HEAVYPAINT vs Wandfunke
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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/
Wandfunke
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Most wallpaper apps hand you a folder of images someone else already used. Wandfunke makes yours on the spot. You tap Generate, and your iPhone paints something new. Soft silk one minute, neon noir the next. Twelve little art engines, each with its own mood. It runs on your phone. No signup. No upload. No “please wait while we render in the cloud.” What you can do • Swipe between engines until something clicks • Generate again when you want a fresh seed • Nudge the look with a few simple controls • Tap the image to see it as Lock Screen or Home Screen • Save the keepers to your Library and Photos Sizes for iPhone, iPhone SE, iPad, and landscape. Exports are sharp enough for a real wallpaper, not a blurry preview. New engines open up as you keep creating. Start with Caustic. Earn Nebula, Silk, Streak, Orbit, Marble, and the rest by making art, not by watching ads. If you want a Lock Screen that feels like it belongs to you, this is it.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Wandfunke at none against HEAVYPAINT's 3. HEAVYPAINT's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.6). On price, update cadence 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. HEAVYPAINT sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Wandfunke asks for nothing beyond the download.
HEAVYPAINT ships an update every 5 weeks, Wandfunke every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | HEAVYPAINT | Wandfunke |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (66 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 57.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 66 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 37 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | HEAVYPOLY, Inc. | TIBOR CZEKAY |
Bugs and 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
Wandfunke
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
HEAVYPAINT
- Gallery Sync Monthly7 Days trial$2.991 Month
- Gallery Sync Yearly$19.991 Year
- Unlock Full Version$9.99
Wandfunke
No in-app purchases









