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Value Study: art reference
40
ASO score
Text
31/100
Reviews
50/100
Graphic
60/100
Other
0/100
App Rating
4.8
Votes
4.26K
App Age
5y 7m
Last Update
Dec 11, 2025
iAP
$2.99 - 2.99
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Rating
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4.73
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4.58
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4.3K
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283.8K
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App Age
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5y 6m
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4y 5m
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In-app Purchases Price
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$13
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$54
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Update Frequency
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18d
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32d
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Title Length
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26
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27
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Subtitle Length
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24
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27
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Description Length
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1 586
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2 789
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Number of Screenshots
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1370
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1040
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Size
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33MB
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217MB
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Value Study: art reference
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Analyze light and shadow
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In art, value (or tone) refers to how light or dark a colour is. If you're learning to paint or draw, doing value studies is one of the best ways to improve. These small, loose sketches in greyscale help you understand where shadows fall and highlights appear—essential for capturing depth and form.
Value Study is a simple, focused tool designed to help you see values more clearly in your reference images. Instead of just converting a photo to black and white, this app lets you break down tones step by step. Start with just black and white to map out the biggest shapes, then gradually add more values to refine your understanding.
You can also highlight all areas of an image that share the same value, making it easier to see subtle shifts in tone. This is especially useful in complex references, like portraits, where different parts of the image might have the same level of shadow but look completely different in colour.
Value Study isn’t here to replace traditional studies—it’s here to enhance them. Whether you're sketching, painting, or working digitally, this tool makes it easier to focus on the fundamentals of light, shadow, and form.
Try it for free with all features enabled on sample images from Unsplash before deciding to unlock the full app with a low-cost yearly or lifetime purchase. All Value Study Pro upgrades count as lifetime purchase. Either option will unlock Value Study across iPhone, iPad and Mac.
Annual: Auto-renews yearly.
Lifetime: One-time payment, no fees.
Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/}
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| Rating: | |
| Voted: | 4.26K |
| App Store Link: | |
| Website: | - |
| Email: | - |
| Privacy Policy: | |
| Categories: | Graphics & Design, Photo & Video |
| Size: | 33MB |
| iAP: | 2.99 - 2.99 $ |
| App Age: | 5 years 7 months |
| Release Date: | May 28, 2020 |
| Last Update: | Dec 11, 2025 |
| Version: | 3.18.0 |
Version history
3.18.0
Dec 11, 2025
Today's update is a small one but lays groundwork for more to come! The collections page now is more well-suited to multiple collections rather than just the one currently shown. There's also now an Attribution tool in the tools menu that will show the credit and source of the image where possible.
As always please email me (shane@valuestudy.app) with any issues, questions or feedback.
3.17.0
Dec 05, 2025
New features!
1) Fullscreen mode. This has been heavily requested, find it in the tools menu. It will hide all UI until you exit the fullscreen mode.
2) Browse files. You can now browse your iPhone/iPad and iCloud directly from Value Study! On the right of Choose image you will see a ... menu. You can access the browse files from there. I've also moved the Take photo option to there.
I've also updated the Information page to support videos. Currently it just has the one I was previously linking to, I need to re-record that as the app has improved a lot since I made the video!
As always please email me (shane@valuestudy.app) with any issues, questions or feedback.