Comparison

Painter vs Screen Mirroring ®

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

Screen Mirroring ®

Seamlessly mirror your phone's screen to your Smart TV with zero delay. Cast photos and videos directly from your device's camera roll. No extra hardware is required for this universal solution.

Highlights
  • Zero-delay screen mirroring
  • Cast photos and videos
  • No additional hardware needed
  • Universal TV compatibility
Features
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Mirror your phone screen or cast photos and videos to your Smart TV. Features: - Mirror your screen with zero delay to your TV or other device. - Cast photos & videos from your Camera Roll. - No additional hardware needed. - Works universally with most TV's.

Screenshots

Painter4 screens
Screen Mirroring ®1 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Screen Mirroring ® at Free against Painter's $2.99. Screen Mirroring ® also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 5 months). Painter's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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

Screen Mirroring ® 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, Screen Mirroring ® every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 17, 2026 and September 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Painter versus Screen Mirroring ®: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPainterScreen Mirroring ®
Price$2.99Free — better
Rating—3.9 (2.6K ratings) — better
Positive reviews—33.6% of reviews
Number of ratings—2.6K — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 monthsEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Ad-supported
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better13.4
Further details — not scored
Size60 MB68 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJessica TunnicliffeZap Software Studio BV

Bugs and requests

Painter

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Screen Mirroring ®

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • App crashes or freezes
  • Unable to find or connect to TV
  • Mirroring stops working after a few minutes

Requested features

3 requests
  • Improve video quality and reduce latency
  • Add support for more TV brands and models
  • Provide better stability and reduce disconnections

In-app purchases

None

Painter

No in-app purchases

None

Screen Mirroring ®

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Painter free?
Painter costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Screen Mirroring ® free?
Screen Mirroring ® is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Painter or Screen Mirroring ® have ads?
Screen Mirroring ® shows ads; Painter does not.
Which is updated more often, Painter or Screen Mirroring ®?
Painter ships an update every 5 months, and Screen Mirroring ® every 2 weeks. Most recently, Painter was updated on September 17, 2026 and Screen Mirroring ® on September 25, 2026.

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