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title: "Handy Art Reference Tool - Reviews, Revenue and Downloads in Australia | Apple App Store"
description: ""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"
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# Handy Art Reference Tool — Australia
> 3D Lit Reference for Artists!

![Handy Art Reference Tool App Icon](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Purple211/v4/7e/a4/8a/7ea48a0e-806f-ee55-4075-7e64a90b3f5a/AppIcon-0-0-1x_U007emarketing-0-8-0-85-220.png/434x0w.png)

**Developer:** [Scott McKie](https://apptail.io/developer/scott-mckie-SFkc)
**Category:** Education
**Rating:** 4.6/5 (78 ratings)
**Price:** Free
**Bundle ID:** com.beliefengine.handyapp
**Store:** Apple App Store
**Country:** Australia
**Version:** 5.1.1 (released 2025-11-05)
**Original Release:** 2011-11-11
**Languages:** English

**App Store Link:** [Download on Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/au/app/app/id478643661)
**AppTail Page:** [https://apptail.io/app/handy-art-reference-tool-GMb/australia](https://apptail.io/app/handy-art-reference-tool-GMb/australia)

## Handy Art Reference Tool Description
"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!

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## Handy Art Reference Tool Screenshots
- [Screenshot 1](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Purple114/v4/42/6c/fb/426cfb65-6fa1-8208-1365-ad2feb6fa254/pr_source.png/640x920.png)
- [Screenshot 2](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Purple124/v4/85/93/b7/8593b7aa-1ffc-9716-50f4-cc38953878b8/pr_source.png/640x920.png)
- [Screenshot 3](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Purple124/v4/a7/e5/ca/a7e5ca9a-31bd-327b-9cfb-ead58127c476/pr_source.png/640x920.png)
- [Screenshot 4](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Purple114/v4/d0/bd/be/d0bdbe25-a49c-2736-e12e-6d8f6c39350f/pr_source.png/640x920.png)
- [Screenshot 5](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Purple114/v4/c0/d1/4c/c0d14c87-fe2f-9aa4-26da-d0ff6efb8832/pr_source.png/640x920.png)

## Handy Art Reference Tool Rating Breakdown in Australia
- 5 stars: 58 (74%)
- 4 stars: 15 (19%)
- 3 stars: 3 (4%)
- 2 stars: 0 (0%)
- 1 stars: 2 (3%)

## Handy Art Reference Tool Reviews in Australia

### *---- "It feels like a joke."
It says $3, then took $25.98 AUD. It is not worth this money at all and half of the features are still locked behind another payment of ‘$3’ which I can only assume is another $26. Complete scam.
-- 1234fsnxksx, 2024-08-13

### ****- "Great tool, just a couple of minor tweaks needed."
Probably the best hand posing tool on the market. Good selection of head busts and animal skulls as well. Would like to see a few additional skin colour options, and maybe both old and young hand models. The Foot model DLC is probably the only model that doesn’t look quite right, something about the rendering makes it look a lot more artificial compared to the Hand model. So, maybe a new rendering of the Foot is something to consider. Overall really great reference tool!
-- JWM80, 2024-03-05

### ****- "Valuable tool, could use some innovation"
This is a worthwhile app but the controls are intuitive, but I do believe they could be fine tuned some more. 

It would be nice if we could rotate the necks on the head models.
-- KneeDeepInAppleTech, 2023-12-04

### ****- "Handy"
I love this app, I love that you can rotate to the desired position. I’d love skeleton hands though, that’d be perfect!
-- annoying ad overload, 2023-10-08

### ***** "Great app."
I love using the app, it’s exactly what I was looking for in a reference guide.
-- Hard gainer trainer, 2023-01-22

### ***** "Great app"
Great app, would love to see more models in the future.
-- fg493, 2023-01-01

### ***** "Amazing! But I have an idea I would love to see in the future"
I love this app overall! it is easy to use, very affordable, and has helped me learn how to draw faces and hands. But I would love the facial models to have different expressions! I wouldn’t care if I had to pay for it, it would be worth it.
-- nick-4321, 2022-08-27

### ***** "Great but...."
Can we get faces to move there jaws,
Animal heads,
And more items to hold?
-- 123imblue321, 2020-09-30

### ***** "This app is awesome, would totally recommend!"
This app helps me figure out the direction of lighting, and how facial structures work. I’ve also had trouble with hands for the longest time and this app has definitely changed that! I literally know how to draw hands now, which is nice. So, if you’re looking for an app for hand references, face references and lighting references, this one is the one for you. I would totally recommend it!
-- ReubJuice, 2020-04-16

### ***** "Excellent!"
This is a really great app! Very easy to use and very well designed! Highly recommend!
-- joejoejoe91, 2019-07-26

### ****- "Great! But:"
Great app - best if its kind and worth the couple of dollars. Full body poses would be great. Bottom slider when editing poses is near impossible to use on iPhone X without your phone trying to change apps.
-- Chelseatonya, 2019-06-10

### ****- "Great but needs more anatomy"
Great app! Needs torso’s, arms, legs and back etc
Great app tho :]
-- aceink, 2019-03-07

### ****- "Great, but is missing something..."
I feel like it needs more poses (hands holding things, feet wearing shoes, animals and whole body poses), other than that, this app is very helpful!
-- poppyseed334, 2019-01-03

### ***** "AMAZING"
WOW!! This is incredible!
-- BambiRavenchild, 2018-12-28

### *---- "Lying about the price"
So it says $2.99 but then you charged me $14.99 when I purchased it. bit of a joke don’t you think
-- trashpanda1, 2018-08-26

### ***** "The best"
This might be the best 3 bucks I ever spent.
So easy to use, does what it says, high quality graphics. An artists dream. Thankyou.
-- Living Body Method, 2018-08-15

### ***** "Great update! But hopefully a torso & leg & full body model too"
Thanks for the update. Would love to have a full body, torso or legs of various shapes and sizes available as reference. Also want to suggest more options to the dynamic lighting. As great as it is now, it would be nice if you can add an ambient option and allow us to adjust distances of the current focal light :)

Thanks for the great work, am really glad you are still working on the application.
-- GyariSan, 2017-08-20

### ***** "So good"
This is a must have app for artists. Very easy to use, loads of possibilities, including posing of hands and feet, lighting etc. I'm loving this app.
-- Gingamegs, 2017-07-30

### ***** "Great app for artists"
This app is so handy (pardon the pun). It encourages me to practice drawing these complicated parts of the body anywhere. It is great to have on my iPhone and iPad. I find that even on my small iPhone 5 I can draw easily from this app.
-- keithinmelbourne, 2017-04-14

### ***** "Excellent reference tool"
I use this to help with proportions for my drawing and it is excellent! Especially the FOV slider and lighting rigs. 
There's a custom hand rig which is wonderful, I only wish there was a custom face rig too. Being able to open the jaw and see teeth inside would really make this a one-stop reference app.
-- epuiou, 2017-02-18

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## Handy Art Reference Tool In-App Purchases
| Item | Price |
|------|-------|
| Feet Models | $2.99 |
| Animal Skull Pack | $2.99 |

## Handy Art Reference Tool Store Rankings
| Chart | Country | Category | Rank |
|-------|---------|----------|------|
| Top Paid | Argentina | Education | #7 |
| Top Paid | Ukraine | Education | #8 |
| Top Paid | Colombia | Education | #9 |
| Top Paid | Japan | Education | #12 |
| Top Paid | Indonesia | Education | #17 |
| Top Paid | Nigeria | Education | #21 |
| Top Paid | Dominican Republic | Education | #30 |
| Top Paid | Mexico | Education | #32 |
| Top Paid | Vietnam | Education | #34 |
| Top Paid | Japan | Overall | #36 |
| Top Paid | Ecuador | Education | #38 |
| Top Paid | Belarus | Education | #43 |
| Top Paid | Peru | Education | #44 |
| Top Paid | Ukraine | Overall | #44 |
| Top Paid | Thailand | Education | #48 |
| Top Paid | China | Education | #49 |
| Top Paid | South Korea | Education | #56 |
| Top Paid | Chile | Education | #57 |
| Top Paid | Canada | Education | #58 |
| Top Paid | Italy | Education | #61 |
| Top Paid | Brazil | Education | #62 |
| Top Paid | Philippines | Education | #64 |
| Top Paid | Spain | Education | #68 |
| Top Paid | Argentina | Overall | #74 |
| Top Paid | Taiwan | Education | #75 |
| Top Paid | Finland | Education | #77 |
| Top Paid | Poland | Education | #79 |
| Top Paid | Colombia | Overall | #86 |
| Top Paid | United States | Education | #87 |
| Top Paid | Portugal | Education | #89 |
| Top Paid | Czechia | Education | #96 |
| Top Paid | Malaysia | Education | #98 |
| Top Paid | Israel | Education | #101 |
| Top Paid | Egypt | Education | #103 |
| Top Paid | Romania | Education | #115 |
| Top Paid | Hungary | Education | #118 |
| Top Paid | Singapore | Education | #119 |
| Top Paid | Russia | Education | #124 |
| Top Paid | Kazakhstan | Education | #131 |
| Top Paid | Hong Kong SAR China | Education | #134 |
| Top Paid | India | Education | #148 |
| Top Paid | Saudi Arabia | Education | #154 |
| Top Paid | South Africa | Education | #156 |
| Top Paid | New Zealand | Education | #156 |
| Top Paid | Ireland | Education | #161 |
| Top Paid | Germany | Education | #161 |
| Top Paid | Denmark | Education | #172 |
| Top Paid | Greece | Education | #176 |
| Top Paid | United Arab Emirates | Education | #191 |
| Top Paid | France | Education | #191 |
| Top Paid | Kuwait | Education | #194 |
| Top Paid | Belgium | Education | #196 |
| Top Paid | Lebanon | Education | #198 |
| Top Paid | United Kingdom | Education | #198 |
| Top Paid | Netherlands | Education | #204 |
| Top Paid | Norway | Education | #206 |
| Top Paid | Indonesia | Overall | #217 |
| Top Paid | Azerbaijan | Education | #227 |
| Top Paid | Austria | Education | #234 |
| Top Paid | Türkiye | Education | #246 |
| Top Paid | Pakistan | Education | #252 |
| Top Paid | Sweden | Education | #264 |
| Top Paid | Australia | Education | #281 |
| Top Paid | Mexico | Overall | #343 |
| Top Paid | Nigeria | Overall | #365 |
| Top Paid | Switzerland | Education | #394 |
| Top Paid | Belarus | Overall | #410 |
| Top Paid | Vietnam | Overall | #442 |
| Top Paid | Canada | Overall | #482 |

## Handy Art Reference Tool Discovered Keywords
- handy
- artpose
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## Handy Art Reference Tool Available In
- [Japan](https://apptail.io/app/handy-art-reference-tool-GMb/japan)
- [United States](https://apptail.io/app/handy-art-reference-tool-GMb/united-states)
- [China](https://apptail.io/app/handy-art-reference-tool-GMb/china)
- [Canada](https://apptail.io/app/handy-art-reference-tool-GMb/canada)
- [United Kingdom](https://apptail.io/app/handy-art-reference-tool-GMb/united-kingdom)
- [Spain](https://apptail.io/app/handy-art-reference-tool-GMb/spain)
- [Mexico](https://apptail.io/app/handy-art-reference-tool-GMb/mexico)
- [South Korea](https://apptail.io/app/handy-art-reference-tool-GMb/south-korea)
- [Russia](https://apptail.io/app/handy-art-reference-tool-GMb/russia)
- [Brazil](https://apptail.io/app/handy-art-reference-tool-GMb/brazil)
- [Australia](https://apptail.io/app/handy-art-reference-tool-GMb/australia)
- [Germany](https://apptail.io/app/handy-art-reference-tool-GMb/germany)
- [France](https://apptail.io/app/handy-art-reference-tool-GMb/france)
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