Comparison

Mix Paint vs PaintMixLab

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

Head to head
About

Mix Paint

This app assists artists in precisely mixing paint colors. It features a visual and photo-based color picker, an intelligent recipe generator for exact mixing ratios, and the ability to create and save custom palettes and recipes.

Highlights
  • Visual Color Picker
  • Photo Color Picker
  • Intelligent Recipe Generator
  • Custom Palettes
  • Save Recipes
  • Intuitive Interface
Features
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Mix Paint is a paint mixing companion that helps artists mix paint colors with precision. Features: • Visual Color Picker Select any color you want to match using intuitive hue and lightness controls. • Photo Color Picker Upload a photo and match a color directly from the image. • Intelligent Recipe Generator Get exact mixing ratios using colors from your palette. Our advanced algorithm calculates the optimal ratios of paint to achieve your desired color. • Create colors Explore and create color mixes by adjusting ratios of paints in your palette. • Custom Palettes Work with your actual paint colors. Create custom palettes that match the paints you have on hand, ensuring accurate mixing guidance. • Save Your Recipes Never lose a perfect color mix again. Save unlimited recipes for easy reference. • Clean, Intuitive Interface Focus on your art, not learning complicated software. Mix Paint's simple design gets out of your way and lets you create. How it works: 1. Choose a target color using the visual picker 2. Get a mixing recipe using colors from your palette 3. See the exact proportions needed for each paint 4. Save recipes for future reference Perfect for: • Oil painters • Acrylic artists • Watercolor enthusiasts • Art students • Professional artists Start mixing with confidence. Download Mix Paint today. © 2026 Gina Heidel. All rights reserved.

About

PaintMixLab

Features
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Photograph anything. Mix it with the tubes you already own. Point PaintMixLab at a photo — a landscape, a portrait, a swatch in a magazine — tap a colour, and get a recipe written in the paints on your table: up to three tubes, in whole parts. WHY THE RECIPES WORK Screens mix light. Paint mixes pigment, and the two behave nothing alike — blue and yellow light make grey, blue and yellow paint make green. PaintMixLab models how each pigment absorbs and scatters light across 38 bands of the spectrum, fitted to real painted swatches rather than guessed from a hex code. That is why a recipe comes out the colour it says it will. WHAT'S IN IT • Sample any colour from a photograph • 379 paints across 10 sets — from 14-colour beginner boxes to 93-colour artist ranges • Recipes in whole parts, with how close the match is • Blocks: the dominant colour masses of your photo, largest first, so you can block in the big shapes before the detail • Style studies after Van Gogh, Monet, Turner and other masters — simulated brushwork and palette, computed on your phone, no AI and no upload • Calibrate your own tubes: paint a swatch, photograph it, and the model adjusts to your particular paint and your particular white • Calibrations sync across your devices YOUR PHOTOS STAY ON YOUR DEVICE Colour sampling happens on your phone. Images are never uploaded — not to us, not to anyone. HONEST ABOUT ITS LIMITS A recipe is a starting point, not a guarantee. Tube batches vary, paint thickness changes a colour, and the light you paint under is not the light you photographed in. PaintMixLab gets you close enough that the last adjustment is a small one. SUBSCRIPTION PaintMixLab Pro — $2.99 per month, with the first 3 days free. The subscription renews automatically unless it is cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel it in Settings › your name › Subscriptions. Terms of use: https://paintmixlab.com/terms-of-use/ Privacy policy: https://paintmixlab.com/privacy-policy/

Screenshots

Mix Paint4 screens
PaintMixLab4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Mix Paint at none against PaintMixLab's 1. On price, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. PaintMixLab sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $2.99 per month. Mix Paint asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Mix Paint versus PaintMixLab: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMix PaintPaintMixLab
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews75.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS15.015.0.0
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB29 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGINA JAY HEIDELJason Ehleben

In-app purchases

None

Mix Paint

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

PaintMixLab

Subscriptions1
  • PaintMixLab Pro3 Days trial$2.991 Month

Questions

Is Mix Paint free?
Mix Paint is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is PaintMixLab free?
PaintMixLab is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Mix Paint or PaintMixLab have ads?
Neither Mix Paint nor PaintMixLab shows ads.

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