Values at Play vs Grid Masters
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
Grid Masters
This app simplifies architectural and structural drawing by generating precise grid line dimensions. It supports both imperial and metric units, allowing custom offsets for any construction job. Save time and money with accurate layouts and easily store or print your generated metrics.
- Generate grid line dimensions
- Imperial and Metric support
- Customizable offsets
- Store jobs as PDF/PNG
- Print generated metrics
- Simplify construction layouts
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Grid Master simplifies architectural and structural drawings with ease. Grid Master makes working with grid lines off your architectural and structural drawings easy. Just input your dimensions and Grid Master will generate a metric so you can easily get dimensions from any grid line to any grid line you inputted. Grid Master works in lmperial and Metric dimensions, you also can customize to add in your own offsets if needed. Simplifying your lay out for any construction job. Saving you time and money. Grid Master will also store your jobs in PDF and PNG, having a reference f rom previous jobs at your fingertips tips. Grid Master will even print out your generated metric. Grid Master will speed production on layout and give you accurate dimensions with out the need for double checking. Use Grid Master for wall, electrical ,plumbing, HVAC all your needs for laying out easier when knowing dimensions at your fingertips.
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Verdict
Values at Play and Grid Masters both sit at 5.0 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of Values at Play's written reviews are positive against 50% of Grid Masters's. Values at Play also leads on ratings volume (5 vs 1). Grid Masters's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On price, rating, update cadence and ads 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. Values at Play sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Grid Masters sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $19.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Values at Play against 5.0 for Grid Masters. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Values at Play has 5 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 100% of Values at Play's written reviews are positive against 50% of Grid Masters's.
Values at Play ships an update every 5 months, Grid Masters every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on September 16, 2026 and June 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Values at Play | Grid Masters |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (5 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 5 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 4 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 8 MB | 27 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Neil Daly | Platinum Framing Corp |
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In-app purchases
Values at Play
- Values at Play Unlimited$4.99
Grid Masters
- Monthly Subscription$19.991 Month
- Yearly Subscription$199.991 Year
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