PaintMagic vs Motion Flow
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side β with what reviewers say about each.
PaintMagic
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What is PaintMagic? PaintMagic turns your everyday photos into stunning, painterly masterpieces - right from your iPhone or iPad! Easily adjust paint strength, add realistic effects, and watch your images transform into artwork thatβs perfect for profile pics, postcards, wallpapers, messages, stickers, WhatsApp, and more. All the magic happens on your device - no internet needed, no data uploaded, ever. Completely FREE to use: - No ads - No In-App purchase - No subscriptions - No sign-ups - 100% private Have fun creating - and donβt forget to explore the other apps too!
Motion Flow
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Motion Flow paints with the way you hold your phone. Tilt it, and three brushes move across the canvas: one red, one green, one blue. There is nothing to press. TWO CANVASES Pigment is paint on white paper. Colours darken where they layer, and red over green gives brown, the way it does on a palette. Light is light in a dark room. Colours brighten where they cross, red over green gives yellow, and all three give white. You pick one per canvas, because each needs its own ground. THE PAINT COMES FROM THE GESTURE Move slowly and the brush leaves everything it carries. Move quickly and it leaves a trace, because the paint has not had the time to transfer. Nothing on screen controls this. Your hand does. THE BRUSHES HAVE WEIGHT Four bodies to choose from. Rigid is exactly where you point. Loaded rounds off the corners of a gesture. Heavy arrives late into a turn. The whip goes past and comes back. Blue is the heaviest of the three brushes and red the lightest, so the group opens out in a turn and closes again on the straight. You can move the three brushes apart or join them together, and they mix wherever their paint overlaps. ALSO INSIDE Three paint modes: watercolour, acrylic, oil. Save your work to Photos whenever you like. Statistics, if you enjoy knowing how far your wrist has travelled. Five languages: English, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese. Made for iPhone and iPad. No ads. No subscriptions. No tracking. No account. Nothing leaves the device. There is an optional tip. It unlocks nothing: the app is all here. Made for the pleasure of trying something out.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: PaintMagic at 16.0 against Motion Flow's 26.0. On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS
Both are free to download. PaintMagic sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Motion Flow sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
PaintMagic ships an update every 5 months, Motion Flow every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on November 12, 2026 and November 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | PaintMagic | Motion Flow |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 3 months β better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 β better | 26.0 |
| Further details β not scored | ||
| Size | 33 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Jan Nutbroek | Mercurio Solutions |
In-app purchases
PaintMagic
- 10 Frames for Paintings$1.99
Motion Flow
- Support Motion Flow$0.99









