COPIC Collection vs Pose Arch
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
COPIC Collection
Manage your Copic marker collection, discover complementary colors, and get color suggestions based on your images. Easily register markers and pens using barcodes, add personal notes, and tag colors used in your artwork.
- Barcode product registration
- Multiliner product registration
- Color picker for image suggestions
- Wish list for future purchases
- Personal color notes
- Artwork color tagging
Read full descriptionHide full description
Copic Collection is a free smartphone app that lets you efficiently manage and search Copic markers that you currently own or are planning to purchase. It also lets you search for complimentary colors, and display color drawing samples. The app has been well received by many Copic users. How to use Copic Collection '- Easily register products using barcodes: You can now scan barcodes to register your Copic products. For sets, you can register all Copic products included in the set by scanning the barcode on the package. You can easily view your Copic products registered on the app from a color bar list, making it easier to find the next color you may be looking for. Register Multiliner products Copic products other than Copic markers (Multiliner Pen/Multiliner SP Pen/Copic Drawing Pen/Gasen-Fude Brush Pen) can also now be registered in your list. Multiliner Pen products can be registered by color and line width. View suggestions with the color picker feature Do you ever find yourself wondering what color should be used to color particular areas? Copic Collection can help you with that. The app allows you to load photos, illustrations and other images from "Camera" within the app, and will display a list of recommended Copic colors that best fits a specified area of an image. If you select a color from the list and tap the star icon, the chosen color will be displayed in the "WISH LIST." You can use this feature as a memo for your next purchase. - Your own MY COLOR MEMO On the detail screen for each color, you can tap the MEMO icon to make notes about the corresponding color. For example, you can leave notes for a particular color such as "Used to color my favorite manga character" and "Color was used by a popular artist in a video." - Tag the colors you used in a piece You can load images of artwork created with Copic markers from "Camera" within the app and add "Color Tags" that indicate the colors that were used. You can then save the image with the added color tags. You can save the image as reference for your own use, or share the image with Color Tags on social media, etc.
Pose Arch
Discover reference poses for character drawing with this app. Create a stick figure to find similar poses, view them from multiple angles, and adjust them to fit your needs. Save your favorite poses and images for easy access.
- 100+ reference poses
- View from various angles
- Adjustable poses
- Save poses and images
- Stick figure pose search
- VRM file reader
Read full descriptionHide full description
Pose Arch is a convenient app which helps you find reference poses to use when drawing characters. The ability to draw a stick figure and search for similar pose references means you can find poses without putting down your pen. Features: - More than 100 different poses - View poses from various angles - Save poses - Adjust poses - Save images - Read any VRM file
Screenshots
Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Pose Arch at 4.0 against COPIC Collection's 3.3. Pose Arch also leads on review sentiment (59% vs 40%). COPIC Collection's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). On price, ratings volume, update cadence 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Pose Arch holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 3.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 130 and 105 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 40% of COPIC Collection's written reviews are positive against 59% of Pose Arch's.
COPIC Collection ships an update every 4 months, Pose Arch every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on September 12, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | COPIC Collection | Pose Arch |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.3 (130 ratings) | 4.0 (105 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 40.2% of reviews | 58.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 130 — better | 105 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 3 months — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 293 MB | 127 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Too corporation | KAZUMASA KAWAZURE |
Customer experience
COPIC Collection
Pose Arch
User reviews
COPIC Collection
From 130 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Helpful for tracking marker collection
- 🚀 Great for avoiding duplicate purchases
Room to improve
- 🤔 Confusing new interface
- 👎 Difficult to see owned colors
- 💤 Cluttered and not user-friendly
Pose Arch
From 105 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Useful for drawing reference
- 👍 Easy to use interface
- 👍 Free to use
- 👍 Good for practicing anatomy
- 👍 Good for practicing clothing lines
Room to improve
- 👎 VRM models only T-pose
- 👎 Stick figure drawing inaccurate
- 👎 Controls take getting used to
- 👎 UI elements obscure model
- 👎 Can't see whole model when tweaking
Bugs and requests
COPIC Collection
Reported bugs
2 issues- Randomly deletes user's marker data
- Barcode scanner not working
Requested features
5 requests- Add ability to track ink refills
- Implement color palette organization
- Add search and filter functions
- Improve color matching from photos
- Provide better visual representation of owned colors
Pose Arch
Reported bugs
8 issues- VRM models only T-pose
- Stick figure drawing gives different results
- Imported VRM models don't change with selected poses
- Poses overlap
- Pinned poses mess up when clicked
Show 3 moreShow fewer
- White lettering with light grey background unreadable
- Slider controls not working/hard to press
- Panel covers entire image on iPhone
Requested features
12 requests- More than one person/character
- Undo/Redo option
- Changeable skin tones
- Toggle between figure models without losing pose
- Word search or categories for poses
Show 7 moreShow fewer
- Make your own character/model
- Dress up character/model
- Add props
- Transparent backgrounds
- Zoom in and out camera
- Bring back blue character model
- Easier way to design character
In-app purchases
COPIC Collection
No in-app purchases
Pose Arch
No in-app purchases
