Handy Art Reference Tool App Reviews

Love it!! Helps tremendously!!

This is my go to reference for hands. The only ask I have is for option for both hands in a pose.

I was introduced this app by my partner and have used it for just about every drawing since then. I haven’t seen anything even come close to the level of customization this app has, definitely my all time favorite reference tool! My only complaint would be with posing, I had an issue today manipulating a skull on top of the mannequin head where I couldn’t anchor the skull down to be center aligned. This is really a small issue in the grand scheme of things and it definitely wont revoke any point

This app is an absolute dream for referencing, especially for artist like me who like to do dynamic hand gestures and interesting lighting. The only minor negative i’ve had is that sometimes the controls for moving around the objects can be finicky, especially if i’m trying to place multiple objects in one scene. However I do still think that this is definitely one of the best free tools for artists on the app store!!

So worth $2 I would buy for more

Love it! Use it often when sketching or painting.

Great app for drawing, however I purchased the animal skull pack, it won’t let me use them. Just gets stuck on a “talking to the internet” page

I used to use this app a lot, and it’s pretty good for what it is and is a useful artist tool. But now I’m stuck on an endless loading screen and cannot use it at all

Best model app I’ve used!

I use this app a lot, it lives up to its name. But all of a sudden, it doesn’t open at all. A reinstall does no good. iOS is up to date, phone is a 16. What’s up?? 😢

I use this regularly for hands and feet in particular. Really appreciate that you can adjust lighting!

This app is awesome, there's so much versatility and you can even choose the complexion of the thing your drawing. You can get any angle which makes it very helpful. Definitely recommend!

Yeah, honestly it is pretty good. It does have a downsize. It gets a little complicated for other than that. It’s a great app.

It is a great app, if a bit clunky at times to go from one page to another. But the only real problem that I see with it, is the lack a diversity other than age, gender, and race. Now many apps allow you to make subtle adjustment to all the parts of the face, and that is a very useful feature. The hand portion of Handy has achieved that level of sophistication. Now what about the faces? Hair would also be nice. Most women I know have hair or a wig.

A solid base for an app! Though, the actual reference models don’t have a huge amount of of variety or mobility. Please let us upload our own 3d model assets or add more in the future! It would work really well with those full body pose apps that let you export a polygon mesh

Works as expected and can be super helpful at times; Minus one star since for the in-app purchases on top of the app itself, but it doesn’t bug me too much.

This is one of the most useful apps EVER!!! Thanks! My only request would be for the addition of models for children. Not every illustration features only adults, and options for drawing children would be extremely useful.

It’s a great app that you can take anywhere to draw, I have used it to practice hands when I’m at the airport. But I think it’s a bit ridiculous to have to pay for the app, and then pay for different packs.

Love everything about it. Only thing I would change is maybe the planar heads. And have complete models like White models, Black Models, Asian models etc. Everyone has different features but their are some common traits amongst various, racial/ ethnic groups. Don’t. Be afraid to show it. The world is Chromatic embrace it!

It’s a great tool. There’s a little bit of a learning curve (or maybe I’m just dumb, lol), but it’s even more useful than I imagined it would be when I heard about it.

I would give this app FIVE STARs if only all the head models can rotate and tilt around the neck. I was mildly disappointed when I saw the heads have no option for rigging. Because of that, their static pose lack personality compared to the hands and feet models. Give us artists some dynamic head angles to work with! Please consider it. If it’s to be a pay feature, I’ll buy it, because this app is so worth it!

Very handy app. Enjoy the dad joke cringe.

It has already improved my workflow so much. I now dread hands so much less!

This app has helped me more than most apps, the lighting and metal to soft material settings have did a lot of good. I wished there was full body and posing for such, but as is it is a good app.

cool app, hoping more references will be added in the near future

Aside from the aid in drawing hands, this app definitely gives an understanding of lighting setups. Please update this app with more features. Love it. I’m sure it can be improved on.

i REALLY wish i was better at drawing hands, but in the meantime, handy is my knight in shining armor. the props are so helpful too, since i struggle to get the form of a hand holding something. thank you guys for doing what every artist has been begging for.

I was recommended this app my an artist I like on Tumblr. I usually don’t put stock in these types of apps - I’ve found most to be limited and disappointing. This one is a game changer though. I’ve found it a source of immense help. I expect to use this a lot as I continue to learn.

Every time I forget how something looks regarding hands or heads this is the go to app! Especially the lighting!

Heard about it from another artist. Glad I looked into it!

As a tattoo artist this is perfect for design and reworking the anatomy of designs.

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It's a time saver I use it often.

The app is great and does what I need it to do for the most part, but the interface is a tad clunky. Also, any chance we could get the ability to turn or tilt the heads?

Es la mejor herramienta para dibujo que poseo. Es una lastima que no tengan referencias de cuerpo completo, eso si seria totalmente perfecto.

Heard about it from another artist. Glad I looked into it!

Easy cheap and detailed. Beautiful! Please add more models <3

I used this app everyday as a professional artist, it’s a great reference tool!

It can be a little hard to manipulate the positions, but still a fantastic app. Very helpful.

Makes life quite a bit easier, being able to view a number hand poses, props, and then change the individual placement of elements if necessary. I recommend the app to any artist looking to improve their craft.

Had this on my old phone and liked it enough to buy it a second time. Thanks :)

If they added a torso it would be perfect.

Ive used this app for years and loved it but with today’s update I can not even get it to open for more than 1 second

Just tried to use it today, but it only displays the title screen before crashing! Incredibly frustrating; this app has been very helpful when it works, and I hope it's fixed soon.

I thought this app was ok until I decided to take a look at the developers privacy policy at the App Store. Look at the data this developer collects that is “linked to your identity”. This is completely uneccessary and to be honest, very unsettling. Response to Developer: Than why does your privacy policy show that the data your collecting is linked to my identity? Why not categorize this data collected as not linked to my identity? And why do you need location data?