Painter vs Pixel Painter Pro
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Painter
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Painter Pro is a fun painting/drawing program. There are 22 functions available. Colours - Allows you to select the paintbrush colour. Emoticons/Stickers - Add stickers or emoticons with options to expand and/or rotate the image. Brush Stroke - Allows you to select the brush stroke style (solid or dash lines) and stroke thickness. Pattern Background - You can choose from 40 backgrounds. Plain Background - You can choose from 40 background colours. Pattern Brush Stroke - You can choose from 40 patterned strokes. Camera - Take a photo and use the photo as a background for your drawing. Photo Album - Select a photo from the photo album to use as a background. Gallery - Display drawings in the Gallery. Save - Save the drawing to the Gallery and/or Photo Album. Photos saved in the Gallery can be viewed in the Gallery, emailed or printed. Email - You can email the current drawing or the Gallery photos. PDF File - Create 1 PDF file of the current drawing or Gallery photos. Print - Prints the current picture or Gallery pictures to an iPhone supported printer with options to print a single or multiple copies. Slideshow - Displays the Gallery photos in a slideshow with 'Slide' or Fade' mode, manual or automatic display. Option to add music when playing slideshow. Carousel - Displays the Gallery photos in a carousel with styles like Linear, Rotary, Inverted Rotary, Cylinder, Inverted Cylinder, Coverflow, Coverflow2, Time Machine, Inverted Time Machine or Custom with horizontal or vertical display. Option to add music when running the carousel. Scroll - Scroll through Gallery Photos. Shapes - You can draw arc, line, circle, filled circle, ellipse, filled ellipse, semicircle, filled semicircle, rectangle, filled rectangle, square, filled square, diamond, filled diamond, triangle and filled triangle. Paintbrush - Revert back to paintbrush mode after you've finished drawing shapes. Undo - Undo the last stroke drawn. Redo - Redo the last stroke. Trashcan - Clear the drawing on the canvas. Help - Provides a description of each icon on the screen.
Pixel Painter Pro
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The Pixel Painter is tailored specifically for drawing small pixel graphics and learning pixel drawings. Focus on the pixels, draw their own pixel world! The main function: - Document: Create and save multiple documents - Library: Create a pixel library pattern that can be used in multiple documents - Quick Swatch: Select the color and save the current color of the pen - More quick and convenient features ... Operation guide: - Click "pen" to select the color - Click on the canvas to draw - Hold down the blank area to drag - Two-finger zoom canvas - single finger hold down the lower left corner or lower right corner, to achieve drag and draw multiple pixels
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Painter at every 5 months against Pixel Painter Pro's every 79 months. Pixel Painter Pro's advantage is price ($1.99 vs $2.99) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.6). On ads, in-app purchases 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
Painter costs $2.99 and Pixel Painter Pro $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Painter ships an update every 5 months, Pixel Painter Pro every 79 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Painter | Pixel Painter Pro |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 | $1.99 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months — better | Every 79 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 60 MB | 15 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Jessica Tunnicliffe | 泽进 邱 |
In-app purchases
Painter
No in-app purchases
Pixel Painter Pro
No in-app purchases









