Comparison

Artstudio Pro vs 拼豆

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Artstudio Pro

This powerful app offers advanced drawing, painting, and photo editing tools for creative professionals and enthusiasts. It features a robust engine, flexible layer system, and an advanced brush engine for realistic strokes. Users can also create animations and import/export various image formats.

Highlights
  • GPU accelerated ArtEngine
  • Unlimited layers and large canvas sizes
  • Advanced brush engine with 150+ brushes
  • Flexible layer system with groups and masks
  • Professional photo editing tools
  • Animation creation and export
  • Import/Export ABR/TPL brush and pattern formats
Features
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Introducing Artstudio Pro, the most powerful painting and photo editing app available for both iOS and macOS. The successor to our famous ArtStudio app has been redesigned bringing many new features and improvements taking full advantage of the latest technologies Metal, iCloud Drive, Apple Pencil, and optimized for 64-bit multi-core processors to achieve the smoothest possible workflow. Powerful engine App is based on the powerful GPU accelerated ArtEngine developed by Lucky Clan. It allows working with multiple documents, supports large canvas sizes and an unlimited number of layers. Incredible optimization ensures smooth work even with large canvases. • Realistic Color Pigment Blending • Canvas size up to 64Mpix • Unlimited layers • Multiple open documents • 27 tools: Move, Select, Crop, Eyedropper, Paint, Wet Paint, Eraser, Bucket/Pattern/Gradient Fill, Smudge, Dodge, Burn, Sponge, Text, Heal, Clone, and more • Full iCloud integration Flexible layer system Artstudio Pro introduces a new layer system with grouping, non-destructive layer effects, and adjustment layers. • Groups • Masks, clipping masks • Adjustment Layers • 9 layer effects: Bevel/Emboss, Stroke, Inner Shadow, Inner Glow, Outer Glow, Color/Gradient/Pattern Overlay, Drop Shadow • Text layers Advanced Brush engine Perfectly optimized, lag free mechanism generating smooth, real looking strokes, making the most of Apple Pencil. • Brush size up to 4000x4000 • 64-bit painting with pattern, double stamp, wet brush, dynamics • Brush editor with over 100 customizable settings • Over 150 built-in brushes divided into multiple groups: Pens, Pencils, Oil Painting, Inking, Charcoals, Airbrushes, Watercolor and many more • Symmetric painting Professional photo editor Photo editing options developed in cooperation with professional photographers. Each feature was tested in several scenarios and light conditions. • 15 adjustments available as non-destructive layer or simple adjustment: Brightness/Contrast, Levels, Curves, Exposure/Gamma, Shadows/Highlights, Vibrance, Hue/Saturation, Color Balance, Temperature/Tint, Black and White, Gradient Map and more • 4 auto adjustments: Auto Contrast, Levels, Lightness, Saturation • Transform: Basic, Perspective, Warp • Dozens of filters with realtime preview and the ability to generate seamless patterns • Inpaint, Elastify (Liquify) • Retouching tools: Heal, Dodge, Burn, Sponge and more • Image resize, Canvas resize • Crop and Trim Animation Create animation from layers or groups and finally export it to one of the most popular animation format • Scrollable timeline view with Play/Pause • Onion skin • Customizable Frame duration • Always visible layers • Export to MP4, HEVC, Animated GIF/PNG Import/Export We have implemented many parsers from the most popular assets/images formats and we are especially proud of our ABR/TPL parser which not only reads brush stamps and patterns, but also most settings which are converted to Artstudio Pro brush engine values. Import • Images - PNG, JPEG, PSD, HEIC, TIFF, GIF, PDF, most raw formats • Brushes - ABR, TPL • Color swatches - ASE, ACO • Patterns - PAT • Gradients - GRD • Fonts - TTF, OTF Export • Images - PNG, JPEG, PSD, TIFF, PDF Other features • Floating panels for Colors, Layers, Brushes etc • Screen recording • Customizable Quick menu • Customizable Shortcuts • Snapping to guidelines, dynamic guidelines, grid • Perspective grid assist • Mirror (flipped) view • Support of iPad Drag and Drop, Split View, Sharing Extension, Open In, Clipboard Free version limitations: • locked Saving • canvas size limited to device screen size • layers count limited to 3 • export only to jpg • locked animation export Minimum System Requirements Artstudio Pro for iOS requires iPhone or iPad running iOS 15.0 or above Privacy policy: https://luckyclan.com/privacy-policy Terms of use: https://luckyclan.com/terms-use

About

拼豆

Features
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拼豆是一款面向拼豆与像素画爱好者的图纸创作和辅助拼搭工具。从照片生成图纸、编辑豆格,到统计材料、管理库存和跟随图纸完成作品,帮助你更轻松地完成整个拼豆创作过程。 【图片生成拼豆图纸】 从相册导入喜欢的照片,自动转换颜色和豆格,快速生成清晰的拼豆图纸。支持调整颜色数量,并可继续进入编辑器进行修改。 【拼豆图纸编辑器】 提供画笔、橡皮、吸色、区域填充、撤销和重做等工具。你可以自由修改豆格和色号,也可以创建空白图纸,从零开始设计自己的像素画作品。 【辅助拼搭】 按颜色和区域逐步完成作品,支持当前颜色高亮、上一色、下一色、完成标记和拼搭进度保存,减少看错位置、漏拼和重复数格子的情况。 【材料统计与豆仓管理】 自动统计图纸所需的颜色、色号和豆子数量。你可以记录现有库存,查看每种颜色的需求、库存和缺少数量,提前准备拼豆材料。 【图纸灵感与作品管理】 浏览不同主题的灵感图纸,搜索和收藏喜欢的作品,并集中管理自己创建和保存的本地图纸。 【导出与分享】 支持导出包含完整图纸与材料清单的高清 PDF,方便保存、打印和分享。 无论你是刚开始接触拼豆,还是经常制作像素画和手工 DIY 作品,都可以使用拼豆完成从图片、图纸到成品的创作过程。 隐私政策: https://yangchuang.work/douzuo/privacy.html 用户协议: https://yangchuang.work/douzuo/terms.html 自动续费规则: https://yangchuang.work/douzuo/terms.html

Screenshots

Artstudio Pro4 screens
拼豆3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Artstudio Pro at none against 拼豆's shown. Artstudio Pro also leads on device support (3 vs 1). On price, in-app purchases and iOS requirement 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Artstudio Pro sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.49 per year and 拼豆 sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Artstudio Pro versus 拼豆: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterArtstudio Pro拼豆
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (4.1K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews74.1% of reviews—
Number of ratings4.1K — better—
Update frequencyMonthly—
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size385 MB22 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLucky ClanFuding Rongfeng Network Technology Co., Ltd.

Bugs and requests

Artstudio Pro

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Gradient tool not working as expected
  • Brush settings not saving properly
  • Unexpected canvas resizing and cropping
  • Layers disappearing or not rendering correctly

Requested features

6 requests
  • Add custom brush creation
  • Improve canvas resizing and previewing
  • Implement better layer and mask management
  • Add more blending and color adjustment tools
  • Introduce keyboard shortcuts and gesture support
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  • Provide a comprehensive user manual or tutorials

拼豆

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Artstudio Pro

Subscriptions1
  • Yearly Subscription3 Days trial$3.491 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime License$14.99
2 purchases

拼豆

Subscriptions2
  • 豆作 Pro 月度会员$0.991 Month
  • 豆作 Pro 年度会员$3.991 Year

Questions

Is Artstudio Pro free?
Artstudio Pro is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is 拼豆 free?
拼豆 is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Artstudio Pro or 拼豆 have ads?
拼豆 shows ads; Artstudio Pro does not.

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