Flame Painter for iPhone vs CiphAR
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Flame Painter for iPhone
This application allows users to create original artworks, light effects, and backgrounds using unique particle brushes. It offers intuitive controls for mixing colors and gradients, and enables painting over existing photos. Users can also design custom brushes and share their creations.
- Create original artworks and flame effects
- Design custom brushes with dynamic sliders
- Mix beautiful colors and gradients
- Paint over photos from gallery
- Share artworks via email and social media
- Intuitive user interface
Read full descriptionHide full description
We believe that everyone can be an artist, we just need an inspiration. That is why Flame Painter was born - a unique paint application that lets you easily create original artworks, light effects, unconventional design or beautiful backgrounds with fantastic particle brushes. Download, be inspired and have fun! • "I'm very impressed. How beautiful and brilliantly executed." - S.C. Kavassalis, painter • "It is a powerful and extremely fun creative tool." - Maura Ackley, artist • "Flame Painter is truly an unique and remarkable instrument to create the most beautiful impressionnist images." - Jean-Michel Paris, painter • "The creative possibilites are innumerable." - Michael F., photographer • "Uaaaaau!!!" - children when painting :) It is a little brother of Flame Painter for Mac OS and Windows, which is used by thousands of professional CG artists, designers, enthusiasts or children in school and we have had nothing but great feedback. "Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once we grow up." - Pablo Picasso iPhone and iPad edition not only offers a new ways of creative painting, but we designed a beautiful and intuitive user interface to enjoy and have fun with flame brushes, colors and gradients. We believe that it encourages every grown up and every child to discover and awake an artist within more easily. Flame Painter for iPhone lets you: • paint original artworks and flame effects • create your own brushes with dynamic sliders • mix beautiful colors and gradients • enjoy a beautiful app design • paint over pictures from iOS photo gallery • share your artworks by e-mail and on main social networks • have fun while unleashing your creativity Tip: Try to paint with two fingers.
CiphAR
Create and share augmented reality content like images, videos, GIFs, and messages tied to your location. Log in easily with Twitter or email to build a new world around you.
- Share images, videos, GIFs, and messages in AR
- Geolocation-based content sharing
- Log in with Twitter or email
- Create animations with brush tools
- Build and share new AR worlds
Read full descriptionHide full description
【Goal】 Create a new world. 【Features】 ・Share your images, videos or messages, gif, brush... in AR ・Log in with your twitter account or email. ・Contents related to geolocation, so you can share and see contents around here. 【Available Contents】 ・Image ・Video ・Text message ・Animation Gif ・Brush
Screenshots
Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: CiphAR at 5.0 against Flame Painter for iPhone's 4.0. CiphAR also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1). Flame Painter for iPhone's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (55 vs 2). On price, update cadence and device support 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
Both are free to download. Flame Painter for iPhone sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. CiphAR asks for nothing beyond the download.
CiphAR holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Flame Painter for iPhone has 55 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly monthly. The most recent releases landed on July 9, 2026 and June 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Flame Painter for iPhone | CiphAR |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (55 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 77.9% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 55 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Monthly |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 55 MB | 205 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Escape Motions, s.r.o | Gungnir Inc. |
Customer experience
Flame Painter for iPhone
CiphAR
In-app purchases
Flame Painter for iPhone
- Full VersionFree
CiphAR
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Flame Painter for iPhone free?
Is CiphAR free?
Which has better reviews, Flame Painter for iPhone or CiphAR?
Do Flame Painter for iPhone or CiphAR have ads?
Which is updated more often, Flame Painter for iPhone or CiphAR?
Other comparisons
