Painter vs Screen Mirroring ®
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 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.
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.
- Zero-delay screen mirroring
- Cast photos and videos
- No additional hardware needed
- Universal TV compatibility
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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.
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Verdict
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
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.
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.
| Parameter | Painter | Screen Mirroring ® |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | — | 3.9 (2.6K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 33.6% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 2.6K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | — | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 13.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 60 MB | 68 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Jessica Tunnicliffe | Zap 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
Painter
No in-app purchases
Screen Mirroring ®
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Painter free?
Is Screen Mirroring ® free?
Do Painter or Screen Mirroring ® have ads?
Which is updated more often, Painter or Screen Mirroring ®?
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