Comparison

Painter Values Check vs Stipple Pose Timer

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

Head to head
About

Painter Values Check

Analyze the lightness and darkness of colors in your artwork or images in real-time using your device's camera. It generates simplified versions to help you assess contrast and focal points, and allows exporting results.

Highlights
  • Real-time value checking via camera
  • Analyze imported images
  • Generate simplified value versions
  • Export result images
  • Histogram-based value categorization
Features
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Values are the colors' relative lightness or darkness. They define the contrast and variety in a painting and create a focal point. If you want your painting to work and pop the main shapes should have different values. Painter Values Check allows you to check values in realtime through your device camera and also analyze it or any other image imported from Photo Gallery. The app will generates 3 versions from your original image: the values version and two more simplified values images in order to check if your painting or image is working. Also, you'll be able to export any of the result images :) How does it work? Painter Values Check calculates the histogram of every captured frame and reorganize the values into "Dark", "Middle dark", "Middle light" and "Light" categories in order to help you to check the variations in your painting, drawing or picture. In order to work properly the app needs camera permission — Subscription details 1 year without ads — US$9.99 per year, renewing automatically. Prices may vary by region. Cancel any time in your Apple Account settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://www.pineappslab.com/privacy.html

About

Stipple Pose Timer

Features
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Stipple is a focused pose timer for figure drawing, gesture practice, and life drawing sessions. A clean ring clock, an unmissable chime, and the session structure working artists actually use — all on a single, paper-warm stage. No clutter, no popups, no upsells. KEY FEATURES • Big ring clock that fills as each pose runs — see your time at a glance • Built-in session presets: Warm-up, Standard Mix, Marathon, Master Long, Gesture Burst • Five pose categories: Gesture, Quick, Standard, Long, Master — each tuned to a sketch goal • Custom plans: stack your own sequence of poses with any duration and category • Audible chime at every pose transition and at session end • Skip a pose with one tap when you need to move on • Session history: every completed sit is logged with date, length, and pose count • Background audio so the chimes keep firing while your screen is off DESIGNED FOR THE EASEL Whether you are warming up with 30-second gestures, building a 25-minute mix of quick and long sits, or settling into a 20-minute master study, Stipple stays out of the way and just keeps time. The charcoal-and-sanguine palette is built for studio light, not glaring whites. POSE CATEGORIES • Gesture (30s) — loose lines, feel the flow • Quick (1m) — establish proportions and main lines • Standard (2m) — build form, light, and shadow • Long (5m) — develop value and detail • Master (10–20m) — every detail counts PRIVACY No tracking. No accounts. No network calls. Your custom plans and session history live on your device.

Screenshots

Painter Values Check3 screens
Stipple Pose Timer3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Stipple Pose Timer at none against Painter Values Check's shown. Stipple Pose Timer also leads on iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). On price, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Painter Values Check versus Stipple Pose Timer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPainter Values CheckStipple Pose Timer
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.1 (37 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings37 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 months—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supported—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS26.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size9 MB0 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDaniel LaoLinh Phan Nhat Khanh

In-app purchases

None

Painter Values Check

No in-app purchases

None

Stipple Pose Timer

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Painter Values Check free?
Painter Values Check is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Stipple Pose Timer free?
Stipple Pose Timer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Painter Values Check or Stipple Pose Timer have ads?
Painter Values Check shows ads; Stipple Pose Timer does not.

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