HEAVYPAINT vs Tayasui Sketches
HEAVYPAINT
heavypaint.comTayasui Sketches
tayasui.comSide by side
| Figure | HEAVYPAINT | Tayasui Sketches |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $1.67/mo | Free |
| Free plan | — | Yes |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | — |
| Windows | Yes | — |
| macOS | Yes | Yes |
| Linux | Yes | — |
| iOS | Yes | Yes |
| Android | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 3 | 2 |
| Spec score · Digital Painting Software | 7.9 (#18) | 7.4 (#40) |
| Spec score · Sketching Software | 8.0 (#9) | 7.4 (#15) |
| Support | The official site lists bug reports, feature requests, and support by email at [email protected]. | Users can report bugs by emailing [email protected] with a screenshot or recording and reproduction steps where possible. |
Plans
HEAVYPAINT
- Gallery Sync Monthly$2.99 a month
- Unlock Full Version$9.99, paid once
- Gallery Sync Yearly$19.99 a year
Tayasui Sketches
- Sketches FreeFree
- Sketches Pro featuresPrice not published
In their own words
HEAVYPAINT
HEAVYPAINT is a digital painting app focused on raw, digital-impressionist work. Its listed tools include Color Jitter, Fan Fill, Lasso Fill, Rake, Line Blend, and Liquify, alongside shape design and customizable tools. The interface is minimalist, and a gallery helps users review and organize creations. The app is aimed at plein air painters, artists making quick color studies or concept sketches, figure and gesture artists, and people seeking a digital aesthetic. Brush customization, layers, and pressure sensitivity are supported. HEAVYPAINT is available on the web, iOS, Android, Windows, macOS, and Linux; the homepage links to its web app and mobile store versions, while Classic desktop downloads are available for Windows, macOS, and Linux. HEAVYPAINT 3+ accounts work across devices. A free plan is listed, along with Gallery Sync Monthly at $2.99 a month, Unlock Full Version at $9.99 as a one-time purchase, and Gallery Sync Yearly at $19.99 a year. Classic remains available but receives no new features or bug fixes. Exports are pixel-based, and pixel dimensions determine print resolution.
Tayasui Sketches
Tayasui Sketches is a digital drawing app for Android, iOS, and macOS, designed to make drawing resemble work on paper. Brushes include pencil, acrylic, watercolor, airbrush, ink, and smudge, with many tools responding to Apple Pencil pressure, speed, orientation, and tilt. The app also offers color mixing, gradients, patterns, canvas rotation, guides, and an iPad sidebar. Pro features add unlimited layers, extra tool variations, an extended brush editor, wet watercolor, palettes, and extra rulers. Cloud Sync backs up drawings to iCloud and synchronizes them between devices; the FAQ says this sync cannot be disabled. Pro enables PNG and layered PSD export to other apps. On iPad, two apps can be opened together and layers or documents dragged between them. The free version costs nothing; Pro is a separate one-time purchase with no listed price. Each platform version requires a separate purchase, and drawings cannot sync across versions.