Handy Art Reference Tool vs See Value
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Handy Art Reference Tool
This app provides artists with rotatable 3D models of hands, heads, and feet for drawing reference. Customize poses and lighting to achieve realistic results for your artwork. Additional packs for animal skulls and foot rigs are available for purchase.
- Rotatable 3D limb models
- Customizable poses
- Adjustable 3-point lighting
- 3D head busts
- Animal skull reference pack
- Material editing
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"Thanks to this useful app, drawing realistic hands can become a whole lot easier" - ImagineFX "Pencillers, inkers, and colorists should all give this a look!" - Tony Moore, co-creator of The Walking Dead If you're an artist and ever wanted just quick and easy drawing reference for hands, heads, or even feet (IAP) without having to awkwardly pose your limbs in front of a mirror, this app is for you! HANDY® is an artist's reference tool, consisting of several rotatable 3D limbs with a variety of poses useful for drawing. You can also customize and edit your own poses for hands, feet, and skulls. Fully adjustable 3-point lighting means you can get easy lighting reference when using any of the 10+ included 3D head busts. Handy if you’re painting and need to know what shadows the head casts from a certain angle! Also available is the Animal Skulls pack. With over 10 different animal species, it's great for anatomical reference or creature design inspiration. [Foot rigs and Animal Skull pack require additional purchase] NEW in Handy v5: Edit the materials of models! Selectively turn off their textures, adjust their specularity, or tint them a certain color. Perfect for comic book artists, painters, or just casual sketchers! Featured in ImagineFX's Top 10 Must-Have Apps! Check out the video demo: https://www.youtube.com/@handyarttool Sign up for the HANDY newsletter for information about new upcoming updates! http://www.handyarttool.com/newsletter Follow HANDY on Bluesky https://bsky.app/profile/handyarttool.bsky.social
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 Handy Art Reference Tool's $1.99. See Value also leads on update cadence (every 10 days vs every 5 months) and iOS requirement (10.0 vs 15.0). Handy Art Reference Tool's advantage is rating (4.8 vs 4.3) and review sentiment (85% vs 70%). On ads, in-app purchases, monetization model 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
See Value is free to download; Handy Art Reference Tool costs $1.99 up front. Handy Art Reference Tool sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and See Value sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Handy Art Reference Tool holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Handy Art Reference Tool has 1.2K ratings behind it against 97, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 85% of Handy Art Reference Tool's written reviews are positive against 70% of See Value's.
Handy Art Reference Tool ships an update every 5 months, See Value every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and July 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Handy Art Reference Tool | See Value |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.8 (1.2K ratings) — better | 4.3 (97 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 85.0% of reviews — better | 70.4% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1.2K — better | 97 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 10 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Best chart rank | #74 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 10.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 361 MB | 20 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Belief Engine | Robert Jakubowski |
Customer experience
Handy Art Reference Tool
See Value
Bugs and requests
Handy Art Reference Tool
Reported bugs
3 issues- Crashes on launch for some users
- Purchased content not unlocking
- Positioning and movement issues
Requested features
6 requests- Add full body models and poses
- Include more facial expressions and emotions
- Allow for custom hand and finger posing
- Implement ability to save custom poses
- Add more diverse skin tones and ethnicities
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- Improve lighting controls and options
See Value
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Handy Art Reference Tool
- Feet Models$1.99
- Animal Skull Pack$1.99
See Value
- See Value Pro Features$0.99
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