Gridy vs Gridder
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Gridy
This app simplifies digital drawing by applying a grid overlay to your images. It acts as a reference tool, making it easier for artists of all levels to start and complete their work.
- Grid overlay for digital drawing
- Import images from Photos app
- Customizable grid settings
- iCloud sync across devices
- Supports dark mode
- Landscape and portrait orientation
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Gridy helps artists draw their digital images using Grid Method Drawing! Gridy applies a grid to your image, and allows you to use it as a reference when drawing! Starting a drawing will be easier, as you don’t have to find a complex solution to set up a grid reference on a digital image. Gridy is here to help artists - from beginners to seasoned vets. Some Features of Gridy • Images are imported from Photos app • Customization of grid row & column count, grid line color and grid line width • iCloud sync between your iOS devices • Works in landscape and portrait orientation • Dark Mode • Allows a max of 100 row/column count and a minimum of 5 row/column count
Gridder
Easily add customizable grid lines to your photos. Perfect for artists and illustrators, this tool lets you import images, adjust grid settings like line thickness and color, and export your work for sketching or reference.
- Import and crop images
- Customizable grid lines
- Adjust rows and columns
- Control line thickness and opacity
- Change grid line color
- Export images with grid
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Gridder is a customizable image grid overlay tool — designed for artists and illustrators who sketch from photo references or plan paintings. Import any image, crop it to your desired format, and apply a customizable grid. You can adjust the number of rows and columns, grid line thickness, opacity, and color to suit your style. When you're ready, export the final image with the grid applied for printing, sketching, or saving to your reference library.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Gridder at 5.0 against Gridy's 4.3. Gridder also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 17.0). Gridy's advantage is ratings volume (6 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Gridder holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Gridy has 6 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
| Parameter | Gridy | Gridder |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (6 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 6 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 23 months | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 34 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Sahil Gangele | Qing Yan |
Customer experience
Gridy
Gridder
In-app purchases
Gridy
No in-app purchases
Gridder
No in-app purchases







