# GHOSTLINE — user reviews

> 49 indexed App Store user reviews of GHOSTLINE by Ghostline, Inc., rated 4.60/5 from 348 ratings.

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/ghostline/id6444372551/reviews
- App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/ghostline/id6444372551.md
- Rating breakdown: 5★ 292 · 4★ 19 · 3★ 9 · 2★ 6 · 1★ 22

## What do users think of GHOSTLINE?

Overall sentiment: mixed

**Pros**

- 🚀 Saves significant time on stencil creation
- 👍 User-friendly interface and easy to learn
- 💡 Innovative stencil conversion technology
- 📏 Multi-page printing and sizing features
- 🎨 Advanced editing and customization tools
- 📱 Efficient workflow integration with design apps
- ✨ High-quality, crisp stencil output
- 🔧 Responsive developer support and updates

**Cons**

- 💰 Subscription model considered overpriced
- 🚫 Paywall immediately upon app opening
- ❌ Free alternatives available with similar features
- 🐛 Occasional gaps in stencil output
- 😕 Confusing stencil output for some users
- ⚠️ Limited advanced controls compared to alternatives
- 🎯 Inconsistent results across different image types
- 📱 Misleading 'free to download' marketing

**Commonly reported bugs**

- Quarter inch gaps appearing in stencil output
- App loses important design details in conversion
- Emphasizes irrelevant details over important ones
- Inconsistent stencil quality on complex designs
- Limited customization options for stencil output

**Most requested features**

- One-time purchase option instead of subscription
- Lower subscription pricing ($6/month considered too high)
- Lifetime subscription option under $100
- JPEG file format export option
- Save reference image as separate file
- Reference overlay in edit mode to see original design
- Pinch zoom in/out functionality
- Redo button for edits
- Bookmark pen sizes for quick toggling
- Background removal tool
- Ruler/grid overlay option
- Ability to remove white background from images

## Newest reviews (12 of 49)

### 4/5 — Ok but ……NOT Fair !!!

*2026-02-02, version 1.7.2*

A membership is unnecessary because the app tat stencil ,does everything you can do on this app for free 😒,but I respect the hustle I guess, but don’t expect me to stick around for the long haul …there is a lot of free apps out there and they are upgrading with A.I enhanced technology.. This is the only thing make it a one time fee ,OR Better yet ,Free APP like your competitors!!!!

### 2/5 — Apprentices: don’t pay to make stencils

*2025-04-01, version 1.7.2*

There are plenty of free apps to make stencils.  Paying $6 a month to use an app with hardly any advanced controls is not necessary.  If you need to upscale an image, do it in Photoshop or a free online resource.

### 3/5 — JPEG

*2025-01-16, version 1.7.2*

Please for the love of god make the files able to save as just jpeg in images .

### 3/5 — Garbage

*2024-08-03, version 1.6*

Most confusing stencils I’ve ever seen in my life. It loses half the important information and emphasizes irrelevant details that just make your stencils confusing and hard to follow. Stenciling by hand takes way longer, but I’d rather spend hours doing that then follow this easy hack that will only make your tattoos look lazier.

### 2/5 — No need for this app to be subscription based. Cheaper/better alternatives are available

*2024-02-10, version 1.6*

It does what it says, but I would love to know why this app utilizes a subscription model? Does it provide a myriad of new features every month or every year? Does it use heavy bandwidth for the developers? Did it cost millions in capitol to create this app so they have to recoup the costs in perpetuity? A subscription model makes sense for something like the Adobe Suite, where you are literally bombarded with new features and updates every month. In this case, it is a simple as greed. Again it is a good app, but you don’t have to choose a subscription model for the sake of siphoning money from people every month/year for an app that simply creates stencils. Other apps provide this at a fraction or the cost for a one time cost. This is not a comprehensive editing suite. Currently this app’s subscription is set at $6/month or $60/year. Compare this to Adobe Express, which gives you Photoshop Express and Adobe Firefly, costing $10/month. We all enjoy making money, but please be reasonable.

### 2/5 — Great app, won’t be subscribing

*2023-08-30, version 1.5.1*

Unfortunately the subscription service has made my mind up for me. Procreate isn’t perfect, but it’s worth penny. If the charge were the flat 50-60$ I’d definitely buy the program, but the pay to play platform and I disagree on a fundamental level. I’m passing on this because of the greedy nature of the marketing. Had to kick photoshop to the curb for the same reason. I’ll be back when this becomes reasonable.

### 4/5 — Great!

*2023-02-26, version 1.3*

This really works if you take the time to figure it out. In most cases, I use it to get basic shapes, import back into Procreate, set to multiply and fill in the rest with hand stencil in Procreate. Saves so much time and I get the best of both worlds!

### 5/5 — Innovative technology

*2023-02-22, version 1.2*

GHOSTLINE has been been my go to stencil and sizing tool, and with almost a decade in the industry… it’s about the small things that can cause the biggest improvement .This app saves me so much time and is able to do things that procreate struggles to do. 

Looking forward to see what else comes from GHOSTLINE!

-Anthony Black

### 5/5 — The Best!

*2023-02-20, version 1.2*

This app is amazing for saving hours of time making stencils for your tattoos! I was making stencils the old way for so long that I felt nothing could change my mind… well this did

### 5/5 — Makes your day so much easier

*2023-02-16, version 1.2*

I use this app for my daily stencils and honestly couldn’t see myself using anything else anymore. 
All the tools to add detail and lines to use on your final stencils are so quick and easy to use, and youll be applying your stencils in no time 

Check out my work to see how i use this app daily @davetattoosyou

### 5/5 — Massive time saver

*2023-02-16, version 1.2*

GHOSTLINE saves me so much time on the big labor intensive stencil designs, not having to draw out the fur on a wolf or a bear, what a gift! This quite literally saves me hours by not having to draw my stencil by hand.

Early on when I first downloaded the app they didn’t have a function to save my stencil so I could come back to it when working on a multi session piece. I sent a message and literally within days they changed it so you could save pdfs.

The multi page layout saves me printing and expanding by copying size or importing my procreate to photoshop.

The reference page where I can brighten or dim my stencil while it’s directly overlaid on my reference photo and make my stencil whatever colour I need so I can see exactly how to correctly shade each piece is a stroke of brilliance. 

I can’t recommend Ghostline enough!

Kevin Hastings

### 5/5 — Time saver, game changer

*2023-02-13, version 1.2*

Simple, reliable, and a huge breath of fresh air in innovative technology in the tattoo industry! Dozens of examples on their page, and plenty of simple tutorials on how to use. I haven’t not used the app since downloading 10/10

## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated)

### 1/5 — Useless

*2026-06-12, version 2.0.2*

Terrible useless attempts at stencils can’t believe they wanted payment for a app that is terrible to use

### 1/5 — Una Estafa

*2026-01-09, version 1.7.2*

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### 1/5 — Don’t waste your $

*2025-10-17, version 1.7.2*

This app not always but often leave a quarter inch gap out of the stencil so you still have to draw that bit on. You’re better off printing the image into quarters yourself and not wasting money on this app. If you are looking to use this for large back projects. It’s pretty terrible for that use

### 1/5 — Hidden monthly subscription

*2024-04-26, version 1.6*

There's a hidden monthly subscription as soon as you open the app and there's no way to get past the screen unless you pay

### 1/5 — Don’t buy

*2024-04-17, version 1.6*

Horrible only lets you choose from 3 options and each doesn’t let you thin or stencil an outline only makes the image color light or dark waste of money

### 1/5 — Pricing all wrong

*2023-08-23*

Sometimes an App can be good even great.
But if the pricing is all wrong then you get high returns on a low number and far less people to people free positive advertizing.

By offering only subscriptions ( high priced ) for this App they are shooting themselves in the foot. On what could be a much larger user base. 

My suggestions are:

Lower monthly and yearly subscriptions prices.

Do offer a Lifetime option under 100 $

The app looks like a very fine App but i couldn’t even test it due to your pricing model.

### 1/5 — Free to download , pay in app

*2023-05-23, version 1.4*

Kind of a weird type of false advertising. So it’s free to download so you think you lucked up just to get to the splash page and hit with a paywall

### 1/5 — Terrible

*2023-02-02, version 1.2*

This is just pony Lawsons trash app mixed with extra crap you won’t use or need stick to Procreate or photoshop

### 1/5 — Awful

*2023-01-26, version 1.2*

Absolutely useless for realism. Creates a gritty, unreadable stencil that's of no use unless you want to confuse yourself. Deleted immediately.

### 2/5 — Don’t waste your money

*2026-06-30, version 2.0.2*

Had GHOSTLINE for just over a month, decided to download and try 6 different stencils apps and this isn’t that great. Subscribed to unlock the pro version,and haven’t yet been able to produce a useable stencil.  Worth mentioning that I use a thermal stencil printer and only wanted an app to help with the realism pieces that I get in but this app can’t produce a clean enough line based stencil that I would feel comfortable using for work.

## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated)

### 5/5 — JP tattoos

*2025-09-27, version 1.7.2*

Love the easiness/ just edit and print!!!!!

### 5/5 — Suggest

*2024-11-30, version 1.6*

I like this app a lot . If there could be a way to save the reference part as an image would be great. Also, adding the reference part in the edit part so you can see the original design as your erasing would be cool too

### 5/5 — Time-saving Savior

*2024-10-17*

The absolute best app for stenciling. Used to use a website but this app is way more handy. Does stenciling and so much more. Love that it prints to size without resizing on printer or procreate.

I can see why people are confused as to how to use it, but you should watch a tutorial it takes 1 minute to get it down and understand it.

For people complaining about the price, its the cost of one flash tattoo a year. It’s the cost of one dinner per year. If it makes life better for you, why not pay that little amount which will keep the app to develop instead of staying stagnant?

### 5/5 — Great app, worth the purchase

*2024-06-19, version 1.6*

I have nothing but good things to say about this app. This is my go to for quickly making excellent stencils. Figured I’d just try the free trial and bounce, but had to pay for it after I realized there’s no better app for the job. Hands down the best purchase I’ve made for tattooing prep work. Thanks for the great app!

### 5/5 — Stiff Rakoon Ink

*2023-09-20, version 1.6*

I have a studio in downtown HB at Pacific City, and this is my go to stencil app, saves time!

### 5/5 — Game changer

*2023-05-04, version 1.4*

I love this app. It took me a little while to get used to it because I’ve used line drawing stencils for so long but I couldn’t live without it now. 
Saves me so much time, I can finalise a design in the morning with a client and get straight on with it without having them wait half hour for me to make a stencil.
I’m using an old brother pocket jet to make the stencils, seems to work pretty well.

### 5/5 — Perfect

*2023-05-03*

Best Tattoo stencil app ever ! 🔥

### 5/5 — If you tattoo, you need this!

*2023-04-29, version 1.4*

I’ve been using Ghostline since the launch and I can’t tell you how many times this app has saved me time, work, and energy. The filter used for this stencil process is definitely unique and super efficient. I’ve been using photoshop/illustrator/procreate to achieve a similar effect but this is so fast and it’s perfect every time. This is incredibly useful for more realistic style tattooing but can also be used for simple designs… simply run it through Ghostline after you’ve lost all your resolution in procreate from resizing. Oversize print option has been a life saver working as a guest artist when you don’t have all your tools and comfort of working at home base. Client wants to change there design? No problem, Ghostline. Can’t print oversize with procreate off iPad? Ghostline. Resize? Ghostline.

### 5/5 — This app is amazing

*2023-04-09, version 1.3.1*

This is a perfect app to create tattoo stencils for tattoos it save a lot of time and it’s easy to use I love it.

### 5/5 — Freshink approved!

*2023-02-28, version 1.3.1*

To a lot of our clients they never see the behind the scenes when we have to stencil the tattoos we are about to do on them. I would take hours in finalizing the stencil after putting in mad hours on designing my pieces. With this app there is NO more added time out of my day and night to stencil!! This app is magic and I am so happy for you guys making such an amazing tool for us tattooers! Love it each and every day!!!

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*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 2026-08-26.*