tatz vs TatToolkit
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
tatz
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Turn your tattoo ideas and meaningful photos into custom tattoo designs you can edit, try on, save, share, and take to your tattoo artist. TATTOO DESIGN WITHOUT THE BLANK PAGE Tatz is a tattoo design studio built for first tattoos, next tattoos, matching tattoos, cover-up ideas, and every strange little idea in between. Start with a written tattoo idea, say it out loud, or add a reference photo. Choose your tattoo style, colour, and level of detail, then create custom tattoo art shaped around your vision. TURN A PHOTO INTO A TATTOO Transform a photo of a person, pet, place, or memory into tattoo artwork. Use any photo as inspiration and explore how it could look as a custom tattoo design. EDIT YOUR TATTOO DESIGN Almost is not good enough. Edit the entire tattoo or brush over one specific area. Change the composition, remove unwanted details, adjust the artwork, or keep pushing the design until it hits right. VIRTUAL TATTOO TRY-ON Preview a tattoo on your own body before you commit. Move it, resize it, rotate it, and adjust the ink to see how the tattoo design looks on different body placements. EXPLORE 13 TATTOO STYLES Find your style with blackwork, old school, neo traditional, Japanese, dotwork, geometric, sketch, psychedelic, watercolor, surrealism, tribal, new school, and minimalist tattoo art. FIND MORE TATTOO IDEAS Explore tattoo designs from the Tatz community. Browse tattoo inspiration, filter designs by style, save your favourite tattoo ideas, and share the artwork that stops your scroll. PLAN YOUR TATTOO PLACEMENT Compare tattoo placements based on pain, healing, visibility, and available space. Explore body pain zones and find a placement that works for your design and comfort level. CREATE A TATTOO STENCIL Turn your tattoo design into clean line art and create a practical brief for your tattoo artist. Save your stencil, share your concept, and arrive at the tattoo shop with more than a blurry screenshot. WITH TATZ, YOU CAN: • Create custom tattoo designs from words • Turn photos into tattoo art • Edit an entire design or one specific area • Preview tattoos with a virtual tattoo try-on • Explore 13 popular tattoo styles • Browse and save tattoo ideas • Compare tattoo placement and pain levels • Create tattoo stencils and artist briefs • Save and share your tattoo designs No blank-page panic. No settling for almost. Just a better way to get from tattoo idea to ink. Tatz creates tattoo concepts and visual previews. Results are not guaranteed to be tattoo-ready. Always review your tattoo design, placement, and execution with a qualified tattoo artist.
TatToolkit
This app provides tattoo artists with a suite of tools to streamline their design and stencil creation process. It offers features for image enhancement, color palette generation, and seamless workflow integration, helping artists create precise tattoos more efficiently.
- Multiple stencil creation methods
- Image enhancement and refinement
- Color palette generation with ink matching
- Layer management for composition
- High-resolution export for printing
- Background removal
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TATTOOLKIT: THE ALL-IN-ONE STUDIO FOR TATTOO ARTISTS Everything between a client's idea and a finished stencil, in one app: Stencils, references, drawing and printing. TatToolkit is built for the way tattoo artists actually work, so you spend less time on your iPad and more time tattooing. STENCILS IN SECONDS - Classic stencil methods: QuickLine, Sketchy, and Trace - API-powered TrueLine and PowerLine for clean, accurate linework - Stack and combine stencil layers over your reference to get exactly the look you want - Adjust levels, add noise, and draw or erase directly on the stencil A REAL DRAWING & PAINTING ENGINE - Custom engine built for tattoo design, made for Apple Pencil - Brush Yard: build, organize and import custom brushes and brush sets - Smudge, Wet Mix, Dodge, Burn and Blur tools LAYERS & PROJECTS - Start from a blank canvas at any size, or from a photo - Groups, blend modes, clipping masks, merge, duplicate, rename and reorder - Projects save automatically, so you can pick up right where you left off TRANSFORM & SELECT - Move, Select and Auto-Select - Scale, rotate, distort and warp one layer or many at once - Guides and grids for precise placement PERFECT YOUR REFERENCES - Filter gallery with fast filters - Curves, Color Balance, Colorize, Temperature & Tint, brightness, contrast and more - Gaussian, Motion and Radial Blur, plus Depth of Field - Remove backgrounds in one tap - Convert to grayscale with custom channel controls COLOR PALETTES - Generate palettes from any reference - Find the closest ink matches for each color - In-cap mixing suggestions to hit the exact tone you need PRINT-TO-SIZE - Print at the exact dimensions you need, even across multiple sheets for large pieces - Export stencils and references in high resolution, straight to your printer FAST, NATURAL GESTURES - Pinch, rotate, three-finger tap to redo - Radial menus for quick tools like copy, cut and paste - Quick shape corrections and color sampling with a long press SUBSCRIPTION & CREDITS TatToolkit requires a monthly subscription of $9.99 to access all features, with a 1-week free trial for new subscribers. Your subscription automatically renews each month until canceled. The subscription includes 50 credits per month for API-powered cloud stencils; additional credit packs are available as in-app purchases. ABOUT US TatToolkit is built by a working tattoo artist who knows the challenges of the craft firsthand. We keep improving the app based on feedback from the artists who use it. Questions, ideas or feedback? Reach us at support@tattoolkit.com. Whether you're a seasoned artist or just starting out, TatToolkit gives you the tools to design, stencil and print with confidence. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.tattoolkit.com/pages/tracerTOS
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: TatToolkit at none against tatz's shown. On price, in-app purchases, device support 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
Both are free to download. tatz sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days and TatToolkit sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $9.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
| Parameter | tatz | TatToolkit |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 3.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 3 — better |
| Update frequency | — | Every 2 days |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | — | Subscription |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 16.7 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 91 MB | 224 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Reev Tech Inc. | Jonathan Holbert |
In-app purchases
tatz
- Unlimited Ink Weekly$4.997 Days
- Unlimited Ink Yearly$49.991 Year
TatToolkit
- TatToolkit Standard Monthly7 Days trial$9.991 Month









