# Artists Grid Tool — user reviews > 28 indexed App Store user reviews of Artists Grid Tool by David Reinhart, rated 2.80/5 from 14 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/artists-grid-tool/id402430398/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/artists-grid-tool/id402430398.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 4 · 4★ 2 · 3★ 1 · 2★ 1 · 1★ 6 ## Newest reviews (8 of 28) ### 3/5 — Hard to use *2020-04-10* I cannot get The grid to go over the entire picture. It is up in a corner. It asks me how many pixels wide and I have no idea. Why not ask in inches? ### 4/5 — Almost perfect *2016-07-31* Gotta say I'm pretty surprised this app has gotten poor reviews. I find it great. It's very simple, works exactly as described - I think it's perfect. My only criticism; just wish it wouldn't refresh at night so I can leave my spot open on multiple-day projects. ### 2/5 — Size Wrong, No Crosshairs *2014-04-30* This is the best of the drawing grid apps I've tried in the store, but it's got flaws that make it unusable for me. First, the grid is not equal. The top and bottom squares are smaller then the middle. They are not equidistant. Second, you can't get down to a two line (crosshairs) four box grid. It starts as three line with six boxes and goes to smaller grid sizes with more boxes from there. The interface is great though. Wish it didn't have these flaws. ### 3/5 — Ok app *2013-12-27* Needs some tweaking. I have iphone 5c and the app seems to be cut off half way through the controls at bottom. Still better than $5 but needs to be fixed. ### 4/5 — Almost perfect... *2012-09-22* I was really excited to see an art-by-grid app here. This app does, basically, what I hoped it would, however it's missing a few key functions to be truly ideal for grid art: 1) It does not allow for an image to be divided into more than 24x16 squares. This is too few squares for large, detailed pieces. 2) It does not feature the ability to number the squares, forcing you to keep track of the current row and column without help. 3) It does not support custom sizing of the grid, so you are stuck with a 3:2 aspect ratio. 4) You cannot edit the image itself in any way apart from its relative size and position on the grid. No cropping/rotation/color controls. 5) The grid lines are more than 1 pixel wide at their thinnest setting. Some fine details may be blocked if the grid overlaps them and can be hard to see even on lower grid transparencies. Too few grid colors as well (only white, black, yellow, and blue). 6) No double-tap zooming, making you use a two-finger-spread to zoom, (making you use both hands, which is not ideal when working on a piece). At it's highest level, the zoom fills less than 1/4 of the total screen area with a given square. At some zoom levels, some of the grid's lines can disappear from the screen. Were these issues addressed, I would happily give this app 5 stars. As it stands, it's still a recommended purchase, albeit one with some definite shortcomings. ### 5/5 — Simply Great! *2011-04-24* Great artist tool at a gear price! ### 4/5 — Great grid tool *2011-03-29* I have a similar app from another provider that was more expensive and didn't have so many options. I can save the gridded photo to my album without having to take a manual snap shot. Colors for grid lines and the ability to fade. Great job on this one! ### 5/5 — Perfect *2011-03-14, version 1.1* This is exactly what I needed for gridding on the go. Thank you! ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Garbage *2017-07-27, version 1.4* Waste of money ### 1/5 — Not working on my iPad *2016-08-18* I had better luck with this last year. Now I can't even see any photos when I want to select one, just blank boxes. Tried a photo at random but the resizing didn't work. I bought the upgrade and there was no improvement. I sure wish it worked. ### 1/5 — Me *2016-08-01* Does not work. It is just a blank page. No grid. Save your money. ### 1/5 — 0 stars *2016-04-01* This app is absolutely terrible. You can't even choose how many square boxes u want which is supposed to be the whole point of the app.. ### 1/5 — Pay for each device? *2016-02-08* I bought this on my I phone assuming I could download it to my iPad also. Instead on my iPad I am required to buy it again. Wrong. I'm not paying twice to get the same app on a different device. All my other apps are available on all my devices. ### 1/5 — Not happy *2015-06-20, version 1.2* Since your recent update you're grid sizes have changed there are now 3 grid sizes and unless I'm mistaken there were initially 4. I may be wrong but what I am certain of is that there was at one point before the update an even smaller grid size than the smallest now and this size was very important for my work, that's gone now as is my use for the app! Very very disappointed ### 1/5 — Great idea that falls short. *2015-01-21, version 1.1* Desperately needs an update to make it relevant and worthwhile. ### 2/5 — Glitch *2015-03-06* Was exited to have grid on phone, but it Freezes when I save.. Frustrating! ### 2/5 — needs an update! *2014-11-12, version 1.1* This app was pretty great until upgrading to iOS 7. Afterword the controls went outside of the viewable area on the iPhone 4. Would love to be able to use this tool again. Help? ### 2/5 — Handy, but... *2014-07-10* It's in desperate need of an update. Would love to be able to control the amount if squares used, among all the other functions listed below. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Good app for artists. *2024-06-16, version 1.4* This is a good tool for artists. I spent 1/2 hour trying out different ones. This was the best. Ability to move to picture around on the grid is what I wanted. Easily done on here ### 5/5 — Only grid tool app that’s good *2020-11-20, version 1.4* No other one I’ve used let’s you actually adjust the grid on the image, so this gets 5 stars in my book. ### 5/5 — Love it! *2017-05-12* I've had zero issues with this app even though it hasn't been updated since end of 2015. 🙃 It does exactly what I need. I can add and adjust grids over any image I want to draw. Love I can save the image with the grid for future use. 👍🏼👍🏼 ### 5/5 — Perfect app for artists *2016-06-06, version 1.4* This app is perfect for any artist and it really helped me out with proportions. I would recommend this app for any artist out there ### 5/5 — This app is awesome!!!... *2015-08-17* This app was awesome but I noticed that you guys took off the 16x22 which was my favorite one. If you guys could possibly put that one back in that'd be awesome! ### 5/5 — Awesome *2014-10-20* I love it but can u please put the number on the grid ? ### 5/5 — Just what I was looking for *2013-01-27* I really like this app, and the price is just right too! I don't think there's anything wrong with it, but just a suggestion-- I think the app icon could be better designed but that's just a preference. Peace. ### 5/5 — Great Grid *2012-05-07* Really great app and cheap, not to mention simple, has everything I need to help me draw better. Good thing I didn't pay $5 for that other grid app, this one the best grid drawing method app! ### 5/5 — Best app *2011-08-16* This app is excellent. It's exactly what I needed ### 5/5 — Absolutely *2011-06-19* Perfect!! --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-06-10.*