Every gesture tells the storyPaint, erase, correct, and continue. Your hand-painted work replays in the order you made it.
Living art for your Apple devices
Watch artcome alive.
See a blank canvas become a painting, brushstroke by brushstroke. Make something of your own from a photo, a few words, or your own hand. Then slow down and watch it unfold.
Coming soon to the App Store · No mandatory subscription
The Metropolitan Museum of Art · CC0
A little more art in your day.
- Made for
- iPhone · iPad · Mac · Apple TV
- Included collection
- 54 works, yours to revisit
- Optional collections
- 80 optional pack works
- Launch catalogue
- 134 distinct works
Chapter I · Watch
From the first stroke
to the last detail.
The pleasure is in watching it happen.
Colour gathers. Shapes take their place. A face, a flower, a patch of light comes into focus. Change the speed, revisit a favourite passage, or let the whole painting play.
- 01Ground & atmosphereThe canvas receives its first weight and direction.
- 02Form & colourThe subject settles into pigment and proportion.
- 03Focal detailThe final passages resolve where the eye returns.
Chapter II · Create
Your hand. Your words.
Your picture.
Describe a scene, choose a picture, or combine both. Watch a new brush-built interpretation take shape. Or choose Paint it on iPhone or iPad and let your own hand lead.
- 01
Paint itPaint by hand on iPhone or iPad. Every brush and eraser gesture replays in the order you made it.
- 02
WordsDescribe the painting you want.
- 03
PictureChoose a photo, camera image, or image link.
- 04
Words + pictureGuide a source image with your own direction.
Created on your deviceYour pictures and prompts stay out of cloud AI services. Optional transfers use your own private iCloud account.
Keep it. Replay it. Share it.Save the painting to your library, or share a silent video of up to 60 seconds.
Chapter III · Collect
A gallery that
keeps unfolding.
Landscapes to linger over. Cities to wander through. Colour to fill a room. These five previews offer a taste of the planned 54-work included collection, drawn from museum open-access works.
The room, re-composed
The gallery expands.
Every work keeps its own time.
Give the room a living gallery on iPad, Mac, or Apple TV. Mosaic arranges several paintings for your display, each unfolding in its own time. On iPhone, enjoy a playlist one painting at a time.
- Arranged for your screen
- Every painting keeps its proportions
- Each work unfolds independently
- Playlists for quieter moments
Collection register · Devices
One collection.
Four expressions.
Living Paintings respects the screen in front of you: a camera on iPhone, room for Mosaic on iPad, a real Mac Screen Saver, and foreground Ambient on Apple TV.
| Capability | iPhone | iPad | Mac | Apple TV |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Included living galleryNative-resolution playback | Included | Included | Included | Included |
| Create your own paintingA prompt, a picture, or both | Prompt · Photos · Camera · URL | Prompt · Photos · Camera · URL | Prompt · Photos · URL | Synced image · Catalogue |
| Paint it by handBrush and eraser gestures replay in order | Included | Included | Not in V1 | Not on Apple TV |
| Playlists & SlideshowOrder, shuffle, and resume | Included | Included | Included | Included |
| MosaicAdaptive work count for each display | Not on iPhone | Included | Included | Included |
| Private device continuitySame-account movement | iCloud | iCloud | iCloud | iCloud |
| Platform-native displayHonest integration for each screen | Save Background | Save Background | Screen Saver · Desktop still | Ambient · Top Shelf |
Pre-release capability map. Final availability depends on device qualification, Apple services, and App Store approval. iPhone intentionally omits Mosaic; Apple TV does not claim to replace Apple's system screen saver.
A private collection
Your pictures
stay yours.
There is no Living Paintings account, no cloud inference, and no automatic diagnostic upload. Optional same-account sync uses your private iCloud storage. The app remains useful without it.
- Tracking
- None in the app
- Cloud upload
- Not required
- Core subscription
- Never mandatory
Living Paintings Studio
A studio to keep.
One simple purchase.
Planned one-time Studio unlock
$19.99
The planned one-time core unlock includes Studio, with 54 works included at no additional charge. Eight optional ten-work packs let you grow your collection when you want to.
- Unlimited core prompt, image, and prompt + image creation
- Paint it by hand on iPhone and iPad
- Local, private, and useful offline
- Universal app for iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple TV
- 54 included works across three curated collections
Optional collection packs · planned $1.19 each
Never buy the same painting twice.
A work may appear on several artist or style shelves, but it belongs to exactly one owning pack. Complete the paid collection later and the app offers only the price earned by your verified purchases.
| Packs owned | Complete all 80 |
|---|---|
| 0 | $4.79 |
| 1 | $3.99 |
| 2 | $3.29 |
| 3 | $2.59 |
| 4 | $1.79 |
| 5 | $0.99 |
Six verified packs unlock the remaining paid works automatically.