Paintle vs PaintMee 2
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Paintle
Enhance your photos with a variety of stickers, backgrounds, and custom text. Access all features, fonts, and remove watermarks with the full version. Requires an internet connection to use.
- Sticker collection
- Backgrounds
- Customizable messages
- Multiple fonts
- Ad-free experience (full version)
- No watermark (full version)
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Paintle is an awesome image editor! Mix your photos with: * Cool stickers from our collection that grows every day * Amazing backgrounds * Messages with awesome fonts & colors You'll have tons of fun! The FULL version includes: * ALL stickers and backgrounds * Tons of fonts * No ads * No watermark Important: This apps requires Internet connection.
PaintMee 2
Transform your photos into unique works of art with various styles and a powerful focus system. Experiment with different artistic expressions and create personalized paintings. Save your creations in high resolution or as a movie of the painting process.
- 92 tuned example styles
- Focus point system for expression
- Up to 5 focus points
- Unique results with each use
- Save painting process as movie
- 4K resolution rendering
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True Art happens when your mind is invited into a piece. When there is something intriguing, provoking, ambiguous or incomplete. Now YOU can make true art in an instant – and have fun while doing it. Your tools are STYLE and FOCUS. For a photo, choose a style and set a focus point. Moving the focus point dramatically alters the resulting painting. Use this very powerful tool to make the painting truly yours. Features • 92 carefully tuned example styles. • Styles range from oil paintings through sketches, ink splatter and wood carvings to downright craziness. • Use a powerful focus point system to control expression. • Place up to 5 focus points. • Different results every time, even for the same style. • Watch the painting take shape stroke by stroke. • Advanced users: fine tune styles to get that perfect look. • Advanced users: create your own styles and add them to the list. • Save the entire painting process as a movie. • Render and save painting in 4K resolution.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Paintle at Free against PaintMee 2's $5.99. Paintle also leads on iOS requirement (7.0 vs 15.0). PaintMee 2's advantage is ratings volume (123 vs 31). On rating, review sentiment, update cadence and ads 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
Paintle is free to download; PaintMee 2 costs $5.99 up front. Paintle sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and PaintMee 2 sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.5 for Paintle against 4.7 for PaintMee 2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 31 and 123 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 79% and 79% positive.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Paintle | PaintMee 2 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $5.99 |
| Rating | 4.5 (31 ratings) | 4.7 (123 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 79.3% of reviews — better | 78.6% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 31 | 123 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 7.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 26 MB | 51 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Moonlighting | Studio Mee |
Customer experience
Paintle
PaintMee 2
In-app purchases
Paintle
- Unlock everything! + No ads$4.99
PaintMee 2
- High Definition Export$9.99









