Tappy Paint vs Dottie
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.
Dottie
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Dottie is a pixel art editor for game sprites, small illustrations and short animations. Start from a template, change the colors and make it your own. START WITH A TEMPLATE Choose from 6 original pixel art templates. A short creation guide takes you through choosing a color, drawing and exporting a PNG. Templates and the guide work within the free limits. DRAW AND REFINE Use pencils, fill, shapes and dithering. Keep colors consistent with palettes, then move, copy, flip or rotate a selection. Symmetry and zoom help with the finishing touches. ADD LAYERS AND MOTION Edit backgrounds and characters on separate layers. Duplicate frames, make small changes and play your animation. Onion skin shows the previous frame as a guide. WORK FROM A REFERENCE Import an image and adjust its position, size and rotation. Assign reference images to individual frames to guide poses and compositions. BACK UP AND RESTORE YOUR PROJECTS Back up all projects or just selected ones to a file, then restore them on another device. Review the contents before restoring; existing artwork is kept. Basic backup and restore are free. This is manual file transfer, not automatic cloud sync. Premium purchases are restored separately through the store where you purchased them. EXPORT YOUR ART Export PNG images and editable project files. Premium also includes animated GIF, PNG sequence, sprite sheet and tile image exports. WHAT CAN I MAKE FOR FREE? Create up to 5 projects, with canvases up to 64 Γ 64 pixels, 3 layers per frame and 3 frames. The free version displays ads. WHEN YOU NEED MORE ROOM Premium is a one-time purchase that removes ads and expands project, canvas, layer and frame limits, plus export options. You can also complete a rewarded ad to try Premium for 24 hours. Purchases and rewarded ads require an internet connection. Device memory and other limits still apply to project size. No account registration is required. Artwork is saved on your device. Keep a backup file of important projects outside the app. Advertising and purchases use external services. Available in English, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese and Spanish.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Tappy Paint at none against Dottie's shown. Tappy Paint also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 3 weeks). Dottie's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Tappy Paint sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Dottie 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, Dottie every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Tappy Paint | Dottie |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 2 days β better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No β better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod β better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 15.0 β better |
| Further details β not scored | ||
| Size | 107 MB | 31 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | εδΊ¬ιͺθ―η§ζζιε ¬εΈ | Hiroyuki Yamamoto |
In-app purchases
Tappy Paint
- Tappy Paint Pro Lifetime$0.99
Dottie
- Dottie Premium$3.99









