Artist Lightbox vs Lightbox for Tracing
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Artist Lightbox
Transform your device into a digital lightbox for tracing and transferring images. Adjust image contrast and saturation, lock your image in place, and use any photo from your camera roll. The app offers biometric security and a togglable toolbar for a seamless tracing experience.
- Image adjustments (contrast, saturation)
- Lock image during tracing
- Biometric security
- Togglable toolbar
- Image rotation
- Use camera roll images
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Artist Lightbox is an app that makes your device into a lightbox! Trace images or even just use the white screen to use with transfer paper! Features: Image Adjustments Adjust the Contrast and Saturation of images. Lock Image Lock the image to keep from adjusting the image while you are tracing. Biometric Security Lock your image from loading until authenticated. Togglable Toolbar Triple tap the screen to hide and un-hide the toolbar. Image Rotation Easily rotate your images with a click of a button. Use Any Image Pick and use any image in your camera roll.
Lightbox for Tracing
Transform your device into a digital tracing table. Easily import patterns from the web or your own images. Locked mode prevents accidental gestures, making it ideal for detailed tracing tasks.
- Digital tracing table functionality
- Import patterns from web URLs
- Import images for tracing
- Gesture-locked mode
- Simple and time-saving interface
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This is an app to use as a tracing table. When in locked mode, gestures such as taps will not work. You can select patterns from the web (URL) as well as images. I made this app to trace embroidery patterns. Since a pattern are on the web, I wanted something that I could lock in web view! It's a very simple app, but it will save you time and frustration. I hope you enjoy it.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Lightbox for Tracing at 100% against Artist Lightbox's 50%. Lightbox for Tracing also leads on rating (4.0 vs 3.7) and chart position (#200 vs unranked). Artist Lightbox's advantage is price (Free vs $0.99) and ratings volume (13 vs 1). On update cadence, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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
Artist Lightbox is free to download; Lightbox for Tracing costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Lightbox for Tracing holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Artist Lightbox has 13 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of Artist Lightbox's written reviews are positive against 100% of Lightbox for Tracing's.
Artist Lightbox ships an update every 3 months, Lightbox for Tracing every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Artist Lightbox | Lightbox for Tracing |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $0.99 |
| Rating | 3.7 (13 ratings) | 4.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 13 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Best chart rank | — | #200 — better |
| Devices | iPad | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 10 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Hayden Watson | hideko ogawa |
Customer experience
Artist Lightbox
Lightbox for Tracing
In-app purchases
Artist Lightbox
No in-app purchases
Lightbox for Tracing
No in-app purchases
Questions
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