ColorHints Mosaic vs Brick Art Instructor
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.
Brick Art Instructor
Create brick mosaic art from your own photos or provided samples. The app guides you through the building process, making it easy to transform images into unique brick artworks.
- Build brick mosaic art
- Use own pictures
- Select artwork parts
- Follow building instructions
- Includes sample pictures
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The Brick Art Instructor allows you to build your favourite picture in brick mosaic style. Choose your own picture or start with one of the samples, select which part you want to make an artwork from and use the instructions to start building.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Brick Art Instructor at Free against ColorHints Mosaic's $1.99. Brick Art Instructor also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs every 3 months) and rating (4.0 vs 3.7). ColorHints Mosaic's advantage is chart position (#86 vs unranked) and ratings volume (3 vs 1). On ads, 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
Brick Art Instructor is free to download; ColorHints Mosaic costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Brick Art Instructor holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 3.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 1 respectively.
ColorHints Mosaic ships an update every 3 months, Brick Art Instructor every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ColorHints Mosaic | Brick Art Instructor |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 3.7 (3 ratings) | 4.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 40.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Best chart rank | #86 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Mac |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 12 MB | 11 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Jim Calvin | Tobias Pott |
Customer experience
ColorHints Mosaic
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In-app purchases
ColorHints Mosaic
No in-app purchases
Brick Art Instructor
No in-app purchases
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