Side by side
Lake vs pau.
Both stand on coloring apps. Which one you can start free with, which one lets you read the code, and what each costs once you pay.
Free plan iPhone
Lake combines a large artist-led illustration catalog with freeform tools, offline use, and image imports. It is free to start, with listed in-app purchases and a free trial.
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Free plan iPhone
Choose pau. if you want an adult coloring app with hand-drawn pages, offline coloring, and a useful free set of brushes. Premium adds more brushes, palettes, the full library, and exports without the pau. mark. Look elsewhere if you need to import your own images or use something other than an iPad.
Visit pau.The facts
| Lake | pau. | |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Open source | Not published | Not published |
| Runs on | iPhone | iPhone |
| Lowest paid plan | Lake Coloring: Yearly Plan: $39.99 a year | Free or on request |
| Plans published | 3 | 3 |
| Maker | Not published | Not published |
| Website | lakecoloring.com | colorwithpau.com |
| On coloring apps | #13 of 20 | #17 of 20 |
Lake: what it does well
- Catalog includes over 1,500 illustrations.
- Tools include brushes, palettes, and a color picker.
- Supports offline coloring and image imports.
- Available in English and 10 other languages.
What to know first
- Listed for iOS only.
- Monthly plan is $9.99 a month.
- Yearly plan is $39.99 a year.
- Lake Premium term is unspecified.
pau.: what it does well
- Free plan includes four brushes and core editing tools.
- Downloaded pages can be colored offline.
- New hand-drawn pages arrive about four times per week.
- Finished images and automatic time-lapse videos can be saved.
- No accounts or ads, according to the maker.
What to know first
- Requires an iPad running iPadOS 18.6 or later.
- Free exports carry a pau. mark.
- Premium subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled in time.