Art Tools vs See Value
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Art Tools
This app helps artists plan their compositions and analyze subjects before painting. It allows you to import photos, apply grids, adjust values, and manipulate images to achieve the desired proportions and layout for your artwork.
- Import photos or use camera
- Apply various grids (e.g., golden ratio)
- Adjust image values and color
- Resize, rotate, and move photo
- Value checker tool
- Save and email projects
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Are you ever in such a hurry to get started painting that you forget to design your canvas or analyze your subject matter? "Take time to save time." Use Accurasee Art Tools to get your composition and your proportions right from the start. 1. Take a photo of desired subject. Or choose reference from the camera roll. 2. Choose the window opening to match your canvas 3. Choose from a selection of grids including the golden ratio or use no grid at all. 4. Alter size relationships, change value, color or thickness of frame and grid. 5. Using 2 finger method, enlarge, shrink, rotate and move your photo for desired compositional effect. 6. Quickly change photo to B/W and color 7. Use the value checker tool to check for proper values. 8. Save and store your project for future reference or email to yourself. We hope that you enjoy Art Tools. If you like Art Tools, please give us a review and share it with your friends. We'd really appreciate any feedback you might have. Thanks and keep drawing!
See Value
Visualize the lightness of colors in real-time through your camera or convert existing photos to grayscale. This tool helps artists train their eyes to perceive value and aids in creating quick sketches with specialized grayscale filters.
- View exact color lightness in camera view
- Convert photos to grayscale
- Apply various grayscale filters
- Switch between grayscale and color mode
- Save converted photos to library
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Note: This app does not show anything related to monetary value See the exact value (aka lightness of color) of the scene viewed with the camera. Or convert photos from your Photo Library to grayscale. Train your eye to see colors in value. Apply one of the grayscale filters to see main contour lines for drawing quick sketches. Helpful in sketching and other forms of grayscale art. Features: * ability to see the exact value of a given point in the camera view, or in a photo * ability to convert photos to grayscale and save them back to the Photo Library (note: this functionality is available as an in-app purchase) * grayscale filter selection: 2-level (black & white), 3-level, 4-level and and Continuum (continuous grayscale spectrum) * double-tap to switch between grayscale and color mode
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: See Value at Free against Art Tools's $2.99. See Value also leads on rating (4.3 vs 3.4) and update cadence (every 10 days vs every 8 months). On review sentiment, ratings volume, ads 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
See Value is free to download; Art Tools costs $2.99 up front. Art Tools sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and See Value sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
See Value holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 3.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 253 and 97 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 65% of Art Tools's written reviews are positive against 70% of See Value's.
Art Tools ships an update every 8 months, See Value every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on September 29, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Art Tools | See Value |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 3.4 (253 ratings) | 4.3 (97 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 64.5% of reviews | 70.4% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 253 — better | 97 |
| Update frequency | Every 8 months | Every 10 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 10.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 15 MB | 20 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Accurasee | Robert Jakubowski |
Customer experience
Art Tools
See Value
Bugs and requests
Art Tools
Reported bugs
20 issues- Cannot update to paid version
- Shop not open
- App abandoned by developers
- No support or help
- Bugs in updated version
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- Split view stuttery
- Difficulty seeing options
- Importing photos doesn't work
- Editing feature blank screen
- App freezes when opening photos
- App crashes when uploading photos
- App crashes when turning photos
- App crashes when saving photos
- App crashes on iPad
- App crashes on iPhone
- App crashes on iPad mini
- App needs Adobe Flash
- Buttons don't always work
- App keeps crashing
- Cannot download content
Requested features
29 requests- New app will be better
- Make grid intro clearer
- Vertical plumb lines
- Option for square paintings
- Option for horizontal paintings
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- Rotate photos by 90 degrees
- Fit to frame button
- Golden ratio harmonics
- Spiral grid
- Print project with grid
- Implement user suggestions
- Rectangular grid options
- Fibonacci curve
- Moveable grid instead of picture
- More plumb lines
- Slider for grid squares
- Comparison tool for painting progress
- Color picker
- Color scheme helper
- Update value viewer app
- Manual frame size adjustment
- Landscape option for frame
- More stable two-finger sizing
- Separate vertical/horizontal/diagonal sizing
- Support for iPad
- Fix bugs on iPad mini
- Fix bugs on iPhone
- Fix bugs on iPad
- Fix crashing when uploading/turning/saving photos
See Value
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Art Tools
- Art Tools Pro$2.99
See Value
- See Value Pro Features$0.99
