Spiral Painter vs Phigment
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Spiral brush tool
- Multiple layers
- Customised brushes
- Gradient support
- Transparency support
- Multiple undo/redo
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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!
Phigment
Apply artistic styles to your photos using machine learning. Features include a Spirograph for doodling and AI text generation for creative fun.
- Neural network style transfer
- Spirograph doodling tool
- Machine learning text generator
- AI chatbot
- Image style manipulation
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This uses neural network to transfer image style of the original to the desired one. Added Spirograph to doodle on, and Machine Learning text generator and chat bot for fun.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Spiral Painter at 78% against Phigment's 0%. Spiral Painter also leads on ratings volume (13 vs 3). Phigment's advantage is price (Free vs $3.99) and in-app purchases (none vs 3). On 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
Phigment is free to download; Spiral Painter costs $3.99 up front. Spiral Painter sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Phigment asks for nothing beyond the download.
Phigment holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 3.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 13 and 3 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 78% of Spiral Painter's written reviews are positive against 0% of Phigment's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Spiral Painter ships an update every 6 months, Phigment monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Spiral Painter | Phigment |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $3.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 3.8 (13 ratings) | 4.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 78.3% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 13 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 15.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 9 MB | 14 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Anatoly Weinstein | Kyle Cheng |
Customer experience
Spiral Painter
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In-app purchases
Spiral Painter
- From 3 to 5 layers$1.99
- From 5 to 8 layers$2.99
- From 3 to 8 layers$3.99
Phigment
No in-app purchases
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