Comparison

ARTERNAL for iPad vs Line

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

Head to head
About

ARTERNAL for iPad

Streamline client communication with personalized emails and track engagement. Manage your artwork inventory and client interactions across multiple messaging platforms. Features a card scanner for quick client data entry.

Highlights
  • Bespoke email campaigns
  • Personalized preview pages
  • Client list filtering
  • Email and text engagement tracking
  • Artwork inventory access
  • Cross-platform messaging tracking
  • Integrated card scanner
Features
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Send bespoke emails to clients quickly and at scale including a personalized preview page. Create specialized lists filtered by interest, location, and more! Track email and text engagement: opens, clicks and shares to inform your follow up strategy and manage time efficiently. Access your entire artwork inventory whether you are in the gallery, on the go or at the art fair. Effectively track communication across all messaging including email, text, iMessage, WhatsApp, & WeChat. Integrated card scanner to automatically save new client information.

About

Line

Transform any photo or graphic into a line drawing with this efficient tool. Ideal for artists, it offers easy tracing, direct printing, and cloud saving. Now free for all users, it supports multiple images and layers for complex artwork.

Highlights
  • Image to line drawing conversion
  • Supports multiple images
  • Layer support
  • Adjustable line levels
  • Tracing mode with disabled touches
  • Light table functionality
  • Print and cloud save options
Features
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Line-ize will take any photo, image, or graphic and convert it to a line drawing. It's lightweight so you can get your art transferred to lines easily and quickly. It allows for easy tracing, send directly to a printer, or save/upload to the cloud. *** NOW FREE FOR EVERYONE *** Created by tattoo/piercing industry professionals for industry professionals. *** Ideal for tattooists, comic book artists, marketing and graphic artists and more! *** -- FEATURES -- - Now supporting iPhones!! - Supports multiple images at once - Layers support for combining artwork together - 5 levels of adjustments to get the lines exactly how you need - Disables touches for easy tracing with a pencil or pen right on your iPad - Right or Left handed artists feature - Acts as a light table too! - Portrait and landscape

Screenshots

Line4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: ARTERNAL for iPad at 5.0 against Line's 3.4. ARTERNAL for iPad also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 4 months). Line's advantage is ratings volume (8 vs 1) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, ads and monetization model 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. Line sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. ARTERNAL for iPad asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

ARTERNAL for iPad holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Line has 8 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ARTERNAL for iPad ships an update every 2 weeks, Line every 4 months. Both last shipped on October 3, 2026.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
ARTERNAL for iPad versus Line: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterARTERNAL for iPadLine
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better3.4 (8 ratings)
Positive reviews—33.3% of reviews
Number of ratings18 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterEvery 4 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.614.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size46 MB4 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperARTLOCAL (US) INC.kevin green

Customer experience

ARTERNAL for iPad

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Line

All ratings8 ratings
Positive62.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative37.5%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive33.3%
Neutral16.7%
Negative50.0%

In-app purchases

None

ARTERNAL for iPad

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Line

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$4.99

Questions

Is ARTERNAL for iPad free?
ARTERNAL for iPad is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Line free?
Line is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, ARTERNAL for iPad or Line?
ARTERNAL for iPad is rated higher. ARTERNAL for iPad averages 5.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Line averages 3.4 from 8 ratings.
Do ARTERNAL for iPad or Line have ads?
Neither ARTERNAL for iPad nor Line shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ARTERNAL for iPad or Line?
ARTERNAL for iPad ships an update every 2 weeks, and Line every 4 months. Most recently, ARTERNAL for iPad was updated on October 3, 2026 and Line on October 3, 2026.

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