Free
$0
forever, no account
- 3 AR traces of your own photo, every month
- All 82 composition grids
- On-device and private
- No ads, no nag screens
Grid Maker Pro
AR app pricing
What the AR tracing app costs.
Start free with three AR traces of your own photo every month. When you want unlimited tracing, it's $29.99 a year, $6.99 a month, or a one-time $79 for lifetime — no ads, no account to begin, nothing hidden. The web tool with all 82 grids stays free forever in the browser.
Free own-photo tier, no account
Pay once or subscribe
Cancel any time
Four plans, plain and simple
Annual is the best value and the one most people pick. But the free tier is a real, usable part of the app — not a locked demo — and the lifetime option means you never have to subscribe at all.
Annual
$29.99 /year
about $2.50 a month
- Unlimited AR tracing
- Unlimited photo import
- Time-lapse recording
- All current and future overlays
Monthly
$6.99 /month
cancel any time
- Unlimited AR tracing
- Unlimited photo import
- Time-lapse recording
- Good for a single big project
Lifetime
$79 once
no subscription, ever
- Everything in the paid plans
- One payment, kept for good
- Never renews, never re-charges
- For people done with subscriptions
Prices in US dollars; Google Play shows the amount in your local currency and adds any tax. Monthly and annual are auto-renewing subscriptions — full detail on the subscription terms page.
The free tier is the point, not the bait
This is where most tracing apps quietly break their own promise — so it's worth being clear about ours.
The single most common complaint in the AR tracing category is that the headline feature — tracing your own photo — is locked behind the paywall on the very first open. Free users get a stock photo library, an ad wall, and a subscription pop-up, but not the one thing they came for. The Grid Maker Pro free tier does the opposite: three AR traces of a photo from your own camera roll, every month, with no account and no ads, plus all 82 composition overlays.
That's a deliberate choice. AR tracing is the kind of thing you have to feel on a real surface with a real reference to know whether it fits how you work. Three traces a month is enough to trace a portrait study, scale a sketch onto a canvas, and try a mural layout before you decide anything. If it earns a place in your process, unlimited tracing is a few dollars a month. If it doesn't, you've paid nothing and lost nothing. And the free web tool — all 82 grids in the browser, nothing leaving your device — stays free forever regardless. The app adds AR tracing on real paper; it never takes the free tool away.
Pay once, or subscribe — your call
Every paid plan unlocks exactly the same features. The only difference is how you'd rather pay.
| Plan | Price | Billing | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 | None — no account | Trying AR tracing on your own photo |
| Annual | $29.99 / year | Auto-renews yearly | Regular tracing at the lowest monthly cost |
| Monthly | $6.99 / month | Auto-renews monthly | One busy project, then cancel |
| Lifetime | $79 once | Never renews | Never wanting a recurring charge |
The Lifetime purchase is a single charge, not a subscription — it does not auto-renew. On the annual plan it pays for itself against Lifetime in about two and a half years, so Lifetime is squarely for people who'd simply rather not manage a subscription.
Which plan fits how you draw
Price the plan against your actual drawing habit, not the feature list — every paid plan unlocks the same features.
You sketch now and then — stay Free
Three own-photo traces a month covers an occasional portrait study or a one-off transfer. If most months you wouldn't use a fourth trace, paying would be a donation. Stay free until the limit actually pinches.
You have one big project — take Monthly
A commission, a mural month, a run of stencils: $6.99 buys unlimited tracing while the project is live, and Google Play cancellation takes under a minute when it wraps. Two or three project months a year still costs less than annual.
You draw most weeks — take Annual
At $29.99 a year — about $2.50 a month — annual is the cheapest way to keep unlimited tracing on all the time. If you'd keep monthly running for five months or more anyway, annual is already the better deal.
You're done with subscriptions — take Lifetime
$79 once, never renews. Against monthly it pays for itself in about eleven months; against annual, in about two and a half years. After that the math only improves — and there's nothing to remember to cancel.
The break-even arithmetic, spelled out: $79 lifetime ÷ $6.99 monthly ≈ 11.3 months, so lifetime beats monthly from month twelve. $79 ÷ $29.99 annual ≈ 2.6 years, so it beats annual from the third renewal. And $29.99 ÷ 12 ≈ $2.50 a month, which is why annual is the default recommendation for anyone drawing regularly.
How billing and renewal work
Auto-renewal, in plain terms
The monthly and annual plans are auto-renewing subscriptions billed through your Google Play account. They renew at the same price for the same period until you cancel, and you can cancel any time from the Play Store subscriptions screen — you keep paid access until the end of the period you've already paid for. The Lifetime purchase is a single one-time charge that never renews and is not a subscription.
Full detail, plus step-by-step cancellation and refunds, is on the subscription terms page.
How this compares, honestly
We're one option among several, and we'll say so. The difference is what's free.
Most of the AR tracing category is subscription-only, and a good part of it paywalls importing your own photo — the exact feature people install these apps for. Some entrants bury the app in ads and repeated sub pop-ups on top of that. Grid Maker Pro leads with a genuinely free own-photo tier, adds a one-time lifetime option for people who don't want a subscription, and ships 82 professional composition overlays that general tracing apps don't include. Where a competitor is stronger on something, the comparison pages say so plainly.
For a sourced, side-by-side look — including where other apps price higher or lower — see the best AR drawing apps roundup, or the head-to-head with Da Vinci Eye. Competitor prices in the category drift, so those pages carry the dates the figures were checked.
Pricing questions, answered plainly
Is there a free version of the app?
Yes. The free tier includes three AR traces of your own photo every month plus all 82 composition grids, with no account and no ads. It's the same app — the free tier is a real, usable part of it, not a locked demo. And the Grid Maker Pro web tool stays free forever in the browser with all 82 overlays.
Is the app a subscription?
Only if you want it to be. Unlimited tracing is offered as an auto-renewing subscription at $6.99 per month or $29.99 per year, both managed through Google Play. But there's also a one-time Lifetime purchase at $79 that isn't a subscription and never renews.
Can I pay once instead of subscribing?
Yes. The Lifetime plan is a single $79 purchase that unlocks unlimited AR tracing for good. It doesn't auto-renew and isn't a subscription. It's there for people who'd rather not have a recurring charge at all.
Does the subscription renew automatically?
The monthly and annual plans are auto-renewing subscriptions billed through Google Play. They renew at the same price until you cancel, and you can cancel any time from the Play Store subscriptions screen. The Lifetime purchase is a single one-time charge that never renews. Full detail is on the subscription terms page.
Do you offer refunds?
Purchases and subscriptions are processed by Google Play, so refunds are handled under Google Play's refund policy and requested through your Google Play account. Because the free tier lets you trace your own photo before paying, you can confirm the app works for you first. If something goes wrong, contact us and we'll help where we can.
