Line vs Hitchspan
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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
Hitchspan
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The rotation calendar built for oilfield, offshore, and rotational workers — and the families who keep up with them. Set your hitch once — 14/14, 14/7, 7/7, 21/21, 28/28, straight nights, or any custom swing — and Hitchspan paints every day on and every day off, years ahead. No more counting weeks on your thumb to see if you're home for Christmas: US holidays are marked right on the calendar. WHY WORKERS SWITCH TO HITCHSPAN • One-time purchase. Pro is $4.99 once — no subscription, ever. • No account, no sign-up, works offline on location. • Your schedule survives a new phone: it syncs through your own private iCloud. • Built for the hitch life: crew changes, days and nights, rotation ends, R&R. WHAT YOU GET FREE • One rotation with the common patterns (14/14, 14/7, 7/7, 21/21, 28/28) • Month and year views painted with your days on and off • "Day 9 of 14 — 5 days left" today card with your next crew change • Reminders the evening before a hitch starts and on your last day • Events with alerts — appointments, flights, family days • US holidays marked on the calendar • Start your week on any day — Sunday, Monday, or whatever your crew runs on • Share your month as an image — text it to your wife, your crew, anyone • iCloud sync and backup across your devices GO PRO — $4.99, ONE TIME • Home screen and Lock Screen widgets: days left at a glance • Night hitches and custom swing patterns (7 days / 7 nights / 14 off, anything) • A second rotation — track your schedule and your partner's side by side • Payday tracking: weekly, biweekly, semimonthly, or monthly right on the calendar • Export your hitch to Apple Calendar, Google Calendar, or Outlook (.ics) Made for oilfield hands, offshore crews, towboaters and mariners on rotation, FIFO miners, wind techs, wildland firefighters, travel nurses — anyone who lives by the hitch. Questions or ideas? Email pavel@lazureykis.dev — a real person answers.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is device support: Line at 3 against Hitchspan's 1. Line also leads on iOS requirement (14.0 vs 17.0). On price, ads and in-app purchases 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. Line sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Hitchspan sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
| Parameter | Line | Hitchspan |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.3 (8 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 33.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 8 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | kevin green | Pavel Lazureykis |
In-app purchases
Line
- Remove Ads$4.99
Hitchspan
- Hitchspan Pro$4.99









