Comparison

Dessin Scale vs Overgrid

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Camera overlay scale
  • Composition planning tool
  • Save captured images
  • Supports B size paper
  • Supports charcoal paper size
Features
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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

About

Overgrid

Easily transfer any photo to your canvas with a customizable grid overlay. Scale your reference image precisely to match your real-world dimensions, ensuring accurate proportions for your artwork. Features include value studies, temperature mapping, and adaptive contrast for optimal visibility.

Highlights
  • Customizable drawing grid
  • Scale photos to canvas dimensions
  • Value study and temperature overlay
  • Adaptive contrast grid colors
  • Save setups as templates
  • Export at full resolution
Features
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Overgrid puts a drawing grid on your reference photo, with squares sized to your real canvas, so you can copy it square by square and keep every proportion. Import from your gallery, or shoot with your camera on iPhone and iPad. 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. Go full screen beside the easel. Pinch to zoom into a square, and the screen stays on while you paint. 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. 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. 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, the whole grid (lines, dots or crosses, numbering, diagonals, six colors), crop and rotate, and saving at 1024px. Full access is a one-time purchase. Not a subscription. No account. No cloud. No ads. Your images never leave your device.

Screenshots

Dessin Scale1 screens
Overgrid4 screens

Verdict

The call

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 (every 10 days 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Overgrid sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Dessin Scale asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Dessin Scale against 5.0 for Overgrid. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Overgrid has 11 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 17% of Dessin Scale's written reviews are positive against 100% of Overgrid's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Dessin Scale ships an update every 8 months, Overgrid every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Dessin Scale versus Overgrid: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDessin ScaleOvergrid
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (11 ratings)
Positive reviews16.7% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings211 — better
Update frequencyEvery 8 monthsEvery 10 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationAd-supported — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better
Requires iOS16.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB33 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHaruki SugayaPaintingstack Technologies SpA

Customer experience

Dessin Scale

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive16.7%
Neutral16.7%
Negative66.7%

Overgrid

All ratings11 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Dessin Scale

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Overgrid

One-time1
  • Overgrid Premium Lifetime$14.99

Questions

Is Dessin Scale free?
Dessin Scale is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Overgrid free?
Overgrid is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Dessin Scale or Overgrid?
Dessin Scale and Overgrid are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 2 and 11 ratings respectively.
Do Dessin Scale or Overgrid have ads?
Dessin Scale shows ads; Overgrid does not.
Which is updated more often, Dessin Scale or Overgrid?
Dessin Scale ships an update every 8 months, and Overgrid every 10 days. Most recently, Dessin Scale was updated on November 2, 2026 and Overgrid on November 8, 2026.

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