Comparison

Artist's Grid vs Color Study

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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.

About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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/

Screenshots

Color Study4 screens

Verdict

The call

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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

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.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
Artist's Grid versus Color Study: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterArtist's GridColor Study
Price$3.99Free — better
Rating1.0 (1 ratings)4.9 (556 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—86.6% of reviews
Number of ratings1556 — better
Update frequency—Every 11 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFreemium — better
Best chart rank—#128 — better
DevicesiPadiPhone, iPad, Mac — better
Requires iOS15.0 — better16.6
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB175 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRIGEL Initiative Inc, TheBrushLabs LLC

Customer experience

Artist's Grid

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

Color Study

All ratings541 ratings
Positive97.4%
Neutral1.1%
Negative1.5%
Written reviews67 reviews
Positive86.6%
Neutral7.5%
Negative6.0%

In-app purchases

None

Artist's Grid

No in-app purchases

5 purchases

Color Study

Subscriptions3
  • 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
One-time2
  • Color Study tip$1.99
  • Color Study tip$29.99

Questions

Is Artist's Grid free?
Artist's Grid costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Color Study free?
Color Study is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Artist's Grid or Color Study?
Color Study is rated higher. Artist's Grid averages 1.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Color Study averages 4.9 from 556 ratings.
Do Artist's Grid or Color Study have ads?
Neither Artist's Grid nor Color Study shows ads.

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