Name: April - Oil Painting by Number
Rating: 4.69215 (25454 reviews)

User Reviews for April - Oil Painting by Number

4.69 out of 5

25.5K Ratings

6 years ago, Infinitely Whelmed

Excellent app with excellent diversity

Okay I usually don’t write reviews but this app is great. First of all, it’s the first one I found where you actually make the motions of painting instead of just tap to fill and if there are any bugs I haven’t noticed them. Second of all, I like how you can use coins to get the premium stuff at the end of a pack, and how a good 70% of the app is usable without it. I’ve seen so many where a subscription is absolutely necessary to get anything out of an app. Last but not least, DIVERSITY!!! Seriously, this is the first app I’ve seen to feature so many women of color. Usually you get mainly white women with the occasional black woman, but there are all races featured in this app. In fact most of the women ive seen aren’t white, or at least clearly white. I’ve even seen a few men, which you usually don’t see in these kinds of apps. I really appreciate that this app displays the beauty of all colors instead of just white people, because too many of these kinds of apps don’t. The only improvement I could think of would be an option to choose different pallets, especially for the landscapes. Like there’s one where it’s a mountain range primarily in shades of pink, and as pretty as it is I’d like so see it in blues or greens, but that’s honestly just nitpicking. All in all, fantastic app, completely recommend!

3 years ago, littlefox_13

Great! ❤️

This game is very calming, The premium doesn’t have ridiculous features, so you don’t HAVE to buy it for the game to work and everything works well. The controls are easy to figure out, and it’s nice how you actually get to color it in, instead of like in other apps where you just tap and the whole section is colored. Basically for me this game is incredible and worth it. Some other reviews say there are too many ads. I don’t understand this because it is a free game so of course there are gonna be some ads. And also, even if it feels like they are excessive ads, that’s not the case for every picture. Also, even if that were true, the game balances out that anyway. I like how the pictures that would normally just be premium you can actually buy with the in game coins. I love how there are so many different galleries to choose from and the pictures are very well chosen. Another thing that I like is how they make the pictures look like real life when you finish coloring them, instead of cartoons. The only thing I would like is maybe a little percentage thing around each of the colors like the circle for the total percentage done. I saw that suggestion in another comment, and I think it’s a good idea.

4 years ago, coloring lover dorever

It’s ok

So when you see that this is the app of the day you think it’s great and then read reviews most people really like it but that’s because they have the premium and I’m a kid and I don’t have a lot of money and my parents don’t pay for stuff I want so when I’m going to relax I’m not allowed to even do the daily picture!!! There’s probably even more stuff because I just got it but let me tell you the good stuff So I’ve never seen a color by number pile this so normally you just tap and that color cel is full but no this time when you tap the color cel you have a paintbrush and your getting the feeling that your actually painting. And that’s pretty much everything good to say but back to the bad stuff So when your coloring when you leave the app and come back let’s say someone calls you and you answer them when you come back you have to watch a whole bunch of ads for it to save your progress. Well since I just got it I don’t know all the things but thanks for reading this long review and I really want the developer to respond and can you put it do that you can see your finished work with the unfinished work and can you add less ads a cheaper premium like $2 a year or something and can you do challenges and last less things that need the premium thanks They responded quickly and now I know what to do

4 years ago, Veronica2311

Update to five stars

Update to my below review: first, thank you to the developer for responding so fast. I did as suggested and removed the app and reinstalled it. Hallelujah! It works like it did originally and I’m once again totally addicted. This is the best coloring app out there! I love the feeling of actually coloring and I can color for HOURS. I do still want more pictures to come out each week, but I can be patient 😉 When I first started on this app I became addicted! I couldn’t stop coloring. I got through every available picture and even started re-coloring. BUT... the app has been super laggy, not responding after several attempts on one section, and sometimes it will randomly jump to another section. When I try to move it back, it doesn’t respond. Also, new galleries only come out once a week and the number of new pictures varies. This week only one gallery is released (10 pictures). For the subscription price, all of these issues makes it not worth it. Oh and I do use the Apple Pencil and still have these issues.

4 years ago, ipod geek

Frustrating coloring book

This app is weird. I downloaded it because the App Store recommended it some time ago. Honestly, I think it's because of the $10 a month in app purchase. I think this is an art app, but it's more like a game. You randomly get stars, that you need to unlock coloring books, but only 2-4 pictures are unlocked per book. There is also another random occurrence that gives you gold coins, after watching some irritating ads. Those gold coins can be used to purchase the remaining pictures in the coloring book. But, for the monthly fee (which is insanely high) you apparently don't have these annoyances. For $120 you can buy a lot more real coloring books and art supplies (crayons, pens, pencils), especially if you go to the dollar store. I really wanted to like this app. The controls are weird, am I coloring, or scrolling? The app doesn't seem to know. Well, I guess I was near a section that needed to be filled in, so it seems to want me to do that instead of scrolling, but I wanted to be scrolling. The zoom level goes from super zoomed in (like a pixel in the painting is almost half the screen), to not quite far out. I'd like to see more on the page, but when you do that it shows you the picture with some animation, not really what I wanted. I downloaded this app to help me relax, but I think it just gets under my skin. YMMV.

2 years ago, Hanakaluna

Boy and Best Friend ( golden retriever)

I have been a loyal fan of April Coloring for a total of 5 years now. I like this site the best because the pictures are so lifelike and colors are spectacular. When my devices have been down or have needed to be replaced I literally go through withdrawal until I can get set up again. This has presented a problem for me because between device replacements and failures I have lost so many points it is so sad. I know I have painted and completed well over 300 pictures. I would love to get the credit for these so I have a better choice of art to paint. Not too long ago I was forced to move from another state due to a divorce that nearly crushed me. If it hadn’t been for my April coloring I think I would have had a complete breakdown! When they say that coloring and painting are great for relaxing, that’s an understatement!!! I had a vast gallery saved up on my iPad until a virus got into it and destroyed everything I had. I really DID cry…….. Can anyone suggest how I might regain my edge in the points department?????? 💖Happy Coloring💗💕💘💜💛💝

5 months ago, Charlotteadc

The app I didn’t know I needed!

After downloading and deleting several paint apps because they were what I expected, I came across your app and decided to read the reviews first. The review I read was five years old, but I have to tell you it made the prospect of painting by numbers and really fun. You were offering a free trial so I decided to give it a try. It was so relaxing, especially the fact that I could color in by running back-and-forth with my stylus and my iPad. I really like the fact that I could enlarge the screen as big as I needed for those little areas. It was so relaxing and I found myself doing several the same day. I downloaded it. I have been trying to get away from playing so many games because the in-app purchases always ended up going nowhere and frustrating me. I will be honest, I enjoyed it so much, I didn’t even wait for the free trial to be over before I bought the subscription! Thank you for creating this app and I wish you good luck as you continue to fine tune it and create more options!

1 year ago, Joshua dale Tinnell

Great job but needs changes

I really love this game but it really needs changes so I have finished coloring some pictures then I saw this👰🏻‍♀️🤵🏻‍♂️ marriage picture and it was gross so I was like I’m definitely about to delete this game and I didn’t really like it at all so I was about to delete it but then I saw a better game and I downloaded it so saying the merge picture looks gross so I got this pop-up that said write the game and I really did it five stars and then I was like write a review and I was like OK and I wanted to write all of this and I don’t know about you but do you like it? I think the ghost doggy is adorable, but there’s a VIP spot and I was like that’s not fair because he has way more cuter pictures so just wanted to tell you if you see a marriage picture then that’s when I saw so next I’m gonna do a Roblox review bye and sorry not bye-bye my dad is asleep so as I was saying I am about to do a Roblox review and I think I’m gonna write about the cuss words is it can say so bye bye 👋 see you later 🐊 alligators

3 years ago, Zap578

Why make it a free game?

The creators made the game free just to trick you. Right when you open the app, it asks you to buy premium. Which is a 10 dollar a month subscription. Just to be able to get all the painting right off the bat. If you don’t do premium, you are forced to do the paintings in order, want to do a pretty dessert first? Too bad, you need to do pink flowers. And even after you do a painting, you need to wait 2 hours to do the next one. But you can go to the next one instantly if you buy premium! Stupid. Have fun emptying your bank account for something digitally when you can go out and buy paint, paintbrushes, and canvases for a longer project that you can display on your walls. And you don’t need to spend 10 dollars a month for a 3 minute project. Or wait 2 hours to make another painting. And you can make any painting you can think of, instead of being limited to a few weird blocky drawings you might not even want to paint. And the paint and paintbrushes will last longer. And that stuff isn’t that expensive and you could probably buy it all at a dollar store for decent enough quality. Anyway, I hope you now have changed your mind about wasting your time and money.

5 years ago, 223cool

This app has changed my life

When I first downloaded this app, I was looking for a game to play when I’m bored and have nothing to do. I started playing and I couldn’t stop. I absolutely love this app and how much it has done for me. I always have trouble focusing and have anxiety and OCD. This app relaxes me and makes me calm. As an artist, this app has shown me how much I enjoy art and has fueled a new desire for me to paint. I can’t stress enough how helpful this app is for those who get stressed frequently. This app is always my go to when I need to take a break. This app has also helped me so much with patience. I’ve never been an impatient person, but this app has truly changed my perspective. I do yoga once a week, and always have trouble with the meditation aspect, but this app has helped me stay focused on the task. A few months ago, I wouldn’t be able to write a long review like this one. Ever since I downloaded April Coloring, I feel more self confident and accepting. I highly recommend this app to everyone, regardless of emotional stability.

4 years ago, BronwynL

Fun app, but GREAT customer service

In search of some new zenful art apps I downloaded this app yesterday, but was immediately frustrated by the fact my Apple Pencil didn’t work. While the app worked okay with my finger, there are some very fine details in the pictures that are a bit clunky with a finger, and I prefer to use my pencil with art apps anyway. I wrote to the company and within MINUTES I got a response, very kindly apologizing for the problem and asking for some more information, which I was able to provide. Today, not 24 hours later, they’ve rolled out an update that fixes the problem! They also followed up to make sure it worked for me! I’m so impressed! The app itself is well designed and easy to use, and the images are beautiful. I like coloring apps where you have your own choice of color, but sometimes I need the slightly more meditative experience of a paint by number, and this perfectly fits the bill. Also, now that the app is updated, my Apple Pencil works very well!

12 months ago, Lyonequeen

More reward…

I love this painting app. I’ve had several but I didn’t want a stupid tap coloring app. The fact that this is a swipe app sold me!! I have been a subscriber for years. That being said I love the new categories you have been releasing lately. I only wish I was at a higher level to get them. I’m level 75 or 6. It’s going to take years to get to level 300 where these new categories are! When I saw the new ones I decided to paint all day. I’m bedbound, so I have a lot of time. Even after painting all day, about 8 pictures I had only gone up 3 levels. So my request is can it be changed so the players can earn experience points at a faster rate or can it be that subscribers earn some coin per painting. Subscribers already pay for premium pictures (which are fabulous), but they have to pay for coins too. If you could do that then this so would be the absolute best painting ap available!

5 years ago, HolloarR

Fun but too many ads

I do enjoy the coloring, in that it does actually let you color in the spaces, not just touch to fill the area with color. As I am on a budget I have not paid for a subscription. As you complete more pictures you level up to open more galleries. However, it will only let you color in a few pictures within the gallery before requiring you spend coins you earn by interrupting the coloring process to watch an ad. Sometimes you only have access to 2 of 10 pictures before the rest are locked. You then use the coins to open one picture at a time. After spending the earned coins to open a picture you then also have to watch an ad! What? I just paid my 50 coins and now I have to watch an ad too? There is also a daily picture in which in which you watch an ad to open, that’s fair, but then after the picture is open, you touch and another ad pops up! I thought I already watched the ad to open it, why does another one pop up?! The ads are popping up too often, I may not keep this app. Edit, so many pro trump ads, what’s that about? It’s very off putting.

4 years ago, dudhrhrh

Great app but...

I love this app, I love the oil painting feel to the paintings while I’m physically doing the motion to color in the pieces instead of tap to color. After using this app for free for several months and watching all the ads I could to gain coins and buy new packs I want to color, I decided to try the free trial to maybe go premium. I was excited for the no ads and to be able to still build coins without watching the ads and to be able to buy packs I wouldn’t otherwise be able to. However, buying the premium or the subscription is not really as great and freeing as I thought it was going to be. It will not give me pop up coin options while coloring anymore so the ONLY way to get coins and buy packs is to watch ads. I’m also not allowed to buy the packs only offered to subscription members, I completely have to wait till I reach that level, which might take months. I just feel like for $9.99 a month or $50 a year I should be offered more options than just not having ads. I’m PAYING for this app, I should have 100% access to everything if I pay out of my own pocket for a game

4 years ago, Midwestro

Great but needs landscape mode

This is the first coloring app that I’ve actually kept on my iPad and used consistently. It honestly helps me to stay focused and listen more attentively in long Zoom meetings. Pros include 1) “natural” mechanics that make it feel a bit more like actually coloring 2) a good selection of pictures that are interesting to adults 3) excellent representation of different cultures/skin colors and 4) good support for the Apple pencil. My only gripe? There is apparently no support for landscape mode. Given that many of the pictures are wider than tall, this means that it is virtually impossible to get more than a portion of the picture in your screen without snapping out to the whole picture (where you can’t see the numbers) or too far in (where you can’t really tell what you’re actually coloring). Consequently, you have to spend an annoying amount of time panning around and carefully zooming in and out to try to find the numbers you want. Aggravating. Fortunately, this is my only complaint thus far about a truly pleasant app experience.

5 years ago, Tiranish

Color motion

I like the app for the most part but it has some things I would like to change or see improved. It was hard to find an app that actually lets you “color” the sections rather than tap and fill it in. This app lets you “color” but once you fill the section 80%ish of the way it fills in the rest. I kinda wish it wouldn’t do that, this is what I’m looking to do after all and I don’t want the help. Also, it really wants you to get the free trial and pay them, eventually, for more pictures to color. It has what looks like a coin system (I’ve been getting coins for completing parts of the pictures) so why can’t I use those coins or points to purchase more pictures? I have to wait for one to become available, usually when a timer is up, or I have to color a picture I’m not interested in coloring for another to be available, and even that one I usually don’t want to color. I don’t get to pick the pictures I want to color, it’s a “take it or leave it” situation. So I give this app a 2 star rating because I think it’s pretty controlling on the app developer side on what I can/cannot do, but I like that I can “color” the pictures.

3 years ago, SouthernBelle57

Love brush strokes, but not the in picture color changes

The pictures in this set are outstanding. What distinguishes it from most other paint -by-number type apps is the brush stroke method, allowing one to shade large areas of color without a lot of tedious, finger aching tapping. That’s the good side. The one big negative is that the app will switch to a different color if one goes “outside the lines.” This can get annoying when one is working in an area in which many small areas of different colors are close together, especially if you happen to be someone who prefers to color the picture in by sequential color numbers as opposed to by completing objects or areas with several different numbers, e.g., an animal or flower (object) or grass, sky or ocean (area). A possible fix could be to make it so the color being indicated in the picture only switches when one pushes a different number on the color list but not when one touches a different number in the picture itself.

2 years ago, Sohana Shams

Amazing!

Alright, there is really a lot to say about this app. First,33 I think the swipe instead of tap idea is super creative! It's really satisfying, and it makes it feel as though i'm actually coloring it in. It does make my wrist hurt a little, but that may just be because I'm exhausted right now. It's a really relaxing app! I'm in a bit of a bad place right now, and I just needed something to soothe me and help me chill out. This app was perfect! It's easy on the eyes, the color palettes are beautiful, and it's so easy to use while laying down. Now for the sole reason I downloaded this app. Most coloring games have really small spaces that are hard to find, and I would have to watch an ad in order to find it. I'm so glad this app doesn't do that. Most of the areas are easy to find, and if I can't find it, I don't have to watch an ad for it to show me where it is. This app is great, and I really wouldn't change anything about it. My one suggestion though is to give a clear indication when a color has been used. A little problem I run into is that I will have finished with a color entirely, but I'm still searching because I haven't realized. So in that case, it would be nice if there was a small animation or vibration to tell me that i'm done using a color. Other than that one suggestion, this is a definite five stars!

3 years ago, knc3

Great concept, but limited.

I love the real feel to the coloring, and the app is tons of fun! Just two recommendations for less frustrating fun. First, the app would be a lot better if the screen would rotate to allow you to view the coloring pages in landscape mode. In portrait mode you cannot see the entire image at once. You only see the small area you are actively coloring. PLEASE, PLEASE give this app the option of rotating to landscape mode so you can see the whole image while coloring. Second, the galleries you have to choose from are not really galleries at all. The “summer” gallery has everything from animals and landscapes to people. I don’t like coloring certain types of pictures, such as people, yet you can’t go past it without coloring them all. I’d rather have the ability to buy the pages using the coins you randomly earn. I wouldn’t even mind a flat fee purchase price in the beginning for the app, but the monthly fees are much too high for something like this. I get monthly video streaming services for less!

2 months ago, Pinkmommy

Almost 5 Star Fav Coloring App

This is my favorite coloring app. I have many other apps, but there is just something about swipe coloring instead of tap coloring. I use Apple Pencil, but it also works well with fingers. Big library for options. Love the seasonal pictures and daily pictures. My two suggestions for improvements to make it five star: 1) Allow landscape orientation along with portrait. I don’t know if the logistics of this but I like to keep my iPad landscape oriented. I still keep it landscape, oriented, and color with the picture sideways sometimes. It works. 2)Allow people to hide galleries they don’t use/want. This one is the more important of my wishlist items. There are galleries that kind of trigger me. For example, there is a mother’s gallery, and my mother passed away. Ditto fathers. I prefer not to see the snake and spider galleries. I don’t even like mushrooms. You never know what triggers a person! But even so, I super love this app. It’s very relaxing. I use it every day.

2 years ago, TheRandom39

Amazing!

Back to this game after a long time, and it is still great as ever! I remember back when I was a beta tester for this app, and it has hardly changed. The app is simple and unique, and not pay-to-play. For the longest time, I was looking for an app where you didn’t tap to color things in, but rather do it yourself. I was so excited to try other apps but none left me as satisfied as this. When I had first found the app, I was on Google Play, and I had the option to beta test the app, so I did. It was single-handedly the best color by number app experience i’ve ever had. Fast-forward to today, and i’m glad to see dark mode is a thing now, and that it still isn’t a pay-to-play style game. Thank you devs for making such a relaxing, well thought, simplistic, and unique color by number app. (idk how to write things and keep topic, that’s why it’s a mess XD)

3 years ago, Ppap pen pineapple apple pen

Amazing Game

This game is one of the best color by number apps I’ve ever downloaded. It’s what I’ve always wanted in the sense that you swipe to color instead of tapping. You can also tap on a section to switch to the color that section is supposed to be colored, which is really handy. The pictures are also always absolutely beautiful. The only thing I don’t really like is how long it takes to level up. It takes 650 xp to level up, and you only get 50 xp per finished picture. That wouldn’t be too much of a problem I guess, except for the fact that I once saw a picture you had to be level 205 to color. I also wish you could get coins a little easier Overall it’s one of the best coloring apps out there either way, and it’s not littered with ads like a lot of games are now.

3 years ago, HokieHobbit

Love the app

I love the variety of what we can color, even without having to get the subscription. One problem I have though: whenever I accidentally tap on a bottom corner of a picture instead of one of the color numbers, an ad pops up. Whenever I lock my phone with the app still open, and then I unlock my phone, an ad pops up. Whenever I swipe up like I’m going to close the app (even accidentally), but end up keeping it open, I see an app. That gets annoying especially when I do that while trying to swipe for a color. If I get a call while coloring, an add pops up when I see the app after the call ends. Essentially, whenever something interrupts my coloring prompts an ad, though sometimes an ad just pops up when all I’m doing is coloring. I don’t mind ads when I open a picture or finish one, for example, but all these other little instances of an add popping up is really annoying.

3 years ago, mlorio

Enjoyable app but too costly

I did enjoy using the app and paid for a three month subscription. However I am disappointed that subscription did not unlock all or even most of the puzzles. Even after subscribing you have to earn a pretty high number of coins to get to the next level to unlock more puzzles. It would take a long period of time work to level 200 so that I could access all the puzzles. Or I could purchase coins. Even with the free version you have to watch the ads twice to access puzzles you’ve already started on. I’m not deleting this app yet but I am looking for something more reasonably priced. Follow up: The developers did respond to my posting which I appreciate. I still stand by my position that the subscription should allow you access to all the puzzles. I’m actually enjoying the app more now that I don’t have the subscription. I can watch ads, earn coins, and purchase whatever puzzle pack I want

7 months ago, bannajibby

Absolute perfection

I don’t usually write reviews but I’m completely obsessed with this app. To all those low ratings complaining about ad breaks and constant interruptions….they are still using this app completely free. I pay for premium monthly which is just a little bit more than a daily coffee from a coffee stand and soooo incredibly worth it. I don’t understand complaining about something you get for free when a reasonably priced solution exists at your fingertips. Even without a subscription you get 70% of the features for nothing. I play both on my phone and on my iPad with my Apple Pencil. Two completely different experiences and both amazing. The best part is when you’ve finished filling in a space and the lines around it disappear…bliss! Don’t change a dang thing April Coloring!

2 years ago, &2!/!2!2!!2

i LOVE this app!!!

This is one of the only apps that truly helps with my anxiety, i can get lost in these paintings for hours, i’ll paint while listening to a podcast or watching tv and it always helps calm my nerves. The best part about it is the swipe motion instead of tapping, i’ve searched countless times for other apps like this yet there are none to be found. April coloring is truly one of a kind, and i haven’t gone a day without it in months. Unfortunately I might be a bit too dependent on it, haha! But it goes to show how well this app is made, and i’ve loved it for years. However, i do wish there were more packs that can be painted and finished completely without having to spend coins, but nonetheless I understand why it is why it is. Love this app!! I wish I could give it more than 5 stars.

2 years ago, debijayn

Addicting - The App I’ve Been Waiting For

I had been looking for a digital “coloring book” (for adults) for a long time. And not one of those tap to color an entire section apps. So long, in fact, I gave up. Then I saw an ad for April. This is exactly what I was looking for! I love that you swipe to color, it gives the app the feel of a real coloring book. It’s a bonus that not too many galleries are locked behind a paywall. I also don’t mind watching ads for coins to buy pictures. I only wish there was an option to hide completed galleries. Or different tabs for completed and uncompleted galleries. Sometimes I skip around between galleries and it can be a pain to weed through what I have and haven’t finished yet. Even still, this game gets 5 stars from me!

8 months ago, Valster3245

I love April coloring!

EDIT: now they have added forced ads while coloring and it’s terrible. I have played this game for years and it’s very upsetting that now they have forced ads every few minutes while you’re coloring. I’m so disappointed. I will be deleting this app I have had for years. I have had this app for at least two years if not longer and I use it every day, it helps me relax my mind, I can just veg out and color. I love that I can use it without having to pay and I’m happy to watch the ads to get some coins to unlock other coloring pages. My favorite features are the the daily free coloring page and not only the swiping to color but being able to just tap the next blank spot to color rather than switching colors manually is awesome and makes it so easy to just zone out and color a whole page. April coloring is by far my favorite app, I really love it, I even follow their page on Facebook! Thank you to the developers and if you haven’t, you need to try April coloring!

4 years ago, Meghan Hamlin

Excellent app, but...

I love this app. It’s beautiful, it’s calming, and you don’t need the premium version to have a good experience. I also love how we color in spaces as if we are actually painting, as opposed to tapping and voila! The space colored! However, I have a big grievance to state. For me, the application has been crashing, and the progress on a picture I was working on was not saved. Please work on this. It’s sad for me to experience crashing because this app has insane amounts of potential! If it weren’t for the crashing, this app is hands down five stars. Thanks! Update: I’ve gotten a rapid response from the developers, which is amazing how they give advice when a user has a problem, and the recommendation has helped! Thank you so much!

5 years ago, sangeo24

Updates ruined a very good app

When I subscribed to this app I did it for a full year with full confidence that I would enjoy it as much at the end of the subscription as I did when I started but one day there was a new look and with it came a severe decline in availability of pictures I could color. I use to be able to get pictures based on points (750 point) and you you got a new 10 to 12 pack of pictures, now that feature is gone. I use to be able to buy and use “ coins” to buy packs of pictures, that feature is gone. Now every 7 days you get 20 pictures to color, I can do that in 2 days. I got this app as part of therapy to work on my wrist after a fall crushed the bones that required reconstruction surgery. The coloring helps gain and maintain flexibility so what you have done is killed my therapy! I will be canceling this app at the end of the year because you will not refund my money for the remainder of the year, this is, in effect, a bate and switch and it is a horrible thing to do to a person on disability!

5 years ago, LilRihRih

Missing key feature

Nice app, very fun to do. Two things that I do not like about this app is that it takes FOREVER TO gain a new level, there are sections that will not open at all until you reach a certain level, no matter if you are paying for this app or not, it’s not happening. I feel that is not fair and there should be an option for that or make it possible to reach those levels, you literally will have to color all day long for several days to reach a new level, it’s taken me two weeks just to get to level 2😩😩...ridiculous. Also, it would be nice to have a separate tab that shows all the ones you’ve completed in one location, instead of having them all over the gallery. This is why I take away two stars, too hard to level up and no organization. Other than that it’s a nice way to pass some time, the pictures are beautiful and easy to do.

7 months ago, Hermherdermader

It used to be fun

This app was great for many years, enough free content for people who can’t afford the subscription. I loved it. But recently I’ve fallen out of love because you can’t go longer than THREE (3) MINUTES WITHOUT AN AD! It makes what used to take 20-ish minutes to finish a painting now takes 45+. And I personally used to watch ads for the coins all the time, but that still doesn’t keep you from getting your “ad break” every 3 minutes! So now this app just feels like any of the other cheap crummy apps that make it nearly impossible to enjoy unless you pay. I understand the app developers need to make their money and that this is a business for them, so I just wish the ads weren’t EVERY THREE MINUTES…maybe every 6 minutes? And if I watch an ad for the coins it should reset the “ad break” clock so I don’t watch an ad for coins then watch an ad for NO REASON immediately afterwards!!!

5 years ago, Agandstuff

Great App

I love this app. I’ve tried almost every coloring app out there and this is the only one I keep coming back to. I love that you can unlock new paintings and gallery’s with coins so most of the images are available without a subscription, and the way that it paints instead of fills is very satisfying. The pictures are all very beautiful as well. The one small thing I don’t like is that during painting the small circle that pops up to watch ads for coins comes up frequently and is a bit annoying when I’m trying to color. If they can put that at the top with the other information such as currently accrued coins that would be better for the interface in my opinion. That is the only thing I don’t like though, this app is amazing.

4 years ago, ODell.1931

Don’t Waste Your Time

Where do I start? There are way too many ads. When you open the app, when you click on a picture to color, if you answer a text and come back, once you finish a picture, and just to get to the daily picture you have to watch an ad. When coloring you can’t move too fast otherwise it won’t track your finger. You can only have access to a select few categories of pictures to color and then you can’t even color all pictures in that category (starting out with 6 but quickly goes down as you level up and unlock more categories) unless you buy the premium feature. I can’t color a picture without the app crashing every two minutes which then requires me to watch multiple ads just to get back to the picture only to find out that my progress was not saved. I finally got sick of it and deleted the app. Stay away and find a better app to use.

4 years ago, Suzee007

Love, love, love, But.....

I absolutely love your pictures, there is so much diversity and so many end up looking like an actual photograph! But one thing I truly miss is sharing the art with others showing the painting as it progresses from start to end. I have other apps that do that. My friends love to see how I progress thru the painting. Such as a bouquet of flowers I will complete each flower before going on to the next. Mountain ranges, I will do each mountain completely before the next, then the water, then the sky. They can’t see that progress like they do in my other apps Please include this feature! I never share these pictures because the fun of them seeing how I do it isn’t there. They never remark on your pictures unlike I always get comments on the other apps. Please, please, please add this feature!

3 years ago, SamTheHam3102

Love the app-but landscape mode and family sharing!

I have been a full subscriber for a year or two and I love the app. It has been fun to watch the art progress from simple images to what they are now. (although I wish some were simple and mindless still!). With my new IPad Pro, I am loving the big screen and coloring, but I do wish that landscape mode was supported. I find myself just coloring it sideways as the iPad is in my propped up case. I also wish there was a way for family sharing so I could share this amazing app with my family. $60 is a lot of money and I feel that being able to share it with at least one other person would be fair. Thanks again for your amazing app!

3 years ago, Kyrie1994

A great Coloring App

I’m a little biased in my opinion because I have been using April Coloring since the beginning. I pre-purchased the app. They had a little trouble getting it off the ground with a month delay, but to me it was worth the wait. In the beginning the pictures were somewhat drab with little detail. However, I was one very active commenter then and said my piece with others. The developers listened and today almost seven years later there are lots of galleries and pictures to color. All with vibrant colors and lots of detail, keeping me happy and relaxed. Plus, I still subscribe because I can’t imagine missing any pictures. So let the complainers complain, I know it works for me.

5 years ago, Simple is Easy

Went through level 6 before I had to buy something

But, I’m not going. Which means after I finish this review, I’m going to delete the app. It’s fine for what it is. Since I don’t have an Apple Pencil, I don’t know how well it works with that, but for “finger painting”, it’s okay. My biggest frustration was having the app switch color selections while I was trying to move to another area. Once more is filled in, this diminishes significantly. The other big frustration was trying to not have the picture move, while trying to fill in tiny areas. If there was a method to reliably freeze the picture location while filling in colors, I didn’t find it. For a free while it lasted app, it was okay. Not certain that it was that calming, given the frustrations I listed above, but it was a terrific time waster.

1 year ago, SrMelissaFlanagan

Back to being my favorite app!

After a few days of ads playing April Coloring went from being my favorite app to frustrating. But now the ads are no longer playing, so… Hooray!! The Developer was also quick to respond & assist so my gratitude for their being helpful & for creating beautiful apps like April Coloring & April Jigsaw by Number continues to grow. I’d love to give 5+++ stars if I could. Thank you so much!!! Wish I knew what went wrong for a few days… maybe a security hiccup? But I’m upgraded to iOS 17 & all is working well. BTW—April Jigsaw never had ads appear …just April Coloring. I’ve been a subscribed user for a few years now so I’m happy & relieved all is running smoothly again!

4 years ago, Brogans424

Like the coloring - lots of ads - Update

I like the coloring and how they look when finished. There is a lot of ads, every time you pause or leave the screen. And, I really don’t like the political ads showing up lately. I don’t mind ads for games, that’s what I’d expect to see. But I don’t think games is a place to have political ads running. I don’t like to pay for games with a subscription. I’d rather pay up front and be done with it. I’ll pay for a good app. I manage to get enough coins to buy galleries I like. - -Update 8/18- I did get a response from the developers. They told me how to manage the targeted ads you see. Since I’ve changed the ad preferences, no more political ads. Their quick response is much appreciated!

4 years ago, snowy cookie

LOVE LOVE LOVE

I usually don’t write reviews but for this awesome app I absolutely have to. I usually dislike coloring apps but this one is just so special. It is so relaxing and the pictures are absolutely fantastic. I don’t usually like people pictures but the people in this app are amazing. I wish a few more things were free but I can buy them with the coins the app gives me so no problem. But the app doesn’t let you choose the picture you want to color. First you have to color other pictures before you can color the one you want. I wish we could just color the pic we want but either than that the app is great. Absolutely love and definitely recommend for people who aren’t really sure wether to get the app or not.

5 years ago, keilinger

Great fun ruined by crashes due to ads

The coloring aspect of this app is a lot of fun and there is a lot of content. However, the app crashes about 50% of the time when opening or changing apps or trying to look at a picture because it tries to open an ad with a bug or opens an ad where none of the buttons (even to open the advertisement) work. I have a brand new iPad Pro that’s up to date. I’d remove ads but the only payment option available is $15 per month subscription. I don’t need all other content right now while I’m just trying out the app so it would be nice to have a no ads only option. I don’t see any other way to make the app not crash and be a huge hassle to open.

4 years ago, m1b9b47

Great app except... April 12th 2020

Just b patient I came across this app today and read some of the reviews and found all to a positive reviews...so I downloaded it, I like the concept of it but I am having a very big problem with it...first I have to enlarge the picture so I can see the numbers, that in its self is not the problem, when I go to start to color the pitcher it started moving around and won’t stay put...I tried ever thing but no matter how light or hard I touch the screen it moves...after awhile it gets to be very annoying and it makes me want to stop coloring...I love to color so with this problem I find myself thinking to go look for a different app...I will wait to see if there is any thing that can be done before I go searching for another app...

8 months ago, Doogla531

Update made it worse

This used to be fine with predictable ads. The latest update added way too many ads that ruin the game for me. This kind of thing always leaves a bad taste in my mouth. Deleted. Old: So for one of the packs, you can only access more than one painting if you pay money or if you have a Facebook account. Makes me wonder how tied up with Facebook they are… I guess the only way I could access it would be to pay, and given how off putting this policy is for me, there’s zero chance of me ever paying a single red cent. Edit: it is true you can hack the system. Therefore I’ve changed my rating since I like the app and every developer of free apps has the right to earn money for their work whether through ads or premium content or both.

3 years ago, OliveAce

Amazing app, but one major flaw

Again, very lovely and amazing app! I spend hours on it. It’s just that there are sooooo many galleries! And, since there’s something for everyone, there’s also galleries that you’re never going to touch. The amount of scrolling can get very annoying, and I just wish you could at least bookmark specific galleries to access them faster. Like even for me, lately I’ve been super into all the food themed paintings. It’s annoying having to scroll through Mother’s Day, Father’s Day, Christmas, Gamers etc.. to get to a food themed gallery. So maybe just some way to organize the galleries, like a search bar or filter. Or even just being able to bookmark them to a library would be awesome!

5 years ago, Vee19694

Awesome!

I was having problems with the app crashing, but this new update fixed that!!!! Restarted my membership because this really is the best “coloring” app out there. I do have a suggestion for the next update. I know it can be done but not sure how, that’s why y’all get paid for this stuff. I use to have a jigsaw puzzle app that we were able to (as paid member) upload our pictures to the app and it made them into puzzles. What about the same concept but in “coloring” of either our choice, or generated based on the colors in our pictures. I would actually pay a little more for this ability. Again, thank you for the update and no more crashing app when finished with a picture. ☺️☺️☺️

5 years ago, WatsonAxel

Great app

I am really enjoying this app, and I even bought the annual subscription. Thanks, too, for responding to comments! I took advantage of the discounted price, as the $99 felt too steep. There isn’t a lot by way of instructions so I have some questions. I’ve been collecting stars but I’m not sure to what end. After level 1 my stars disappeared and I started over at level 2. I thought maybe I could use my stars to unlock another level before reaching it but that didn’t work. So do I have to pay more dollars to open a level that’s out of order? Also, I occasionally like to uninstall an app to delete data. I know I can restore my purchase, but will I have to start at level 1 again? Thanx!

4 years ago, lizamail

Memories

PS: is it possible to please have a setting for either landscape or portrait. and you can never have enough cats 😁 It brings me back to the days when my mom used to buy these colour by numbers books just for me and developed the love of art in me. I am 60 so it’s strange what makes you remember your childhood. I don’t kid myself that i am a good artist. So colouring by numbers somehow fulfills some part in me i guess. I check the app store every few months or so to search for colour by numbers and i am so glad i found this. I have tried other art apps but you have to know what you want to draw and paint and other colour by numbers are just too childish. It was trial and error but i realised to earn the coins I had to tap it to collect it - missed quite a few and to watch the videos too. And that I could find the tiny hard to find numbers by tapping on the number i am colouring. LOL. You don’t seem to have a guide on these things or a FAQ. The coins and the daily art are a godsend as i am on a tight budget and not having to pay for premium helps. Thank you for this app.

1 month ago, Fizzy we

iPad Pro 2024 and the new Pro pencil not working

I finally just saw a review on here with the same exact problem that I am having purchased a new iPad Pro 2024 M4 in the app is not working correctly with the pencil. I have written the developer. They told me no resolution when they finally got back to me, still reaching out to developer by now they should’ve had the problem fixed considering it came out in May. Very frustrated. I have had this app since 2020 with subscription? I really wish they would fix this issue. Do you think an app this big on the Apple Store would’ve made the purchase to get the iPad Pro M4 and the new Apple Pencil to make sure their app is working correctly I hope they can fix this soon.

6 years ago, voidsspace

Relaxing and Therapeutic

This is one of the better colour by number apps on the appstore, and it’s obvious why. The pictures are very neat and satisfying to finish and the art style is very cute. It helps me relieve stress and anxiety to colour in all the parts of the picture. The only complaint I have is that you don’t get any coins when you level up, which is why I gave the app only four stars. You can do pretty much everything the app features without premium subscription if you don’t mind a bit of hard work, patience, and ad viewing. It is a bit frustrating when you need to constantly redo old photos because you need to earn coins to unlock new ones, so that’s the only thing I’d change. Include awarded coins when you level up. Otherwise a great app!

Description

Color by number app that is completely unique - color with swipes instead of taps. You are unlocking more paintings while leveling up, and we’re not hiding any tiny spots to color from you (no magnifying glass needed!). It is all you would want out of a paint by number app and more! Besides making your painting realistic, April Coloring provides you with top-notch handcrafted free content and overall premium app quality, to help you become a more relaxed and creative person. To make sure that April Coloring brings you realistic experience and relaxation, we focused on user experience, simplicity and great community around the app! WHY USE APRIL ● We know you appreciate coloring activities and probably you are using plenty of other coloring apps. What we wanted to excite you with is a completely unique approach towards the way coloring feels. Just download the app and check it out yourself! ● We want to make things easier for you. Just tap on the palette and you will find the right spot instantly. You may also tap on any spot on the main coloring board and you will highlight all required fields to paint the color number needed. ● Almost all content is free - unlockable while gathering more coloring experience (stars) and leveling up or collecting coins. This makes the whole experience a lot more fun! ● There is a daily content posted within the app - make sure you claim it regularly - otherwise past dailies are available only for users which subscribed! ● If you subscribe you will receive plenty of goodies - exclusive content, access to past dailies and all ads will be removed. On top you will support our team as we’re not treating April Coloring as a one-off but a long term project to innovate the coloring evergreen! ● April Coloring is highly optimized for Apple Pencil. Check all the features that you can benefit from - including pressure and angle sensitivity / double tapping and more! People all over the world are already enjoying our unique way of coloring – with over 1 000 000 paintings painted each month! Join them! If you see anything we can improve, please, let us know! New reviews and support emails are really helpful to make our app better and smarter! Contact us via [email protected] ___________________ SUBSCRIPTION INFO By subscribing, you get unlimited access to all premium (marked with diamond) and locked (marked with padlock) paintings. GOOD TO KNOW ● You can subscribe to a monthly plan (starting at $9.99, billed once a month). Availability and pricing of subscription plans may vary. ● The payment will be charged to your iTunes Account when you confirm the purchase. ● The subscription automatically renews for the same price and duration period as the original plan unless canceled at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. ● Free trial automatically converts to a paid subscription unless canceled at least 24-hours before the end of the trial period. From that point onwards, subscription automatically renews unless canceled at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. ● You can cancel the subscription or the free trial anytime via the subscription setting through your iTunes account (go to your device settings and tap iTunes & App Store > Apple ID > View Apple ID > enter the password > Subscriptions > Assembly > Cancel Subscription button at the bottom). Do it at least 24 hours before the end of the free trial or subscription period to avoid being charged. Learn more: http://support.apple.com/kb/ht4098 ● Any unused portion of a free trial period will be forfeited when the user purchases an April subscription. Terms of Service: http://www.aprilcoloringapp.com/terms-of-service/ Privacy Policy: http://www.aprilcoloringapp.com/privacy-policy/