SketchGrid vs Drawing Grid Maker
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SketchGrid
Transform any image into a drawing guide with customizable grids. This tool helps artists improve accuracy, proportions, and placement when drawing or painting from reference photos. Break down complex images into manageable sections for detailed artwork.
- Customizable drawing grids
- Draw from reference images
- Flexible image controls
- Practice drawing/painting various subjects
- Improve proportions and accuracy
- Learn by doing
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Turn any image into a drawing guide with SketchGrid. SketchGrid is a drawing tool for artists who want to improve proportions, placement, and accuracy when drawing or painting from a reference image. Import a photo, add a customizable grid, and use it as a guide while you draw. Break complex images into manageable sections, focus on individual details, and build your artwork one part at a time. Whether you're sketching a portrait, painting a landscape, drawing an animal, or practicing a new technique, SketchGrid gives you a simple way to work from your own reference images. FEATURES • CUSTOM DRAWING GRIDS Add a grid over your reference image to help with proportions, spacing, and placement. • DRAW FROM YOUR REFERENCE Use your reference image and grid as a guide while creating your drawing or painting. • FLEXIBLE IMAGE CONTROLS Zoom, move, resize, crop, and adjust your reference image to create the ideal drawing setup. • DRAWING & PAINTING PRACTICE Practice with your own photos and reference images: * Portraits * Animals * Landscapes * Objects * Characters * Still life * Illustrations • IMPROVE YOUR PROPORTIONS Use the grid method to compare sections of your reference and reproduce shapes and details more accurately. • LEARN BY DOING Whether you're a beginner learning to draw or an experienced artist practicing a new subject, SketchGrid helps you focus on the process instead of guessing at proportions. SketchGrid is made for artists, illustrators, painters, students, and anyone who wants to draw from reference images with greater accuracy. Choose your image. Set your grid. Start drawing.
Drawing Grid Maker
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Drawing from a photo and losing the proportions? ArtGride is a digital viewfinder - it lays a grid over your reference photo and keeps every proportion true while you draw, the way artists have done for centuries. A GRID YOU FULLY CONTROL - Classic grid, rule of thirds, golden ratio or radial layout - Real cell size in cm or inches - draw the exact same grid on your paper - Paper formats: A4, A5, canvases and sketchbooks (EU and US) or custom sizes - Line color, thickness and opacity, plus passe-partout style margins DRAWING MODE - The screen stays awake - your phone sits next to the paper or on a stand - Zoom and pan, toggle the grid with a single tap - Studio filters: grayscale, posterize, notan, blur, 180 degree flip, mirror and negative LESSONS A mini course of classic exercises: self portrait, upside down drawing, negative space, hand contour, master study through the grid and more. Document your progress with photos of your work - the day counter shows in plain sight how your skills grow between attempts. INSPIRATIONS Curated public domain references - one tap opens them in the editor with a ready made grid. NO ACCOUNT, FULLY OFFLINE No sign up required. Everything works offline and your projects stay on your phone. For beginners who finally want to nail proportions, and for seasoned sketchers who want a faster way to transfer references to paper.
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Verdict
SketchGrid and Drawing Grid Maker 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
| Parameter | SketchGrid | Drawing Grid Maker |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Weekly | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 16.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 30 MB | 83 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Ricardo Miron | Kamil Zielinski |
In-app purchases
SketchGrid
No in-app purchases
Drawing Grid Maker
No in-app purchases
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