Comparison

Glow Drawings vs Chill Paint

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

Head to head
About

Glow Drawings

Easily create vibrant drawings by tapping colors and painting with your finger. Save your artistic creations directly to your device's photo library for sharing or safekeeping.

Highlights
  • Finger painting
  • Color selection
  • Save drawings
  • Intuitive interface
  • Digital art creation
Features
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Create beautiful drawings with this app! Just tap a color and paint with your finger. You can save the drawing into your photo library.

About

Chill Paint

This drawing and painting application offers a wide array of brushes and tools, with advanced Apple Pencil support for dynamic stroke customization. It features a proprietary painting engine for high-accuracy color rendering and supports layers for complex artwork creation. Users can also create seamless repeating patterns.

Highlights
  • Multiple brush types
  • Apple Pencil pressure and tilt support
  • Proprietary 128-bit color painting engine
  • Full-screen mode
  • Layer support
  • Seamless pattern editing (Pro feature)
  • Color adjustment tools
Features
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An inspiring and capable drawing/painting app for just about everyone. Tools include Standard Brush, Eraser, Serpentine Brush, Pulse Brush, Lighten, Darken, Serpentine Hue-Brush, and Confetti Brush. APPLE PENCIL SUPPORT The strokes change characteristics depending on how you use the Pencil (pressure, tilt). You can also opt to have different functionality for the Apple Pencil and your finger. Go to 'Settings' -> 'Apple Pencil', and choose from the list of modes. The most advanced mode even lets your finger have a separate tool/size/color/etc when you select with your finger instead of the Pencil. The simpler modes permanently assign a tool such as Eraser to the finger, which can be really useful! PROPRIETARY PAINTING ENGINE We have put years of research and hard work into making our own painting engine from scratch, and we continuously work to improve it. The engine uses 128-bit color and it always utilizes floating-point arithmetic for increased accuracy and a high dynamic color range. FULL SCREEN PAINTING Use a 3-finger tap or shake the device to toggle full screen mode on/off. (You can also flick the toolbar over to the opposite side.) ZOOMING AND PANNING Pinch to zoom in/out. Drag with two fingers to pan. A 2-finger tap will then reset the zoom/pan. LAYERS The app supports layers. To open the Layer Control, use the button that has what looks like a stack of papers and a small symbol (e.g. a mountain) on it. In the Layer Control, use the + button to add layers and the trash can button to delete. You can temporarily toggle a layer on/off using the switch to the right. Tap on the thumbnail to bring up a menu of layer options that includes an opacity slider. To move a layer within the stack, drag it using the handle on its right-hand side (only visible if you have more than one layer). You can also change the color of the paper, beneath the layer(s). COLOR SETS Tap once on a color to select it. Tap a second time to bring up a menu where you can change or adjust the color in a number of ways (this menu also features an Eyedropper tool if you upgrade to Pro). Swipe along the color panel to change between the different color sets. SEAMLESS PATTERN EDITING (PRO FEATURE) In addition to creating normal paintings, you can also use this app to make repeating patterns. Switching on the Pattern Edit Mode (horizontally and/or vertically) will display your painting as tiles next to each other. You're free to paint anywhere on these tiles, so you can easily create seamless patterns for use as website/desktop backgrounds, in print, or for textures in 3d modelling. Toggle this feature on/off in the Picture menu. POPUP HELP For information on what a specific button does, just press it and hold down for a couple of seconds and a short explanation will appear.

Screenshots

Glow Drawings4 screens
Chill Paint4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Glow Drawings at none against Chill Paint's 1. Glow Drawings also leads on review sentiment (78% vs 50%) and ratings volume (124 vs 10). Chill Paint's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 11 months). On price and device support 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

Both are free to download. Chill Paint sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Glow Drawings asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Chill Paint holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Glow Drawings has 124 ratings behind it against 10, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 78% of Glow Drawings's written reviews are positive against 50% of Chill Paint's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Glow Drawings ships an update every 11 months, Chill Paint every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on October 23, 2026.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
Glow Drawings versus Chill Paint: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGlow DrawingsChill Paint
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (124 ratings)4.8 (10 ratings) — better
Positive reviews77.8% of reviews — better50.0% of reviews
Number of ratings124 — better10
Update frequencyEvery 11 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationAd-supported — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.09.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB4 MB
Age rating+44+
DeveloperFBF Sistemas LTDANorbyte

Customer experience

Glow Drawings

All ratings124 ratings
Positive84.7%
Neutral4.8%
Negative10.5%
Written reviews27 reviews
Positive77.8%
Neutral0.0%
Negative22.2%

Chill Paint

All ratings9 ratings
Positive88.9%
Neutral11.1%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral50.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Glow Drawings

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Chill Paint

One-time1
  • Pro Upgrade$3.99

Questions

Is Glow Drawings free?
Glow Drawings is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Chill Paint free?
Chill Paint is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Glow Drawings or Chill Paint?
Chill Paint is rated higher. Glow Drawings averages 4.4 out of 5 from 124 ratings, while Chill Paint averages 4.8 from 10 ratings.
Do Glow Drawings or Chill Paint have ads?
Glow Drawings shows ads; Chill Paint does not.
Which is updated more often, Glow Drawings or Chill Paint?
Glow Drawings ships an update every 11 months, and Chill Paint every 3 weeks. Most recently, Glow Drawings was updated on October 23, 2026 and Chill Paint on October 23, 2026.

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