ColorHints Mosaic vs DiamondPaintCreator
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ColorHints Mosaic
Transform your photos into pixelated mosaics with customizable tile shapes, colors, and aspect ratios. Perfect for creating patterns for crafts like quilting, cross-stitch, or even Minecraft art. Share, save, or print your creations in large poster sizes.
- Photo to mosaic conversion
- Customizable tile shape and count
- Color limiting and editing
- Save, share, or print mosaics
- Large poster printing up to 200"
- Pattern generation for crafts
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Color Hints Mosaic creates a mosaic or pixelated version of a photograph. The mosaic you create can be shared with others, saved, or printed. To create a mosaic, simply - take or choose a photograph - choose the tile shape, the number, and aspect ratio of the mosaic tiles - select the Mosaic tab to see the results Too many colors in the mosaic for your purposes? Just tap the “Limit” button and then adjust the slider to choose the number of colors that does suit your purposes. Or, use the Mosaic editor to choose exactly the colors you want – including using a palette to assign colors to the Mosaic. Create mosaics to use for - pixel quilt designs - pixel quilt designs - tile patterns - knitting patterns - cross-stitch patterns - beading - mosaics from glass, wood, or other media - minecraft art - posterization - student art Want to share your mosaic? Share directly from Color Hints Mosaic via social media or Air Drop, save it to iBooks as a pattern, or send it to another App, like Color Hints or QuiltSandwich (from NNN Software). Want a printed copy? Print your mosaic as poster as large as 200" (500cm) on a side. Or, print an annotated version of the mosaic complete with a table of colors.
DiamondPaintCreator
Create custom diamond painting patterns with a versatile editor. Choose from a wide range of tools, including color selection, stamps, borders, and transformation options. Convert your own images into patterns and print them with detailed instructions.
- Create custom diamond painting patterns
- Fill squares with DMC or custom colors
- Add stamps and borders
- Convert images to patterns
- Print patterns with instructions
- Undo/redo functionality
- Resize and transform patterns
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Diamond Painting Pattern Creator Comes with 4 sample diamond patterns. Download is free. To activate is $2.99. Highly recommended to use a tablet because of Diamond Painting pattern size. Create your own Diamond Painting patterns. To create Diamond Painting patterns, select Create a Diamond Paint Pattern button. The Diamond Painting Pattern Editor will appear. Fill in the squares with DMS diamond colors. You can even add your own colors if you want. To get started - Use the pencil to fill in squares to your pattern. Use the Eraser to clear filled squares from your diamond painting pattern. You also can select from over 80 stamps and borders to apply to your diamond painting pattern. Icons from left to right in the icon bar are: DMC Diamond Color icon - use to select the Diamond Drill color you want to use. Save icon - use to save your pattern. Pencil icon - use to fill in squares on your diamond painting pattern. Eraser icon - use to erase filled squares from your diamond painting pattern. Stamps icon - selectable little stamps (little diamond pattern designs) to add to your diamond painting pattern. Borders icon - selectable borders to add to your pattern. Borders automatically wrap around your diamond painting pattern. Dropper icon - lets you extract a color from your pattern and add more of that color to your diamond painting pattern. Bucket icon - use to fill selected area with the currently selected color. Bucket+ icon - used to replace a color with the currently selected color. Undo icon - undo each last change you made to your diamond painting pattern. Redo icon - redo each change you undid. Cut icon - remove select area of your diamond painting pattern. Copy icon - copy selected area of your diamond painting pattern. Paste icon - paste copied area to your pattern. Rotate - rotated selection of pattern or whole pattern. Flip right/left - flip selection of your pattern. Flip top/bottom - flip selection of your pattern. Resize icon - change the number of rows/cols of your diamond painting pattern. Zoom in icon - magnify your diamond painting pattern. Zoom out icon - minify your diamond painting pattern. Zoom 1:1 - zoom pattern to Diamond drill actual size. Symbols icon - display a unique symbol on each color to indicate its color value. Picture icon - select a picture from your device and convert to a pattern. Print icon - print your pattern. You will have options to create a print of your pattern and instructions using actual diamond drill sizes. Social media icon - use social media to share your pattern (email, text etc.) When you share your pattern, you will have options to create a picture of your pattern and instructions using actual diamond drill sizes. Resize bars - resize bars are display at the bottom right corner of your pattern. Drag them to resize your diamond painting pattern. Option settings - change the grid color, change diamond shapes (squares or circle), select not to display the row/column counter. Instruction page - displays the DMC Diamond colors used and finished size. Finished Product page - displays what your pattern looks like after completed.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: DiamondPaintCreator at Free against ColorHints Mosaic's $1.99. DiamondPaintCreator also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). ColorHints Mosaic's advantage is review sentiment (40% vs 0%) and in-app purchases (none vs 1). On update cadence, ads 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
DiamondPaintCreator is free to download; ColorHints Mosaic costs $1.99 up front. DiamondPaintCreator sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. ColorHints Mosaic asks for nothing beyond the download.
ColorHints Mosaic ships an update every 3 months, DiamondPaintCreator every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ColorHints Mosaic | DiamondPaintCreator |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 3.7 (3 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 40.0% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Best chart rank | #93 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 12 MB | 16 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Jim Calvin | Sand Castle Designs, Inc |
Customer experience
ColorHints Mosaic
DiamondPaintCreator
In-app purchases
ColorHints Mosaic
No in-app purchases
DiamondPaintCreator
- Diamond Paint Creator Activate$2.99
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