Comparison

Mixable vs PaintMixLab

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

Head to head
About

Mixable

This app helps artists mix custom paint colors using the paints they already own. It provides precise mixing ratios for watercolor, acrylic, and oil paints, with options to pick target colors from photos or a color wheel.

Highlights
  • Build custom paint palettes
  • Mix colors from owned paints
  • Precise mixing ratios
  • Target color selection (camera, photo, color wheel)
  • Support for watercolor, acrylic, oil
  • Browse paints by pigment code
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Mix any color from the paints you actually own. Mixable is a paint mixing guide built for artists who work with watercolor, acrylic, or oil. Pick any target color — from your camera, a photo, or a color wheel — and Mixable calculates the best possible match using only the paints in your palette, with exact ratios. How it works: • Build your palette by selecting the paints you own from real product lines • Choose a target color using your camera, photo library, or color picker • Get a precise mixing recipe with exact ratios from your paints • See how close the match is with a side-by-side comparison and Delta E accuracy score Real brands, real pigments: Mixable includes paints from Winsor & Newton, Daniel Smith, Schmincke, Golden, Gamblin, Liquitex, Van Gogh, and more — each mapped to its actual pigment composition. The mixing engine uses Kubelka-Munk color theory to predict how pigments blend, the same science used in paint manufacturing. Browse by pigment: Explore paints organized by their Color Index pigment codes. See which paints across different brands share the same pigments — and understand what's actually inside your tubes. Features: • 2-paint and 3-paint mixing recipes • Pick a target color from camera, photo, or color wheel • Support for watercolor, acrylic, and oil • Mixing tips tailored to each recipe • Save and revisit your favorite recipes • Browse paints by brand or by pigment code Try Pro for 7 days: Every new install includes 7 days of Mixable Pro with no payment required and no commitment — unlimited palette size, unlimited 3-paint mixing, unlimited saved recipes, and a starter palette so you can begin mixing right away. Free tier: After your trial, continue free with a palette of up to 10 paints, unlimited 2-paint mixing recipes, and 3 free 3-paint mixes per day — no account required. Mixable Pro — $2.99/month, $29.99/year, or $69.99 once for lifetime access: Unlock unlimited palette size, unlimited 3-paint mixing, and unlimited saved recipes. Brand and product names are trademarks of their respective owners. Mixable is not affiliated with or endorsed by any paint manufacturer. Privacy Policy: https://salvabar.github.io/mixable-support/privacy Terms of Use (EULA): https://salvabar.github.io/mixable-support/terms

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

Mixable4 screens
PaintMixLab4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: PaintMixLab at 3 against Mixable's 1. On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Mixable sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and PaintMixLab sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Mixable versus PaintMixLab: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMixablePaintMixLab
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (13 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings13 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.615.0.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB29 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSalvatore BaroneJason Ehleben

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Mixable

Subscriptions2
  • Mixable Pro$2.991 Month
  • Mixable Pro$29.991 Year
One-time1
  • Mixable Pro Lifetime$69.99
1 purchases

PaintMixLab

Subscriptions1
  • PaintMixLab Pro3 Days trial$2.991 Month

Questions

Is Mixable free?
Mixable is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is PaintMixLab free?
PaintMixLab is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Mixable or PaintMixLab have ads?
Neither Mixable nor PaintMixLab shows ads.

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