Comparison

PictureTimer vs Mesura

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

Head to head
About

PictureTimer

This app transforms your reference photos into timed slideshows for drawing practice. Easily set up custom timers and intervals to focus on gesture drawing, figure studies, and sketching.

Highlights
  • Use personal reference photos
  • Timed slideshows for practice
  • On-screen countdown timer
  • Connect to shared drives (SMB)
  • Customizable time intervals (Plus)
  • Shuffle and forward-only modes (Plus)
Features
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Build a regular drawing habit with your own reference photos. PictureTimer turns images into timed slideshows with an on-screen countdown for gesture drawing, figure studies, croquis and sketching practice. PRACTICE WITH YOUR OWN REFERENCES Choose photos from device albums, iCloud or folders. Connect to Mac shared drives and compatible NAS devices using SMB to work with your existing image library. KEEP YOUR SESSION MOVING View each reference alongside a countdown so you can focus on drawing. Use timed slideshows for personal practice, art classes, lesson pacing or presentations. MORE CONTROL WITH PICTURETIMER PLUS Choose a Plus subscription or the one-time Plus Lifetime purchase to unlock custom time intervals, images from subfolders, shuffle, a time-up sound and forward-only mode to keep your practice moving to the next reference. Bring the photos you want to study, choose your slideshow settings and start drawing. Privacy Policy: https://zincwhite.art/privacy.html Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Mesura

Features
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Mesura puts furniture in your room at its real size, so you can decide before you buy. Measure a piece in the shop, save the numbers, and place it on your own floor at home. Mesura then tells you the things a tape measure cannot: • How far it stands from the wall • The width of the walkway left between two pieces — measured edge to edge, not corner to corner • How high a pendant lamp hangs above a table • Whether its color works with your wall, and why Every number is a decision, not decoration. When a gap gets tight, Mesura says so; when two colours sit in a relationship that works, it tells you which one and by how much. WHAT YOU CAN DO • Save the pieces you measured — 30 ready-made shapes, or your own dimensions • Place them on the floor at true size and walk around them • Snap a piece flat against a wall, or nudge it a centimetre at a time • Put small things on shelves and tabletops, real or virtual, with clearance readings • Measure a room with a scan, or a chair's seat height with the camera • Import a USDZ model, or scan a real piece into one • Save an arrangement and bring it back later • Share a card with the photo and every measurement on it FREE AND PRO Everything is free, including scanning, importing, colour advice and the share card. The free tier places two pieces in the room at once — enough to see the gap between them, which is the point. Mesura Pro is a one-time purchase that lifts that limit and lets you save and restore arrangements. No subscription, no ads, no tracking, no account. WHAT NEEDS A LiDAR SENSOR On iPhone Pro models, Mesura finds walls and ceilings by itself, measures rooms by scanning, and can turn a real piece of furniture into a model. On other iPhones everything still works, but walls and ceilings are set by hand: you tap the floor twice along a wall, or type the ceiling height. The numbers are just as exact — what you type is what it uses. Metric and imperial. English, Japanese, Simplified and Traditional Chinese.

Screenshots

PictureTimer4 screens
Mesura4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Mesura at weekly against PictureTimer's monthly. On price, ads, in-app purchases 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

Both are free to download. PictureTimer sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and Mesura sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

PictureTimer ships an update monthly, Mesura weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
PictureTimer versus Mesura: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPictureTimerMesura
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyMonthlyWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.6 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size8 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperZinc White LimitedHaide Lan

In-app purchases

3 purchases

PictureTimer

Subscriptions2
  • Plus (All Features Monthly)$1.991 Month
  • Plus (All Features Yearly)7 Days trial$4.991 Year
One-time1
  • Plus Lifetime$14.99
1 purchases

Mesura

One-time1
  • Mesura Pro$3.99

Questions

Is PictureTimer free?
PictureTimer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Mesura free?
Mesura is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do PictureTimer or Mesura have ads?
Neither PictureTimer nor Mesura shows ads.
Which is updated more often, PictureTimer or Mesura?
PictureTimer ships an update monthly, and Mesura weekly. Most recently, PictureTimer was updated on October 30, 2026 and Mesura on October 25, 2026.

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