Comparison

Artist's Touch for iPad vs Polyd Free

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

Head to head
About

Artist's Touch for iPad

Transform your photos into stunning artwork with a powerful natural-media paint app. Its unique algorithm enables anyone to create masterpieces using realistic painting tools and textures, regardless of artistic skill.

Highlights
  • Realistic media painting (oil, watercolor, pencil, etc.)
  • Realistic paper textures
  • Photo paint tinting for artistic effects
  • Brush splatter for faster painting
  • Streamlined UI with pinch-to-zoom
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NY Times: "As an unskilled and untalented artist, I was able to achieve the best results from a program called Artist's Touch" Artist's Touch is a powerful natural-media paint app with a unique "photo-paint" algorithm that allows anyone, regardless of skill, to paint like a master using photos from their iOS library. More Reviews: • Macworld.com: "Even if you've never painted a day in your life, you can count on producing beautiful works of art in no time with the help of Artist's Touch" • CNET: Five favorite iPhone photo apps • TopTenREVIEWS.com: Top Ten Photography App • 148apps.com: "Feeling artistic? [Artist's Touch] can help you work on becoming the digital equivalent of Van Gogh. Though you’ll still never hear the end of it about all that money dad spent on art school." • NewLaunches.com: If you thought that the iSteam App was cool, wait until you see the new Artist's Touch app. FEATURES • Paint in Realistic Media – Oil paint – Watercolor – Pencil – Airbrush – Scratchboard – Charcoal – Chalk – Pastel – Finger paint – Pen and Ink – Calligraphy • Paint on Realistic Paper Textures – Canvas – Brick – Cracked Paint – Mosaic – Rough Paper – Stone • Brush splatter -- create painting 5x faster than before! • Photo Paint Tinting -- create amazing artistic effects from your photos by tinting them as you paint in any medium like oil, watercolor, etc. • Completely redesigned and streamlined user interface with multi-touch pinch to zoom while painting More features coming up in our FREE update... stay tuned! For questions, contact us at customerservice@artamata.com

About

Polyd Free

Transform your photos into unique low-polygon art. Easily create abstract landscapes or polygonize selfies by adjusting triangle density and sensitivity. Mix real and virtual elements for a personalized artistic touch.

Highlights
  • Polygonize photos
  • Selfie polygonization
  • Adjust triangle density
  • Erase/redraw parts
  • Mix real and virtual elements
  • Create abstract landscapes
Features
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Create beautiful low-polygon versions of your favourite photos! -Take a selfie and polygonize yourself -Import that awesome photo you took a while ago and convert it to low-poly art -Choose which parts of the image have triangles and which don't to mix real and virtual worlds and create a work of art -Use abstract images to create beautiful polygon landscapes ------> No Ads! <------ You just need a few taps: take/import a picture, adjust the density and sensitivity, erase/redraw parts of the image and voilà! The polygonized picture is ready to be shared! It is also possible to zoom in on the image to erase/redraw individual triangles, as well as adjust the transparency to give the polygons texture. Tap on the "i" button to read the detailed instructions and hints.

Screenshots

Polyd Free4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Polyd Free at Free against Artist's Touch for iPad's $4.99. Polyd Free also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (7.0 vs 16.0). Artist's Touch for iPad's advantage is rating (3.2 vs 2.3) and review sentiment (62% vs 33%). On ratings volume and in-app purchases 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

Polyd Free is free to download; Artist's Touch for iPad costs $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Artist's Touch for iPad holds the better App Store score, 3.2 against 2.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 11 and 4 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 62% of Artist's Touch for iPad's written reviews are positive against 33% of Polyd Free's.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Artist's Touch for iPad versus Polyd Free: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterArtist's Touch for iPadPolyd Free
Price$4.99Free — better
Rating3.2 (11 ratings) — better2.3 (4 ratings)
Positive reviews62.2% of reviews — better33.3% of reviews
Number of ratings11 — better4
Update frequencyEvery 5 months—
AdsNo—
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.07.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size12 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperArtamata, Inc.Diego Montoya

Customer experience

Artist's Touch for iPad

All ratings11 ratings
Positive36.4%
Neutral18.2%
Negative45.5%
Written reviews90 reviews
Positive62.2%
Neutral6.7%
Negative31.1%

Polyd Free

All ratings4 ratings
Positive25.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative75.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive33.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative66.7%

In-app purchases

None

Artist's Touch for iPad

No in-app purchases

None

Polyd Free

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Artist's Touch for iPad free?
Artist's Touch for iPad costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Polyd Free free?
Polyd Free is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Artist's Touch for iPad or Polyd Free?
Artist's Touch for iPad is rated higher. Artist's Touch for iPad averages 3.2 out of 5 from 11 ratings, while Polyd Free averages 2.3 from 4 ratings.

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