Gridder vs Photorealism
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Gridder
Easily add customizable grid lines to your photos. Perfect for artists and illustrators, this tool lets you import images, adjust grid settings like line thickness and color, and export your work for sketching or reference.
- Import and crop images
- Customizable grid lines
- Adjust rows and columns
- Control line thickness and opacity
- Change grid line color
- Export images with grid
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Gridder is a customizable image grid overlay tool — designed for artists and illustrators who sketch from photo references or plan paintings. Import any image, crop it to your desired format, and apply a customizable grid. You can adjust the number of rows and columns, grid line thickness, opacity, and color to suit your style. When you're ready, export the final image with the grid applied for printing, sketching, or saving to your reference library.
Photorealism
This drawing app helps artists create photorealistic artwork by using a custom grid and layer separation on reference images. Track progress, compare your work to the original, and identify errors to improve your drawing accuracy.
- Upload reference images
- Apply custom grids
- Separate reference into layers
- Track drawing progress
- Compare drawing to photograph
- Mark errors
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Designed entirely by photorealist Dylan Eakin, Photorealism Studio is a comprehensive drawing app that gives you the ability to upload a reference, apply a custom grid, and separate the reference into its essential layers. Keep track of how many squares you've finished, effortlessly compare your drawing against the photograph, mark errors, and more. The all-in-one drawing tool to make your own photographs. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://realismdrawing.com/privacy.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Gridder at none against Photorealism's 1. Gridder also leads on ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). Photorealism's advantage is ratings volume (76 vs 1). On price, rating 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
Both are free to download. Photorealism sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Gridder asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Gridder against 4.9 for Photorealism. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Photorealism has 76 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
| Parameter | Gridder | Photorealism |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 4.9 (76 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 88.2% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 76 — better |
| Update frequency | — | Every 4 days |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 34 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Qing Yan | Dylan Eakin |
Customer experience
Gridder
Photorealism
In-app purchases
Gridder
No in-app purchases
Photorealism
- Remove Ads$9.99
