Artist's Grid vs Color Study
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Artist's Grid
Easily edit and preview images with a grid overlay. Rotate, mirror, crop, and convert photos to black and white before finalizing your composition. Zoom and pan to refine details.
- Select images from photo library
- Rotate, mirror, and straighten images
- Crop and convert to B&W
- Grid preview
- Zoom and pan functionality
- Overlay sub-grid when zoomed
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Select images from your photo library, rotate, mirror, straighten, crop and convert to B&W, then preview with a grid. Zoom in, pan to focus on one section of your new creation. Overlay an option sub-grid when zoomed in.
Color Study
This tool helps artists analyze images by simplifying colors, values, and shapes. It provides guidance for mixing paints to match observed colors and offers advanced features for deeper artistic study. Organize your work and sync across devices.
- Image simplification for color and value
- Accurate color picker with magnification
- Paint mixing guidance with real-time feedback
- Value, saturation, and color code inspection
- Interactive value, shape, and temperature maps
- Project organization and iCloud sync
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Color Study is a tool for artists to simplify images, study color and value, and accurately match colors through paint mixing. Load any photo and reduce it to clear shapes and essential color information. Color Study generates a clear color map of your reference and provides guidance for mixing paints to match the colors you see, giving you a practical guide you can use at the easel or in study. Focus on the fundamentals that matter in drawing and painting. Made for artists Core tools: • Accurate color picker with magnification and pixel averaging options • Place and customize color markers directly on your reference • Inspect value, saturation, and color codes (RGB, HSV, HSL, CMYK, LAB) • Automatically extract key colors and accents in an image, and mark their locations • Compare colors to assess value, relative temperature, saturation, and perceptual difference • Customizable grid overlay for precise alignment Advanced tools: • Interactive value maps, shape simplification, temperature maps and notan controls • Paint-mixing guidance designed for opaque paints, with real-time feedback from photographed mixes • Export analysis views and color maps as images for reference or study • Advanced grid controls for precision alignment and subdivision • Generate simplified line drawings and contour maps to clarify structure, edges, and major shapes • Organize your work into projects with images, paint palettes, and artwork details • iCloud sync keeps your projects and palettes in sync across all your Apple devices Advanced tools available with subscription. Train your artistic eye Color Study is not a design tool or palette generator. It is a learning tool for painters, illustrators, and art students who want to analyze what they see and make better decisions in their artwork. Study master paintings, analyze your own photos, and deepen your understanding of value structure, color harmony, and visual design. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Color Study at Free against Artist's Grid's $3.99. Color Study also leads on rating (4.9 vs 1.0) and ratings volume (556 vs 1). Artist's Grid's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 6). On ads and iOS requirement 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
Color Study is free to download; Artist's Grid costs $3.99 up front. Color Study sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Artist's Grid asks for nothing beyond the download.
Color Study holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Color Study has 556 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
| Parameter | Artist's Grid | Color Study |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $3.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 1.0 (1 ratings) | 4.9 (556 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 86.6% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 556 — better |
| Update frequency | — | Every 11 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Freemium — better |
| Best chart rank | — | #128 — better |
| Devices | iPad | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 16.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 175 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | RIGEL Initiative Inc, The | BrushLabs LLC |
Customer experience
Artist's Grid
Color Study
In-app purchases
Artist's Grid
No in-app purchases
Color Study
- Color Study Pro monthly2 variants$4.991 Month
- Color Study Pro yearly7 Days trial$24.991 Year
- Color Study Pro Yearly7 Days trial$24.991 Year
- Color Study tip$1.99
- Color Study tip$29.99
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