Best Realistic Painting Apps &amp; Games

4.6😐(4K ratings)

FreeIn-App Purchases

This powerful app offers advanced drawing, painting, and photo editing tools for creative professionals and enthusiasts. It features a robust engine, flexible layer system, and an advanced brush engine for realistic strokes. Users can also create animations and import/export various image formats.

What We Love

🚀 Powerful and feature-rich
👍 Familiar Photoshop-like interface
💡 Supports Photoshop brushes
🎨 Excellent brush engine and painting experience
🔍 Robust selection and adjustment tools
🌐 Cloud storage and syncing
💰 Good value for the price

Room to Improve

🐛 Crashes and freezes
🤔 Steep learning curve
🔀 Confusing UI and navigation
🖌️ Inconsistent palm rejection and input issues
💾 Unreliable saving and file management
🔒 Paywall for basic features

Adobe Fresco: Draw & Paint App by Adobe Inc.

Painting and Animation Studio

Strong Contender

4.7😐(61K ratings)

FreeIn-App Purchases

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This free digital art app lets you draw and paint with a vast array of brushes, including live, pixel, and vector options. Create animations with motion paths and frame-by-frame tools, and enhance your workflow with symmetry guides and layer support. Seamlessly integrate with other Adobe creative tools.

What We Love

🎨 Great art tools
💻 Seamless integration with Creative Cloud
🎨 Realistic watercolor and oil brushes
🎨 Variety of vector brushes
👍 Accessible for beginners
🎨 Smooth drawing experience with Apple Pencil

Room to Improve

💰 Expensive subscription model
🐛 Frequent crashes and stability issues
🔍 Limited file import/export options
🔍 Clunky UI and navigation
🔍 Lacking key features like perspective grids
🔋 High storage and battery consumption

I Can Paint by Coco Play

Painting Bucket DIY Color Art

Worth Considering

April - Oil Painting by Number

4.6😐(113K ratings)

FreeAds

Unleash your inner artist with this digital painting application. Explore a variety of colors and tools to create unique artwork. Perfect for casual creativity and artistic exploration.

What We Love

🎨 Satisfying painting experience
👍 Relaxing and calming gameplay
💡 Potential for creative freedom
🎨 Ability to customize colors and canvases

Room to Improve

🤬 Excessive advertisements
🔁 Repetitive and limited gameplay
🔧 Bugs and glitches affecting user experience
🔒 Lack of save/gallery feature for paintings

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Realistic oil and watercolor simulationLayer support with blend modesImport and trace images

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Realistic diamond sparkle effectInteractive finger or Apple Pencil paintingColor highlighting for easy placement

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Visualize miniature paint schemes and receive expert guidance before you paint. This app helps hobbyists plan their projects, test colors, and generate custom painting guides to achieve professional results.

Test your artistic skills by replicating colorful paintings against the clock. Compete with others to achieve the most accurate copy and unlock new challenges. It's a race against time to become the ultimate painter.

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ColorPlanet® Oil Painting game

Color by Number game

Color by numbers systemVariety of beautiful picturesNew pictures added daily

Unleash your inner artist with this relaxing color-by-number game. Transform black and white images into vibrant masterpieces using intuitive controls and beautiful color palettes. Enjoy a calming and creative experience with daily new artwork across various themes.

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draw anything you want

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