Studio Grid vs The Master's Palette
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Studio Grid
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Studio Grid lays a grid over your reference photograph, matched to the paper on your desk, A5, A4, A3 or a size of your own, so every square on screen is a square you can rule. Your first three drawings include every tool, and you keep them for good. After that the grid, paper sizes and numbering stay free for as many drawings as you like, and a single payment unlocks Studio Grid Pro for life. No subscription, no ads, no account. WHY IT IS DIFFERENT Most grid apps put squares over a photo and stop there. Studio Grid starts from your paper. Tell it what you are drawing on and it works out the grid that actually fits, in whole squares if you want no awkward partial row along the edge. THE GRID - Squares across, set by you - Ink that picks itself to suit the photograph, six preset colors, or any color you like - Line thickness and opacity, so the grid sits under the image instead of shouting over it - Diagonals through every square, for placing an angle or a curve exactly - Subtle numbering on all four edges, so you can always name the square you are in SEEING IT BEFORE YOU DRAW IT - Black and white, to judge tone without color arguing with you - Three, five or seven value bands, so the shapes of the tones become obvious - Skin warmth, which lifts warm skin off a cool background that plain gray flattens DRAWING FROM IT - Drawing view puts the reference full screen with the numbers pinned to the edges, and zooms to 6x for detail, without ever moving your crop - Save the gridded reference to Photos, or share it to print or AirDrop at full resolution MADE BY SOMEONE WHO USES IT I am a pencil portrait artist. I built this because the grid apps I tried were built for phones rather than for paper, and because I wanted the reference to stop shifting every time I touched the screen. Everything in here earns its place in my own drawings first. YOUR PHOTOGRAPHS STAY YOURS No account. No sign up. No analytics. Nothing is collected and nothing leaves your device. Your original photograph is never altered: the grid is an overlay, and exporting writes a new image. STUDIO GRID PRO One payment, for good, including future updates. It unlocks diagonals, drawing view, saving and sharing, value bands, skin warmth and any grid color. Family Sharing is on, so your household is covered by the one payment. Your first three drawings keep every tool whether you buy Pro or not. Nothing you have been given is ever taken away.
The Master's Palette
This app helps artists understand color and value by sampling reference images, mixing colors, and training their eye. It offers tools to simplify visual complexity and provides paint recipe guidance for recreating sampled colors.
- Color and value sampling from images
- Artist-focused color wheel
- Paint recipe guidance
- Value judgment training
- Reference image simplification
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COLOR & VALUE Sample any point in a reference image to see its value, color, and position on an artist-focused color wheel. COLOR MIXING Build a clearer understanding of color mixtures. Sampled colors are mapped to the color wheel, with paint recipe guidance for recreating them on the palette. COLOR WHEEL See where any sampled color sits on a traditional artist color wheel, with painter-focused labels and relationships. SIMPLIFY REFERENCES Reduce visual complexity to reveal the larger color and value relationships in your image. VALUE FLASH CARDS Train your eye to judge value more accurately through regular practice, score tracking, and deliberate repetition. BUILT BY A PAINTER, FOR PAINTERS No accounts. No fluff. Just focused tools shaped by real studio experience. Privacy Policy: https://themasterspalette.com/privacy Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
Studio Grid and The Master's Palette 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. Studio Grid sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and The Master's Palette sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
| Parameter | Studio Grid | The Master's Palette |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 1 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | — | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 16.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 47 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | PAUL DAVIES | JAROD WAYNE LENZ ERWIN |
In-app purchases
Studio Grid
- Studio Grid Pro$9.99
The Master's Palette
- Monthly Pro7 Days trial$1.991 Month
- Annual Pro7 Days trial$14.991 Year





