Comparison

Brushstroke vs Watercolor Studio

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

Head to head
About

Brushstroke

Transform your photos and videos into stunning paintings with a single touch. Edit, personalize with a signature, and share your creations on social media. High-quality canvas prints of your artwork can also be ordered and delivered directly to your home.

Highlights
  • Photo to painting transformation
  • Video to painting transformation
  • Signature personalization
  • Social media sharing
  • Canvas print ordering
  • Multiple painting styles
Features
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Turn your photos into paintings with Brushstroke. Brushstroke transforms your album photos and snaps into beautiful paintings in one touch. Edit, sign, and share your work on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook. Want your artwork printed? We've teamed up with CanvasPop to provide the best quality canvas prints available. Pick a frame and size, and you’ll have your masterpiece delivered and hanging on your wall in no time. For something extra special, try transforming your videos into incredible moving paintings at up to 4K resolution with Video Paintings. Features: • Automatically transform your photos into one of many painting styles • Load photos from your Camera Roll and other Albums • Take snaps and watch them transform instantly • Experiment with different color palettes • Adjust your painting to get just the right look • Select from a variety of canvases and surfaces • Sign your painting to personalize it • Share your art on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook • Have your art printed and shipped right to your doorstep • Transform your videos into art with Video Paintings Subscribe or purchase Brushstroke to unlock all features. For more information, visit us at www.codeorgana.com, or follow us on Twitter and Instagram @codeorgana. Find out more about CanvasPop prints and their 100% "Love it" lifetime guarantee at www.canvaspop.com. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula

About

Watercolor Studio

Transform your photos into realistic, fluid watercolors with advanced AI and intuitive tools. Customize your creations with layers, brushes, and artistic finishes for print-quality results. No artistic skill required to achieve beautiful, luminous paintings.

Highlights
  • AI-powered watercolor rendering
  • Realistic and natural paint flow
  • Customizable sliders and layers
  • Variety of brushes and washes
  • Print-quality output
  • No artistic skill required
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Watercolor Studio is an Automated Photo to Watercolor Software with Realistic and Natural Style Watercolor Studio creates fluid, liquidy, translucent watercolors with paint that flows naturally. Built on-top of an incredible rendering system that uses real-world techniques, this application does the initial work, producing a watercolor instantly, then allows you to customize your paintings using an array of Sliders, Layers, Brushes, Color Washes and Artistic finishes. The end result—print quality watercolors filled with transparent luminosity and sheer beauty. Watercolor Studio uses artificial intelligence and image recognition to render the initial watercolor then gives you the ability to create infinite variations quickly and easily. Change paintings into an ink wash, add a beautiful artistic finish, brush in details, and even spatter it with liquid spots. Control everything from details-to-shades-to-negative space-to-coloring. No artistic skill needed! The beauty of a well executed watercolor comes from the transparency of paint on paper. It also comes from the watercolors unique free flowing characteristics. Watercolor Studio makes it easy to do just this with a one-of-a kind Liquid slider. As you move it, watch as color bleeds throughout the painting for an ultra wet style. Or use the Wet Edge slider to define edges with built-up pigment and color that bleeds inward naturally. Paint Layers allows you to create beautiful and unique watercolors by stacking watercolor layers, blending color washes and texture, and brushing in details. No artistic skill needed! Every photo placed in Watercolor Studio is automatically transformed into a watercolor with full control over settings. While it’s great to have complete control over what the paint does on the paper, some of the most beautiful effects occur in the experiment process. So have fun and try not to be too careful. You will be amazed at some of the paintings you will get. Watercolor—Portrait is a wet-on-dry painting with all the characteristics of a true watercolor. Fine-tune portrait detail and shades, then smooth color using the liquid slider while keeping contours clear and color defined. Watercolor—Landscape is an abstract free flowing wet-in-wet paint style, great for landscapes. Use it to spread indiscriminate details as if saturated with water for a loose wet watercolor painting with color that bleeds together. Ink Wash renders photos into soft subtle paintings, consisting of one-to-three colors. Choose from a library of washes to create ultra inky paintings or light monotone ones. Combine with Color Washes and Outline Layers for an expressive piece filled with artistic character. Liquefy is a transparent layer used to dilute and bleed color. Use the Liquefy Layer above one or more layers then brush with a continuous motion to blend areas where needed. This subtle effect smooths areas like a true paint brush dipped in water. Color Wash blends handmade color washes and textures into the painting while retaining some or all of the original color. Use them to warm up, cool down or to dapple light and color throughout the painting with control over how much. Use render modes to combine washes with Watercolor, Ink Wash and Outline Layers for breathtaking one-of-a-kind art pieces. Spatter adds liquid spots that actually looks wet and runny. Use them to add texture, age, and bits of color throughout the painting. Canvas is the base of your painting. On this layer use settings to change the canvas style (paper). Choose between cold press, hot press or rough. Here you can also increase the pigment granulation in the watercolor and how dark or light the transparency of the color appears on the paper. • High resolution support • Print worthy output

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Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Brushstroke at Free against Watercolor Studio's $29.99. Brushstroke also leads on ratings volume (14K vs 93) and device support (3 vs 1). Watercolor Studio's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 10). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Brushstroke is free to download; Watercolor Studio costs $29.99 up front. Brushstroke sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days. Watercolor Studio asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Brushstroke against 4.8 for Watercolor Studio. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Brushstroke has 14K ratings behind it against 93, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 80% of Brushstroke's written reviews are positive against 83% of Watercolor Studio's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Brushstroke ships an update monthly, Watercolor Studio every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Brushstroke versus Watercolor Studio: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBrushstrokeWatercolor Studio
PriceFree — better$29.99
Rating4.8 (14K ratings) — better4.8 (93 ratings)
Positive reviews79.6% of reviews83.3% of reviews — better
Number of ratings14K — better93
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPad
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size127 MB371 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCode OrganaJixiPix, LLC

Customer experience

Brushstroke

All ratings14,016 ratings
Positive96.1%
Neutral2.3%
Negative1.7%
Written reviews656 reviews
Positive79.6%
Neutral4.7%
Negative15.7%

Watercolor Studio

All ratings91 ratings
Positive95.6%
Neutral2.2%
Negative2.2%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive83.3%
Neutral16.7%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Brushstroke

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Crashes when importing certain photos
  • Saved images disappear from camera roll
  • Slider controls not working as expected

Requested features

4 requests
  • More painting/filter styles
  • Ability to adjust brush size/strokes
  • Better photo organization/search
  • Improved printing quality/options

Watercolor Studio

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

7 purchases

Brushstroke

Subscriptions4
  • Brushstroke2 variants$4.997 Days
  • Brushstroke$9.991 Month
  • Brushstroke3 Days trial2 variants$29.991 Year
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  • Brushstroke3 Days trial$59.991 Year
One-time3
  • Illustration Pack$3.99
  • Video Paintings$3.99
  • Brushstroke2 variants$79.99
None

Watercolor Studio

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Brushstroke free?
Brushstroke is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Watercolor Studio free?
Watercolor Studio costs $29.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Brushstroke or Watercolor Studio?
Brushstroke is rated higher. Brushstroke averages 4.8 out of 5 from 14K ratings, while Watercolor Studio averages 4.8 from 93 ratings.
Do Brushstroke or Watercolor Studio have ads?
Neither Brushstroke nor Watercolor Studio shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Brushstroke or Watercolor Studio?
Brushstroke ships an update monthly, and Watercolor Studio every 3 weeks. Most recently, Brushstroke was updated on November 4, 2026 and Watercolor Studio on November 2, 2026.

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