density, and stroke length
- Adjust brightness, contrast, and color randomness
- Full-screen display with touch controls
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■ Artomaton is an Artificial Intelligence Artist ■ Its AI paints and draws pictures based on photographs and videos using a variety of painting materials. Why not try making your favorite photos and videos into beautiful paintings and hand-drawn animations with Artomaton? Features ■ AI is used to analyze the photo to apply sketching or painting. ■ The texture of the oil paint and paper also appears. ■ The drawing/painting process can be saved as a video. Artwork options ■ 5 standard art tools provided. 8 add-on art tools available. ■ 11 standard canvas materials provided. 10 add-on canvas materials available. ■ Adjust the line thickness and density, stroke length, and margin size. ■ Adjust the artwork's brightness, contrast, saturation, and color randomness. ■ Choose the angle of the light on the canvas. Convenient full-screen display ■ Use touch to designating drawing point. ■ Save unfinished artwork while still in working on it.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Artomaton at 4.7 against Impressionism Camera's 4.3. Artomaton also leads on review sentiment (82% vs 57%). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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. Impressionism Camera sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and Artomaton sells 16 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Artomaton holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 381 and 451 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 57% of Impressionism Camera's written reviews are positive against 82% of Artomaton's.
Impressionism Camera ships an update every 2 months, Artomaton every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 3, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Impressionism Camera | Artomaton |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (381 ratings) | 4.7 (451 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 57.1% of reviews | 81.5% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 381 | 451 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 6 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 25 MB | 25 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Osawa Shunsuke | futurala |
Customer experience
Impressionism Camera
Artomaton
User reviews
Impressionism Camera
From 381 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Easy to use
- 🎨 Good for photo personalization
- 🖼️ Creates artistic photo styles
- 🤩 Fun to use
- 💯 Satisfied with results
Room to improve
- 🤔 Limited painterly styles
- 👎 Few styles even in premium
- 💸 Expensive premium version
- ❌ App is broken/useless for some
- 🚫 Issues with payment methods (PayPal refusal)
Artomaton
From 451 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Incredible visual effects
- 👍 Easy to use
- 💡 Unique and creative
- 🚀 Fast processing
- 👍 Versatile and customizable
Room to improve
- 🐛 Crashes and stability issues
- 💰 Subscription model for presets
- 🤔 Watercolor effect not realistic
- 🤔 Limited control over brush/canvas settings
- 🤔 Outdated UI and lack of tutorials
Bugs and requests
Impressionism Camera
Reported bugs
10 issues- App crashes during processing hi-res images
- Pen not functioning
- App closes unexpectedly
- Pointillism is broken
- Photos become unrecognizable after first use
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- App rarely works
- Stuck on loading screen for full version
- Hieroglyphs appear sometimes
- App doesn't work as expected
- Images are squashed
Requested features
3 requests- More painterly styles
- More variety of styles
- Ability to use PayPal for payments
Artomaton
Reported bugs
4 issues- Crashes when choosing high resolution/frame rate
- Photos loading in upside down or sideways
- Presets not saving properly
- Sketch filter quality degraded in recent update
Requested features
5 requests- Ability to resume/pause processing
- More customization options for brushes and canvas
- Improved resolution and output quality
- Desktop version for better workflow
- Detailed instructions and tutorials
In-app purchases
Impressionism Camera
- Premium Edition$3.99
- Treat wine for developer$9.99
Artomaton
- Add Presets$0.991 Month
- Add more presets7 Days trial$3.491 Month
- Cardboard 1$0.99
- Craft Paper 2$1.99
- Craft Paper 3$1.99
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- Craft Paper 4$1.99
- Cardboard2$1.99
- Cardboard 3$1.99
- Color Pencil$2.99
- Pastel$2.99
- Crayon$2.99
- Watercolor$2.99
- Sketch&Water$2.99
- Spray$2.99
- All Paper$6.99
- All Styles$9.99
