Doodle Grid for Artists vs Values at Play
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Doodle Grid for Artists
This app offers a modern approach to transferring and scaling artwork, allowing artists to create drawings and paintings of any size. It provides a more flexible and time-saving alternative to traditional gridding methods, minimizing distortion and offering an easy-to-use interface.
- Transfer and scale artwork
- Flexible doodle grids
- Time-saving grid creation
- Free-flowing shapes
- Easy interface for image adjustment
- Minimizes distortion
- Versatile for various art mediums
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Introducing Doodle Grid by Da Vinci Eye - the fun, innovative app that simplifies the way you transfer and scale your artwork! Ditch the traditional grid methods and embrace the world of Doodle Grids, also known as Lazy Grids or Scribble Grids. With this app, artists of all levels can easily create stunning drawings and paintings of any size, from small sketches to grand murals. Doodle Grids provide several advantages over traditional gridding systems: - Time-saving: No need to spend hours measuring and drawing precise lines for your grid. - More freedom: Create unique, free-flowing shapes instead of being confined to rigid squares. - Easy-to-use interface: Quickly adjust opacity and position your reference image with just a few taps. - Versatile: Suitable for various art mediums and styles, from detailed portraits to abstract pieces. - Minimizes distortion: Helps you maintain accurate proportions without the risk of distortion from straight lines and angles. Whether you're working on a detailed portrait, a vibrant landscape, or a captivating abstract piece, Doodle Grid is your go-to companion. Download now and elevate your creative process!
Values at Play
This app helps users practice identifying and analyzing values in art. It offers tools to create value studies, inspect specific color values, and find areas matching a chosen value. Users can import their own images for practice.
- Create value studies from images
- Import custom images
- Inspect Denman Ross and RGB values
- Find points matching selected values
- Colorized value studies
- Full-screen value study viewing
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Use "Values at Play" to practice seeing values in art. Practice with one of the images included in the app or import your own image. Values at Play includes: VALUE STUDY Create a Value Study for any image. Choose the number of values to include in the study, and the value study will be created within seconds! View the value study full-screen, and easily toggle between it and the original image. Create "colorized" value studies. IMAGE INSPECTOR Use Image Inspector to find the Denman Ross Value and RGB value of any point on an image. VALUE FINDER Find all the points on an image with the value you've selected. VALUES-TAC-TOE Drag the cross hair to a precise location on the image you've selected. Do you know the value at that point? If so, you're on your way to a "Values-Tac-Toe." If not, keep practicing.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Doodle Grid for Artists at none against Values at Play's 1. Doodle Grid for Artists also leads on ratings volume (64 vs 6). Values at Play's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.8) and review sentiment (100% vs 86%). On price, update cadence, ads and device support there is nothing between them.
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Both are free to download. Values at Play sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Doodle Grid for Artists asks for nothing beyond the download.
Values at Play holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Doodle Grid for Artists has 64 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 86% of Doodle Grid for Artists's written reviews are positive against 100% of Values at Play's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 5 months. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.
| Parameter | Doodle Grid for Artists | Values at Play |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (64 ratings) | 5.0 (6 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 85.7% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 64 — better | 6 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 5 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 92 MB | 8 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Da Vinci Eye LLC | Neil Daly |
Customer experience
Doodle Grid for Artists
Values at Play
In-app purchases
Doodle Grid for Artists
No in-app purchases
Values at Play
- Values at Play Unlimited$4.99
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