# JustSketchMe — Easy character posing

> Digital 3D character posing and scene creation tool for artists. (iPhone/iPad app by JustSketchMe (Pty) Ltd.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/justsketchme/id1543663234 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [JustSketchMe (Pty) Ltd](https://appshunter.io/developer/1543663476)
- Category: Graphics & Design, Education
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Rating: 3.60/5 from 166 App Store ratings · 100 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 14.0 · 114 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2021-10-10
- Data updated: 2026-08-20
- Monetization: free with in-app purchases
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/justsketchme/id1543663234/reviews.md

## What is JustSketchMe?

Simple enough for the aspiring artist; powerful enough for the veteran illustrator. JustSketchMe helps artists take their idea from concept to creation fast. 

Spend less time planning, and more time focusing on what matters most: making great art. With simple yet powerful tools; JustSketchMe helps you create any scene as a reference piece for your next artwork. Your imagination is the limit.

Highlights:
- Dozens of posable character models
- Intricate hand posing
- Set extreme perspectives
- Dynamic lighting
- Hundreds of props
- A full pose library
- Saving your work in the cloud

“JustSketchMe combines a wealth of features with an interface that won't keep you hunting through menus—crucial when you're trying to stay in the creative groove.” - PC Mag

“This pose reference tool is a gamechanger” - IGN Southeast Asia

The subscription to JustSketchMe Pro gives you access to more powerful tools, props, and characters. Updated with new content regularly.

Report a bug: https://justsketch.me/bugs
Request a feature: https://justsketchme.nolt.io

Terms of service: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula

## Key features

- Posable character models
- Intricate hand posing
- Extreme perspective settings
- Dynamic lighting
- Hundreds of props
- Pose library
- Cloud saving

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**Subscriptions**

| Subscription | Price | Period |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Monthly Subscription | $11.99 | per month |
| Yearly Subscription | $71.99 | per year |
| 3 Month Subscription | $28.99 | per 3 months |
| 6 Month Subscription | $48.99 | per 6 months |

**One-time purchases**

| Purchase | Price | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Lifetime Access | $99.99 | one-time |


## What do users think of JustSketchMe?

Overall sentiment: mixed

**Pros**

- 👍 Intuitive and easy-to-use interface
- 🎨 Excellent tool for pose references and anatomy practice
- 🖐️ Free individual finger/joint movement control
- 💪 Helpful for artists struggling with poses and full-body drawings
- ⚡ Smooth performance and sleek UI design
- 🎭 Multiple body type and model options available
- 📱 Lightweight and resource-efficient for mobile
- 🔧 Flexible joint manipulation without artificial limits
- 💡 Innovative lighting and shading controls

**Cons**

- 💰 Extremely expensive pricing ($100-$200 one-time, $12-18/month subscription)
- 🔒 Most useful features locked behind paywall
- 💾 Cannot save poses without premium subscription
- 🐛 Frequent app crashes and session resets
- ⏸️ Significant lag when moving body parts
- 🐛 Blue highlight/text selection glitch when manipulating joints
- 📦 Limited free model options (only 1 female model essentially)
- 🔋 High battery drain on mobile devices
- ⚠️ License key and subscription restoration issues
- 🎯 Crowded UI with joint controls interfering with selection
- 📐 Anatomical inaccuracies (oversized heads, short limbs, incorrect proportions)
- 👎 Paywall on basic features like props and image uploading

**Commonly reported bugs**

- Blue highlight screen glitch when manipulating joints (makes app unusable until restart)
- App crashes and resets work progress unexpectedly
- Frequent freezing for 5+ seconds when moving body parts
- License key not working on app despite working on website
- Subscription purchases not granting access to premium features
- Restore purchases not functioning properly
- License key error claiming too many users despite minimal usage
- Female model appears by default and cannot be removed
- Limbs stretch and distort when resized and bent
- Thumbs have incorrect joint count (three instead of proper anatomy)
- Hand cannot reach face when bent due to proportions
- App requires website access, incompatible with parental restrictions
- Scene erases after 15-20 minutes of use
- Upgrade button not responding when clicked
- Subscription not syncing between web and app versions

**Most requested features**

- Lower pricing or tiered payment options ($3-25 range)
- Free trial period before purchase commitment
- Auto-save and pre-save functionality
- Ability to save at least one pose for free
- Pre-made pose library in free version
- Body morphing and customization (bust size, muscle definition, weight)
- Realistic hairstyle options
- Non-binary gender model options
- Male and female character variants for special models
- XYZ movement controls as optional alternative to rotation-only
- Adjustable joint button sizes to reduce UI clutter
- Confirmation prompt for clear stage button
- Free basic props and weapons
- Image import/upload feature in app
- Better limb resizing without stretching distortion
- Anatomically correct proportions
- More diverse character models and environments
- Ability to purchase specific features instead of full bundles

## Recent user reviews (10 of 100)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/justsketchme/id1543663234/reviews.md

### 4/5 — .

*2026-07-07*

Okay. So I’ve been using this app on my school computer this year and I just found out that this was an actual app. There are some things that I would like to talk about. 
So far, the app has been great and it’s amazing, it helps me draw poses—which I assume is what it’s meant to be used for—and it’s really easy. So in general, the app is really good and helpful. But—this is something in many apps for posing and drawing—I wish that we would be able to change the height and have weight added, sort of? The proportions are great, but what if I have a character that’s an adult and they’re really short? 
I also honestly think that certain clothing would be a better addition because I find that drawing clothes is hard. Maybe if a skirt is added, people can choose the type and length of it to their preference. Maybe add jeans. A small but understandable variety of shoes that can have color. Hair accessories—maybe. Dresses, shirts. All of those would be a perfect thing to add. 
In general, I’d say this app is great for beginners.

### 2/5 — Hard to use if I’m honest

*2026-05-03, version 1.1.12*

Almost everything is locked behind a pay service, the buttons are hard to click, clipping is super hard, etc

### 2/5 — You have to pay for alot of stuff

*2026-05-03*

I like the app its helpful BUT WHY TF DO YOU HAVE TO PAY FOR EVERYTHING GOD FORBID A GIRL JUST WANTS TO DRAW but 2 stars for how helpful it is

### 4/5 — A Really Good Tool (Please Read)

*2026-04-18, version 1.1.12*

The following topics will be in brackets;
                                  [Having Lagging Issues?]
                                             [My Review]
           [Another Posing App]   [Good Youtube Art Channels]

       [Having Lagging Issues?];
              When I first got the app a minute ago, I noticed that there was some major lag. For anyone having this same issue, open the setting tab at the top right in the app (gear icon). When the tab is opened scroll down and look for “hard shadows” turn that on and it will reduce the lag a lot. Also if you want to, disable the outline filter and that will also reduce lag. As for other issues as someone pointed out with one of the dot colors for posing joints taking up the whole screen space, I haven’t encountered that yet.

    [My Review];
             As a traditional artist and new-ish digital artist (not doing a I garbage), I think this app is great. One thing I really like is that you can change your FOV and basically learn to draw foreshortening and other perspectives. Where I currently am in my art journey is trying to learn (or re-learn) how to draw anime style or anime like characters, perspective, etc. Even though I just downloaded the app, I think it’ll help me out a lot, especially when I’m having difficulty with perspective.
            The only thing I’m not a fan of is the posing mechanics. Although it is advanced and highly possible, it is difficult to smoothly pose a figure with joint dots covering the figure, and the X,Y,Z  positioning system. (Colored lines representing X,Y,Z). Now it isn’t bad, and I am happy it’s there’s no monthly subscription other than a “pay for the full app” if you wanted it, it’s not required or forced on you. Cause Magic poser has subscription unlike this app. Anyway I think the app is really good. It just needs an update on the posing mechanics.

          [Another Posing App];
       Another posing app I use that’s really good, with no subscription, just a “buy the full app” kind of thing if you wanted the whole app, is a posing app called “Poseit”. It’s pretty underrated like this app and is about as good or a bit better than this app. The only thing it doesn’t have is the FOV, I’m hoping they’ll add it soon though. The figures are also pretty possible but do have a bit of limits compared to this one. Anyway I just wanted to suggest this one if anyone is looking for another posing app.

        [Good YouTube Art Channels];
         
Draw Sessions 
                                       (30 years of experience. Draws creatures,      
characters, scenes, thumbnails (tiny pictures), etc., been in the movie and gaming industry.)

Kesh Draws 
                                       (15+ years as an artist, makes comics sometimes, and teaches an art class)

Shrimpy
                                       (A longtime artist, but is more of a content art creator rather than a teacher like Kesh and Draw Sessions)

           I may update this with more artists.

    Thank you reader for your time, hope you have a good day, God bless, and remember the gift of salvation is Jesus Christ is free to you and everyone
                                                                             -FrogHead

### 4/5 — CAN WE GET MORE BODIES

*2026-04-11, version 1.1.12*

I need MORE models MORE MORE MORE!!!!give them FLESH GIVE THEM FLEXIBILITY #ihnmaims mentioned

### 2/5 — Highlighting bug

*2026-03-27*

I loved this app but now when I manipulate the joints, it "selects" the screen causing the blue highlight effect to cover the whole screen and the copy/cut/paste buttons to appear as if you have selected text. This happens every single time I attempt to move a joint and there doesn't seem to be any kind of work around or troubleshoot that prevents it. It's made the app borderline unusable as you can't use the buttons correctly when they're highlighted and the only way to get rid of it is to restart the app. This was working fine a week ago so I'm not sure what happened. Hopefully this is fixed soon as I've been using this app for years.

### 4/5 — Size

*2026-03-13, version 1.1.12*

It’s a very good app I just wish there was a better way for sizing things instead of them Turing out weird and over stretched like making the head shape and hands smaller if you want things like that without it looking off?

### 2/5 — Importing

*2026-03-10, version 1.1.12*

I can’t import an obj. Model even though you claim the app allows users to import those types of models

### 4/5 — I don’t know how to feel

*2026-03-09, version 1.1.12*

So lately I’ve been trying to get on the app and use it but it has like 3 big boxes that block the entire screen with some weird symbols and none of the buttons have been working, and it sucks because this is the only app I use when I want to create a pose to draw. And I’m pretty sure it’s a bug or something like that. I’ve tried deleting the app and downloading it again but it’s STILL there and it has been 3 days.

### 2/5 — New bug making it unusable.

*2026-03-06*

As of today there seems to be a bug where when manipulating the joints, it "selects" the screen causing the blue highlight effect to cover the whole screen and the copy/cut/paste buttons to appear as if you have selected text. This happens every single time I attempt to move a joint and there doesn't seem to be any kind of work around or troubleshoot that prevents it. It's made the app borderline unusable as you can't use the buttons correctly when they're highlighted and the only way to get rid of it is to restart the app. This was working fine a week ago so I'm not sure what happened. Hopefully this is fixed soon as I've been using this app for years.

## Frequently asked questions about JustSketchMe

### What does JustSketchMe do?

JustSketchMe is a digital tool designed to help artists create reference scenes for their artwork. It offers a variety of 3D character models, props, and posing tools to quickly bring concepts to life.

### What are the key features of JustSketchMe?

Key features include dozens of posable character models, intricate hand posing, the ability to set extreme perspectives, dynamic lighting, hundreds of props, a full pose library, and cloud saving.

### How much does JustSketchMe cost?

The app offers a free version with in-app purchases for additional tools, props, and characters. A subscription to JustSketchMe Pro unlocks more advanced features and content.

### Who is JustSketchMe for?

This app is suitable for both aspiring artists who are new to character posing and veteran illustrators looking for a powerful tool to speed up their workflow and bring their creative ideas to life.

### What are some common use cases for JustSketchMe?

Artists can use JustSketchMe to create custom poses for characters, build reference scenes for illustrations, experiment with different perspectives and lighting, and quickly visualize complex compositions before starting their final artwork.

## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 1.1.12 — 2026-02-02

Updated for the latest iOS version

### 1.1.11 — 2022-11-23

Subscription bug fixes.

### 1.1.10 — 2022-10-12

Subscription bug fixes.

### 1.1.9 — 2022-09-28

We have added some bug fixes and improvements, especially with regard to contract support and documentation.

### 1.1.8 — 2022-08-16

We have introduced a once-off payment to access all the content, models, and features on Just Sketch Me.

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