Colorfy is a popular tap-to-color app with more than 1,000 pictures, from mandalas to famous paintings. Paint Alive also lets you tap to fill, but adds real crayon texture, painting that stays inside the lines and palettes made for each canvas, without ads. Here is how they compare.
How do Paint Alive and Colorfy compare?
| Paint Alive | Colorfy | |
|---|---|---|
| Library | 250+ original canvases | 1,000+ pictures, including mandalas, florals, animals and famous paintings |
| How you color | Tap to fill or paint freely with crayon, pencil, marker, watercolor and airbrush | Tap to color with a palette and several brush types |
| Color help | Several palettes made for each canvas, and an optional color guide | Selectable palettes |
| Extras | Detail filters, time-lapse videos, high-resolution export | Draw-a-mandala mode, AR gallery, upload your own drawings |
| Ads | None | Contains advertising |
| App Store rating | Too new to show a rating yet | 4.7 from 327K ratings |
Sources: the US App Store listings for Colorfy and Paint Alive, checked on October 24, 2026. Colorfy lists several Colorfy Plus plans; Paint Alive is $7.99 a week, $15.99 a month or $39.99 a year in the US.
Where is Colorfy stronger?
- More pictures, including famous paintings.
- Extra modes such as drawing your own mandala and an AR gallery.
- Uploading your own drawings to color, and a large community.
- Works offline, according to its listing.
Where is Paint Alive different?
- Texture instead of flat color. Every stroke carries crayon or pencil grain.
- More than tap to fill. Paint freely with brushes that never cross the lines, or fill a shape in one tap.
- Palettes chosen for each canvas, previewed on the artwork before you begin.
- No ads, and no third-party advertising inside the app.
Which should you choose?
Choose Colorfy if you want a large library of quick tap-to-color pictures and extra modes.
Choose Paint Alive if you want an ad-free studio where each canvas feels like crayon on paper.
Every Paint Alive canvas is also a free printable coloring page.
Colorfy is a trademark of its owner. Paint Alive is not affiliated with Colorfy or Wildlife Studios.