The site is young and improving fast, often thanks to notes from painters like you. Here is what has changed. Spotted something off, or wishing for something? The Feedback button in the corner goes straight to the maker.
Keyboard panning
v1.0.5July 24, 2026- Arrow keys and WASD now pan around the canvas, handy when painting zoomed in. Hold Shift for bigger jumps.
Faster kits, instant tweaks
v1.0.4July 24, 2026- Ultra fine kits now mix about two and a half times faster.
- Changing colors or detail in the kit wizard no longer redoes finished work. Flipping between settings you already tried is instant.
- Watercolor blending no longer sneaks into your next painting. It always starts off.
- This changelog page exists now, so you can see what we are up to.
The paint economy grows up
v1.0.3July 23, 2026- Asking a fellow painter for a paint actually notifies them now. Their pot wiggles and they see who wants it.
- A paint whose owner stepped away, or left, or just isn't using it glows softly. Tap it to take it. Nobody can hold colors hostage.
- When a painter leaves the room, their paints get dealt out to whoever is still painting.
- Gave away all your paints? You stay visible in everyone's tray so they can hand them back.
- Paint trays are much more compact on tablets. The canvas keeps the screen.
- Brushstrokes now survive shaky connections. If a save fails, it quietly retries until it lands.
- Big paintings with over a thousand finished cells load correctly again.
- Finished paintings look finished on the home page instead of nearly blank.
- Little cells fully inside a bigger cell no longer get painted over by their neighbor.
Printables and share pages
v1.0.2July 22, 2026- Print any kit as a paper sheet, or save it as a PDF. Numbered cells plus a paint legend with color names and exact codes.
- Every painting has a share page now. Send it to anyone and they see the painting, who painted it, and how long it took.
- A feedback button lives in the corner of every page. Bugs, wishes, compliments: we read every note.
- Paint Together is now playable on itch.io too.
Ten painters, one canvas
v1.0.1July 21, 2026- Up to ten painters per canvas, each with their own labeled paint tray. Drag a pot onto someone's tray to share it.
- Chat got speech bubbles by your cursor, reactions, and typing dots.
- Six built-in music tracks, lofi to nocturne, so the room has a soundtrack.
- A running clock counts your painting time, per painting and per painter.
- Three detail levels: Simple for a cozy evening, Fine like a store kit, Ultra fine for a marathon.
- Download your finished painting full size.
Paint by Numbers Together goes live
v1.0.0July 20, 2026- Turn any photo into a numbered canvas and paint it live with people you love, from anywhere.
- A library of a hundred hand-picked pictures, ready to paint.
- No accounts, no downloads, free.