DynBrushes vs HEAVYPAINT
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
DynBrushes
Create photorealistic oil paintings on your device with a wide array of brushes that simulate real-world textures and stroke effects. Features a realistic paint blending algorithm and customizable canvases. Display your finished artwork in virtual scenes.
- Photorealistic oil painting creation
- Wide range of oil paint brushes
- Realistic paint blending algorithm
- Customizable canvas parameters
- Virtual scene display for artwork
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This is an oil painting software that can be used to create almost photorealistic oil paintings on a computer. It comes with a wide range of oil paint brushes that can achieve various textures and stroke effects of oil paintings. Additionally, it features a blending algorithm that simulates the mixing of physical paints. The software includes multiple canvases, allowing you to adjust various parameters such as lighting and texture according to your preferences. You can also place your artwork in virtual scenes to admire it.
HEAVYPAINT
This app offers a raw digital painting experience with unique tools for creating textured art and quick studies. It's designed for artists who embrace digital chaos and seek a streamlined, mobile art studio.
- Unique digital brushes
- Color Jitter for texture
- Fast color blocking tools
- Line Blend for gradients
- Liquify tool
- Minimalist interface
- Gallery for creations
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Raw digital painting with unique brushes & color chaos. The painter's painting app that celebrates digital chaos. HEAVYPAINT is unapologetically digital and a bit unhinged. It’s a celebration of digital impressionism. Whether you're sketching on the train, painting outdoors, or creating quick color studies, this is your pocket art studio. Unique Digital Tools Color Jitter: Unleash beautiful digital chaos and texture Fan Fill and Lasso Fill for fast color blockins, textured foliage, notan, organic shapes. Rake tool for softening up edges in a graphic way Line Blend for instant gradients Liquify to adjust proportions and shapes Built for Speed & Mobility Perfect pochade box replacement for pleinair painting. Great for quick paintings on public transit, many will finger paint on their phones. Streamlined interface.Focus on pure color and shape without digital clutter. Streamlined Experience Minimalist interface puts painting first Customizable tools that adapt to your style Strong shape design tools for bold, crisp artwork Gallery to review and organize your creations + Plein air painters who want to ditch heavy supplies + Quick color studies and concept sketches + Figure painting and gesture drawing + Artists wanting to rediscover digital painting joy + Anyone seeking a uniquely digital aesthetic HEAVYPAINT balances professional capabilities with unhinged creativity. Embrace procedural randomness / crunchiness / glitchiness that digital enables. Touch grass. Ideal for pleinair painting and quick studies This app is subject to Apple's standard EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: HEAVYPAINT at Free against DynBrushes's $7.99. HEAVYPAINT also leads on ratings volume (65 vs 1). DynBrushes's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.0) and in-app purchases (none vs 3). On ads, device support and iOS requirement 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
HEAVYPAINT is free to download; DynBrushes costs $7.99 up front. HEAVYPAINT sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. DynBrushes asks for nothing beyond the download.
DynBrushes holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: HEAVYPAINT has 65 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 78% of DynBrushes's written reviews are positive against 58% of HEAVYPAINT's.
DynBrushes ships an update every 6 days, HEAVYPAINT every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and September 26, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | DynBrushes | HEAVYPAINT |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $7.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 4.0 (65 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 77.8% of reviews — better | 58.4% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 65 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 days — better | Every 6 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Best chart rank | #191 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 238 MB | 35 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | ColorfulPhone | HEAVYPOLY, Inc. |
Customer experience
DynBrushes
HEAVYPAINT
Bugs and requests
DynBrushes
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
HEAVYPAINT
Reported bugs
3 issues- Gallery crashes
- Artwork files not saving properly
- Eyedropper tool not working as expected
Requested features
3 requests- Improved layer management
- More customization options
- Better color controls and eyedropper tool
In-app purchases
DynBrushes
No in-app purchases
HEAVYPAINT
- Gallery Sync Monthly7 Days trial$2.991 Month
- Gallery Sync Yearly$19.991 Year
- Unlock Full Version$9.99
Questions
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