MineSkin PRO vs ArtDeck
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
MineSkin PRO
Create and perfect custom 3D skins for popular block games. Draw pixel-by-pixel with precision tools, preview your creations from every angle with adjustable lighting, and even see them animate. Supports classic and slim arm models, with unlimited undo/redo.
- Real-time 3D preview
- Pixel-perfect drawing tools
- Adjustable lighting and shine
- Idle and walking animation preview
- Layer editing for all body parts
- Offline functionality
- Unlimited undo/redo
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Your skin, perfected in 3D. MineSkin is a skin editor with a real-time 3D viewer. Compatible with popular block games. Draw pixel-by-pixel, preview your skin from every angle, and watch it come to life with animations, all in one app. See every detail Rotate, zoom, and inspect your skin from any angle. Fine-tune lighting direction, intensity, and shine to see exactly how your skin will look in-game. Draw with precision Pixel-perfect tools for every workflow — pen, bulk paint, eraser, and a variation tool for adding depth and shading. Pick colors straight from the 3D model with the eyedropper. Watch it move Preview your skin with idle and walking animations before you ever load it in game. Edit any layer Toggle between base and overlay layers on all six body parts. Support for both classic and slim arm models. Features - Real-time 3D preview with orbit camera - Pen, bulk paint, eraser, and shading tools - Eyedropper color picker from the 3D model - Adjustable lighting (directional, ambient, diffuse, specular) - Idle and walking animation preview - Base and overlay layer editing for all 6 body parts - Classic and slim arm support - 64x64 and legacy 64x32 skin formats - Unlimited undo/redo - Grid overlay for pixel-perfect alignment - Works offline - 5 languages (English, Arabic, Chinese, Spanish, Portuguese) - Dark mode Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.mineskin.pro/en/policies/terms-of-use/ Privacy Policy: https://www.mineskin.pro/en/policies/privacy-policy/
ArtDeck
Organize visual inspiration and study images with this app. Create moodboards by collecting images, videos, links, and notes, then analyze their composition, color, and values. Seamlessly sync your boards across all your Apple devices for easy access.
- Collect images, videos, and links
- Create moodboards and reference boards
- Analyze image values, color, and composition
- Sync boards across Apple devices
- Offline access to boards
- Annotate and draw on images
- Organize with infinite canvas
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ArtDeck is a reference board for iPad, iPhone, and Mac. Collect images, videos, links, and notes, then arrange and zoom them on an infinite canvas. Make a moodboard or open the built-in tools when you want to analyze value, color, composition, or motion. You can also keep references next to Procreate on iPad or your creative apps on Mac. iCloud sync is optional. CAPTURE NOW, USE IT ANYWHERE See a texture, a color combination, or a striking composition while you're out? Take a photo right inside ArtDeck and drop it on a board. Because your boards sync, it's there on your Mac and iPad, ready next to your design, 3D, or drawing tools. COLLECT FROM ANYWHERE • Shoot photos and video on iPhone and iPad; on Mac, take the photo with the webcam or your iPhone • Import from Photos or Files • Scan a document on iPhone or iPad, or use Continuity Camera on Mac • Save any link as a card, or paste a link to an image, video, or PDF to import it • Drag and drop, paste, or use the Share menu from any other app • Opens all common image formats, plus WebP, AVIF, JXL, HDR, EXR, and SVG. Video, GIFs, and PDFs up to 300 pages • HDR images and video at full brightness on capable screens, for the whole app or per board STUDY WHAT YOU COLLECT Study any image or video frame through the ToolBox's five lenses, without touching the original: • Values: grayscale, a value ladder, and Notan to read your darks and lights • Color: pull a palette from any image, or see its temperature and saturation zones • Composition: overlay grids, test new framings, or check the symmetry • Read: simplify to the big shapes, find where detail piles up, follow the edge hierarchy • Measure: drop plumb lines, read an angle off a snapping guide, and compare two lengths The Analysis panel shows value range, a histogram, hue, saturation, and color distribution. Export a study, or keep a copy on your board. Step through GIFs and video frame by frame, with onion skin and a GIF filmstrip ANNOTATE AND DRAW • Mark up an image, or draw directly: pen, highlighter, and shapes • Draw a stroke, then hold at the end to straighten it ARRANGE IT YOUR WAY • An infinite canvas to drag, scale, rotate, and zoom • Snap to objects and grid; align, distribute, and tidy up • Group and nest, reorder, lock, with undo and redo YOUR BOARDS, EVERYWHERE • The same boards on iPhone, iPad, and Mac, synced through your iCloud • Works fully offline: sync catches up when you're back online • Choose which boards sync • Split View and Stage Manager on iPad • Keep your window on top of the others on Mac YOUR GALLERY • Carousel and grid views of every board • Labels and multi-label filtering • Favorite, archive, rename, or duplicate any board MAKE IT YOURS • Dark, light, and high-contrast themes • Set one theme for the whole app, or one per board • An editor to fine-tune the colors and create your own themes • Import and export themes by file or link ACCESSIBILITY • VoiceOver support across the app, including items on the canvas • Respects Dynamic Type and Reduce Motion • A theme editor that checks color contrast and flags colors that are hard to tell apart EXPORT AND HAND OFF • Export a whole board or just a selection • PNG, JPEG, HEIC, or PDF, up to 8K, with a transparent background where the format allows • Save a whole board as one .artdeck file to back up or hand off TRY IT FREE, KEEP IT FOR LIFE Start with a free, individual 7-Day Trial. It does not renew. Lifetime Access is a one-time in-app purchase, not a subscription. No separate ArtDeck account is required. Keep what catches your eye.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is monetization model: MineSkin PRO at free against ArtDeck's paid. MineSkin PRO also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.8) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). ArtDeck's advantage is ratings volume (4 vs 1). On price, review sentiment, update cadence and ads 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
MineSkin PRO holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 4 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | MineSkin PRO | ArtDeck |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 4.8 (4 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 4 — better |
| Update frequency | Weekly | Weekly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Mac |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 43 MB | 76 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Hamza Khuswan | Alexandre Alves |
Customer experience
MineSkin PRO
ArtDeck
In-app purchases
MineSkin PRO
No in-app purchases
ArtDeck
No in-app purchases









