PictureTimer vs Dottie
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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)
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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/
Dottie
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Dottie is a pixel art editor for game sprites, small illustrations and short animations. Start from a template, change the colors and make it your own. START WITH A TEMPLATE Choose from 6 original pixel art templates. A short creation guide takes you through choosing a color, drawing and exporting a PNG. Templates and the guide work within the free limits. DRAW AND REFINE Use pencils, fill, shapes and dithering. Keep colors consistent with palettes, then move, copy, flip or rotate a selection. Symmetry and zoom help with the finishing touches. ADD LAYERS AND MOTION Edit backgrounds and characters on separate layers. Duplicate frames, make small changes and play your animation. Onion skin shows the previous frame as a guide. WORK FROM A REFERENCE Import an image and adjust its position, size and rotation. Assign reference images to individual frames to guide poses and compositions. BACK UP AND RESTORE YOUR PROJECTS Back up all projects or just selected ones to a file, then restore them on another device. Review the contents before restoring; existing artwork is kept. Basic backup and restore are free. This is manual file transfer, not automatic cloud sync. Premium purchases are restored separately through the store where you purchased them. EXPORT YOUR ART Export PNG images and editable project files. Premium also includes animated GIF, PNG sequence, sprite sheet and tile image exports. WHAT CAN I MAKE FOR FREE? Create up to 5 projects, with canvases up to 64 × 64 pixels, 3 layers per frame and 3 frames. The free version displays ads. WHEN YOU NEED MORE ROOM Premium is a one-time purchase that removes ads and expands project, canvas, layer and frame limits, plus export options. You can also complete a rewarded ad to try Premium for 24 hours. Purchases and rewarded ads require an internet connection. Device memory and other limits still apply to project size. No account registration is required. Artwork is saved on your device. Keep a backup file of important projects outside the app. Advertising and purchases use external services. Available in English, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese and Spanish.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: PictureTimer at none against Dottie's shown. Dottie's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs monthly) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.6). On price, 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
Both are free to download. PictureTimer sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and Dottie sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
PictureTimer ships an update monthly, Dottie weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | PictureTimer | Dottie |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 8 MB | 31 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Zinc White Limited | Hiroyuki Yamamoto |
In-app purchases
PictureTimer
- Plus (All Features Monthly)$1.991 Month
- Plus (All Features Yearly)7 Days trial$4.991 Year
- Plus Lifetime$14.99
Dottie
- Dottie Premium$3.99









