SHADR vs Fineline Studios
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SHADR
Transform photos and blank canvases into unique visual art with a variety of creative styles. Refine your creations with expressive controls and discover new directions through generative randomization. Export still images or live photos and videos.
- Diverse and evolving collection of creative visual styles
- Generative randomization for discovering new directions
- Focused controls for refining composition, color, texture, and movement
- Still image export at native resolution
- Live Photo and video output
- Local projects and reusable presets
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SHADR is a creative design toolkit for transforming photographs and blank canvases into distinctive visual artwork. Explore a growing collection of styles including ASCII Art, Dithering, CMYK Halftone, Pixel Stretch, Fluted Glass, Kaleidoscope, Flow Field, Kinetic Typography, Light Cast, Pixel Scatter, Surveillance Aesthetic, Glitch Art, Geometric Abstraction, Low Poly, Mirror Mosaic, Slice Effect, Out of Bounds, Linocut, Paper Marbling, Color Reconstruction, Contact Sheet, and Rebus. Each style is a focused creative tool inside one consistent editor. Import a photo or begin from a blank canvas where supported, generate new directions, shape the result with expressive controls, and move fluidly between different visual treatments. Features: - A diverse and evolving collection of creative visual styles - Generative randomization for quickly discovering new directions - Focused controls for refining composition, color, texture, and movement - Still image export - Live Photo and video output in supported tools - Local projects and reusable presets - Subject-aware treatments in selected tools Privacy Policy: https://shadr.studio/privacy Terms of Use: https://shadr.studio/terms
Fineline Studios
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Fineline is an app for making seamless geometric patterns with your fingertips — material you can print for fabric, wrapping paper, or wallpaper. ■ Studio Change motif, symmetry, colour, or scale and the preview keeps up. ■ Draw Draw in one cell and the chosen symmetry repeats it across the plane. ■ Shuffle Tap for a new pattern. Save the ones you like. ■ Seamless repeats Patterns are built as a minimal tile, so lines never break when they repeat. All 17 symmetries are available. ■ Export at real size Set size in centimetres and resolution in dpi. Free PNG/JPEG export includes screen images up to 1080 pixels wide and print images up to 150 dpi and 10 cm; Pro adds vector formats (SVG and PDF), resolutions up to 600 dpi, and larger sizes. ■ Colour Curated palettes, including traditional Japanese colours, plus automatic colourway variations. Pro opens the full palette library and every colourway. ■ Library Keep the patterns you like — five in the free tier, unlimited with Pro. ■ Fineline Pro (one-time purchase) Unlocks vector export, high resolutions and large sizes, the full palette library and every colourway, and unlimited saves. One payment, no subscription. All 17 symmetries, every motif, hand drawing, Shuffle and editing are free and unlimited. No watermark, no ads.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: SHADR at weekly against Fineline Studios's every 2 months. 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
Both are free to download. SHADR sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per year and Fineline Studios sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
SHADR ships an update weekly, Fineline Studios every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and October 26, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SHADR | Fineline Studios |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 16 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 伟滔 黄 | Takayuki Hamuro |
In-app purchases
SHADR
- SHADR Pro Annual$9.991 Year
- SHADR Pro Lifetime$24.99
Fineline Studios
- Fineline Pro$19.99









