Common Sense Media Review
By Amanda Bindel
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based on child development research. How do we rate?
Bright, random colors engage, but options are limited.
Parents Need to Know
Why Age 5+?
Any Positive Content?
Where to Download
Videos and Photos
Kids Paint Free
Parent and Kid Reviews
What's It About?
Kids create drawings with random colors (they don't get to select the colors as they paint) on a black or gradient-colored (shades of purple, green, orange, or blue) screen; they can change the background to white in the settings. They can then color cycle their creation, changing its randomly colors by tapping the color wheel. If kids use two fingers, they can create a series of colorful lines. Kids can also take a new picture to draw on, or select one from their gallery. When they're finished, they can save their creation to the device's photo gallery.
Is It Any Good?
With no tools to change the textures or shapes of lines beyond thick/not thick, and no color choices beyond the limited background choices and the random line colors kids can cycle through, kids are restricted in what they can create on KIDS PAINT FREE. The ability for kids to draw on their own photos expands creativity options somewhat, and the almost-animated look drawings have when cycling through colors is pretty fun to see. The two-finger drawing feature is also fun to see and play around with. But there are many apps (including free ones) that do a better job empowering kids to express their creativity.
Talk to Your Kids About ...
Help younger kids take photos to color in the app, or help them upload photos from the device's gallery.
Show your kids how to save their drawings to the device's photo album. Print out some of their creations to display and save.
App Details
- Devices : Android , Kindle Fire
- Subjects : Arts : drawing
- Skills : Creativity : making new creations
- Pricing structure : Free
- Release date : February 26, 2013
- Genre : Education
- Topics : Arts
- Publisher : Virtual GS
- Version : 4.5
- Last updated : October 1, 2025
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