Art Raffle vs Chainmail Studio
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Art Raffle
This app helps you choose tangle patterns and art enhancers for your Zentangle® projects by randomly selecting digital cards. Each card provides detailed information, step-outs, and links to lessons, offering a fun and educational way to explore new artistic possibilities.
- Random card selection
- Curated tangle patterns
- Art enhancer prompts
- Detailed card information
- Step-by-step guides
- Save custom raffles
- Gestural controls
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If you have a hard time choosing tangle patterns for your Zentangle® project, let the universe decide. Eni Oken's Art Raffle is based on her successful "Bijou Raffle" lesson: pull out random cards with tangle patterns and art enhancers to inspire you to create Zentangle® like you never have done before. In this beautifully elegant digital version, you can select up to 8 different cards, randomly selected from a collection curated and prepared by Eni herself. You can save different raffle selections and even search to easily find your favorite cards. LEARN SO MUCH MORE WITH EACH CARD But that's just the beginning, this digital version does so much more than the traditional game. The BACK OF EACH CARD contains a wealth of information about the tangle or art enhancer: step-outs, descriptions, links to samples and lessons. The game is so soothing and addictive you'll find yourself perusing the cards randomly just to learn more about each card! ELEGANT GESTURAL COMMANDS The game is made to behave as closely to the real raffle game as possible. Gestures such as flicking, tapping and zooming in make this game super fun to play. You can even move the cards around! SAVE RAFFLE GAMES You can save raffle games for later and create as many raffles as you like. Rename and edit the raffle games, discard cards or add different ones. MORE CARDS COMING This introductory version comes with a starter pack of tangle patterns, art enhancer prompts and strings. This is just the beginning, more cards are coming soon! YES, IT'S ENTIRELY FREE The Zentangle world has quite literally saved Eni's life after battling stage 4 cancer. Today she is a CZT (Certified Zentangle Teacher) and teaches hundreds of students through video lessons and live online classes via her Art Club. This app, which took many months to develop, is Eni's profound and sincere THANK YOU gift to this loving and nurturing artistic community! Wishing you a happy Art Raffle! Copyright 2020 Eni Oken Designs, Inc. Developed by Blind View Studios.
Chainmail Studio
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Chainmail Studio is an inlay design tool for the chainmaille artist who has always dreamed of making pictures with rings. Now you can! Have you ever looked at a weave and wished you could turn it into a picture? Lay out your rings, drop in an image, and watch your design come to life ring by ring — no more graph paper, guesswork, or counting by hand. From a bold geometric pattern to a full photo‑realistic inlay, Chainmail Studio takes you from idea to finished piece with confidence. WHAT YOU CAN DO • Paint with rings — Tap to place colored rings on a true‑to‑weave grid. • Image overlay — Drop in any photo or logo and transfer it straight onto your rings. Fit a whole image inside a shape, or map it across the panel. • Geometric fills — Instantly fill squares, circles, hexagons, octagons, triangles,view before you commit. • True‑to‑metal color — Colors are calibrated to match real anodized aluminum and supplieon screen is whatyou'll get in metal. • Flexible canvas — dge by edge with simple +/− controls. • 3D preview — Rotatf your weave to seeexactly how it reads before you cut a single ring. • Bill of materials olor so you order theright amount and waste less. • Export & share — Sst to take to theworkbench. FREE TO START Jump in and start a 3 day trial unlocks the full 3D Designer so you can explore everything. BUILT FOR MAKERS Chainmail Studio is for chainmaille artists. Every feature is designed to save you time, metal, and frustration, so you can spend less time planning and more time weaving. Turn your rings into pictures. Start designing today. Terms of Use (EULA): https://chainmaildesigner.com/eula.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Art Raffle at none against Chainmail Studio's 1. On price, ads, device support 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. Chainmail Studio sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $5.99 per month. Art Raffle asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | Art Raffle | Chainmail Studio |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (114 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 98.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 114 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 440 MB | 15 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Alan Thomson | Micah Forstein |
In-app purchases
Art Raffle
No in-app purchases
Chainmail Studio
- Chainmail Studio$5.991 Month
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