Comparison

Live Preview vs Graintouch

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

Head to head
About

Live Preview

Wirelessly mirror your design artboards from Sketch to your iPad or iPhone. Experience pixel-perfect previews with automatic updates as you work, and quickly compare design iterations.

Highlights
  • Wireless mirroring
  • Pixel-perfect @3x previews
  • Automatic artboard updates
  • Quick compare between artboards
  • Works with local or cloud Sketch documents
Features
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Live Preview makes it easy to mirror your Sketch designs on your iPad and iPhone. Using the same wireless technology as AirDrop, Live Preview works anywhere—even when your devices aren't connected to the internet.  Live Preview features stunning pixel perfect @3x previews, as well as Automatic Update, which dynamically changes the preview, following you as you work. Quick Compare allows for instant switching between the last two artboards—very useful for proofing subtle design changes. Live Preview works with any Sketch document, stored locally or in the cloud.

About

Graintouch

Create digital art with a unique printmaking aesthetic. This app simulates the look and feel of Risograph printing, allowing for layered colors, organic brush strokes, and textured effects. Export your work as clean vector stencils for print.

Highlights
  • Organic vector brush for layered colors
  • Realistic print simulation
  • Minimalist user interface
  • Curated color palette
  • Vector stencil export
Features
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Graintouch is a drawing app with the soul of print. Inspired by Risograph™ aesthetics, it lets you layer, blend, and create with the warmth of real ink—right on your screen. BOOL BRUSH A bold, organic vector brush that stacks colors like ink on paper. Blend, overlap, knockout and build rich textures with effortless strokes. PRINT SIMULATION See your artwork as if it just rolled off a risograph. Offset imperfections, layered tints, and the charm of real ink—without the mess. MINIMAL UI Nothing in your way, just pure drawing. A clean, focused space where tools feel like an extension of your hand. COLORFUL CONSTRAINTS A playful palette of 18 handpicked inks, straight from the riso universe. Instead of endless choice, you get meaningful constraints that spark creativity—just like mixing real inks on a print run. VECTOR STENCILS Every Layer becomes a crisp, resolution-independent stencil. Your drawings export as clean vector stencils, perfect for scaling, separating by color, and bringing straight to print—no loss, just pure shapes.

Screenshots

Live Preview2 screens
Graintouch4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Live Preview at 100% against Graintouch's 57%. Live Preview also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.7) and price ($1.99 vs $9.99). Graintouch's advantage is update cadence (every 3 months vs every 13 months) and chart position (#83 vs unranked). On ads, in-app purchases, monetization model 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

Live Preview costs $1.99 and Graintouch $9.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Live Preview holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Graintouch has 24 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Live Preview's written reviews are positive against 57% of Graintouch's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Live Preview ships an update every 13 months, Graintouch every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
Live Preview versus Graintouch: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLive PreviewGraintouch
Price$1.99 — better$9.99
Rating5.0 (3 ratings) — better3.7 (24 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better56.5% of reviews
Number of ratings324 — better
Update frequencyEvery 13 monthsEvery 3 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
Best chart rank—#83 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS27.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size8 MB81 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKyle HaleviIORAMA AB

Customer experience

Live Preview

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Graintouch

All ratings24 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral8.3%
Negative25.0%
Written reviews23 reviews
Positive56.5%
Neutral8.7%
Negative34.8%

In-app purchases

None

Live Preview

No in-app purchases

None

Graintouch

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Live Preview free?
Live Preview costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Graintouch free?
Graintouch costs $9.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Live Preview or Graintouch?
Live Preview is rated higher. Live Preview averages 5.0 out of 5 from 3 ratings, while Graintouch averages 3.7 from 24 ratings.
Do Live Preview or Graintouch have ads?
Neither Live Preview nor Graintouch shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Live Preview or Graintouch?
Live Preview ships an update every 13 months, and Graintouch every 3 months. Most recently, Live Preview was updated on November 3, 2026 and Graintouch on November 4, 2026.

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