Dessin Scale vs Overgrid
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Dessin Scale
Overlay a drawing scale onto your camera view to help plan your artwork's composition. Save your scaled images for later reference. Supports standard paper sizes like B and charcoal paper.
- Camera overlay scale
- Composition planning tool
- Save captured images
- Supports B size paper
- Supports charcoal paper size
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This application allows you to display a drawing scale on the camera. It also supports saving of captured images. Please use it to determine the composition of your drawing. ■Supported sizes B size Charcoal paper size
Overgrid
Easily add a customizable grid to any photo for accurate drawing and painting. Scale your reference image to match your canvas dimensions and transfer proportions with confidence. Features include adjustable grid lines, adaptive contrast, value studies, and temperature overlays.
- Add customizable grids to photos
- Scale reference to canvas dimensions
- Adjustable grid lines, color, and opacity
- Adaptive contrast for visibility
- Value study and temperature overlay
- Save and apply grid presets
- Export at high resolution
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Add a grid to any reference photo. Transfer proportions to canvas with confidence. Import from your gallery or shoot with your camera. Set rows, columns, line weight. Done. Match your canvas first. Crop the reference to your canvas ratio, then enter your real dimensions. 16x20, 12x12, whatever you are working on. Every square lines up when you transfer. No guesswork, no wasted paint. Customize everything. Grid color, opacity, thickness, diagonals for composition, numbering to track your squares. Make the grid work the way you work. Adaptive contrast reads your image and picks grid colors that stay visible on any background. Dark lines on light areas. Light lines on dark. You never lose the grid. Value study breaks the image into tonal levels so you can plan light and shadow before you start. Temperature overlay maps warm and cool zones across the composition. Save setups as templates. One tap to apply your favorite configuration to any new project. Export at full resolution, up to 4096px, for printing or reference at any size. Free includes three projects, basic grid, and 1024px export. Full access is a one-time purchase. Not a subscription. No account. No cloud. No ads. Your images never leave your device.
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Verdict
Dessin Scale and Overgrid both sit at 5.0 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of Overgrid's written reviews are positive against 17% of Dessin Scale's. Overgrid also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (weekly vs every 8 months). Dessin Scale's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1). On price, rating 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
Both are free to download. Overgrid sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Dessin Scale asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Dessin Scale against 5.0 for Overgrid. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 7 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 17% of Dessin Scale's written reviews are positive against 100% of Overgrid's.
Dessin Scale ships an update every 8 months, Overgrid weekly. The most recent releases landed on August 30, 2026 and September 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Dessin Scale | Overgrid |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (7 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 16.7% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 7 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 8 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 38 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Haruki Sugaya | Paintingstack Technologies SpA |
Customer experience
Dessin Scale
Overgrid
In-app purchases
Dessin Scale
No in-app purchases
Overgrid
- Overgrid Premium$12.99
