Chronos Notes vs Paint by Numbers Creator
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Chronos Notes
Organize historical notes and events into a visual, chronological timeline. Create timelines for any historical period or event, navigate through them, and use tags for easy searching and filtering.
- Chronological timeline creation
- Organize notes by date
- Navigate via timeline or event list
- Tagging for easy filtering
- Search historical events
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Chronos Notes offers a way to organize historical notes into a coherent, chronological timeline. Notes can be created in any order and Chronos Notes will arrange them into a timeline for you. Want to see the first world war mapped in time and place? What about the crusades? You can create any kind of historical events; Chronos Notes will help you organize them. You can navigate using the timeline or view events directly using the event list. Attaching tags to events will help you find them easily through filtering and search.
Paint by Numbers Creator
Transform your photos into printable paint-by-numbers canvases. Export your creations as PDF, SVG, PNG, or JPG files. Simply print and paint the numbered sections with matching colors.
- Convert photos to printable canvases
- Export in PDF, SVG, PNG, JPG
- Paint numbered areas with matching colors
- Save projects for later editing
- Adjust color count and number size
- Reduce image details with blur
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This application allows you to turn any photograph to a ready to paint printable canvas. This canvas is exportable in a PDF, SVG, PNG or JPG file. Once printed on a real canvas, you just have to paint the numbered areas with the matching colors in your palette. The projects can be saved for later editing. QUICK START 1. Touch the top left button and select "Open New image". 2. The image is analyzed and should appear with the numbered areas. 3. To check the result, you can zoom with two fingers or pan with one. 4. The top right button opens the parameters panel which allows changing the number of color, the size of the numbers, etc... 5. To print the result, touch the top left button and select "Export to PDF". NOTES It is recommended to choose images with less detail as possible. Increasing the blur power helps to reduce the details in the application.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Chronos Notes at 100% against Paint by Numbers Creator's 41%. Chronos Notes also leads on rating (4.0 vs 2.5) and price ($0.99 vs $1.99). Paint by Numbers Creator's advantage is ratings volume (12 vs 1). On update cadence, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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
Chronos Notes costs $0.99 and Paint by Numbers Creator $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Chronos Notes holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 2.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Paint by Numbers Creator has 12 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Chronos Notes's written reviews are positive against 41% of Paint by Numbers Creator's.
Chronos Notes ships an update every 9 months, Paint by Numbers Creator every 10 months. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Chronos Notes | Paint by Numbers Creator |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 — better | $1.99 |
| Rating | 4.0 (1 ratings) — better | 2.5 (12 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 41.2% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 12 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 9 months — better | Every 10 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Jan-Wouter Arendsen | Regis Cosnier |
Customer experience
Chronos Notes
Paint by Numbers Creator
In-app purchases
Chronos Notes
No in-app purchases
Paint by Numbers Creator
No in-app purchases
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