Comparison

Tappy Paint vs Doodle Jam

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

Head to head
About

Tappy Paint

Features
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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, 29Γ—29, 50Γ—50, and 70Γ—70, 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 29Γ—29, 50Γ—50, and 70Γ—70 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, 70Γ—70 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.

About

Doodle Jam

Features
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Doodle Jam is a playful drawing app for capturing ideas, sketching freely, and creating together on iPhone and iPad. Draw with your finger or Apple Pencil on an infinite canvas that you can move, zoom, and explore without fixed boundaries. Features: β€’ Infinite canvas with smooth pan and zoom β€’ Multiple drawing layers β€’ A variety of brushes and colors β€’ Symmetry drawing for creating balanced patterns β€’ Custom paper backgrounds, including square grids, ruled paper, rice grids, and English handwriting lines β€’ Adjustable grid size, line color, and background color β€’ Transparent canvas backgrounds β€’ Import images and continue drawing over them β€’ Real-time collaborative drawing with SharePlay β€’ Save projects locally and open them again later β€’ Export the visible canvas or all content β€’ JPG and transparent PNG image export β€’ Undo and redo support β€’ Light and dark appearance support Whether you are doodling, practicing handwriting, exploring patterns, or drawing with friends, Doodle Jam gives your ideas room to grow. Doodle Jam Pro is available as a one-time, non-consumable in-app purchase. It permanently unlocks all Doodle Jam Pro features for the Apple Account used to make the purchase. Previous eligible purchases can be restored using the Restore Purchases option in the app. Privacy Policy: https://van-soft.github.io/support/dj-privacy.html Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Tappy Paint4 screens
Doodle Jam4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Tappy Paint at every 2 days against Doodle Jam's every 2 weeks. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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

CostPrice Β· In-app purchases Β· Ads Β· Monetization

Both are free to download. Tappy Paint sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Doodle Jam sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Tappy Paint ships an update every 2 days, Doodle Jam every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference Β· 5 level
Tappy Paint versus Doodle Jam: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTappy PaintDoodle Jam
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 2 days β€” betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.017.0 β€” better
Further details β€” not scored
Size107 MB20 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperεŒ—δΊ¬ι—ͺθ―η§‘ζŠ€ζœ‰ι™ε…¬εΈGuizhou Vanilla Information Technology Co., Ltd.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Tappy Paint

One-time1
  • Tappy Paint Pro Lifetime$0.99
1 purchases

Doodle Jam

One-time1
  • Doodle Jam Pro$4.99

Questions

Is Tappy Paint free?
Tappy Paint is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Doodle Jam free?
Doodle Jam is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Tappy Paint or Doodle Jam have ads?
Neither Tappy Paint nor Doodle Jam shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Tappy Paint or Doodle Jam?
Tappy Paint ships an update every 2 days, and Doodle Jam every 2 weeks. Most recently, Tappy Paint was updated on October 28, 2026 and Doodle Jam on November 6, 2026.

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