Comparison

Liquid Canvas vs Canvas TV Pics

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

Head to head
About

Liquid Canvas

Transform your TV into a dynamic art gallery with a vast collection of digital art, including animations and personal media. Create custom playlists to set the mood for any occasion and share media with loved ones.

Highlights
  • Streaming digital art service
  • Curated art collections
  • Animated paintings and photographs
  • Personal photo and video uploads
  • Custom playlist creation
  • Share media with family and friends
Features
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Liquid Canvas is a streaming art service for TVs - unique digital art for televisions. With Liquid Canvas, you can turn any TV into a work of art and transform any room into an art gallery. Create custom playlists from curated art collections and a gallery of more than 6,000 pieces of art, including animated paintings and photographs. With kids birthday animations, holiday animations, rotating inspirational and spiritual quotes, Liquid Canvas turns your TV into the ultimate home decor element. Curate the mood for any room or any event. You can also upload personal pictures and videos and turn your TV into a connected picture frame, sharing personal media with the TVs of family members and friends. Liquid Canvas is the ultimate way to stay connected to loved ones. Once a TV is connected and a playlist is created, then it´s easy to push the playlist to any TV, transforming your TV from a big, boring black screen on the wall, into a vibrant focal point for any room Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Canvas TV Pics

Transform your photos and artwork into stunning digital displays for your TV. This app formats, frames, and mats your images, adding realistic shadows and captions. Easily share your creations to Google Photos for seamless viewing on compatible smart TVs.

Highlights
  • Automatic image formatting and sizing
  • Add 'soft' frames for a framed art look
  • Apply mats of varying sizes and colors
  • Add captions with location and date
  • Realistic shadow and highlight effects
  • Side-by-side portrait layouts
  • Upload to Google Photos
Features
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Display your photos and artwork beautifully on your Hisense CanvasTV or any TV that runs on Google TV. The CanvasTV is a great way to display artwork on your wall. This app helps you format, frame, mat, and sign your images so they look their best on your CanvasTV. - Images are automatically formatted and sized perfectly. - A "soft" frame can be added to make it look like framed art. - One or more mats of varying sizes can be added. - Mat colors are recommended by analyzing the colors in your image or you can pick any possible color. - Captions can be added onto a pic (like a painter's signature in the corner). Location and date info is automatically read from photos when available to generate suggested captions. - Set the direction of the main light source in your room to add realistic shadows and highlights to your mat and frame. - Two portrait pics can be framed and matted side by side for a beautiful layout. - This app uploads your beautiful pics to an album in your Google Photos account so displaying them on your CanvasTV (which uses Google TV) is a breeze. All the features of this app are available for free. There is an in-app purchase to remove the small ads that appear at the bottom of the screen, but that purchase is optional and does not impact any features in the app. ------------------------------------------ "Hisense CanvasTV" is a copyright of Hisense Inc. This app is not affiliated with Hisense.

Screenshots

Liquid Canvas4 screens
Canvas TV Pics4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Liquid Canvas at none against Canvas TV Pics's shown. Liquid Canvas also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.6). Canvas TV Pics's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 85%). On price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence 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. Liquid Canvas sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and Canvas TV Pics sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.4 for Liquid Canvas against 4.5 for Canvas TV Pics. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 14 and 6 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 85% of Liquid Canvas's written reviews are positive against 100% of Canvas TV Pics's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and August 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Liquid Canvas versus Canvas TV Pics: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLiquid CanvasCanvas TV Pics
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (14 ratings)4.5 (6 ratings) — better
Positive reviews84.6% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings14 — better6
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 2 weeks
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size161 MB20 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBrian FitzgeraldJon Barry

Customer experience

Liquid Canvas

All ratings14 ratings
Positive85.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative14.3%
Written reviews13 reviews
Positive84.6%
Neutral0.0%
Negative15.4%

Canvas TV Pics

All ratings6 ratings
Positive83.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative16.7%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Liquid Canvas

Subscriptions10
  • Buy Additional Content Storage3 variants$0.991 Month
  • Buy Additional Donwload Add-on7 variants$1.991 Month
  • Buy Additional TVs Add-on3 variants$1.991 Month
Show 7 more
  • 10x 30GB Download Add-ons$1.991 Month
  • Basic Package Monthly1 Month trial3 variants$2.991 Month
  • Basic Package$2.991 Month
  • Premium Package Monthly1 Month trial3 variants$4.991 Month
  • Premium Package$4.991 Month
  • Yearly Premium Package7 Days trial$49.991 Year
  • Yearly Premium Package$49.991 Year
1 purchases

Canvas TV Pics

One-time1
  • Remove ads for 1 year$3.99

Questions

Is Liquid Canvas free?
Liquid Canvas is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Canvas TV Pics free?
Canvas TV Pics is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Liquid Canvas or Canvas TV Pics?
Canvas TV Pics is rated higher. Liquid Canvas averages 4.4 out of 5 from 14 ratings, while Canvas TV Pics averages 4.5 from 6 ratings.
Do Liquid Canvas or Canvas TV Pics have ads?
Canvas TV Pics shows ads; Liquid Canvas does not.
Which is updated more often, Liquid Canvas or Canvas TV Pics?
Liquid Canvas ships an update every 2 weeks, and Canvas TV Pics every 2 weeks. Most recently, Liquid Canvas was updated on September 23, 2026 and Canvas TV Pics on August 2, 2026.

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