Comparison

Sketch Pro vs HALF

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

Head to head
About

Sketch Pro

This professional art app offers advanced AI tools for digital painting, illustration, and animation. Create stunning artwork with custom brushes, text-to-image generation, and intelligent editing features. It's designed to streamline your creative workflow on iPads and iPhones.

Highlights
  • Customizable brushes
  • Text to Image AI
  • Sketch to Image AI
  • Magic Edit AI
  • Auto-Coloring AI
  • Animation Assist
  • Advanced Layer System
Features
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SketchPro, a professional art app available for iPads and iPhones, crafted with love by the Drawing Desk Team SketchPro is perfect for creative professional digital artists, including graphic designers, illustrators, comic, anime & manga book artists with a range of Drawing & painting tools to upgrade their creative workflow SketchPro tools and features: Powerful Custom Brushes -A range of free specialized brush sets for sketching, painting, doodling, drawing and more. -Customisable brushes with adjustable radius, opacity, texture and more -Create brush sets -Maintain a list of your favorite brushes -Free Roller Brush with 100+ patterns Animation Assist -Powerful interface and essential tools for creating impressive animations (Only for iPads). -Wide range of tools, including onion-skinning, instant playback, a visual timeline, and more. Essentials to accelerate the Creative Process -Smart Shapes feature for instant shape drawing -Free Symmetry Tool for easier drawing -Powerful Gradient tool with Linear and Radial options -Layer Transform Tool with Freeform, Uniform, Distort and Warp options -Magic Eraser -Assisted Drawing -Synchronization between iPad and iPhone Advanced Layer System -Free unlimited layers -Rasterize, Duplicate and Merge layers -Fill, Color Invert, Lock Alpha and Lock Layer options Advance Text Tool -Select from a full list of fonts or import your own -Customize fonts -Apply solid and gradient colors to text -A range colored font patterns, textures and designs Complete Color Palette -Full Color Wheel with adjustable color values and shades -Create unique themed color palettes for your drawing -Import colors from photos and images Extensive Shapes Library -15+ categories of free shapes, signs, and symbols -Favorites section for keeping track of frequently used shapes Other Essential Tools -Smudge Tool -Fill Bucket with solid colors -Filter options including Gaussian Blur, Motion Blur, Perspective Blur and more. -Convenient Cutter Tool -Import and Export functions -Custom Canvas option -AR Facepaint Organize and Save Your Work -Save every drawing automatically -Rename each saved artwork -Create folders for storing drawings methodically -Cloud syncing to secure and access artworks anywhere -Duplicate and Delete projects at any time -Time Lapse Playback -Dark Mode Unlimited access to all premium features & daily content updates during the subscription period Premium subscriptions with 1 week trial -Annual for 39.99/year You may cancel a subscription or free-trial anytime via the subscription setting through your iTunes account. This must be done 24 hours before the end of the free trial or subscription period to avoid being charged. The subscription will automatically renew unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. No cancellation of the current subscription is allowed during the active subscription period. Any unused portion of a free trial period will be forfeited when the user purchases a SketchPro Unlimited subscription. Terms & Conditions : https://4axis.com/terms-of-use Privacy Policy : https://4axis.com/privacy-policy Reach us: hello@4axis

About

HALF

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HALF–CAB TS ist eine konstruktivistische Meta-Maschine, die sich aus physischen Objekten und virtuellen Komponenten zusammensetzt. Mit dieser Augmented Reality App erleben Sie HALF-CAB TS im Raum und auf Papier. Anleitung: Downloaden und Starten Sie die App. Geben Sie die Kamera auf Ihrem iPhone oder iPad frei. Scannen Sie mit ihrem Smartphone die Wandgrafik aus ca. 10 m Entfernung. Auf dem Display werden die virtuelle Elemente der XR Installation (Space Engine) sichtbar. Bewegen Sie sich durch die virtuellen Elemente und scannen Sie weitere Objekte (Maschinenteile) in der Installation. Das Kamerabild wird nicht gespeichert. Die Nutzung diese App erfolgt auf eigenes Risiko. Bitte achten sie während der Nutzung der App auf ihre Umgebung und halten sie alle erforderlichen Vorsichtsmaßnahmen ein. Die Künstlerin Barbara Herold übernimmt keine Haftung für direkte oder indirekte Schäden, die User:innen der App entstehen. Konzept & Produktion: Barbara Herold mit MLLR Studio (Grafikdesign), Frank Groh (App Dev) Ausstellung: ResetNOW! 6. Biennale der Künstlerinnen im Haus der Kunst München, 7. August – 21. September 2023, initiiert durch den Künstlerverbund im Haus der Kunst Das Kunstprojekt wird unterstützt durch OCTANORM und XR HUB BAVARIA.

Screenshots

Sketch Pro4 screens
HALF4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: HALF at none against Sketch Pro's 16. HALF also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). Sketch Pro's advantage is device support. On price 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. Sketch Pro sells 16 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per 7 days. HALF asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Sketch Pro versus HALF: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSketch ProHALF
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (12K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews80.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings12K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks—
AdsYes—
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Vision Pro — better—
Requires iOS15.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size319 MB69 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer4Axis Technologies Pte LtdBarbara Herold

Bugs and requests

Sketch Pro

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Drawings randomly deleted or lost
  • Inability to load or access previous artwork
  • Crashes when trying to import photos

Requested features

6 requests
  • Add liquify tool
  • Improve layer management and manipulation
  • Provide more default brushes
  • Implement undo/redo functionality
  • Add shape tools for perfect geometric shapes
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  • Improve performance and stability

HALF

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

16 purchases

Sketch Pro

Subscriptions13
  • SketchPro Premium Weekly$0.997 Days
  • SketchPro Premium Monthly3 Months trial$1.991 Month
  • SketchPro Monthly Premium7 Days trial$4.991 Month
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  • SketchPro Premium Monthly7 Days trial$7.991 Month
  • SketchPro Premium Yearly7 Days trial$9.991 Year
  • SketchPro Yearly Premium$9.991 Year
  • SketchPro Premium1 Year trial$14.991 Year
  • SketchPro Yearly Premium7 Days trial$14.991 Year
  • SketchPro Yearly Premium$14.991 Year
  • SketchPro Premium Yearly7 Days trial$39.991 Year
  • SketchPro Premium Yearly1 Year trial$39.991 Year
  • SketchPro Yearly Premium7 Days trial$39.991 Year
  • SketchPro Premium Yearly7 Days trial$49.991 Year
One-time3
  • 100 Tokens$3.99
  • 200 Tokens$4.99
  • 500 Tokens$7.99
None

HALF

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Sketch Pro free?
Sketch Pro is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is HALF free?
HALF is free to download, with no in-app purchases.

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