Rayout vs Values at Play
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Rayout
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Rayout is a tool for composition. [Main Features] Pen input Photo capture Camera overlay Layers [Main Composition] Grid Composition Right Angle Composition Golden Ratio Composition Triangular Composition Golden Spiral Composition Contrast Composition Labattment Composition Ellipse Composition Star Shape Composition Converging Line Composition
Values at Play
This app helps users practice identifying and analyzing values in art. It offers tools to create value studies, inspect specific color values, and find areas matching a chosen value. Users can import their own images for practice.
- Create value studies from images
- Import custom images
- Inspect Denman Ross and RGB values
- Find points matching selected values
- Colorized value studies
- Full-screen value study viewing
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Use "Values at Play" to practice seeing values in art. Practice with one of the images included in the app or import your own image. Values at Play includes: VALUE STUDY Create a Value Study for any image. Choose the number of values to include in the study, and the value study will be created within seconds! View the value study full-screen, and easily toggle between it and the original image. Create "colorized" value studies. IMAGE INSPECTOR Use Image Inspector to find the Denman Ross Value and RGB value of any point on an image. VALUE FINDER Find all the points on an image with the value you've selected. VALUES-TAC-TOE Drag the cross hair to a precise location on the image you've selected. Do you know the value at that point? If so, you're on your way to a "Values-Tac-Toe." If not, keep practicing.
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Verdict
Rayout and Values at Play are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
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. Rayout sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Values at Play sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Rayout ships an update every 6 months, Values at Play every 5 months. Both last shipped on October 7, 2026.
| Parameter | Rayout | Values at Play |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (6 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 6 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Every 5 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | — | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.1 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 10 MB | 8 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | S4U | Neil Daly |
In-app purchases
Rayout
- Hide ads$4.99
Values at Play
- Values at Play Unlimited$4.99
