Tappy Paint vs NDOT
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.
NDOT
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NDOT is an offline-first studio for fuse-bead patterns β from drawing a design dot by dot to placing real beads against the chart, in one app. DESIGN β’ A pro-grade editor: brush, eraser, fill, eyedropper, selection, line/rectangle/ellipse, mirror, layers β’ Real color codes from six brands: Perler, Hama, Artkal, MARD, CoCo, DoDo β 900+ colors in production β’ Custom palettes: build your own from the beads you actually own β’ Text tool with bitmap fonts, CJK included β’ Photo import: auto-matched to the nearest real bead colors, optional dithering β’ 6 built-in designs, ready to edit, build, or delete BUILD β’ Build mode: row by row, tap a cell for every bead you place β never lose your spot β’ Materials counted automatically: per-color totals and what's still missing β’ Bead inventory & shopping list: know what to buy, down to a bead β’ Board splitting: large patterns paginate per physical pegboard with alignment marks EXPORT β’ PNG at print-grade resolution, with optional grid and color codes β’ Vector PDF: crisp at any zoom; color or codes-only for B&W printing; optional materials page MADE FOR IPAD β’ Three-pane workspace: canvas, colors, layers and materials on one screen β’ Apple Pencil hover preview, palm rejection, drag-and-drop import PRIVACY & PURCHASE β’ Fully offline, collects no data; iCloud sync lives in your own iCloud Drive β’ The free version designs and exports PNG; Pro is a single one-time purchase β no subscription, Family Sharing supported Brand names are used solely to describe color-code compatibility; NDOT is not affiliated with these brands.
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Verdict
Tappy Paint and NDOT are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters β price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them β neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
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 and NDOT sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Tappy Paint ships an update every 2 days, NDOT every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Tappy Paint | NDOT |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 2 days β better | Every 3 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 17.0 β better |
| Further details β not scored | ||
| Size | 107 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | εδΊ¬ιͺθ―η§ζζιε ¬εΈ | NING LI |
In-app purchases
Tappy Paint
- Tappy Paint Pro Lifetime$0.99
NDOT
- NDOT Pro$12.99








