Comparison

GHOSTLINE vs Tattoo Maker Design Editor

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

GHOSTLINE

This app helps tattoo artists create perfect stencils quickly and efficiently. It offers AI-driven tools to upscale, sharpen, and customize artwork, eliminating the need for manual tracing. Print stencils at any size with advanced layout technology, saving valuable time for artists.

Highlights
  • AI-driven stencil generation
  • Artwork upscaling and sharpening
  • Customizable stencil details
  • Print-scale technology for any size
  • Reference tool for visualization
  • Editing tools (pen, eraser, ruler)
Features
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GHOSTLINE WAS CREATED BY TATTOO ARTISTS, FOR TATTOO ARTISTS. GHOSTLINE is a subscription based application for the tattoo industry. GHOSTLINE can quickly generate perfect, customizable stencils, upscale & sharpen your artwork, and provides the industry’s first print-scale technology so you can print your stencils at any size you need. GHOSTLINE was created to help you SAVE TIME. The AI-driven functionality of GHOSTLINE allows you to optimize your workflow and spend more time doing what you love most; making tattoos that you are proud of. THE FUTURE OF TATTOOING IS HERE. UPSCALE // -ENHANCE YOUR ARTWORK & TURN YOUR PHOTOS IN TO PICTURE PERFECT REFERENCE -USE HSV CONVERSION TO CREATE SMOOTH GRADIENTS FOR SHARP, RENDERED STENCILS -TURN OLD, BLURRY PHOTOS IN TO PERFECT REFERENCE SHARPEN // -SHARPEN YOUR ARTWORK TO ACHIEVE BETTER QUALITY STENCILS -SHARPEN YOUR REFERENCE SO YOU CAN CREATE BETTER TATTOOS CLASSIC STENCIL // -GENERATE FULLY CUSTOMIZABLE STENCILS IN SECONDS -ADJUST THE DETAIL AND INTENSITY TO YOUR LIKING -CREATE LINE-BASED STENCILS, 3D VALUE-BASED STENCILS, AND EVERYWHERE IN BETWEEN PRO STENCIL // -CLEANEST POSSIBLE STENCILS USING BRAND NEW GHOSTLINE TECH -ADJUST DETAIL LEVEL, CONTOURS, AND TAILOR OUTPUT FOR THERMOFAX OR INKJET -NEVER HAND STENCIL AGAIN EDIT // -USE THE PEN TOOL TO DRAW EXTRA LINES OR MAKE AREAS MORE BOLD -USE THE ERASER TOOL TO REMOVE ANY UNWANTED INFORMATION -USE THE RULER TOOL TO DRAW PERFECTLY STRAIGHT LINES TO YOUR STENCIL REFERENCE // -USE THE REFERENCE TOOL TO VISUALIZE YOUR STENCIL, AS AN ADJUSTABLE LAYER, DURING THE TATTOO PROCESS -ADJUST THE OPACITY OF THE STENCIL -ADJUST THE TRANSPARENCY OF YOUR ARTWORK -CHOOSE DIFFERENT COLORS A BETTER VISUAL GUIDE PRINTING // -USE THE INDUSTRY’S FIRST MULTI-PAGE LAYOUT PRINTING TECHNOLOGY TO PRINT AS LARGE AS YOU WANT, ONE ONE PIECE OF PAPER OR 16 PIECES -PINCH/ZOOM TO SIZE YOUR STENCIL TO ANY SIZE ON THE PAPER, WHETHER YOU’RE WORKING ON A MICRO TATTOO OR A BACK PIECE -ROTATE OR FLIP YOUR STENCIL TO FIT YOUR PRINTING NEEDS -CHOOSE PAPER SIZE AND PAPER ORIENTATION EXPORT // -EXPORT/SAVE YOUR STENCIL, AT ANY STAGE, STRAIGHT TO YOUR PHOTO LIBRARY -GENERATE AS MANY STENCILS AS YOU NEED GHOSTLINE WILL SAVE YOU HOURS OF TRACING TIME, EVERY WEEK, SO YOU CAN FOCUS MORE ENERGY ON CREATING TATTOOS THAT WILL STAND THE TEST OF TIME. Terms of Use - https://www.ghostline.app/terms Privacy Policy - https://www.ghostline.app/privacy-policy

About

Tattoo Maker Design Editor

Virtually try on various tattoo designs without pain or ink. This app allows you to add realistic tattoos to your photos, experiment with different styles, and share your creations with friends. Explore a wide range of artistic designs for both men and women.

Highlights
  • Add virtual tattoos to photos
  • Try diverse tattoo designs
  • Rotate and resize tattoos
  • Adjust tattoo color and transparency
  • Apply filters to photos
  • Save and share edited photos
Features
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Add Tattoos to Your Photos app lets you try new tattoo designs, without any pain, without any ink on your body! Tattoo yourself on your own photos. Using our tattoo my photo app you will feel like in a virtual tattoo maker -ink art saloon or photo booth machine. Just choose a picture from gallery, choose the ink me tatoo maker art booth design that fits your style, rotate, resize, change colors, add filters, save and share your effects. Be inspired with this creative tattoo maker designs and Tattoo My Photo design ideas, free! 50+ of the best tattoos for men and tattoos for women designs! ->Great photos of an amazing and unique tatoo maker designs! ->Get inspired with these spectacular tattoo designs application. ->Admire work of the creative tattoo maker photo designs. ->Add Beautiful Filters to make the tattoo-ink body editor. AR designs. Tattoo Designs Free app which lets you to try this new tattoo photo editor studio designs, without any pain, without any ink on your body! Tattoo yourself on your own photos. Using our amazing and unique tatoo maker app you will feel like in a virtual tattoo maker -ink art saloon or traditional tattoo art stickers booth. Just choose a pic from gallery and choose the inked tattoo design that fits your style, rotate, resize, save and share your effect! Let your friends think that you are really tattooed Tattoo Me-Add Art Tattoos Designs to amaze your friends! Our Tattoo Booth Creator & design editing tool contains a lot of artistic tattoo-ink body editor. AR ideas for both girls and boys, tattos for women and best tattoos for men (browse for example traditional tattoo art stickers, rose, dragon, polynesian, lion, text quotes, color tattoos and much more!). Remember, making tattoo design-tattoo maker art in real world is not a game, they will stay on your skin forever, so first check how it looks in our tattoo you-add tattoos to your photo application. This is a virtual tattoo maker -ink art, that will show it for you without any pain. Also the studies have shown that tattooed women and men arouse more interest in others.The result doesn't look like fake tattoo designer ink yourself, do not worry and try. If you want to get a tattoo designer ink yourself, or you simply like tattoos, download this tattoo camera : tattoo your photo application to get new tattoos designs is one of the best tattoo photo editor studio in the world. Features of the Tattoo My Photo-Tattoo Maker Application:- ->Professionally designed ink me tatoo maker art booth. ->Rotate and resizing tattoos. -> Adjust the brightness transparency into tattoo you-add tattoos to your photos. ->Change the tattoo colors easily with this amazing and unique tatoo maker application. ->Add Filters easily into best tattoo design-tattoo maker application. ->Save and Share your tattoo photos on Twitter, Facebook or Email. How to Use:- ->Choose photo from the phone gallery. -> Click on the tattoo me-add art tattoos button to add new tattoo (choose the one you like from handy categories). - >Place the tattoo stencils on best place on your body. Move Markers, Rotate, Resize to edit the best suits. ->Add another tattoo on body-tattoo booth to your picture. Remember on the right part of the screen you can pull out the layout with layers. Choose here the element on which you want to work. ->On the down side there is one more layout. Here you can adjust the transparency of tattoo, change colors., add more filters. ->Finally save & share the result image. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: http://178.128.6.196/privacypolicyiosapp.php

Screenshots

GHOSTLINE4 screens
Tattoo Maker Design Editor4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: Tattoo Maker Design Editor at free with in-app purchases against GHOSTLINE's subscription. Tattoo Maker Design Editor also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.6). GHOSTLINE's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (monthly vs every 9 months). On price, rating, in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. GHOSTLINE sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month and Tattoo Maker Design Editor sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $1.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for GHOSTLINE against 4.6 for Tattoo Maker Design Editor. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: GHOSTLINE has 348 ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

GHOSTLINE ships an update monthly, Tattoo Maker Design Editor every 9 months. The most recent releases landed on September 30, 2026 and September 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
GHOSTLINE versus Tattoo Maker Design Editor: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGHOSTLINETattoo Maker Design Editor
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (348 ratings)4.6 (7 ratings)
Positive reviews67.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings348 — better7
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 9 months
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationSubscriptionFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.613.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size113 MB38 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGhostline, Inc.Appwallet Technologies Private Limited

Customer experience

GHOSTLINE

All ratings348 ratings
Positive89.4%
Neutral2.6%
Negative8.0%
Written reviews49 reviews
Positive67.3%
Neutral6.1%
Negative26.5%

Tattoo Maker Design Editor

All ratings7 ratings
Positive85.7%
Neutral14.3%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

GHOSTLINE

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Quarter inch gaps appearing in stencil output
  • App loses important design details in conversion
  • Emphasizes irrelevant details over important ones
  • Inconsistent stencil quality on complex designs
  • Limited customization options for stencil output

Requested features

12 requests
  • One-time purchase option instead of subscription
  • Lower subscription pricing ($6/month considered too high)
  • Lifetime subscription option under $100
  • JPEG file format export option
  • Save reference image as separate file
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  • Reference overlay in edit mode to see original design
  • Pinch zoom in/out functionality
  • Redo button for edits
  • Bookmark pen sizes for quick toggling
  • Background removal tool
  • Ruler/grid overlay option
  • Ability to remove white background from images

Tattoo Maker Design Editor

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

2 purchases

GHOSTLINE

Subscriptions2
  • Ghostline Unlimited Access7 Days trial$5.991 Month
  • Ghostline Unlimited Access$59.991 Year
1 purchases

Tattoo Maker Design Editor

Subscriptions1
  • Subscribe Weekly$1.997 Days

Questions

Is GHOSTLINE free?
GHOSTLINE is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Tattoo Maker Design Editor free?
Tattoo Maker Design Editor is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, GHOSTLINE or Tattoo Maker Design Editor?
GHOSTLINE and Tattoo Maker Design Editor are both rated 4.6 out of 5 on the App Store, from 348 and 7 ratings respectively.
Do GHOSTLINE or Tattoo Maker Design Editor have ads?
Tattoo Maker Design Editor shows ads; GHOSTLINE does not.
Which is updated more often, GHOSTLINE or Tattoo Maker Design Editor?
GHOSTLINE ships an update monthly, and Tattoo Maker Design Editor every 9 months. Most recently, GHOSTLINE was updated on September 30, 2026 and Tattoo Maker Design Editor on September 9, 2026.

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