Small bug fix for photos that have been edited/cropped in photo library. It should now show the most recent version! --- Usually my work on the app focusses on new features, performance improvements or bug fixes. This update is a bit more business-ey. I’m incredibly grateful for all of you that support Value Study through subscriptions and lifetime purchases, not to mention reviews and word-of-mouth. I’m working to make sure new people who discover Value Study see its worth straight away and want to join in too. I’ve made some changes to improve how the app introduces itself to new users and to better show what it can do from the very start. I’m also putting more time into YouTube, creating videos that help newcomers get started and highlight new features as they’re released. As always, every App Store review, bit of feedback, or question sent to shane@valuestudy.app is really appreciated. Thank you for continuing to support an independent app. You’re helping Value Study grow and reach more artists around the world.

Usually my work on the app focusses on new features, performance improvements or bug fixes. This update is a bit more business-ey. I’m incredibly grateful for all of you that support Value Study through subscriptions and lifetime purchases, not to mention reviews and word-of-mouth. I’m working to make sure new people who discover Value Study see its worth straight away and want to join in too. I’ve made some changes to improve how the app introduces itself to new users and to better show what it can do from the very start. I’m also putting more time into YouTube, creating videos that help newcomers get started and highlight new features as they’re released. As always, every App Store review, bit of feedback, or question sent to shane@valuestudy.app is really appreciated. Thank you for continuing to support an independent app. You’re helping Value Study grow and reach more artists around the world.

Usually my work on the app focusses on new features, performance improvements or bug fixes. This update is a bit more business-ey. I’m incredibly grateful for all of you that support Value Study through subscriptions and lifetime purchases, not to mention reviews and word-of-mouth. I’m working to make sure new people who discover Value Study see its worth straight away and want to join in too. I’ve made some changes to improve how the app introduces itself to new users and to better show what it can do from the very start. I’m also putting more time into YouTube, creating videos that help newcomers get started and highlight new features as they’re released. As always, every App Store review, bit of feedback, or question sent to shane@valuestudy.app is really appreciated. Thank you for continuing to support an independent app. You’re helping Value Study grow and reach more artists around the world.

Those bug fixes just caused more bugs... apologies to anyone that got locked out of Value Study! Should all be fixed now.

Improving the offline mode with a few more bug fixes.

A bunch of bug fixes today. Especially around improving image support and performance.

Here's another small update to the new Grid feature. As requested by Howard, we can now adjust the colour of the grid, from the Line appearance section of the Grid settings. --- GRID MODE IN VALUE STUDY APP!! This update brings one of the biggest feature requests Value Study has had since day one, Grids. In fact it was on my original wish-list of features when I started building the app! Every approach I took early on was too slow and clunky... but with all the performance and code improvements, it's now ready for launch. I always say to send me feedback but this update is more important than others, it's a very large feature that will improve over time. So I need your help to ensure it is perfect for you all, please do email shane@valuestudy.app with feedback (reviews are always helpful too).

Here's a little update to the brand new grid feature to introduce multiple cell selection and an option for hiding non-selected cells! --- GRID MODE IN VALUE STUDY APP!! This update brings one of the biggest feature requests Value Study has had since day one, Grids. In fact it was on my original wish-list of features when I started building the app! Every approach I took early on was too slow and clunky... but with all the performance and code improvements, it's now ready for launch. I always say to send me feedback but this update is more important than others, it's a very large feature that will improve over time. So I need your help to ensure it is perfect for you all, please do email shane@valuestudy.app with feedback (reviews are always helpful too).

A quick update to translate the app to more languages. --- GRID MODE IN VALUE STUDY APP!! This update brings one of the biggest feature requests Value Study has had since day one, Grids. In fact it was on my original wish-list of features when I started building the app! Every approach I took early on was too slow and clunky... but with all the performance and code improvements, it's now ready for launch. I always say to send me feedback but this update is more important than others, it's a very large feature that will improve over time. So I need your help to ensure it is perfect for you all, please do email shane@valuestudy.app with feedback (reviews are always helpful too).

GRID MODE IN VALUE STUDY APP!! This update brings one of the biggest feature requests Value Study has had since day one, Grids. In fact it was on my original wish-list of features when I started building the app! Every approach I took early on was too slow and clunky... but with all the performance and code improvements, it's now ready for launch. I always say to send me feedback but this update is more important than others, it's a very large feature that will improve over time. So I need your help to ensure it is perfect for you all, please do email shane@valuestudy.app with feedback (reviews are always helpful too).

Okay, it's here... iOS 26. This update to Value Study ensures it works well for the new version of iOS. It's only subtle changes, I have not gone heavy on the glass effect! As always please review on the App Store, share with friends and send me and questions and feedback to shane@valuestudy.app

Just a small fix for the new toolbar on smaller screens.

This adds Portuguese, Polish and Dutch languages and improves how translations are handled generally.

A small improvement to the toolbox today. You now have 5 shortcut tool icons next to a Tools menu where all tools are available. This is really useful because it means I can show the name of the tool not just the icon! So you can now click the star (if you have remaining spaces out of the 5) to add to the toolbox at the bottom of the screen. As always please shout if you have questions or feedback: shane@valuestudy.app

This update improves performance for the collections and information pages.

This fixes a bug where black areas would sometimes show as white.

Fixed a bug with HEIC/P3 images that caused all functionality to break! So sorry about that. As always please report bugs to me via email shane@valuestudy.app along with any requests. Reviews always appreciated.

Histograms are here! One of the most requested features since the launch of Value Study is finally available. The new Histogram tool gives you advanced control over your value selection. You can now fine-tune the range of each value — for example, if the sky looks too dark, you can easily adjust the range of darks to lighten it. I've also moved the Shape Simplification tool next to the Histogram, since they work brilliantly together for simplifying and analyzing your compositions. The Histogram works seamlessly with Live Filter mode, as well as the other tools in Value Study — including colour palettes, shape simplification, outlines, and value selection. As always, if you spot any bugs or have questions, feel free to email me at shane@valuestudy.app. And if you’re enjoying the app, I’d really appreciate your review on the App Store!

This update adds the ability to share from the Photos app (and others) to Value Study.

Small improvement to the new customisation pages.

This update brings customisation to the forefront the first time the app is opened. The options are still in Settings but will now be much more obvious to new users.

Small bugfix to ensure you are able to remove all palettes (except the default black-white) by long pressing on the palette of choice then clicking Remove.

As many of you know, I am very privacy-focused, so I’ve avoided using trackers in the app because they can often be invasive. In this update, I’ve added a privacy-friendly tracker called TelemetryDeck. Their values (no pun intended!) align very well with my own. I want to improve this app for everyone without compromising privacy like so many other apps do. This is a behind-the-scenes change, but I want to be completely upfront about it. I hope you'll see the positive impact as I can now focus my efforts where it matters most to everyone.

Just some small tweaks to the settings page. As always get in touch shane@valuestudy.app if you have any questions or feedback. Reviews always appreciated too!

This app has some small bugfixes. As always get in touch shane@valuestudy.app if you have any questions or feedback. Reviews always appreciated too!