ArtRage vs Poseit
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ArtRage
This app offers a realistic digital painting experience, simulating the behavior of real-world art supplies like oils, watercolors, and pencils. It allows for smearing, blending, and texture application, making it accessible for aspiring artists without the mess or expense of traditional materials.
- Realistic paint simulation (oils, watercolors, etc.)
- Smearing and blending capabilities
- Layer support with blend modes
- Import images as reference or tracing
- Apple Pencil pressure and tilt support
- Customizable interface
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The most advanced simulation of real paint on iOS! Get creative on a digital canvas with smearing, blending oils, delicate watercolor, and much more! Ever wanted to try painting your masterpiece but were put off by the mess and expense? Now you can! ArtRage isn't just about color: It knows how much paint you've used so you can smear it around to spread it over the canvas. It knows how wet your paint is so you can blend it with other paints. It even knows about the roughness of your paper so your pencils can be used for soft shading. It's not just a special effect either - ArtRage is a live simulation of the properties of real artistic media that lets you can get creative with colors and textures using tools you already know how to use! ArtRage takes full advantage of the features of your device like larger canvases on iPad Pro, Apple Pencil support for pressure & tilt, and 3D touch on your iPhone. Join the ArtRage community: Forums: forums.artrage.com Facebook: www.facebook.com/artrage Features: Real world painting tools: Oils, Watercolors, Paint Rollers, Pencils, Crayons and more. Each tool has a range of familiar properties such as how much thinner is applied to the paint, or how soft a pencil tip is. Tools apply texture as well as color, and blend under the brush. Add Layers to your painting and work on individual elements without damaging others. ArtRage supports a wide range of Layer Blend Modes, and layer contents can be scaled moved and rotated independently. Import images, converting them to oil for smearing or as Reference Images pinned to the canvas as a visual guide. Load photos as Tracing Images which are overlaid on the canvas, and have ArtRage select colors automatically as you paint. The interface has been designed to maximize your creative space without hiding away critical functions such as tool and color selection. As you paint, it gets out of the way so that you don’t have to stop and manually adjust panels. Record your paintings! The ArtRage Script system lets you record strokes while you paint for playback in desktop versions of the product at higher resolution. Import and Export using external services such as Dropbox, and iCloud Drive. Share your images on Facebook, Twitter, and any other sharing app on your device. Tools: • Oil Brush, Watercolor, Airbrush, Palette Knife, Paint Roller, Paint Tube, Inking Pen, Pencil, Marker Pen, Chalk, Crayon, Glitter Tube, Gloop Pen, Eraser, Flood Fill. • Paint simulation monitors the physical properties of your paints to allow natural blending, smearing, and other real world behavior. • Preset support to save your favorite settings for later use. • Supports the Apple Pencil's Pressure and Tilt properties, and 3D Touch where available to add realism to the simulated paint strokes. Layers: • Unlimited layers with Photoshop standard blend modes, visibility and opacity controls. Scale, rotate, and position layer contents independently. Utilities: • Record your paintings as Scripts then play them back in a desktop version of ArtRage. • Unlimited Undo / Redo. Load photos as References or Tracing images. Store color samples for later use. Files: • Create paintings up to 2048 x 2048 or 4096 x 4096 on iPad Pro. • Control the texture and color of the canvas to create different effects. Canvas presets can be stored to save your favorite settings for later. • Export PTG, JPG or PNG to services such as Email, iOS11 Files, Adobe Creative Cloud, Dropbox, and more. Share images on Facebook or Twitter. Import photos to a new file or a layer, with camera support. Interface: • Easy access pods provide functionality without getting in the way. Elements vanish as you paint so you can paint underneath. Multi-Touch shortcuts for canvas manipulation, Undo/Redo, and Brush Size. • Adapts to suit iPhone layouts. Stylus & Input Support: • Apple Pencil Pressure & Tilt. • Supports 3D Touch. • Includes support for Wacom, Adonit, Adobe, and Pogo styluses.
Poseit
This app provides a dynamic 3D posing tool for artists, evolving from a simple drawing mannequin to a versatile reference for human figure drawing and 3D modeling. It offers features like part shuffling and screen rotation for efficient posing, allowing users to improve their drawing skills or export models for other projects.
- Multiple 3D mannequins
- Shuffling of body parts
- Export of 3D models
- Dynamic posing with screen rotation
- Reference for human figure drawing
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I like to think about this app as a natural evolution of the traditional drawing mannequin. As artistis around the world started supporting it and appreciating it, it eveolved beyond my best expectation in what it is now. Muliple mannequins, shuffling of parts, export of 3d models and much more. The screen space rotation method and others automatic features make your posing process fast and dynamic. Pose and view your reference just the way you need it and strengthen and improve your human figure drawing skills or export the 3d models for your 3d projects. Poseit was born as my personal tool to help me drawing the most challenging poses, during the lockdown I had to spend my vacations at home and I gave myself the challenge to polish it and publish it (yes it is my very first app). I hope it now can serve others as good as it served me. If you decide to unlock the pro version please be aware that, as solo indie developer, and being a pet project and not my main job, I cannot guarantee a proper support and further development of this app.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Poseit at Free against ArtRage's $2.99. Poseit also leads on rating (4.3 vs 3.5) and review sentiment (78% vs 57%). ArtRage's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 8) and ads (none vs shown). On ratings volume, update cadence 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
Poseit is free to download; ArtRage costs $2.99 up front. Poseit sells 8 one-off in-app purchases. ArtRage asks for nothing beyond the download.
Poseit holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 3.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 171 and 281 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 57% of ArtRage's written reviews are positive against 78% of Poseit's.
ArtRage ships an update monthly, Poseit every 6 weeks. Both last shipped on October 1, 2026.
| Parameter | ArtRage | Poseit |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 3.5 (171 ratings) | 4.3 (281 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 57.3% of reviews | 77.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 171 | 281 — better |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 6 weeks |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Best chart rank | #91 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 62 MB | 219 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Ambient Design Ltd. | Maurizio Nitti |
Customer experience
ArtRage
Poseit
Bugs and requests
ArtRage
Reported bugs
3 issues- Crashes and loss of unsaved work
- Bugs with color picker and blending tools
- Inconsistent behavior when switching between tools
Requested features
5 requests- Ability to resize and rotate canvas
- Improved palm rejection and touch controls
- Larger brush sizes and more customization options
- Support for higher resolution canvases and export
- Autosave and cloud sync functionality
Poseit
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
ArtRage
No in-app purchases
Poseit
- Support with 1 CHF$0.99
- Donate 2 CHF$1.99
- Support the app with 2 CHF$1.99
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- Donate 5 CHF$4.99
- Support with 5 CHF$4.99
- Donate 7 CHF$6.99
- Support Poseit with 7 CHF$6.99
- Donate 10 CHF$9.99









