Comparison

Mandala Maker 360 vs mioPaint

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

Head to head
About

Mandala Maker 360

Create stunning mandala art with intuitive tools. Customize symmetry, brushes, backgrounds, and even use images as a base for your designs. Explore predefined patterns and add shadows for unique effects.

Highlights
  • Customizable canvas symmetry and background
  • Multiple brush styles and color options
  • Draw with over 50 predefined images
  • Apply shadow effects
  • Select from predefined patterns
Features
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• Make beautiful and intricate mandala drawings with a few easy steps. • It has a lot of customization options, where you can change the canvas symmetry, background color, brush settings, apply shadows, and much more. • It even has some predefined patterns which you can use to draw. • You can also use images to draw a mandala and there are more than 50+ images to draw with. #--- Features ----# ◉ Canvas Customization - you can change the background color - can change the canvas center - apply center at the touch - canvas mirroring ◉ Brush Customization - multiple brushes styles - different color types - random color selection - change brush sizes and type ◉ Image Customization - 50+ images to draw with - change image size and dimensions ◉ Shadow Properties - apply random shadow - select different shadow sizes and color ◉ Patterns - select from predefined patterns - multiple patterns to draw with #---- Credits ----# Music by Aakash Gandhi: https://www.youtube.com/@88keystoeuphoria App Icon from qawi_arts: https://bit.ly/3nZCsfC Icons from: https://icons8.com/ Icons from: https://www.flaticon.com/ • Terms of Use (EULA) : https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

mioPaint

Features
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Long before our grandparents' days, Macs boasted easy-to-use image editing tools (apps) like MacPaint and SuperPaint. However, it seems that these apps have disappeared, replaced by professional apps for artists. Recently, I've found myself wanting to slightly enhance interesting images created using generative AI, but I've been struggling to find a convenient tool. That's why we developed "mioPaint." It's a "rest of us" painting tool that allows even those without artistic talent to easily edit images, including drawing, pen-based retouching, cropping, resizing, text insertion, compositing, cropping, and collages with emojis and generative AI images. It's compatible with iPad and Apple Pencil, iPhone, and Mac. Its built-in widgets allow for quick access to drawings, and keyboard shortcuts increase workflow efficiency. The app features a drawing management function with icons similar to those on the iPad home screen, allowing you to easily manage your work and completed projects. The painting features not only recreate familiar MacPaint-like tools like patterns, fills, and lasso, but also include many new tools like filters, halftone dots, and image and text stamps. Vector data drawing functions for shapes and text are integrated (like MacDraw), allowing unlimited undos while working. Images can be imported from photos, image files, emojis, Genmoji, SF Symbols, AI images generated by Image Playground, videos, and cameras. Finished works can be easily shared with other users via AirDrop. Output files are not only HEIC and JPEG, but also GIF and APNG can be created from multiple images for animation. Other interesting features include image splitting and video recording of the drawing process. While I want even young children who don't remember the old days to use this app and experience the joy of "creating something" on an iPad or iPhone, there's another purpose to developing this app. As longtime Mac programmers, we've continued to develop our products using great apps like MacPaint and SuperPaint as models. When I use recent apps, I worry that the long-standing tradition of Mac development skills and experience may be lost. While AI now allows us to instantly access information about specific features, finding the answer to such vague questions as "What do I need to pay attention to in order to develop an app that works equally well on iPhone, iPad, and Mac?" is no easy task. "mioPaint" was developed by me alone using the Apple Framework, SwiftUI, and UIKit. Using this app as a reference, I plan to explain the key considerations for developing apps for Apple devices, publishing the source code on my website. If you've tried "mioPaint" and are interested in its development process and features, please feel free to refer to project website.

Screenshots

Mandala Maker 3604 screens
mioPaint4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Mandala Maker 360 at Free against mioPaint's $2.99. Mandala Maker 360 also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.1). mioPaint's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and ads (none vs shown). On 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

Mandala Maker 360 is free to download; mioPaint costs $2.99 up front. Mandala Maker 360 sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. mioPaint asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Mandala Maker 360 ships an update every 6 weeks, mioPaint every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on August 18, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Mandala Maker 360 versus mioPaint: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMandala Maker 360mioPaint
PriceFree — better$2.99
Rating4.6 (47 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings47 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksEvery 5 weeks — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better18.1
Further details — not scored
Size22 MB19 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBhupesh SinghDream Grow, LLC

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Mandala Maker 360

Subscriptions1
  • 1 Month$0.991 Month
One-time1
  • Lifetime$3.99
None

mioPaint

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Mandala Maker 360 free?
Mandala Maker 360 is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is mioPaint free?
mioPaint costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Mandala Maker 360 or mioPaint have ads?
Mandala Maker 360 shows ads; mioPaint does not.
Which is updated more often, Mandala Maker 360 or mioPaint?
Mandala Maker 360 ships an update every 6 weeks, and mioPaint every 5 weeks. Most recently, Mandala Maker 360 was updated on August 18, 2026 and mioPaint on September 22, 2026.

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