Painting Mirror – Art Studio
Nice Software AS Productivity iPhoneiPadiPod touch
Painting Mirror – Art Studio is a free Productivity app for iPhone and iPad by Nice Software AS. Requires iOS 17.0. Updated October 2, 2026.
- Price
- Free
- on the App Store
- Size
- 4 MB
- Age 4+
- Updated
- Oct 2
- 2026 · v1.3
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About Painting Mirror – Art Studio
Painting Mirror: The Studio in Your Pocket Flip, check, and analyze your work in real time. Painting Mirror combines a live mirrored view, professional composition guides, and color analysis tools - everything painters use to catch proportion errors, judge tone, and balance color, all from your iPhone or iPad. For painters, illustrators, and artists who sketch and paint traditionally. Free core features, with optional Full Studio access for advanced tools - as a subscription or a one-time purchase. Why Artists Love It Traditional artists know the power of flipping their work to catch errors the eye overlooks. Painting Mirror gives you that flip instantly, from any angle. But it goes further: overlay golden ratio spirals, grids, and composition guides to refine placement. Grayscale mode strips color to judge values alone. Step Back glides your whole composition away to see it from across the room. Temperature Map exaggerates warm and cool to diagnose color temperature problems in a glance. And Value Picker samples any point to read its tone on a 1-10 scale - no guesswork, just precision. Every mode opens calm and focused: just the view and its main control, with extra tools one tap away. Core Features (Free) Live mirror flip - instantly reverse your view to spot proportion errors Crop frame for composition checking Rule of thirds, golden ratio, grid, and classic armature overlay options Grid in 2x2, 3x3, or 4x4 (NEW) Golden ratio spiral you can turn toward any of the four corners (NEW) Full-screen reference capture and side-by-side comparison All overlays scale and rotate with your device Full Studio Features (Free Trial, Subscription, or Permanent Studio) Black Mirror: Smoked-glass tone-only view - cut color, judge shape and value Grayscale: Strip all color to read light and dark structure Step Back: Glide your work away to see it from across the room - tap Near, Mid, or Far, or fine-tune with the slider (UPDATED) Blur (Fog): Dissolve detail to find your largest shapes and edges Temperature Map: Exaggerate warm and cool - read color balance at a glance (NEW) Value Picker: Hold and drag to sample any point; read its tone on a 1-10 value scale (NEW) Critique Delay: Watch your canvas on a short delay, up to 5 seconds, to judge it with fresher eyes Expanded mode strip: All tools in one row, any orientation Study capture: Save reference states for side-by-side before and after comparison Full Studio Access Choose Yearly or Monthly, or buy Permanent Studio once. Eligible new subscribers get a free trial through the App Store. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in your Apple Account settings. Mirror and Composition stay free. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
What’s new
Version 1.3 · Updated October 2, 2026
New tools • Temperature Map – push warm and cool apart to judge temperature balance, not local colour. • Value Picker – hold on any spot to read its tone on a 1–10 value scale. Choose which direction the scale runs. • Grid guide – a 2×2, 3×3 or 4×4 composition grid. • Golden Ratio spiral – turn it toward any of the four corners to match your subject. A smoother Step Back Step Back now blends continuously from near to far. Tap Near, Mid or Far and watch it glide, or fine-tune with the new slider. Calmer, more focused Every mode now opens with just what you need: a one-line reveal and its main control. Studio Rituals and Fresh Eye wait behind "More Tools". Animations and touch feedback are smoother throughout, and the login screen has been refreshed. Fixes and improvements • Black Mirror photos now match what you see on screen. • Critique Delay is accurate at any camera frame rate. • Better handling when you rotate your device. • Full Studio access now works when you launch the app offline. • Manage your subscription, or upgrade to Permanent Studio, from the Studio License screen. • Clearer purchase messages, with Norwegian translations.
App privacy
The developer, Nice Software AS, reported these privacy practices to Apple.
Data Not Collected
The developer does not collect any data from this app.
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