Art Tools vs Zolly
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!
Zolly
Learn dynamic perspective drawing by manipulating camera angles and object proximity. Explore ready-made models and primitive shapes to understand and experiment with perspective distortion for exciting visual effects.
- Learn perspective drawing
- Dynamic perspective manipulation
- Camera control for distortion
- Ready-made and primitive models
- Grid lines and ground planes
- Understand position and proximity
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If you want to learn perspective drawing and you’re willing to break some rules, then you need to check out ZOLLY! One of the most effective ways to draw with dynamic perspective is to play with its extremes… close and far contrasts can make your images exciting. The main purpose of this app is to heighten your awareness that position and proximity makes all the difference in how objects appear. Zolly Key Features: View tons of ready-made models to tackle both basic and advanced perspective challenges. Take total control of the camera to get the exact view and perspective distortion you’re looking for. Use grid lines, ground planes, and low-poly models to help you understand perspective. Primitive models that ease you into more complex forms, with edges and lines that can be turned on and off to better understand the underlying perspective. A perfect tool to go with the Proko Perspective course. Why ZOLLY? There's a technique in film called a Dolly Zoom (ZOLLY) where you can zoom in while moving the camera back which keeps an object the same size. It’s a trip and it's been used in movies like Jaws and Vertigo to make iconic moments. This app also allows you to play with the same mind-bending effect to see how position and proximity change everything! And the fun part? You can even experiment with other viewpoints and effects that you couldn’t pull off with a physical camera using ZOLLY. Zolly was designed to help you practice various forms in perspective, from simple and advanced primitive shapes, to more complex objects like vehicles and buildings. Draw from orthographic view, to extreme views, to anything in between. Manipulate forms in space with surprising viewpoints through a virtual camera, to expand your imagination, and prompt you to use perspective daringly as you play with form and space in your drawings.The goal for many artists is to push past the predictable and into the impossible. Stretch space. Stretch your mind. And yeah, stretch your art with ZOLLY.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Zolly at Free against Art Tools's $2.99. Zolly also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.4) and review sentiment (100% vs 62%). Art Tools's advantage is ratings volume (253 vs 17) and chart position (#188 vs unranked). On ads, in-app purchases, 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
Zolly is free to download; Art Tools costs $2.99 up front. Art Tools sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Zolly sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Zolly holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Art Tools has 253 ratings behind it against 17, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 62% of Art Tools's written reviews are positive against 100% of Zolly's.
| Parameter | Art Tools | Zolly |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 3.4 (253 ratings) | 5.0 (17 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 62.1% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 253 — better | 17 |
| Update frequency | Every 8 months | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Best chart rank | #188 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 15 MB | 485 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Accurasee | Proko |
Customer experience
Art Tools
Zolly
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
Zolly
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Art Tools
- Art Tools Pro$2.99
Zolly
- XYZ Forms$1.99
- Vehicle Pack$4.99
- Buildings Pack$4.99
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- Home Props Pack$4.99
- Work Props Pack$4.99









