Comparison

Painter vs Pixel Painter Pro

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

Head to head
About

Painter

Features
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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.

About

Pixel Painter Pro

Features
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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

Screenshots

Painter4 screens
Pixel Painter Pro4 screens

Verdict

The call

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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

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.

Scorecard3 real differences · 3 level
Painter versus Pixel Painter Pro: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPainterPixel Painter Pro
Price$2.99$1.99 — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 months — betterEvery 79 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.611.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size60 MB15 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJessica Tunnicliffe泽进 邱

In-app purchases

None

Painter

No in-app purchases

None

Pixel Painter Pro

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Painter free?
Painter costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Pixel Painter Pro free?
Pixel Painter Pro costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Painter or Pixel Painter Pro have ads?
Neither Painter nor Pixel Painter Pro shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Painter or Pixel Painter Pro?
Painter ships an update every 5 months, and Pixel Painter Pro every 79 months. Most recently, Painter was updated on November 6, 2026 and Pixel Painter Pro on November 2, 2026.

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