Comparison

HuePaint vs Art Painter (Drawing)

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

Head to head
About

HuePaint

Create digital art with realistic brushes and dynamic stroke sizes based on fingertip pressure. Offers a user-friendly interface with customizable tools and supports advanced features like layers and photo tracing.

Highlights
  • Live-calculated brushes and strokes
  • Dynamic stroke size based on fingertip pressure
  • Adjustable parameters while painting
  • Left-handed toolbar option
  • Multiple layers
  • Photo tracing mode (Pro feature)
Features
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Paint and create beautiful works of art using this app’s expressive painting tools and workflow-friendly user interface. • COLORFUL PAINTING TOOLS • HuePaint features live-calculated brushes and strokes that interact in real time with a canvas texture that is uniquely generated for each picture. • FINGERTIP = STROKE SIZE • When you paint, the app measures how much of your finger is touching the screen and changes the stroke size accordingly. Apply just the corner of your fingertip for a thin line, or the whole fingerprint area for a broad stroke. A 2nd tool assigned to your finger will still use this feature, so don’t ignore it just because you have an Apple Pencil! • LEFT-HANDED? • Just swipe the toolbar over to the other side! • PARAMETERS CAN BE CHANGED LIVE • Use any buttons or controls to change/adjust color, size, force, simultaneously while painting. • UNIVERSAL PURCHASE • If you choose to buy the Pro upgrade, this one-time in-app purchase will unlock all Pro features in the app on all available platforms (iPad-iPhone-Mac)! • METAL • The engine is based on Metal, with 128-bit color and floating-point arithmetic. • SWIFT • The app was developed entirely using Swift (earlier versions used C++). • APPLE PENCIL SUPPORT • FULL SCREEN PAINTING • • DARK MODE • LANDSCAPE • PORTRAIT • WIDE COLOR • • MULTIPLE LAYERS • PHOTO TRACING MODE (Pro feature) •

About

Art Painter (Drawing)

Create beautiful drawings and paintings with a variety of tools. Import backgrounds from your device and adjust line transparency for detailed artwork. Enjoy a fun and creative coloring experience.

Highlights
  • Drawing and painting tools
  • Import backgrounds from gallery
  • Adjustable line transparency
  • Coloring functionality
  • Smartphone and tablet support
Features
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Art Paint application. Draw your beautiful picture You can have fun painting coloring. You can import backgrounds from the gallery on your smartphone. You can change the transparency of the line.

Screenshots

HuePaint4 screens
Art Painter (Drawing)4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Art Painter (Drawing) at none against HuePaint's 6. HuePaint's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (69% vs 45%). On price, rating, update cadence 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. HuePaint sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. Art Painter (Drawing) asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for HuePaint against 4.7 for Art Painter (Drawing). That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: HuePaint has 164 ratings behind it against 10, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 69% of HuePaint's written reviews are positive against 45% of Art Painter (Drawing)'s.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

HuePaint ships an update every 2 months, Art Painter (Drawing) monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 26, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
HuePaint versus Art Painter (Drawing): the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHuePaintArt Painter (Drawing)
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (164 ratings)4.7 (10 ratings) — better
Positive reviews69.4% of reviews — better45.2% of reviews
Number of ratings164 — better10
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsMonthly — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesAd-supported — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size23 MB7 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNorbyteEONSOFT

Customer experience

HuePaint

All ratings164 ratings
Positive93.9%
Neutral1.2%
Negative4.9%
Written reviews36 reviews
Positive69.4%
Neutral11.1%
Negative19.4%

Art Painter (Drawing)

All ratings10 ratings
Positive90.0%
Neutral10.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews31 reviews
Positive45.2%
Neutral12.9%
Negative41.9%

Bugs and requests

HuePaint

Reported bugs

6 issues
  • App gets rid of work
  • Colors keep changing
  • Inability to save
  • Disappearing menu
  • Low-resolution output
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  • Super slow performance

Requested features

10 requests
  • Improve tool sizing interface
  • Improve layering feature
  • Add ability to change background design
  • Add vector graphics and text
  • Add predefined shapes and straight lines
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  • Export directly to Facebook
  • Go back to previous update's UI
  • Add paper color selection
  • Make color samples larger
  • Easier eyedropper functionality

Art Painter (Drawing)

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

6 purchases

HuePaint

One-time6
  • Tip Jar: Smallest Tip$1.00
  • Tip Jar: Small Tip$2.00
  • Tip Jar: Medium Tip$5.00
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  • Pro Upgrade$6.00
  • Tip Jar: Big Tip$10.00
  • Tip Jar: Biggest Tip$25.00
None

Art Painter (Drawing)

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is HuePaint free?
HuePaint is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Art Painter (Drawing) free?
Art Painter (Drawing) is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, HuePaint or Art Painter (Drawing)?
Art Painter (Drawing) is rated higher. HuePaint averages 4.7 out of 5 from 164 ratings, while Art Painter (Drawing) averages 4.7 from 10 ratings.
Do HuePaint or Art Painter (Drawing) have ads?
Art Painter (Drawing) shows ads; HuePaint does not.
Which is updated more often, HuePaint or Art Painter (Drawing)?
HuePaint ships an update every 2 months, and Art Painter (Drawing) monthly. Most recently, HuePaint was updated on October 20, 2026 and Art Painter (Drawing) on October 26, 2026.

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