Version history
Handy Art Reference Tool
66
ASO score
Text
83/100
Reviews
50/100
Graphic
60/100
Other
0/100
App Rating
4.8
Votes
7.82K
App Age
14y 1m
Last Update
Nov 05, 2025
iAP
$1.99 - 1.99
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4.8
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4.66
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7.8K
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3.2M
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App Age
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14y 1m
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7y 9m
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$2
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$2
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$73
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25d
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27d
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Title Length
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24
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23
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29
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28
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1 550
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3 056
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2878
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1346
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246MB
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285MB
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Handy Art Reference Tool
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3D Lit Reference for Artists!
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"Thanks to this useful app, drawing realistic hands can become a whole lot easier" - ImagineFX
"Pencillers, inkers, and colorists should all give this a look!" - Tony Moore, co-creator of The Walking Dead
If you're an artist and ever wanted just quick and easy drawing reference for hands, heads, or even feet (IAP) without having to awkwardly pose your limbs in front of a mirror, this app is for you!
HANDY® is an artist's reference tool, consisting of several rotatable 3D limbs with a variety of poses useful for drawing. You can also customize and edit your own poses for hands, feet, and skulls.
Fully adjustable 3-point lighting means you can get easy lighting reference when using any of the 10+ included 3D head busts. Handy if you’re painting and need to know what shadows the head casts from a certain angle!
Also available is the Animal Skulls pack. With over 10 different animal species, it's great for anatomical reference or creature design inspiration.
[Foot rigs and Animal Skull pack require additional purchase]
NEW in Handy v5: Edit the materials of models! Selectively turn off their textures, adjust their specularity, or tint them a certain color.
Perfect for comic book artists, painters, or just casual sketchers!
Featured in ImagineFX's Top 10 Must-Have Apps!
Check out the video demo:
https://www.youtube.com/@handyarttool
Sign up for the HANDY newsletter for information about new upcoming updates!
http://www.handyarttool.com/newsletter
Follow HANDY on Bluesky
https://bsky.app/profile/handyarttool.bsky.social}
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Additional Information
| Rating: | |
| Voted: | 7.82K |
| App Store Link: | |
| Price: | 1.99 $ |
| Website: | |
| Email: | - |
| Privacy Policy: | |
| Categories: | Productivity, Education |
| Size: | 246MB |
| iAP: | 1.99 - 1.99 $ |
| App Age: | 14 years 1 month |
| Release Date: | Nov 10, 2011 |
| Last Update: | Nov 05, 2025 |
| Version: | 5.1.1 |
Version history
5.1.1
Nov 05, 2025
YIKES!
Well, we really apologize for that last update that was causing Handy to crash on launch for a lot of you folks. Despite our rigorous testing, we're still trying to diagnose and figure out what exactly is going wrong there and reproduce it on our end.
In the meantime we are reverting Handy back to the previous 5.0.7 version (Apple still makes us call it something new, so it's technically 5.1.1 yada yada). Anyways, very sorry about that.
If YOU encountered the crashing, and want to help us diagnose and figure out what might be going on via some TestFlight beta testing, PLEASE reach out to us at contact@handyarttool.com!
5.1
Oct 30, 2025
Handy users, thank you for your support! Here's a general update to dust off Handy and keep things working
- Re-tooling the iCloud integration behind the scenes to hopefully make it much smoother and no longer cause long load times
- Fixed an issue where links would no longer be able to opened in iOS18 or later
- Fixed an issue where the rotation UI would not be aligned correctly on certain devices with skinnier aspect ratios