Comparison

Painter vs RFantasyBrushesHD

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 23 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, printed or uploaded to Facebook. Email - You can email the current drawing or the Gallery photos. PDF File - Create 1 PDF file of the current drawing or Gallery photos. Twitter - Select a photo to post and upload to Twitter. 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

RFantasyBrushesHD

This creative tool allows users to record and playback their entire painting process. It offers powerful features like adding text, real-time image effects, and a hierarchical layer system with unlimited canvas size. It's designed for painting and design enthusiasts.

Highlights
  • Record and playback painting process
  • Add text and real-time effects
  • Hierarchical layer system
  • Unlimited canvas size
  • Customizable color panel
  • Layer translation, rotation, and scaling
Features
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Creative brush is a unique tool that can play back the whole painting process. The software is powerful and supports adding text and real-time image processing effect. The brush tools are divided into pencil, marker, drawing pen, watercolor pen, oil painting brush, spray pen, etc. the user-defined interface and humanized function design are absolutely the best choice for painting design lovers. Hierarchical system: Infinite layers (even each layer of canvas is infinite size!). Create layers, delete layers, and reorder layers. Copy and clear layers. Copy and paste layers. Import images from the photo gallery. Support layer translation, rotation, scaling Support image alpha channel Unique painting engine features: Canvas unlimited size, fast, smooth, accurate painting experience. Full color panel can be customized color board, unlimited layers, Record and play it anytime, anywhere. All the painting and undo operations are recorded. Let others appreciate your creative process. Or edit again in appreciation. Powerful drawing engine to support fast, smooth and sensitive drawing needs

Screenshots

Painter4 screens
RFantasyBrushesHD4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: RFantasyBrushesHD at Free against Painter's $2.99. RFantasyBrushesHD also leads on update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 5 months) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 12.0). 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

RFantasyBrushesHD is free to download; Painter costs $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Painter ships an update every 5 months, RFantasyBrushesHD every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 17, 2026 and June 11, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
Painter versus RFantasyBrushesHD: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPainterRFantasyBrushesHD
Price$2.99Free — better
Rating—2.3 (3 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—3 — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 monthsEvery 6 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.08.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size60 MB14 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJessica Tunnicliffe深圳大地创想建筑景观规划设计有限公司

In-app purchases

None

Painter

No in-app purchases

None

RFantasyBrushesHD

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Painter free?
Painter costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is RFantasyBrushesHD free?
RFantasyBrushesHD is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Painter or RFantasyBrushesHD have ads?
Neither Painter nor RFantasyBrushesHD shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Painter or RFantasyBrushesHD?
Painter ships an update every 5 months, and RFantasyBrushesHD every 6 weeks. Most recently, Painter was updated on September 17, 2026 and RFantasyBrushesHD on June 11, 2026.

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