Pointillist vs Weave for Messenger
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Pointillist
Transform your photos into pointillist art in seconds. Select an image from your device or camera, and the app will render it into a unique dot-patterned masterpiece. Adjust and share your creations easily.
- Photo to pointillism conversion
- Select photos from album or camera
- Zoom in/out to view artwork
- Adjust painting to taste
- Save, mail, print, and share creations
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As you may know, pointillism is a form of painting developed in the late 19th century branching from Impressionism, in which small dots are applied in patterns to form a picture. And a pointillist, who paints with pointillism, usually needs to spend months to paint the hundreds of thousands of tiny dots. But now with the Pointillist, you can "paint" your photo into a work of pointillism art just in seconds. With it, you can select a photo from the album or the camera, and the Pointillist will render the photo into pointillism for you. Zoom in/out to view your artwork and adjust the painting according to your flavor. When finished, you can save, mail, print, or share your masterpiece on Facebook and Twitter. Make your iPhone/iPad a pointillism art master!
Weave for Messenger
Create unique, hand-drawn, self-dissolving video animations to share with friends. Watch your drawings come to life in a time-lapse video format. Express your creativity and connect with others in a fun, visual way.
- Hand-drawn video animations
- Self-dissolving effect
- Time-lapse video playback
- Shareable across platforms
- Creative expression tool
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* Featured on ANTYapps.pl with 5/5 stars rating (Jun 2015) Explore your creativity in a whole new way with Weave for Messenger! Create beautiful hand-drawn self-dissolving video animations and share with people you care about. Your friends, colleagues or relatives will be amused watching how exactly you've been drawing it. Your animations will be sent as videos, meaning that they could be viewed on any platform supported by Messenger. No need to install the app to view a message! Become closer by revealing your imagination expression techniques! Download the app and have fun! Weave for Messenger is free, simple to use and extremely assistive! Please support us by downloading the app, more awesome features are coming up in updates! Video preview soundtrack: 'Change' by My Monthly Date
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Weave for Messenger at Free against Pointillist's $0.99. Weave for Messenger also leads on rating (4.2 vs 3.2) and update cadence (every 9 days vs every 7 months). On ratings volume, ads, in-app purchases 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
Weave for Messenger is free to download; Pointillist costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Weave for Messenger holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 3.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 13 and 5 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 63% of Pointillist's written reviews are positive against 88% of Weave for Messenger's.
Pointillist ships an update every 7 months, Weave for Messenger every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Pointillist | Weave for Messenger |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 3.2 (13 ratings) | 4.2 (5 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 62.8% of reviews | 87.5% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 13 — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months | Every 9 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 8.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 15 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 志明 丁 | Roman Shevtsov |
Customer experience
Pointillist
Weave for Messenger
In-app purchases
Pointillist
No in-app purchases
Weave for Messenger
No in-app purchases
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