# Proref: Art Reference Boards

> Reference boards & art journey

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id6802284370](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id6802284370)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id6802284370`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** John Oliver Atienza
- **Category:** Graphics & Design
- **Version:** 1.3.0
- **Last updated:** 2026-09-11
- **First published:** 2026-09-01
- **Size:** 44 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-25
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/proref-art-reference-boards/id6802284370)
- **Website:** [https://proref.app](https://proref.app/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://proref.app/privacy](https://proref.app/privacy)

## Description

Proref is where your references live while you draw — and where the finished piece goes afterwards.

GATHER YOUR REFERENCES
Drop everything you're looking at onto one huge canvas and arrange it into a board. Import from Photos, your camera, Files, a web link, the share sheet, or by dragging straight in from Safari. Zoom from 2% to 25,600%, so the board grows with the project.

WORK BESIDE THEM
Proref is built for Split View: your references on one side, your drawing app on the other. Sketch and annotate over them with Apple Pencil, with pressure. Tune brightness, contrast and saturation, or crop non-destructively — the original is always recoverable. A minimap shows where you are, and saved views jump you back to any spot in one tap.

KEEP THE PIECE, AND THE LESSON
When something's finished, keep it. Attach a piece to the board it came from, open it full screen, and see everything you've made on a dated timeline — as a gallery to swipe or a list to scan. Note what worked and what didn't while it's fresh, star the things to carry forward, and those notes sit in a pane on the board while you draw the next one.

If you'd rather Proref stayed purely a reference app, turn the art journey off in Settings and it does.

PRIVATE BY DEFAULT
No accounts. No sign-in. No server. No tracking, no analytics, no ads. Your boards, your artworks and your critique notes stay on your device.

FREE, WITH A ONE-TIME UNLOCK
Proref is free to use with 2 boards, 10 images per board, 3 saved views, 5 finished artworks, and 3 focused critique notes per piece. Proref Pro removes those limits and unlocks every feature — a single one-time purchase, not a subscription. Buy it once and restore it on your other devices.

## Rankings

- #1,636,984 — Overall

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