Brushstroke vs Overgrid
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Brushstroke
Transform your photos and videos into stunning paintings with a single touch. Edit, personalize with a signature, and share your creations on social media. High-quality canvas prints of your artwork can also be ordered and delivered directly to your home.
- Photo to painting transformation
- Video to painting transformation
- Signature personalization
- Social media sharing
- Canvas print ordering
- Multiple painting styles
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Turn your photos into paintings with Brushstroke. Brushstroke transforms your album photos and snaps into beautiful paintings in one touch. Edit, sign, and share your work on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook. Want your artwork printed? We've teamed up with CanvasPop to provide the best quality canvas prints available. Pick a frame and size, and you’ll have your masterpiece delivered and hanging on your wall in no time. For something extra special, try transforming your videos into incredible moving paintings at up to 4K resolution with Video Paintings. Features: • Automatically transform your photos into one of many painting styles • Load photos from your Camera Roll and other Albums • Take snaps and watch them transform instantly • Experiment with different color palettes • Adjust your painting to get just the right look • Select from a variety of canvases and surfaces • Sign your painting to personalize it • Share your art on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook • Have your art printed and shipped right to your doorstep • Transform your videos into art with Video Paintings Subscribe or purchase Brushstroke to unlock all features. For more information, visit us at www.codeorgana.com, or follow us on Twitter and Instagram @codeorgana. Find out more about CanvasPop prints and their 100% "Love it" lifetime guarantee at www.canvaspop.com. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula
Overgrid
Easily add a customizable grid to any photo for accurate drawing and painting. Scale your reference image to match your canvas dimensions and transfer proportions with confidence. Features include adjustable grid lines, adaptive contrast, value studies, and temperature overlays.
- Add customizable grids to photos
- Scale reference to canvas dimensions
- Adjustable grid lines, color, and opacity
- Adaptive contrast for visibility
- Value study and temperature overlay
- Save and apply grid presets
- Export at high resolution
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Add a grid to any reference photo. Transfer proportions to canvas with confidence. Import from your gallery, or shoot with your camera on iPhone and iPad. Set rows, columns, line weight. Done. Match your canvas first. Crop the reference to your canvas ratio, then enter your real dimensions. 16x20, 12x12, whatever you are working on. Every square lines up when you transfer. No guesswork, no wasted paint. Customize everything. Grid color, opacity, thickness, diagonals for composition, numbering to track your squares. Make the grid work the way you work. Adaptive contrast reads your image and picks grid colors that stay visible on any background. Dark lines on light areas. Light lines on dark. You never lose the grid. Value study breaks the image into tonal levels so you can plan light and shadow before you start. Temperature overlay maps warm and cool zones across the composition. Save setups as templates. One tap to apply your favorite configuration to any new project. Export at full resolution, up to 4096px, for printing or reference at any size. Free includes three projects, basic grid, and 1024px export. Full access is a one-time purchase. Not a subscription. No account. No cloud. No ads. Your images never leave your device.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: Brushstroke at 14K against Overgrid's 11. Brushstroke also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). Overgrid's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 80%) and update cadence (weekly vs monthly). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Brushstroke sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days and Overgrid sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Overgrid holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Brushstroke has 14K ratings behind it against 11, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 80% of Brushstroke's written reviews are positive against 100% of Overgrid's.
Brushstroke ships an update monthly, Overgrid weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Brushstroke | Overgrid |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (14K ratings) | 5.0 (11 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 79.6% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 14K — better | 11 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 127 MB | 32 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Code Organa | Paintingstack Technologies SpA |
Customer experience
Brushstroke
Overgrid
Bugs and requests
Brushstroke
Reported bugs
3 issues- Crashes when importing certain photos
- Saved images disappear from camera roll
- Slider controls not working as expected
Requested features
4 requests- More painting/filter styles
- Ability to adjust brush size/strokes
- Better photo organization/search
- Improved printing quality/options
Overgrid
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Brushstroke
- Brushstroke2 variants$4.997 Days
- Brushstroke$9.991 Month
- Brushstroke3 Days trial2 variants$29.991 Year
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- Brushstroke3 Days trial$59.991 Year
- Illustration Pack$3.99
- Video Paintings$3.99
- Brushstroke2 variants$79.99
Overgrid
- Overgrid Premium$12.99









