PaintLapse: Art Timelapse
Watch your photo being painted
$9.99 · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.
Pick a photo and get a video of it painted stroke by stroke. 22 styles: oil, watercolor, ink wash, CMYK layers, swirling strokes, light painting, light dots, pen & ink.
Pick one photo and get a time-lapse video of it being painted stroke by stroke on an empty canvas, in an oil-painting or watercolor style.
◆ The painting process becomes the video
Large brushes lay down the big shapes first, then finer and finer brushes add the details. Every stroke is recorded along with the moving brush.
◆ Twenty-two styles
Oil, Photoreal, Broken Color, Swirling Strokes, Pointillism, Watercolor, Ink Wash, Pastel, Colored Pencil, Pop, CMYK Layers, 16-Color Pixel Art, Spray Paint, Sand Art, Splatter, Light Painting, Light Dots, Fine Pencil, Pen & Ink, Black & Pink, Cables, Toy Bricks
◆ Fully on-device, privacy first
Your photos are never uploaded to any server. Everything happens inside your own iPhone or iPad.
- Never used to train AI
- No ads
- No notifications
- No sign-up: open it and start
◆ Choose the length
Anything from 5 to 60 seconds. You can make short clips for social media or longer videos that show the whole process.
◆ Check how a style turns out before you choose
Each style thumbnail is a small painting of your own photo in that style.
◆ How to use
1. Choose a photo with the "Choose photo" button
2. Pick a style from the row of thumbnails of your own photo
3. Choose a length (5, 10, 15, 30 or 60 seconds)
4. Tap Generate
5. Check the finished video and save it
◆ Please note
The painting order in the video is inferred from the finished look of the image you choose. Even with a real drawing or illustration, it does not reproduce how that picture was actually made.
Please use photos and images in line with the laws of your country, including copyright and the right of publicity. If you use someone else's work or photo, get permission from the rights holder.
◆ Great for
- Turning travel or pet photos into painting videos for social media
- Watching your favorite scenery appear as a painting
Before purchasing, please try the free Lite version first to make sure the app works well on your device.
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The developer, KOJI HARA, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
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Information
- Seller
- KOJI HARA
- Size
- 1.9 MB
- Category
- Photo & Video
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 18.0 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 18.0 or later. - iPad
Requires iPadOS 18.0 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 15.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 2.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
English and 15 more
- English, Arabic, Dutch, French, German, Hindi, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Traditional Chinese, Turkish
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- Copyright
- © 2026- ParpooFruit
