Tappy Paint vs Marea Grid
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side β with what reviewers say about each.
Tappy Paint
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Tappy Paint is a calm, ad-free coloring app with 1,100+ offline pages, tap-to-fill coloring, and a bead studio that turns pictures into fuse bead patterns. Choose a curated coloring page, pick a color, and tap a closed area to fill it neatly. You can also use a brush, crayon, and eraser when you want a more hands-on drawing moment. New: the bead studio Every coloring page comes with a bead pattern in three board sizes, 29Γ29, 50Γ50, and 70Γ70, made for standard 5 mm fuse beads. Follow the pattern bead by bead on the pegboard, or recolor it cell by cell in free edit. Then check the bead list to see which colors you need and how many, and export the pattern as PNG or PDF. Turn any picture into beads Pick a photo from Photos, take one with the camera, or use a picture you already colored. Crop it, remove a plain background, choose a board size, and it becomes a bead pattern in seconds. Colors are matched to real bead color codes, so shopping for beads is easy. Built for simple, private creativity: β’ 1,100+ curated coloring pages across animals, vehicles, food, nature, shapes, patterns, and more β’ 1,100+ matching bead patterns, each in 29Γ29, 50Γ50, and 70Γ70 β’ Tap-to-fill coloring plus brush, crayon, and eraser tools β’ Guided and free-edit beading with place, run, and eraser tools, and a touch-and-hold preview of the finished board β’ Bead list with color codes, bead counts, and finished size β’ Photo, camera, and artwork import for your own bead patterns β’ Favorites, boards in progress, and My Art for finished pictures and boards β’ Bead milestones in your profile β’ Works offline with bundled artwork and patterns β’ No ads, no accounts, no social feed, and no third-party tracking Lifetime Pro unlocks every collection and bead pattern, 70Γ70 imports, Fill All, and future Pro pages with a one-time purchase. Made for anyone who wants a quiet, private creative space on the device.
Marea Grid
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Marea Grid β Your visual space for ideas Capture inspiration the moment it appears. Marea Grid is an elegant moodboard app designed to organize ideas, references and creative thinking in one beautiful place. Collect everything that inspires youβfrom photos and notes to sketches, web links and color palettesβand arrange it naturally on a flexible canvas. Whether you're planning a design project, building a brand identity, decorating a room, organizing travel ideas or simply collecting inspiration, Marea Grid helps you keep everything together. Features β’ Create beautiful moodboards with an intuitive visual layout β’ Add photos from your gallery or camera β’ Write rich text notes with formatting options β’ Draw quick sketches directly on your board β’ Save and preview web links with rich metadata β’ Build color palettes with customizable swatches β’ Rearrange everything freely with smooth drag & drop β’ Export your boards as images, stories, carousels or HTML pages β’ AI-powered inspiration to help start new moodboards β’ Clean, elegant interface focused on creativity Designed for creativity Marea Grid combines powerful organization with a calm, distraction-free experience. Every detail is crafted to let your ideas stay in focus. No subscriptions. No ads. Just your creativity.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Marea Grid at none against Tappy Paint's 1. Tappy Paint's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs fortnightly). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Tappy Paint sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Marea Grid asks for nothing beyond the download.
Tappy Paint ships an update every 2 days, Marea Grid fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Tappy Paint | Marea Grid |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 2 days β better | Fortnightly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No β better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 β better | 18.2 |
| Further details β not scored | ||
| Size | 107 MB | 46 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | εδΊ¬ιͺθ―η§ζζιε ¬εΈ | Nikita Titov |
In-app purchases
Tappy Paint
- Tappy Paint Pro Lifetime$0.99
Marea Grid
No in-app purchases









