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title: "Handy Art Reference Tool - Reviews, Revenue and Downloads in United Kingdom | 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"
---

# Handy Art Reference Tool — United Kingdom
> 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:** 4.8/5 (156 ratings)
**Price:** Free
**Bundle ID:** com.beliefengine.handyapp
**Store:** Apple App Store
**Country:** United Kingdom
**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/gb/app/app/id478643661)
**AppTail Page:** [https://apptail.io/app/handy-art-reference-tool-GMb/united-kingdom](https://apptail.io/app/handy-art-reference-tool-GMb/united-kingdom)

## 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 United Kingdom
- 5 stars: 131 (84%)
- 4 stars: 20 (13%)
- 3 stars: 3 (2%)
- 2 stars: 0 (0%)
- 1 stars: 2 (1%)

## Handy Art Reference Tool Reviews in United Kingdom

### ****- "OKish"
It’s certainly not brilliant but OK ish.

Shame.  If there was more substance to this app I’d willing pay a decent price for it.
-- IanR-M, 2024-07-22

### ***** "Excellent!!👍"
Best reference app ever.
Please, please can you do one for the full figure as other apps are nowhere near as good as this one.
-- Dangerous Mike 1, 2024-01-29

### ****- "Great app so far"
I have just downloaded it and my first mistake was not seeing if it was free and it did cost me some money but lucky for me I don’t spend it and had enough. This was on my behalf so it didn’t take away from the actual game. Other than this when it downloaded I got my socket book right out and started drawing I have gotten two done by this time and they look amazing .I saw this app on Tiktok and it was amazing advertising. As a young artist who is going into realism I can really say I love this app and so far it is with the money and I can’t wait for the help it will bring.
-- Catlpver, 2023-08-22

### ****- "Lighting"
I love this app, however I find the lighting quite confusing to operate. When I work that out it will be 5 stars.
-- SherbetAlien, 2023-08-06

### ***** "Great for all study work"
The ability and option on rotating light source is what makes this app perfect for me
-- Human sponge, 2023-04-16

### ****- "Very good for learning"
I’m a young artist and using apps like these are really useful for anatomy practice I like how you can rotate and use different faces. I just wish instead of buying the feet and animal skulls separately I’d rather pay a full amount than separately buying so keep that in mind when updating.I also wish there were different emotions and full body the it would be 5 stars. Great for every level of artist tho
-- M4ID4, 2022-01-10

### ***** "I wish I could swear…"
Because this app is ?£%*@/!^$ INCREDIBLE! Literally a must have for any artist. So many possibilities, extremely customisable. Does not disappoint!
-- uber0ct0pus, 2021-12-05

### ***** "Perfect"
An excellent tool to help with the perspectives when dealing with challenging anatomy like hands and feet.

This app has help me to work on my light and shadow work. I would recommend it to anyone. 

Thank you for creating this app. 🥳
-- Papyrus&Ink, 2021-11-29

### ***-- "Good but unfair"
I purchased this app and was at first loving all of it. However after paying for it I soon discovered that you have to spend more money for full access.
-- rfund pls fnks, 2021-10-19

### ***** "Perfect"
Literally a perfect app, I’m just surprised it doesn’t have a flat 5 star rating, like come on people this is as good as u can get.
-- weeeeeiao, 2021-08-30

### ***** "Helpful tool!"
From a concept artist in training I can say this app is really helpful. Quite surprising at how much you can control; lighting, position, etc.
Hands are usually really tricky so this comes in handy a lot since there’s quite a few hand gestures in different categories (race/gender) even the heads you can choose a full face or just the structure to cater to your needs. Always area for improvement but rlly cool so far :)
-- ConceptKad, 2021-05-21

### ***** "Great for art reference"
I love this app and use it frequently. Like another reviewer said for a feature request, a curl (for whole finger movement) slider would be awesome. Eye rotation too if you were to get seriously fancy!
Thank you for this app :)
-- .lizzy., 2021-02-17

### ***** "Really good app"
Useful tool, good visuals and intuitive controls. A greater variety of animal skulls would be the only improvenent l’d suggest eg. more varieties of dog instead of just one generic “dog”.
-- Very Pistov, 2021-01-16

### ***** "Perfect for references"
Wonderful app. One of the best available for artists
-- GemOaks, 2020-12-27

### ***** "Must have"
Only 5 minutes into using this app and I could already tell it's amazing. Super simple to use, yet super effective. It doesn't do a huge range of things and it doesn't have a lot of models, but the ones that it does have are extremely useful, in the way that you can pose and light them. The lighting system especially is great and very intuitive. For £2 you really can't go wrong here. Must have for any artist, especially if you do character art and/or portraits.
-- bababooeyy91, 2020-12-21

### ***-- "Would be 5* if it had full bodies too"
Really great app, works perfectly and there’s nothing else like it I can find. Smooth, intuitive use and brilliant lighting references. 

Can’t give it full marks though, because it doesn’t have full bodies. This is desperately needed and I beg you to add it, because without it this just isn’t anywhere close to as helpful as it should be for how well-made it is. 
Would absolutely be a five star app if it had this function.
-- Safireix, 2020-11-17

### ***** "Highly recommend"
This app got recommended to me by an art course I’m doing through Paintable and it’s the best app I’ve ever bought for art. It’s so unbelievably helpful for lighting, hand positions and facial proportions. Every artist needs this app.
-- nat.todd, 2020-10-26

### ***** "Absolutely love the update and..."
Have been using the app for years, hugely helpful, but to be honest I haven’t put in a feature request before now as I thought the app was not an actively worked on thing. But... with the last update, I now have a request.

Can you add a curl slider? If you select a joint on a finger, a curl slider, to slowly curl the whole finger would be hugely helpful, rather than having to curl each part individually every time. That’s definitely helpful, but a curl would be great... anyway... just some thoughts on an already outstanding app.
-- Steve huge, 2020-10-23

### ***** "That’s a good one"
Perfect
-- ElMidiLion, 2020-05-30

### ****- "Hair pack?"
Would be amazing if you could remove the bottom jaw on the skull and change the expression on the face or add hair. But otherwise it’s really good, well worth the money and I’d definitely pay extras for hair.
-- nadinedraws, 2020-05-29

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## Handy Art Reference Tool Store Rankings
| Chart | Country | Category | Rank |
|-------|---------|----------|------|
| Top Paid | Indonesia | Education | #1 |
| Top Paid | Australia | Education | #2 |
| Top Paid | Hungary | Education | #2 |
| Top Paid | Canada | Education | #3 |
| Top Paid | Italy | Education | #3 |
| Top Paid | United States | Education | #4 |
| Top Paid | Denmark | Education | #4 |
| Top Paid | Finland | Education | #7 |
| Top Paid | New Zealand | Education | #8 |
| Top Paid | United Kingdom | Education | #9 |
| Top Paid | France | Education | #9 |
| Top Paid | Norway | Education | #10 |
| Top Paid | Czechia | Education | #12 |
| Top Paid | Israel | Education | #12 |
| Top Paid | Germany | Education | #13 |
| Top Paid | Portugal | Education | #14 |
| Top Paid | Japan | Education | #14 |
| Top Paid | Singapore | Education | #15 |
| Top Paid | Indonesia | Overall | #17 |
| Top Paid | Taiwan | Education | #17 |
| Top Paid | Poland | Education | #17 |
| Top Paid | Ireland | Education | #20 |
| Top Paid | Vietnam | Education | #20 |
| Top Paid | Austria | Education | #20 |
| Top Paid | China | Education | #20 |
| Top Paid | Philippines | Education | #21 |
| Top Paid | Dominican Republic | Education | #22 |
| Top Paid | United Kingdom | Overall | #23 |
| Top Paid | Nigeria | Education | #23 |
| Top Paid | Sweden | Education | #25 |
| Top Paid | Australia | Overall | #25 |
| Top Paid | Thailand | Education | #27 |
| Top Paid | India | Education | #30 |
| Top Paid | Argentina | Education | #33 |
| Top Paid | Colombia | Education | #35 |
| Top Paid | Ecuador | Education | #37 |
| Top Paid | Denmark | Overall | #39 |
| Top Paid | Belarus | Education | #39 |
| Top Paid | Japan | Overall | #42 |
| Top Paid | Lebanon | Education | #45 |
| Top Paid | Netherlands | Overall | #47 |
| Top Paid | Peru | Education | #47 |
| Top Paid | Netherlands | Education | #47 |
| Top Paid | United States | Overall | #48 |
| Top Paid | Chile | Education | #53 |
| Top Paid | Italy | Overall | #57 |
| Top Paid | New Zealand | Overall | #57 |
| Top Paid | Hungary | Overall | #59 |
| Top Paid | South Korea | Education | #61 |
| Top Paid | Mexico | Education | #65 |
| Top Paid | Spain | Education | #66 |
| Top Paid | Finland | Overall | #73 |
| Top Paid | Norway | Overall | #78 |
| Top Paid | Greece | Education | #79 |
| Top Paid | Switzerland | Education | #79 |
| Top Paid | Brazil | Education | #80 |
| Top Paid | Germany | Overall | #84 |
| Top Paid | Malaysia | Education | #85 |
| Top Paid | Kazakhstan | Education | #89 |
| Top Paid | Canada | Overall | #93 |
| Top Paid | Israel | Overall | #96 |
| Top Paid | Singapore | Overall | #96 |
| Top Paid | Sweden | Overall | #96 |
| Top Paid | Ukraine | Education | #100 |
| Top Paid | Egypt | Education | #106 |
| Top Paid | Ireland | Overall | #109 |
| Top Paid | Czechia | Overall | #113 |
| Top Paid | Romania | Education | #114 |
| Top Paid | South Africa | Education | #124 |
| Top Paid | Kuwait | Education | #126 |
| Top Paid | France | Overall | #128 |
| Top Paid | Russia | Education | #128 |
| Top Paid | Hong Kong SAR China | Education | #130 |
| Top Paid | Vietnam | Overall | #134 |
| Top Paid | Saudi Arabia | Education | #149 |
| Top Paid | Philippines | Overall | #150 |
| Top Paid | United Arab Emirates | Education | #156 |
| Top Paid | Belgium | Education | #158 |
| Top Paid | Portugal | Overall | #166 |
| Top Paid | Poland | Overall | #170 |
| Top Paid | Austria | Overall | #176 |
| Top Paid | Taiwan | Overall | #189 |
| Top Paid | China | Overall | #221 |
| Top Paid | Azerbaijan | Education | #229 |
| Top Paid | Thailand | Overall | #233 |
| Top Paid | Türkiye | Education | #248 |
| Top Paid | Pakistan | Education | #255 |
| Top Paid | India | Overall | #288 |
| Top Paid | Nigeria | Overall | #380 |
| Top Paid | Belarus | Overall | #392 |
| Top Paid | Colombia | Overall | #439 |
| Top Paid | Mexico | Overall | #460 |
| Top Paid | Dominican Republic | Overall | #467 |

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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)
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- [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)
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- [Pakistan](https://apptail.io/app/handy-art-reference-tool-GMb/pakistan)
- [Kazakhstan](https://apptail.io/app/handy-art-reference-tool-GMb/kazakhstan)
- [Jordan](https://apptail.io/app/handy-art-reference-tool-GMb/jordan)
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- [Cyprus](https://apptail.io/app/handy-art-reference-tool-GMb/cyprus)
- [Nigeria](https://apptail.io/app/handy-art-reference-tool-GMb/nigeria)
- [Ghana](https://apptail.io/app/handy-art-reference-tool-GMb/ghana)
- [Armenia](https://apptail.io/app/handy-art-reference-tool-GMb/armenia)
- [Sri Lanka](https://apptail.io/app/handy-art-reference-tool-GMb/sri-lanka)
- [Lithuania](https://apptail.io/app/handy-art-reference-tool-GMb/lithuania)
- [Brunei](https://apptail.io/app/handy-art-reference-tool-GMb/brunei)
- [Slovenia](https://apptail.io/app/handy-art-reference-tool-GMb/slovenia)
- [Cayman Islands](https://apptail.io/app/handy-art-reference-tool-GMb/cayman-islands)
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- [Madagascar](https://apptail.io/app/handy-art-reference-tool-GMb/madagascar)
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- [Dominican Republic](https://apptail.io/app/handy-art-reference-tool-GMb/dominican-republic)
- [Senegal](https://apptail.io/app/handy-art-reference-tool-GMb/senegal)
- [Suriname](https://apptail.io/app/handy-art-reference-tool-GMb/suriname)
- [Tunisia](https://apptail.io/app/handy-art-reference-tool-GMb/tunisia)
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- [Azerbaijan](https://apptail.io/app/handy-art-reference-tool-GMb/azerbaijan)
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