Comparison

Spiral Painter vs Hand Tint Pro

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

Head to head
About

Spiral Painter

Create unique spiral art with a specialized brush tool. This app allows for intricate curve designs on your photos and drawings, with features like layers, custom brushes, and gradient support. Achieve impressive results quickly and easily.

Highlights
  • Spiral brush tool
  • Multiple layers
  • Customised brushes
  • Gradient support
  • Transparency support
  • Multiple undo/redo
Features
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The process of painting has never been so easy and exciting. Now, besides the usual brush you can use a spiral brush. With it you can draw such paintings, which are not reproducible by any other doodle or sketch programs! Take a look at the pictures posted above. Each of them were done in less than 2 minutes. Combining the different settings of the spiral brush with its unique features you will be able to draw millions of fancy curves that decorate you drawings and photographs. You'll be amazed with your achieved results! APP's FEATURES: - Multiple drawings; - Multiple layers; - Customised brushes; - Customised gradients for spirals and a background layer; - 3D Touch & touch force support on iPhone 6s & iPhone 6s Plus; - Transparency support; - Multiple undo / redo; etc... More help and details on the Spiral Painter App's page. If you like this App, please, rate it on the AppStore!

About

Hand Tint Pro

Transform your photos into timeless hand-painted art. Apply color with smart brushes, layers, and selective tools. Choose from various background effects and paper textures for unique creations.

Highlights
  • Smart brushes for precise coloring
  • Layering system for organized editing
  • Selective color tool
  • Multiple background effects (B&W, Luminescent, Vintage)
  • Various layer modes
  • Save projects to resume later
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Colorize your photo with Tint, Tone and Color Hand Tint Pro supplies everything you need—color palettes, paper and smart brushes—for creating beautiful and timeless hand painted photography. Like all art forms, preparing a good base for hand coloring is like stretching a canvas for painting, so every imaged placed in the app is stripped of color and transformed into a classic Black & White, a dreamy Luminescent or an aged Vintage photo we call a Background Effect. To keep your painting organized and in control, we give you Layers and a handy Selective Color tool to define areas for accurate brushing. Both features are designed to keep color where you want them. FEATURES An easy workflow with a professional layering system has modes for tint, tone, color, multiply, soft paint or paint that can be changed per layer, and a powerful color selection tool to keep brushing inside isolated areas for fast colorization and accuracy. It is important to have fun while creating beautiful photo memories so a forgiving erase brush is there to wash away mistakes occurred during the painting process. If you need to stop, not a problem! Use the save project feature and return to finish when you are ready. PHOTO EFFECTS (also known as background effects) For the base of your hand tint we transform your photo into a classic Black & White, a dreamy Luminescent or an aged Vintage—the choice is yours! Black and White—turns a photo into a classic black and white with options to adjust the RGB channels. A strength slider gradually blends the photo's original colors back in, if desired, for a variety of customized looks before the tinting process begins. Luminescent—adds dreamy brightness combined with subtle texture—that you control, as you brush on color, tint or tone Vintage—ages the photo with image toning and adds distressed paper for a beautiful and unique basis of your tinting project INCLUDES 3 Photo Effects—Black & White, Luminescent & Vintage (also known as background effects, creates the base photo layer for hand tinting) 3 Layer Styles—Colorize Layer allows the original color to be brushed back in, Paint Layer allows customizable coloring using paintbrushes and color palettes, Auto Paint Layer allows original color to be removed, and a base layer called Background Effect to change photo effects styles on-the-fly without changing the hand colored layers above it—this allows you to be creative without repainting the image. Layer Modes—on every layer feature Color, Tint, Tone, Multiply, Soft Paint and Paint modes. These modes are designed to change the look of painted or colorized areas for unique and infinite variations. RGB Sliders—found on the Background Effect allow for pro mixing of light and dark areas in the Black & White and Luminescent effects. Film Grain Slider Soften Slider 6 Paper Surface Textures 25 Color Palettes—consist of multiple swatches created for seasons, hair color, eye color and skin tones plus 2 Romantic palettes for dreamy gardens and seascapes. 36 Textures for adding an aged and worn paper effect 15 One-touch customizable Presets—create the Background Effect 3 Paint Presets—with layer styles and brush colors already in place for learning and understanding the layering process. Save Project—will save your hand tint project externally, or share projects with co-workers and friends. This feature keeps all layers and brush colors in tact. Randomize Button—automatically changes the settings on the Background Effects

Screenshots

Spiral Painter4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Spiral Painter at $3.99 against Hand Tint Pro's $19.99. Spiral Painter also leads on device support (3 vs 1). Hand Tint Pro's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 6 months). On review sentiment, ratings volume, ads and monetization model 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

Spiral Painter costs $3.99 and Hand Tint Pro $19.99 up front. Spiral Painter sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Hand Tint Pro asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Hand Tint Pro holds the better App Store score, 4.1 against 3.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 13 and 16 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 78% of Spiral Painter's written reviews are positive against 71% of Hand Tint Pro's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Spiral Painter ships an update every 6 months, Hand Tint Pro fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Spiral Painter versus Hand Tint Pro: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSpiral PainterHand Tint Pro
Price$3.99 — better$19.99
Rating3.8 (13 ratings)4.1 (16 ratings) — better
Positive reviews78.3% of reviews — better71.4% of reviews
Number of ratings1316 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 monthsFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPad
Requires iOS14.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size9 MB105 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAnatoly WeinsteinJixiPix, LLC

Customer experience

Spiral Painter

All ratings13 ratings
Positive69.2%
Neutral0.0%
Negative30.8%
Written reviews23 reviews
Positive78.3%
Neutral8.7%
Negative13.0%

Hand Tint Pro

All ratings16 ratings
Positive81.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative18.8%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive71.4%
Neutral0.0%
Negative28.6%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Spiral Painter

One-time3
  • From 3 to 5 layers$1.99
  • From 5 to 8 layers$2.99
  • From 3 to 8 layers$3.99
None

Hand Tint Pro

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Spiral Painter free?
Spiral Painter costs $3.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is Hand Tint Pro free?
Hand Tint Pro costs $19.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Spiral Painter or Hand Tint Pro?
Hand Tint Pro is rated higher. Spiral Painter averages 3.8 out of 5 from 13 ratings, while Hand Tint Pro averages 4.1 from 16 ratings.
Do Spiral Painter or Hand Tint Pro have ads?
Neither Spiral Painter nor Hand Tint Pro shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Spiral Painter or Hand Tint Pro?
Spiral Painter ships an update every 6 months, and Hand Tint Pro fortnightly. Most recently, Spiral Painter was updated on October 23, 2026 and Hand Tint Pro on October 13, 2026.

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