Chill Paint vs Paintstorm Studio Lite
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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.
Paintstorm Studio Lite
This app offers professional digital painting tools for artists of all levels. It provides extensive brush customization, stroke correction, and intuitive controls to enhance the mobile art creation experience. Discover new possibilities for digital drawing with advanced features and Apple Pencil support.
- Extensive brush customization
- Stroke post-correction
- Apple Pencil support
- Dynamic interface
- Mirror drawing
- Standard tools pack
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Paintstorm Studio is the first iOS App designed not only for simple sketches, but professional digital painting of any level, genre and technique. Paintstorm helps you to discover the magnificence and unleash the full potential of Apple Pencil and brings you to a whole new level of drawing. Creating an art masterpiece has never been so mobile. A major feature of Paintstorm Studio is the array of brushes to choose from. We did our best so that you can easily and quickly adjust the brushes suitable to your painting style. Anyone who has ever painted knows it's hard to overestimate the painting tool and the importance of all the seemingly insignificant details. We tried not to miss any of them. Our goal was to create an intuitive, simple-to-use but at the same time functionally powerful tool that brings the process of digital painting to a new level, making it as comfortable as possible. - Full control of all brush options (Incredible possibilities for brush settings) - Bristle brushes of any form and kind - Stroke post correction (You can take an action on any option. Not only on the stroke thickness) - Parameters binding to the perspective - Dynamic interface (Global interface scale, panels scale, opacity, color) - Custom panels - Full controlled mask-brush (Each brush can work as mask for other brush) - Takes underlayer's color while blending - "Close gaps" function when you fill or select - Dirty brush mode - Stroke stabilizer - Usable color mixer - Different gradient strokes - Mirror drawing - Standard tools pack (Lasso, Magic wand, Crop, Fill, Gradient and etc) - Control of the random amounts - Apple Pencil support (Pressure, Tilt, Direction) Lite version restrictions: - It is not possible to load and save psd files - A watermark is added to the picture Upgrade to the full version and get rid of the limits!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Chill Paint at 4.8 against Paintstorm Studio Lite's 4.0. Chill Paint also leads on review sentiment (50% vs 24%) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 4 months). Paintstorm Studio Lite's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ratings volume (267 vs 10). On price and ads 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
Both are free to download. Chill Paint sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Paintstorm Studio Lite asks for nothing beyond the download.
Chill Paint holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Paintstorm Studio Lite has 267 ratings behind it against 10, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of Chill Paint's written reviews are positive against 24% of Paintstorm Studio Lite's.
Chill Paint ships an update every 3 weeks, Paintstorm Studio Lite every 4 months. Both last shipped on October 23, 2026.
| Parameter | Chill Paint | Paintstorm Studio Lite |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (10 ratings) — better | 4.0 (267 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better | 24.1% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 10 | 267 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPad |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 13.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 103 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Norbyte | Sergei Komarov |
Customer experience
Chill Paint
Paintstorm Studio Lite
Bugs and requests
Chill Paint
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Paintstorm Studio Lite
Reported bugs
3 issues- App crashes when opening or switching between projects
- Brush settings and color wheel disappearing unexpectedly
- Inability to save or recover unsaved artwork
Requested features
4 requests- Remove watermark option
- Ability to import photos and images
- Better organization and customization of UI
- More intuitive brush and tool controls
In-app purchases
Chill Paint
- Pro Upgrade$3.99
Paintstorm Studio Lite
No in-app purchases
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