Simile - Paint Like a Master Reviews

The concept is familiar to me

DavidinSF

This is how I learned geography in grade school. All kinds of complex maps drawn square by square. Congrats Sol team (I miss Crossword, Road Trip Effect and Quiz Press).

I love the concept, hate the pay wall.

Peeeeeeeeeep78

Hey! We love the app, and just want to play more. I wouldn’t mind paying 99c here and there or watching ads, we understand you need to make your money too! But the complaint of the pay wall is only coming out of a place of which people really want to play more of your game! Even having more free options and some paid would be better!

5 star to 2 star

itrenç

Wow, I loved this app the moment I downloaded it. As I worked in arcade mode I was going through all the various ways this could actually help me in my own arts. Everything about this was perfect. The Apple rate box popped up and I immediately gave it the 5 stars I thought it deserved. Then I moved on to my next painting. Oh wait, that one costs money. Makes sense, they’ve gotta make their money somehow. I move to the next painting. It costs money as well. So then I just start looking for any that do not. There are literally only two (that I found). Wow. This is *not* a professional art app, devs. I love the work you’ve put into this but the prices you are asking are totally not justified. Again, it’s a great app... it’s just the business model that’s killing it. You either need much more free content and features to counter offset these prices or just lower the prices to something much more reasonable—possibly a bit of both. Otherwise I feel a lot of people are going to do what I’m about to do and just begrudgingly uninstall it 30 minutes after discovering it. What a shame. Wishing all the best for the future of the app here. Really.

Needs more free paintings

ThatOneStickman

This game is pretty good, and I understand why they make some paintings purchasable, but it's not some paintings. It's over 90% of paintings. We only get to paint 2 paintings for free, the rest are a dollar. I do like the option to paint pictures from your album though, I'll consider purchasing that.

Might make the same app with ads

finalfr0ntier

Oh wow, every image for a dollar?? When they miiight cost the developers a few bucks for their use. That’s an actual scam. Evil in art.

Calming and fun

Aridi

Happy to support your app and definitely look forward to seeing how you continue to further improve Simile.

Way overpriced

ShadeThatDemonCat

I know you need money, and I understand that. But forcing customers to pay to paint their own photos while having like two free photos of your own is a stretch. And the prices of said photos are crazy high. If you're gonna do that, you may as well make it a paid app altogether so that people don't feel ripped off. If you want more money, I suggest ad banners at the bottom and a system where people can paint several of their own photos per day. If they want more, they can pay. Until something happens though, I'm staying at 1 star.

Lovely, but can be difficult

oxo666

Honestly leaving a review only because reviewers that insist on an app being free and complaining about the price is a huge pet peeve considering the amount of time and effort an independent developer has put into it. The app itself is pretty fun, though I usually play in short snippets rather than large areas at a time because I find myself getting a little frustrated because I can’t see under my finger (hah). It’s probably much easier and much more fun with the iPad Pro and the Apple pencil (which I have neither, unfortunately). If it’s possible, I think having a list of the IAPs in the settings section (in addition to where they normally are) would be convenient, because I got a bit lost trying to find out how to buy the extra tools.

More Information

Summerset O'neil

I didn’t see a way to contact the developer on the app, but since they respond to reviews I hope they see this. There needs to be more explanation and instructions, especially for the “arcade” mode. Questions - -Is there a zoom feature I haven’t discovered? -The reference picture is “pixely” with blocky edges. Is my drawing supposed to also be blocky so that it matches better? -In Arcade mode, are you playing alone or can you invite people somehow? -Is it considered a game just to see how fast you can do it? Or is there a one-on-one challenge with other players somehow? -What determines the amount of time you get? -Can you add an audible countdown so you don’t have to take your eyes off the drawing to check the time? Every second counts so it would help to keep your eyes on what you are drawing. - Explain how adding a person works. I understand that you can invite others to collaborate, but they don’t have to buy the picture, right? (Assuming it’s a premium one) -Do invitees have to individually purchase the specialty tools themselves, or does that transfer to them once you invite them to collaborate? Please add this extra info! I’m giving 3 stars for now but may update it if improvements are made.

Cool app....

Napoleon Vegemite

I am no artist—more of an adrenaline junkie. However, this game did allow me to be artsy fartsy which is new for me. Got to make some rad stuff and still move my digits. Cool app!

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