Proofics Viewer vs Real Halftone 2
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Proofics Viewer
Review digital proofs for print and web on your iPhone. Compare proof versions, record voice notes, and share proofs. This companion app is ideal when your iPad is unavailable.
- View print and web proofs
- Compare proof versions
- Record and playback voice notes
- Share proofs via email
- Submit proofs
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Proofics Viewer is part of the Proofics® system, a cloud-based digital proofing solution. Proofics Viewer allows you to view proofs for print and web right on your iPhone. You would usually view and annotate color-managed digital proofs with Proofics® on iPad. But there are times when your iPad is not near by. Proofics Viewer is the right tool for those cases. You can view proofs and annotations right on your iPhone, compare a new proof to its previous round, record and playback voice notes for each proof, share proofs via email, submit proofs and more. Please Note: You cannot annotate proofs in Proofics Viewer and proofs reviewed within this app are NOT color-managed.
Real Halftone 2
This app generates halftone dots for photomechanical printing. Users can select dot shapes and adjust CMYK color screen angles to create unique halftone photographs, faithfully reproducing moiré patterns.
- Generates halftone dots
- Adjustable CMYK color screen angles
- Faithful moiré pattern reproduction
- Selectable dot shapes
- Adjust CMY gray replacement with black
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Real Halftone 2 is a full-fledged app that generates halftone dots for photomechanical printing. You can select a dot shape and adjust the screen angle of each CMYK color to create a wide variety of halftone photographs. Moiré patterns that appear depending on screen angle combinations are faithfully reproduced as well. [Features] - By adjusting the angle at which the halftone dot screens of each CMYK color are overlapped, the occurrence of moiré can be suppressed. - You can adjust the amount of CMY gray components replaced with black during color separation. - Detailed settings related to halftone dot printing are also available, such as dot shape and screen ruling.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Proofics Viewer at monthly against Real Halftone 2's every 3 months. Proofics Viewer also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). Real Halftone 2's advantage is ratings volume (15 vs 3). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Proofics Viewer against 4.9 for Real Halftone 2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Real Halftone 2 has 15 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Proofics Viewer ships an update monthly, Real Halftone 2 every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Proofics Viewer | Real Halftone 2 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better | 4.9 (15 ratings) |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 15 — better |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 15 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | International Color Services | Tomoki Kobayashi |
Customer experience
Proofics Viewer
Real Halftone 2
In-app purchases
Proofics Viewer
No in-app purchases
Real Halftone 2
No in-app purchases
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