Comparison

Prêt à Template vs Art Set 4

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Prêt à Template

Design fashion collections from initial sketches to finished concepts. This professional app offers specialized tools for fashion sketching, illustration, and product development, supporting both students and industry professionals.

Highlights
  • Fashion sketching and illustration tools
  • Realistic product and linework templates
  • AI-powered template suggestions
  • Integrated mood board workspace
  • Extensive fashion library (fabrics, trims, etc.)
  • Expressive digital sketching canvas
Features
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Bring your fashion design ideas to life, from the first sketch to the finished collection. Prêt-à-Template is a professional fashion design app created for fashion sketching, fashion illustration, outfit design, and product development. Built for students, creatives, stylists, and professional designers, it transforms inspiration into polished fashion concepts with tools designed specifically for the real fashion workflow. Whether you are learning fashion drawing, building a fashion portfolio, developing a collection, or exploring new styling ideas, Prêt-à-Template offers a complete workspace for modern fashion design. Unlike generic drawing apps, it is built specifically for the needs of the fashion industry, combining fashion sketch tools, realistic templates, visual research, and presentation workflows in one place. It supports both creative exploration and technical development, helping designers move from early concepts to more resolved and presentation-ready ideas with greater speed and confidence. The app lets you begin creating in two distinct ways, depending on your design style. You can work with linework templates that include front, side, and back guides, making them ideal for structured fashion sketches, technical development, and clean fashion illustration. Or you can start with realistic product templates, working directly over lifelike silhouettes with depth and volume, which is perfect for outfit design, product visualization, and concept development. Puzzle Look makes the creative process even faster and more intuitive. Simply describe the look you want, and it selects the most relevant templates from the library so you can begin designing right away. AI supports your process with fashion-aware suggestions while keeping the designer fully in control of every creative decision. Prêt-à-Template also includes a flexible mood board workspace where inspiration, materials, styling ideas, and product references can come together naturally. Its integrated fashion library includes fabrics, textile structures, prints, patterns, textures, trims, findings, sleeves, collars, cuffs, pockets, openings, construction details, care labels, and textile symbols, creating a rich environment for research, experimentation, and product thinking.  The canvas makes fashion sketching feel more expressive, natural, and realistic. You can sketch, shade, annotate, render, and refine using intuitive tools, realistic brush behavior, and a paper-like surface that gives the digital drawing experience a more tactile quality. Prêt-à-Template also uses AI with real fashion context. Its templates are built around garment proportions, silhouette logic, fabric behavior, drape, trims, and construction details, helping deliver results that feel realistic and aligned with professional fashion design workflows rather than generic image generation. From fashion design and fashion sketching to fashion illustration, outfit design, mood board creation, collection development, styling exploration, textile research, and fashion portfolio building, Prêt-à-Template supports every stage of the fashion design process in one creative workspace, whether you are just starting out or already working at a professional level. Subscription Pricing & Terms Prêt-à-Template is free to download. Unlock full access with a yearly or monthly subscription. Auto-renews unless canceled 24 hours before the current period ends. Manage your subscription in your Apple Account settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://www.pretatemplate.com/privacy-policy

About

Art Set 4

Experience hyper-realistic digital art creation with advanced tools for painting and drawing. Explore a vast array of brushes, fluid simulations, and 3D paint effects. This app offers a customizable workspace and professional features for artists of all levels.

Highlights
  • Hyper-realistic art tools
  • Fluid watercolor simulation
  • 3D paint effects
  • Customizable workspace
  • Time-lapse video recording
  • PSD export
  • Layer masks
Features
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Art Set has been No.1 iPad app in over 30 countries around the world. Now completely re-written with some of the most advanced artistic digital painting and drawing tools ever created! An 'App of Day', this giant new version has tools with incredible levels of realism and many professional features. Exclusive artistically created brushes, from real world art mediums through to the purely digital for all styles of artwork. Watch fluid Watercolor flow and run as you paint. Express your strokes in 3D giving thick gloopy paint you can even etch back into. It's also a must for any Apple Pencil owner! Art Set brushes have many additional expressions that come into play, some deeply integrated, with new levels of sensitivity you may have never experienced before! It's now free to download for the first time ever! INCLUDED FOR FREE : HYPER-REAL TOOLS - Oil Paint, Watercolors, Oil Pastel, Pencil, Biro Pen, Marker, Wax Crayon, Blenders and more! - Fluid dynamic simulation for Watercolor - 3D Paint - Custom blending achieving rich deep color - Art Set keeps track of where the canvas is wet, dry when needed - Turn on Slow Draw for drawing to lag your stroke. Create smooth curves and lines; great for calligraphy! - Blur Filter with localised quick masking - Color Wheel - User Editable Palette - Metallic Colors - Time-lapse Video Recording; share how you made your artwork stroke by stroke. - PSD Export UI - Fully customizable workspace; have just a single brush or tools on every side of your screen. - Zoom, Pan and Rotate the canvas for fine detail - Light low contrast or Dark high contrast mode - Minimalist UI for less interference with your artwork WORKFLOW - Latest graphics technology written entirely in METAL 2 - Supports the iOS Files app to manage or or transfer documents - iTunes File Sharing - Auto save - Split Screen Multitasking - use a reference image whilst you draw side by side - Export to your photo album, email, AirDrop or social networks etc. - In-depth User Guide in the app complete with video - Import photos and images at screen resolution PREMIUM PRO FEATURES - Single Upgrade Unlocks everything : 200 ADVANCED BRUSHES - Wide variety of extra hyper-real Paints, Pens, Pencils, Inks, Chalks, Pastels, Charcoal, Wet media, Stamps, Splatters, Form, Graphics, Patterns, Fabric, 3D Texture, Neon to basic Pixel and Flat Digital - You can try out all premium brushes on a test area before upgrading! DRAWING - Flood fill - Symmetry - Pixel Art - Shape primitives for Ellipse, Circle, Square, Rectangle and Line in any brush - Echo shapes for special FX - Erase mode - use any brush as an eraser - Adjust brush Size, Opacity, Flow, Grain, Loading and Dynamics LAYERS - Layer Masks - Transform, move, rotate and scale - Flip - Adjust Opacity - Layer maintains resolution whilst transformed - Blend Modes - Alpha lock - Cut, Copy and Paste, to and from other documents or other Apps - Drag and drop layers from other apps - Import from your photos CUSTOM HIGH-RESOLUTION CANVASES - Choose any resolution canvas size, the highest being dependent on your device capabilities - Set DPI and canvas dimensions in millimeters, inches or Points and Pixels - Great for pixel art or tens of millions of pixels - if device allows - Papers and Canvases from old cardboard, raw canvas, graph, squared and isometric paper COLOR - Display P3 WideColor on supported devices - Auto Color Sample, allows you to easily turn photos into paintings - Color picker - Toolbar placable HSB and RGB sliders ADJUSTMENTS - Localized adjustments, allow you to tweak all or just part of your image via quick masking - Change Hue, Saturation, Brightness, Recolor, Invert, Contrast and Blur WORKFLOW - Auto backup, saves snapshots - iOS Pasteboard or Drag and Drop to or from other apps - Import photos and images and high resolution Art Set is a wonderful creative addition to any iPad!

Screenshots

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Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Art Set 4 at 63% against Prêt à Template's 24%. Art Set 4 also leads on rating (4.6 vs 4.2) and iOS requirement (12.4 vs 18.6). Prêt à Template's advantage is chart position (#140 vs unranked) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Prêt à Template sells 11 in-app purchases, starting at $13.90 per month and Art Set 4 sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Art Set 4 holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 13K and 29K respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 24% of Prêt à Template's written reviews are positive against 63% of Art Set 4's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Prêt à Template ships an update weekly, Art Set 4 every 6 days. Both last shipped on October 27, 2026.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
Prêt à Template versus Art Set 4: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPrêt à TemplateArt Set 4
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (13K ratings)4.6 (29K ratings) — better
Positive reviews23.5% of reviews63.1% of reviews — better
Number of ratings13K29K — better
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 6 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank#140 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Vision Pro — betteriPad
Requires iOS18.612.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size1.5 GB158 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPrêt-à-TemplateLOFOPI

Customer experience

Prêt à Template

All ratings13,424 ratings
Positive79.0%
Neutral5.4%
Negative15.6%
Written reviews1,266 reviews
Positive23.5%
Neutral10.6%
Negative65.9%

Art Set 4

All ratings25,885 ratings
Positive90.2%
Neutral4.3%
Negative5.5%
Written reviews1,708 reviews
Positive63.1%
Neutral10.9%
Negative25.9%

User reviews

Prêt à Template

From 13K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Awesome app
  • 👍 Great for fashion design
  • 💡 Helpful for aspiring fashion designers

Room to improve

  • 💰 Everything is behind a paywall
  • 🔒 Limited free features
  • 🐛 Crashes and glitches
  • 🤔 Confusing UI

Art Set 4

From 29K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🎨 Realistic paint and brush simulation
  • 👍 Intuitive and easy to use
  • 🎨 Excellent oil paint and watercolor tools
  • 🎨 Wide variety of art tools and materials
  • 👍 Responsive and smooth performance

Room to improve

  • 💰 Many features locked behind paywall
  • 🐛 Occasional crashes and bugs
  • 🔒 Lack of layer management and export options
  • 🔒 Limited brush size and customization options in free version
  • 🔒 Confusing UI and hidden features

Bugs and requests

Prêt à Template

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Designs disappearing unexpectedly
  • Freezing and crashing issues
  • Syncing and saving problems

Requested features

5 requests
  • More free templates and tools
  • Ability to save and organize designs
  • Customizable color palettes
  • Improved undo/redo functionality
  • More body type options

Art Set 4

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Crashes when opening color palette or blending
  • Unexpected loss of work and canvas resets
  • Inability to resize canvas or change aspect ratio
  • Brush size and settings not preserved when switching tools

Requested features

6 requests
  • Add more free brushes and tools
  • Improve layer management and export options
  • Allow more brush size and customization options in free version
  • Provide better documentation and tutorials
  • Add undo/redo gesture support
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  • Improve color management and palette tools

In-app purchases

11 purchases

Prêt à Template

Subscriptions3
  • Monthly7 Days trial$13.901 Month
  • Unlimited Access7 Days trial$25.993 Months
  • Yearly7 Days trial$98.901 Year
One-time8
  • Animal Print$1.99
  • Chess Pattern$1.99
  • Floral Pattern$1.99
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  • Tailoring Pattern$1.99
  • Winter Pattern$1.99
  • Bronze Pack$4.99
  • Silver Pack$10.99
  • Gold Pack$14.99
1 purchases

Art Set 4

One-time1
  • Unlock All$12.99

Questions

Is Prêt à Template free?
Prêt à Template is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Art Set 4 free?
Art Set 4 is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Prêt à Template or Art Set 4?
Art Set 4 is rated higher. Prêt à Template averages 4.2 out of 5 from 13K ratings, while Art Set 4 averages 4.6 from 29K ratings.
Do Prêt à Template or Art Set 4 have ads?
Neither Prêt à Template nor Art Set 4 shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Prêt à Template or Art Set 4?
Prêt à Template ships an update weekly, and Art Set 4 every 6 days. Most recently, Prêt à Template was updated on October 27, 2026 and Art Set 4 on October 27, 2026.

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