Sketch Grid vs Gridy
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Sketch Grid
This app helps artists accurately reproduce, scale, or adjust reference images using various grid types. It allows customization of grid size, color, and thickness, and can convert images to sketches for easier line identification. Users can export their adjusted compositions in original resolution.
- Grid method for image reproduction and scaling
- Adjust image proportions
- Square, proportional, and triangular grids
- Customizable grid size, color, and thickness
- Convert image to sketch view
- Full-screen composition view
- Export in original resolution
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Draw anything with a grid The Grid method is the easiest way for artists to reproduce, scale up or scale down a reference image you want to transfer to a canvas. With a grid you can also adjust a reference image to a different format with different proportions. Using a drawing grid anytime when you sketch or paint something that requires accuracy, for example still life or a portrait, will sharpen your art skills. Select any area of your image as your composition Switch between different types of grids: squares, proportional or triangular Choose your optimal grid size, colour and thickness Convert your image to a sketch to highlight where the lines are Hide the controls for a clean full-screen view of your composition with the grid on it Share or export your adjusted picture in the original resolution Get it now, unleash your creativity
Gridy
This app simplifies digital drawing by applying a grid overlay to your images. It acts as a reference tool, making it easier for artists of all levels to start and complete their work.
- Grid overlay for digital drawing
- Import images from Photos app
- Customizable grid settings
- iCloud sync across devices
- Supports dark mode
- Landscape and portrait orientation
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Gridy helps artists draw their digital images using Grid Method Drawing! Gridy applies a grid to your image, and allows you to use it as a reference when drawing! Starting a drawing will be easier, as you don’t have to find a complex solution to set up a grid reference on a digital image. Gridy is here to help artists - from beginners to seasoned vets. Some Features of Gridy • Images are imported from Photos app • Customization of grid row & column count, grid line color and grid line width • iCloud sync between your iOS devices • Works in landscape and portrait orientation • Dark Mode • Allows a max of 100 row/column count and a minimum of 5 row/column count
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Gridy at Free against Sketch Grid's $2.99. Sketch Grid's advantage is chart position (#80 vs unranked) and update cadence (every 11 months vs every 23 months). On rating, review sentiment, 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
Gridy is free to download; Sketch Grid costs $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.4 for Sketch Grid against 4.3 for Gridy. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Sketch Grid has 32 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 42% of Sketch Grid's written reviews are positive against 50% of Gridy's.
Sketch Grid ships an update every 11 months, Gridy every 23 months. The most recent releases landed on September 14, 2026 and June 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Sketch Grid | Gridy |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.4 (32 ratings) — better | 4.3 (6 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 42.1% of reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 32 — better | 6 |
| Update frequency | Every 11 months — better | Every 23 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Best chart rank | #80 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 29 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | supple software ltd | Sahil Gangele |
Customer experience
Sketch Grid
Gridy
In-app purchases
Sketch Grid
No in-app purchases
Gridy
No in-app purchases
