MediBang Paint for Steam
- July 31, 2023
- MediBang Inc.
Get on Steam"MediBang Paint for Steam" is a popular art app with over 85 million downloads, now available on Steam with automatic updates and no ads. The Steam version offers exclusive features like Gradient Map for enhancing colors and Onion Skin Mode for animation. With access to various brushes, screentones, and fonts, this program provides a seamless drawing experience."
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Reviews
- MediBang is user-friendly and great for beginners, making it easy to pick up and start drawing.
- The program has a simple interface and offers a variety of brushes, which many users appreciate for their art projects.
- Many long-time users are willing to support the developers by purchasing the software, citing its effectiveness and the convenience of automatic updates.
- The paid version offers minimal additional features compared to the free version, leading many to feel it is overpriced.
- Users have reported frequent crashes and bugs, which detracts from the overall experience and reliability of the software.
- The introduction of subscription paywalls for premium features has frustrated users who expected a one-time purchase to unlock all functionalities.
- monetization5 mentions
- 80 % positive mentions
- -40 % neutral mentions
- 60 % negative mentions
Users express significant dissatisfaction with the monetization strategy, feeling misled by advertisements that suggested a lifetime premium version for a £40 purchase. Many believe the price is unjustified, as the software can be downloaded for free or accessed at a much lower annual cost, offering minimal additional features beyond ad removal. Overall, the consensus is that the value for money is poor, particularly given the lack of substantial benefits compared to the free version.
“I paid to download the software with no ads, that is it.”
“Not worth the amount of money it is, especially in Canada. It gives you a few extra features, no ads, and a half-assed animation feature similar to FireAlpaca's, but a little different.”
“You do not get brushes or any special features that are not given in the normal web download version; £40 to just get no ads is insane.”
“I paid £40 for this software with the understanding from advertisements that I would be receiving a lifetime premium version; this was not the case.”
“The in-game purchases are way too expensive and feel like a cash grab.”
“It's frustrating to see that the game is designed to push players towards spending more money instead of enjoying the content.”
- music1 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 100 % negative mentions
Users express a desire for improved music integration in the software, noting that while it supports basic animation features, the lack of a timeline for audio importation limits its usability for animating to music.
“I paid for the software to use onion skins, and while it works well enough for short animations, I have to use another program if I'm animating to music. A simple timeline feature that allowed audio importation would have been useful.”
- grinding1 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 100 % negative mentions
Players find the grinding aspect of the game tedious, particularly when it involves repetitive tasks like adjusting the opacity of outlines across numerous frames of animation.
“Changing opacity on an outline gets a little tedious when I have to change 50 frames of animation individually.”
