I love coloring apps, and I’ll start off by saying that PaintColor uses colors that are a lot more lively and vibrant than others of its kind. I love it! That being said, it’s definitely got its shortcomings.
The paintings, for one thing, are very limited; I understand limiting some content to subscription status because you need to incentivize subscribing, but it feels like every other painting or theme (every theme, actually) needs you to pay.
If you don’t have to pay, then you have to watch an ad. That’s expected because they need to make their profits somehow, but the sheer numbers of ads is ridiculous. There’s a lightbulb icon that feels like it’s constantly flying around the top of the screen, and if you touch it either by accident or in an effort to get rid of it, you’re forced to watch an ad: ads that are, in my experience, the full 30 seconds and unskippable. You don’t even get a hint for watching it; you need to view 5 of these ads before you get any reward.
PaintColor also interrupts you every few minutes in coloring mode to “give your eyes a rest.” In other words, they stop you and make you watch, you guessed it, another ad. It really breaks the immersion, and it’s honestly annoying. I was less stressed before I started coloring than after.
Long story short, if you don’t plan on paying to get rid of the ads or subscribing to one of their plans, PaintColor isn’t worth the download. Keep looking.