Art Tools vs Conspiracy Archives
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!
Conspiracy Archives
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This is a Mixed Reality Choreographic Archive. The large images installed in the installation act as triggers to launch video in this augmented reality app. In this artistic research project, the somatic qualities of the performance Conspiracy Ceremony-HYPERSONIC STATES (2017) by Margret Sara Guojonsdottir are channelled and shared. This archive uses digital devices to transport something of a human value and experience beyond the domain of the commercial world and consumer markets. It is an active political gesture. Conspiracy Archives is part of the Somatic Archiving strand of the Living Archives Research Project (2012-2018) at Malmo University, Sweden, initiated by professor Susan Kozel (Philosophy/ Archival Concept) in collaboration with Jeannette Ginslov (Digital Media & AR Creation and Concept) Keith Lim (AR/MR Creation and media development) and choreographer Margret Sara Guojonsdottir.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Conspiracy Archives at Free against Art Tools's $2.99. Conspiracy Archives also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1). Art Tools's advantage is chart position (#188 vs unranked). On update cadence, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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
Conspiracy Archives is free to download; Art Tools costs $2.99 up front. Art Tools sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Conspiracy Archives asks for nothing beyond the download.
Art Tools ships an update every 8 months, Conspiracy Archives every 11 months. The most recent releases landed on September 19, 2026 and September 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Art Tools | Conspiracy Archives |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 3.4 (253 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 62.1% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 253 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 8 months — better | Every 11 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Best chart rank | #188 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 11.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 15 MB | 165 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Accurasee | Keith Meng Lim |
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
Conspiracy Archives
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Art Tools
- Art Tools Pro$2.99
Conspiracy Archives
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Art Tools free?
Is Conspiracy Archives free?
Do Art Tools or Conspiracy Archives have ads?
Which is updated more often, Art Tools or Conspiracy Archives?
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