Cover Art Studio vs Model Pro
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Cover Art Studio
Easily transform your photos into custom album, playlist, song, or mixtape cover art. This tool provides creative control to design unique artwork for your music releases.
- Album cover creation
- Playlist artwork
- Song cover art
- Mixtape artwork
- Photo editing
- Creative control
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With this Free Album Cover Maker you can take your photos and turn them into album, playlist, song or mixtape cover art in seconds. Cover Art Studio gives you the creative control to create your own vision for your next album cover. These days a great album cover is a great picture and a parental advisory sticker, ask Drake.
Model Pro
Easily create a personal website with your photos and share it via QR code from your Apple Watch. No technical skills are required to showcase your talents and potentially be discovered.
- Create personal website
- Add photos and videos
- Share via QR code
- Apple Watch integration
- Drag & Drop support
- Multiple website templates
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Present your talent with a portfolio built from your own photos and videos. ModelPro helps you select complementary images, create professional comp cards, and keep your work organized in a private workspace. INTELLIGENT PHOTO SELECTION On-device analysis considers image quality, framing, and variety. Explore explained recommendations, compare alternatives, and make the final choice yourself. ModelPro does not generate photos or change your appearance. PROFESSIONAL COMP CARDS Create an Agency Classic front and back, choose your photos, and review each crop before exporting. Share a two-page PDF or the front and back as JPEG images. YOUR PORTFOLIO, ORGANIZED Build your Main Portfolio, review Portfolio Health guidance, and export a digital portfolio PDF. Keep your professional name, measurements, markets, and representation together, with control over which details appear in your outputs. EXPAND WITH MODELPRO PRO Add video to your portfolio, analyze representative frames, choose a poster, and save a non-destructive trim selection. Export your original video or include its poster in a portfolio PDF. The PDF is not a playable video reel. Photo curation and comp-card creation remain available without Pro. PRIVATE, LOCAL-FIRST WORK Import, analysis, and creation work without an account. Your working media stays in the app’s private storage; normal device backups may include durable data. You choose when to export or share. Public online portfolio hosting is not currently available. IPHONE, IPAD AND MAC A native workspace for iPhone, iPad and Mac. On Mac, import files from Finder and save exports with native file panels. Projects and media stay local to each device; automatic cloud sync is not included. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Cover Art Studio at 53% against Model Pro's 0%. On price, update cadence, 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. Cover Art Studio sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and Model Pro sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Cover Art Studio ships an update every 11 days, Model Pro every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Cover Art Studio | Model Pro |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (4.3K ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 52.8% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 4.3K — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 11 days — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 325 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Gnoodl, LLC | Carlos Chaparro |
Customer experience
Cover Art Studio
Model Pro
Bugs and requests
Cover Art Studio
Reported bugs
5 issues- Keyboard gets stuck and won't go away
- Resizing and positioning elements is glitchy
- App crashes when trying to download new assets
- Saved designs not showing up in photo library
- Inconsistent performance across devices
Requested features
5 requests- Add ability to import custom fonts and backgrounds
- Improve text editing and placement tools
- Provide more high-quality design elements
- Allow for batch processing/exporting of designs
- Implement an undo/redo feature
Model Pro
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Cover Art Studio
- All Pack Subscription$4.991 Month
- Color Picker$0.99
- Filters$0.99
- Renaissance$0.99
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- Cash$0.99
- Fire and Smoke$0.99
- Background Color Picker$0.99
- Slatt Pack$0.99
- Double Cup$0.99
- Bling$1.99
Model Pro
- Studio Monthly$6.991 Month
- Studio Annual$39.991 Year
- 1 Month$0.99
- 12 Months Subscription$9.99
Questions
Is Cover Art Studio free?
Is Model Pro free?
Do Cover Art Studio or Model Pro have ads?
Which is updated more often, Cover Art Studio or Model Pro?
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