ArtStation App vs Gesture Drawing
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ArtStation App
Explore a vast collection of digital art from top professionals in the game, film, and entertainment industries. Discover and engage with stunning images, videos, and interactive 3D models created by talented artists worldwide. Follow your favorites and stay inspired by the latest trends.
- Discover top game, film, and entertainment artists
- Browse thousands of artworks
- View images, videos, and 3D models
- Like artworks
- Follow favorite artists
- Native multi-media support
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ArtStation is the showcase platform for game, film, media & entertainment artists. https://www.artstation.com DISCOVER THE WORLD'S BEST GAME, FILM, MEDIA & ENTERTAINMENT ARTISTS The ArtStation App provides an awesome browsing and discovery experience, enabling you to view thousands of artworks by the world's best artists. Like artworks, and follow your favourite artists. SUPPORT FOR IMAGES, VIDEOS AND 3D! The ArtStation App provides native support for multiple and mixed media per artwork, displaying process images, videos and even 3D models.
Gesture Drawing
This app helps users study body anatomy and improve their drawing skills. It offers flexible session starting options with remote or local images and tracks session statistics. The application is completely free to use.
- Study body anatomy
- Improve stroke fluidity
- Enhance character expressiveness
- Start sessions with remote images
- Start sessions with local images
- Session statistics tracking
- Save sessions for later use
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*** TOTALLY FREE, NO IN-APP PURCHASE *** Gesture Drawing is an application for studying the body anatomy, increasing the fluidity of the stroke and the expressiveness of the characters. This application is entirely free and without In-App Purchase. Give us a review on the store even if it's positive or negative. App Features: • Start session with remote images • Start session with local images • Start session with remote and local images • Sessions statistics • Save the session for later use If you want to contact us here you will find the references. --------------------------------------------------------- Email: gesturedrawing.info@gmail.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/gesturedrawingapp/ ---------------------------------------------------------
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Verdict
ArtStation App and Gesture Drawing both sit at 3.5 stars, but that hides the real split: 86% of Gesture Drawing's written reviews are positive against 35% of ArtStation App's. ArtStation App's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 7 months). On price, rating, 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 3.5 for ArtStation App against 3.7 for Gesture Drawing. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ArtStation App has 828 ratings behind it against 21, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 35% of ArtStation App's written reviews are positive against 86% of Gesture Drawing's.
ArtStation App ships an update every 6 weeks, Gesture Drawing every 7 months. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ArtStation App | Gesture Drawing |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.5 (828 ratings) | 3.7 (21 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 34.9% of reviews | 86.4% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 828 — better | 21 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks — better | Every 7 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 95 MB | 87 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Epic Games ArtStation Inc. | Lorenzo Fiorini |
Customer experience
ArtStation App
Gesture Drawing
Bugs and requests
ArtStation App
Reported bugs
4 issues- Notifications not working properly
- Inconsistent behavior when rotating device
- Inability to delete account
- Incompatibility issues on newer devices
Requested features
4 requests- Add feed for followed artists
- Improve portfolio management tools
- Implement search and filtering options
- Allow offline viewing of artworks
Gesture Drawing
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
ArtStation App
No in-app purchases
Gesture Drawing
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is ArtStation App free?
Is Gesture Drawing free?
Which has better reviews, ArtStation App or Gesture Drawing?
Do ArtStation App or Gesture Drawing have ads?
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