
Proref: Art Reference Boards
Reference boards & art journey
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Proref is where your references live while you draw — and where the finished piece goes afterwards.
GATHER YOUR REFERENCES
Drop everything you're looking at onto one huge canvas and arrange it into a board. Import from Photos, your camera, Files, a web link, the share sheet, or by dragging straight in from Safari. Zoom from 2% to 25,600%, so the board grows with the project.
WORK BESIDE THEM
Proref is built for Split View: your references on one side, your drawing app on the other. Sketch and annotate over them with Apple Pencil, with pressure. Tune brightness, contrast and saturation, or crop non-destructively — the original is always recoverable. A minimap shows where you are, and saved views jump you back to any spot in one tap.
KEEP THE PIECE, AND THE LESSON
When something's finished, keep it. Attach a piece to the board it came from, open it full screen, and see everything you've made on a dated timeline — as a gallery to swipe or a list to scan. Note what worked and what didn't while it's fresh, star the things to carry forward, and those notes sit in a pane on the board while you draw the next one.
If you'd rather Proref stayed purely a reference app, turn the art journey off in Settings and it does.
PRIVATE BY DEFAULT
No accounts. No sign-in. No server. No tracking, no analytics, no ads. Your boards, your artworks and your critique notes stay on your device.
FREE, WITH A ONE-TIME UNLOCK
Proref is free to use with 2 boards, 10 images per board, 3 saved views, 5 finished artworks, and 3 focused critique notes per piece. Proref Pro removes those limits and unlocks every feature — a single one-time purchase, not a subscription. Buy it once and restore it on your other devices.
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What's New in Proref
1.5.0
October 21, 2026
• Added: export a board as an image and share it anywhere — pick what it covers, the space around your work, the size, and a clear or coloured background, with a live preview • Added: choose how an attached artwork fills its board card (Settings) • Improved: photos keep their full resolution when you add them • Improved: photos referenced from your library stay sharp when you zoom in or export
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Subscriptions & In-App Purchases
$7.99
Proref Pro
Unlocks all the features of the app







