tone vs Foma

tone is a photo app that gives your pictures the character of stencil printing. Pick a photo, and fine halftone dots and overlapping inks turn it into something like a two-color poster or zine page. Layer photos together in one printed composition. Drawings and text can also be added as material for the overprint. In Simple mode, tap the random buttons to explore combinations of colors, halftones, and frames. A guided tour walks you from loading an image to exporting it. Inks that fit your photo can be chosen automatically. Export right away, or fine-tune dot frequency, screen angle, density, and print behavior for each color. Move, scale, and rotate photos directly on the preview. Crop each image and edit its corners and margins on the canvas. Add rounded corners, hand-cut edges, and paper grain to finish it like a poster or card. Save finished artwork to your photo library. For physical production, export print-ready artwork or a separate file for each ink with finished dimensions, bleed, Standard / Japanese crop marks, true-size imposition, and PNG / JPEG / PDF output. tone supports iPad in portrait, landscape, and Split View. On a wide screen, keep the preview and controls side by side and adjust their widths for your workspace. Your latest artwork and editing settings are saved on device and restored automatically the next time you launch tone. Features: - Give photos the character of stencil printing - Layer multiple photos in one overprinted composition - Simple, Customize, and Advanced modes - Two screening methods: halftone dots and grain - Automatic ink selection that fits your photo - Per-color dot, angle, density, and print controls - Five paper stocks, including white, natural, gray, and kraft - Direct move, scale, rotate, crop, corner, and margin editing - Built-in presets and whole-composition custom presets - Step-by-step views of separation, screening, and overprint - Print-ready and per-ink separation export - Bleed, crop marks, and true-size imposition - iPhone and iPad, portrait, landscape, and Split View - Automatic editing-session save and restore - Available in Japanese, English, Korean, and Chinese (Simplified, Traditional, Hong Kong) 7 extra inks, custom preset saving, and 2x/3x high-resolution artwork export are unlocked with the one-time purchase “Ink Set 02”.

Foma is a touch-first graphic design and typography editor for iPhone and iPad. Create posters, social graphics, typographic compositions, and precise visual layouts in a workspace designed for direct manipulation. DESIGN WITH PRECISION • Add and edit text, photos, rectangles, circles, polygons, stars, grids, and lines. • Import custom fonts and fine-tune weight, size, tracking, line spacing, paragraph spacing, alignment, and decoration. • Control fill, stroke, opacity, blend modes, position, size, rotation, and shape-specific settings. • Build linear, radial, and freeform multi-point gradients; add blur, shadow, vintage, mosaic, and outline effects. WORK NATURALLY • Move, scale, rotate, duplicate, align, distribute, and group elements directly on the canvas. • Use snapping, marquee selection, precision rulers, crop controls, cutout edges, and opacity masks. • Save elements or groups to Hub, organize them, and reuse them across local projects. • Learn gestures and workflows with interactive onboarding and the visual Foma Guidebook. CREATE FOR SCREEN OR PRINT • Start from presets or set custom dimensions in pixels, millimeters, inches, or points. • Configure DPI, bleed, background color, transparency, and grids. • Import Illustrator, PDF, or Foma project files. • Export a full canvas or selection as PNG, JPEG, or PDF; selected layers can also be exported as a combined transparent PNG or separate PNG files. Foma adapts to iPhone. Your projects, imported images, and fonts are processed locally. No account is required. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/