Comparison

Flame Painter for iPhone vs PaintMyMinis

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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.

About

PaintMyMinis

This app helps miniature painters meticulously track their color schemes, paint mixtures, and painting progress for consistent results. Save custom recipes, manage paint collections, and plan future projects with ease.

Highlights
  • Plan project color schemes with colorwheel
  • Track painting techniques and paint mixtures
  • Share materials and techniques
  • Manage colors and create shopping lists
  • Bookmark painting status for each mini
  • Supports multiple paint ranges
Features
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Did it ever happen to you, after taking a break from one of your miniature/army painting projects that you couldn’t get a hold of the right painting order? What kind of mixtures did you create to paint that cool metal blade? What kind of inks did you use and in which order? Was it the „late summer green 123“ or „autumngras 345“ flock for the bases? With PaintMyMinis you can keep track of all these questions and keep it for future projects and expansions. It provides your tabletop army/miniature painting with consistency throughout the whole painting process. Never lose sight again of your painting order, the thereby used colors and bookmark your painting status at every mini in progress. ********* "Fantastic iPhone app to keep track of the mixes and color recipes used in your minis." - Karaikal Painting Studio (Multi Golden Demon Winner) "The perfect app for recording your color choice." - Studio Akaranseth (Multi Golden Demon Winner) ” (…) Well, PaintMyMinis is that (note)book, except that it resides on your iPhone, and it becomes your notebook on steroids, with some serious awesomesauce thrown in.” - Bill’s Raving Rant ********* Key features: - Plan your project color scheme with the integrated colorwheel* (optionally with auto color harmony) - Keep track of all your painting techniques, paint mixtures and ratios - Share your materials and techniques with your friends and the world - Keep track of your colors* and add them to an integrated shopping list - One app, all your projects, all your minis, custom materials that can be shared by your minis - Bookmarks and percentile painting process for each mini - For your convenience the Vallejo (Game Color, Model Color and Model Air)*, new and old Games Workshop Citadel* paint line, Badger Minitaire*, The Army Painter*, Scale75*, Coat d'arms*, Wargames Foundry*, PrivateerPress Formula P3* and the Reaper Master Series* paint ranges are available for download! *The color representation does not reflect real pigmented colors and is only a simulation. Be sure to test your colors and color schemes in reality before applying them to your project and decide if you like them. The colors in this app can only act as a rough guide for your real color choice. *All data seen in these screenshots is only for illustration purposes. The data has to be provided by the user himself. *All other trademarks are property of their respective owners. *Miniatures on screenshots by Corvus Belli

Screenshots

Flame Painter for iPhone4 screens
PaintMyMinis4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Flame Painter for iPhone at Free against PaintMyMinis's $3.99. Flame Painter for iPhone also leads on update cadence (monthly vs every 2 months) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 15.0). PaintMyMinis's advantage is rating (4.7 vs 4.0) and in-app purchases (none vs 1). On review sentiment, ratings volume, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Flame Painter for iPhone is free to download; PaintMyMinis costs $3.99 up front. Flame Painter for iPhone sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. PaintMyMinis asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

PaintMyMinis holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 56 and 52 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 78% of Flame Painter for iPhone's written reviews are positive against 76% of PaintMyMinis's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Flame Painter for iPhone ships an update monthly, PaintMyMinis every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
Flame Painter for iPhone versus PaintMyMinis: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFlame Painter for iPhonePaintMyMinis
PriceFree — better$3.99
Rating4.0 (56 ratings)4.7 (52 ratings) — better
Positive reviews77.9% of reviews — better75.9% of reviews
Number of ratings56 — better52
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesAd-supported — better
Best chart rank—#195 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS9.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size55 MB31 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperEscape Motions, s.r.oMarius Herzog

Customer experience

Flame Painter for iPhone

All ratings55 ratings
Positive76.4%
Neutral3.6%
Negative20.0%
Written reviews68 reviews
Positive77.9%
Neutral5.9%
Negative16.2%

PaintMyMinis

All ratings52 ratings
Positive94.2%
Neutral3.8%
Negative1.9%
Written reviews58 reviews
Positive75.9%
Neutral10.3%
Negative13.8%

Bugs and requests

Flame Painter for iPhone

Reported bugs

16 issues
  • Does not restore purchase
  • Interface too large for iPhone 14 plus
  • Menu bars don't show fully and don't work in portrait mode
  • Menus freeze
  • Tabs to switch brushes, etc. don't work
Show 11 more
  • App crashes when loading pictures into the full version
  • Cannot open or save pictures on new iOS
  • App won't save creations to photo library since iOS 11 upgrade
  • Watermarks appear on saved/sent creations after purchasing full version
  • Undo arrow does not work
  • Save, share, import, export buttons do not work
  • Background color selection issues
  • App does not run or open until upgraded for iOS 11
  • Cannot fit or crop normal images on iPhone
  • App not compatible with landscape and portrait images
  • Cannot save what is made and come back later

Requested features

27 requests
  • Update app for new iOS versions
  • Restore purchase option
  • Fix interface size for iPhone 14 plus
  • Improve menu bar display and functionality in portrait mode
  • Allow loading pictures into the full version
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  • Fix app crashes when loading pictures
  • Add ability to save creations to photo library
  • Remove watermarks from saved/sent creations
  • Update app to work with new iOS
  • Fix undo arrow
  • Fix save, share, import, export buttons
  • Fix background color selection
  • Add ability to add custom pictures
  • Improve controls and layout
  • Add layers option
  • Add force touch and Apple pencil support
  • Add more average brush options
  • Allow importing photos/art
  • Expand iPhone version to include iPad options
  • Add more 'how to' tips
  • Higher resolution exports
  • Full version to purchase
  • Improve image fitting and cropping for iPhones
  • Support landscape and portrait images
  • Allow saving progress to come back later
  • Add browns to color palette
  • More features in trial version

PaintMyMinis

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Flame Painter for iPhone

One-time1
  • Full VersionFree
None

PaintMyMinis

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Flame Painter for iPhone free?
Flame Painter for iPhone is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is PaintMyMinis free?
PaintMyMinis costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Flame Painter for iPhone or PaintMyMinis?
PaintMyMinis is rated higher. Flame Painter for iPhone averages 4.0 out of 5 from 56 ratings, while PaintMyMinis averages 4.7 from 52 ratings.
Do Flame Painter for iPhone or PaintMyMinis have ads?
Neither Flame Painter for iPhone nor PaintMyMinis shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Flame Painter for iPhone or PaintMyMinis?
Flame Painter for iPhone ships an update monthly, and PaintMyMinis every 2 months. Most recently, Flame Painter for iPhone was updated on October 22, 2026 and PaintMyMinis on October 24, 2026.

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