Hello Oil Painter vs CloudLabs What is Light?
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Hello Oil Painter
This app offers a realistic oil painting experience on your device. It simulates virtual oil paint and brushes, allowing you to mix colors on an interactive palette. Explore numerous free coloring books or purchase more from the in-app shop.
- Realistic oil paint and brush simulation
- Interactive color mixing palette
- Multiple brush styles
- Drawing sound effects
- Intuitive user interface
- Numerous free coloring books
- Coloring book shop
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'Hello Oil Painter' is an easy & fun oil painting APP. It provides realistic oil paint , brushes and more. It create the realistic drawing through simulation of virtual oil paint and brush. Especially it support 'the palette' with which you can add, mix and manipulate colors. It also support many free and IAP coloring books. We hope you can have fun with this cool App! Features - Realistic oil paint and brush - True interactive oil palette - Cool drawing sound - 5 and more style oil brushes - Intuitive user interface - Many free coloring books (20+). - Coloring books shop,
CloudLabs What is Light?
Explore the nature of light through interactive simulations. Classify natural and artificial light sources and experiment with how light interacts with various materials. This educational tool offers a hands-on approach to understanding fundamental physics concepts.
- Classify natural and artificial light sources
- Simulate light travel through materials
- Interactive educational experiments
- Understand light physics concepts
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In this simulation, it is necessary to classify, among several elements, those that generate natural light and those that generate artificial light. In addition, a test must be performed with different objects to identify the way in which light travels through different materials.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: CloudLabs What is Light? at 5.0 against Hello Oil Painter's 4.0. CloudLabs What is Light? also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 10). Hello Oil Painter's advantage is ratings volume (50 vs 1) and update cadence (every 3 months vs every 6 months). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Hello Oil Painter sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. CloudLabs What is Light? asks for nothing beyond the download.
CloudLabs What is Light? holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Hello Oil Painter has 50 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Hello Oil Painter ships an update every 3 months, CloudLabs What is Light? every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Hello Oil Painter | CloudLabs What is Light? |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (50 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 70.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 50 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months — better | Every 6 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.3 — better | 10.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 83 MB | 171 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Raysoft.co | Jiovany Orozco |
Customer experience
Hello Oil Painter
CloudLabs What is Light?
Bugs and requests
Hello Oil Painter
Reported bugs
18 issues- App crashes frequently during use
- Crashes when using undo function
- Crashes when saving paintings
- Crashes when importing photos from camera roll
- Data loss upon crash or unexpected exit
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- Palette won't clear after updates
- Undo function erases artwork
- Review button causes app to close and lose work
- Marker colors don't match paint can colors
- Black color jumps up with selected colors
- Blending knives don't work consistently
- Dry sign appears and cannot be removed
- Multicolored palette transfers as monotone
- Cannot uninstall app
- App won't open pictures from camera roll
- Full version features disappear after inactivity
- Cannot connect to App Store for updates
- Palette icon causes unwanted paint marks when selecting colors
Requested features
16 requests- Adjustable brush size options
- Finer brush tips for detailed work and eyelashes
- More color options and neutral/pastel tones
- Smudge/blending tool improvements
- Wet brush for smoothing colors on canvas
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- More flesh tones for portrait painting
- Ability to save custom palettes
- Named colors matching standard artist paints
- Textured canvas backgrounds
- Paint bucket fill feature
- Tutorial or help documentation
- Hide UI elements option
- Improved marker transparency
- Paste documents feature
- Dark umber and royal purple colors
- Linseed oil and quick-drying medium effects
CloudLabs What is Light?
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Hello Oil Painter
- Coloring Book #1$0.99
- Coloring Book #2$0.99
- Coloring Book #3$0.99
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- Coloring Book #4$0.99
- oil_cbook5$0.99
- more markerpen$0.99
- oil_floodfill$0.99
- oil_fullversion$0.99
- oil_cbook6$0.99
- oil_cbook7$0.99
CloudLabs What is Light?
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Hello Oil Painter free?
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