Brusher vs GrutBrushes
Brusher
brusher.art
GrutBrushes
grutbrushes.comSide by side
| Figure | Brusher | GrutBrushes |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $2.08/mo | — |
| Free plan | Yes | — |
| Free trial | — | Yes |
| Open source | — | — |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | Yes |
| iOS | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 6 | 3 |
| Spec score · Digital Brush Libraries | 8.4 (#5) | 8.0 (#7) |
| Audience | Brusher says it is for beginners, illustrators, tattoo artists, comic artists and lettering artists. | The maker describes the tools as intended for digital artists, including professionals and hobbyists. |
| Commercial use | Users may use the brushes to create and sell personal or commercial artwork, but may not redistribute or resell the brush files. | The license permits personal and commercial projects and allows users to sell artwork they create with GrutBrushes products, but not the downloaded files themselves. |
| Product | Brusher offers hand-crafted digital art brushes for Procreate on iPad and for Photoshop and Clip Studio Paint on desktop. | GrutBrushes is a collection of handcrafted digital art tools, including brushes and smart digital paper. |
| Support | The site directs users with questions, licensing or support requests to its contact page. | The maker invites users to email [email protected] for help and says support emails go to the maker, who reads and replies to them. |
Plans
Brusher
- Free brush packsFree
- Weekly Plan$4.99 a month
- Website brush pack$5, paid once
- Monthly Plan$9.99 a month
- Yearly Access$24.99 a year
- Life-time Access$99.99, paid once
GrutBrushes
- Procreate Pencils$7, paid once
- GrutBrushes Art Brushes Complete – 500 Photoshop Brushes$20, paid once
- Procreate Brushes Unlimited$20, paid once
In their own words
Brusher
Brusher offers digital art brushes for Procreate on iPad and for Photoshop and Clip Studio Paint on desktop. Its library contains 3,000+ brushes across 200+ collections. Procreate collections install with a single tap using.brushset files, while Photoshop and Clip Studio Paint use.abr packs on Mac and PC. The app also includes a Vectorizer that converts JPG or PNG images into SVG and a Background Remover that creates transparent PNG cut-outs. Brusher is free to download with free brushes, and its website offers starter packs without an account. Paid choices include app subscriptions and website brush packs; a website brush pack is listed at $5, paid once. Users can create and sell personal or commercial artwork with the brushes, but may not redistribute or resell the brush files. App purchases are sold through the Apple App Store, while website purchases are processed by LavaTop. Brusher says it is for beginners, illustrators, tattoo artists, comic artists, and lettering artists, and is available for iOS, macOS, and Windows.
GrutBrushes
GrutBrushes is a collection of digital art tools, including brushes and smart digital paper, for artists using supported creative apps. Its Photoshop brushes respond to hand movement and pressure, so strokes vary with the artist’s input. The Photoshop Complete set spans watercolor, ink, oil, impasto, natural media, pencil, charcoal, specialty, cross-hatching and mixer brushes. Procreate Brushes Unlimited lets users browse, search, preview and install brushes directly to an iPad, with 12 months of access to new brushes. An optional Photoshop plugin organizes presets into sets and supports drag-and-drop ordering, but it is incompatible with the latest Photoshop update that removed legacy plugins; ABR files remain usable in Photoshop CC’s brushes panel. The shop lists free products, including a sampler, and a free signup. One-time plans include Procreate Pencils at 7.00 USD and two sets at 20.00 USD each. The license permits commercial artwork, but not resale of downloaded files.