Comparison

ArtDeck vs Sketchos

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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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Sketchos

Features
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Sketcho turns room photos and hand-drawn sketches into photorealistic renders - right on your iPhone or iPad. Architects, interior designers, real-estate agents, and homeowners finally get a native iOS rendering studio that is honest about price and precise about geometry. WHAT MAKES SKETCHO DIFFERENT - Lock Mode geometry fidelity: edge and depth conditioning keep your room's exact layout. No invented windows, no shrunken walls - what you render is what you designed. - Tap to Edit: circle any area, type an instruction like "make the sofa black leather," and only that region changes while everything else stays identical. - Style Quad: generate four styles from one image in a single 2x2 grid - Modern, Scandinavian, Industrial, Japandi, Farmhouse, or Mid-century - then export a comparison sheet. - Before-and-after slider: every render lands in an interactive comparison view, ready for client presentations and social posts. - Chat-style iteration: type "walnut floor, dusk light" and get a new version in seconds. Every version is saved to a timeline with one-tap rollback. - Shop the Look: identify furniture in a render and match real purchasable products using your own API key. - Export suite: 4K PNG, shareable style-comparison images, and a Concept Sketch PDF with a geometry-fidelity statement and commercial license. HONEST FREE TIER - 3 free HD renders every day, shown right on the home screen. No credit packs, no hidden math. - Unlimited on-device quick previews that work offline. - Your first 72 hours unlock every Pro feature with no watermark. BUILT FOR PROFESSIONALS - Fidelity badge shows the exact lock strength used for each render. - Concept Sketch badge and PDF statement keep client deliverables compliant. - Commercial license included with Pro so your renders can go straight to presentations. AI FEATURES - AI-crafted rendering prompts are generated from your photo or sketch, with an offline template fallback. - This app uses your own API key for cloud AI features. You can bring your own key from any compatible provider. - AI features are unlimited with your own key - no usage limits or in-app token purchases. - Your API key is stored securely on your device and never sent to our servers. UNLOCK PREMIUM FEATURES Sketcho Pro removes watermarks and unlocks 4K export, Tap to Edit, Style Quad, full-strength Lock Mode, commercial licensing, and unlimited projects. Pro is available as a monthly or yearly subscription, or a one-time lifetime purchase. Studio plans add batch generation and client demo tools. FROM LISTINGS TO LIVING ROOMS From virtual staging for real-estate listings to remodel planning, Sketcho fits every space workflow: preview home design ideas, refresh room decor, turn a floor plan sketch into a dream house visual, or use it as a pocket studio for architecture rendering on site. Download Sketcho today and turn your first sketch into a photorealistic render in under a minute. SUBSCRIPTION INFORMATION: - Payment will be charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase. - Subscription automatically renews unless it is canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. - You can manage and cancel your subscriptions by going to your account settings on the App Store after purchase. - Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription.

Screenshots

ArtDeck4 screens
Sketchos4 screens

Verdict

The call

ArtDeck and Sketchos are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
ArtDeck versus Sketchos: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterArtDeckSketchos
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (4 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings4 — better—
Update frequencyWeekly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.017 — better
Further details — not scored
Size76 MB12 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAlexandre Alves贺 周

In-app purchases

None

ArtDeck

No in-app purchases

None

Sketchos

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is ArtDeck free?
ArtDeck is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Sketchos free?
Sketchos is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do ArtDeck or Sketchos have ads?
Neither ArtDeck nor Sketchos shows ads.

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