Trace & Sketch Digital Drawing

Name: Trace & Sketch Digital Drawing
Rating: 4.3 (142 reviews)
Author: Shajir Kalady

Draw & Paint on Tracing Paper

Free · In‑App Purchases · Designed for iPad

142 Ratings
Ages

4+
Years
Category

Graphics & Design
Developer

Shajir Kalady
Language

EN
+ 3 More
Size

20.5
MB

Turn any photo into a sketch with Trace and Sketch Digital Drawing. Your screen becomes a digital tracing paper — select an image, adjust the transparency, and start drawing directly with your finger or stylus. Simple, smooth, and perfect for beginners, hobby artists, and anyone who wants to practice drawing. How it works: Pick an image from your gallery or camera. Adjust the transparency to see your image clearly under the tracing layer. Draw freely on the screen — all strokes are saved automatically. Choose a canvas or plain background to finish your artwork. Export your drawing in multiple formats, with or without background. Features: Adjustable Transparency – Control how much of the base image is visible. Natural Drawing Tools – Brush with adjustable stroke size, opacity, and pattern styles. Eraser & Undo/Redo – Erase strokes with adjustable width and fix mistakes using undo and redo. Color Picker – Choose colors easily or pick colors directly from your image or drawing. Fill Tool (Pot Fill) – Tap a closed area to fill it instantly with the selected color. Zoom, Drag, Rotate – Zoom, drag, and rotate the canvas for precise tracing. Multiple Canvases – Use built-in canvases or create a plain colored background. Automatic Save – Every stroke is saved instantly. Gallery Management – View all your sketches, open them for editing, export them, duplicate sketches, or delete sketches you no longer need. Export Drawing Options- Export Without Canvas – Save the pure drawing with no background; perfect for stickers, collages, and overlays. Export With Base Image – Save your drawing directly on the original photo for photo-based artwork. Export With Canvas – Save your artwork as a drawing on a selected canvas. Select Dimensions – Choose from multiple image resolution options before exporting. Quick Share – Use the iOS share sheet to save or send your artwork anywhere. Export Video (Time-Lapse)- Time-Lapse Replay – Export a replay video that shows the entire drawing process from start to finish. Multiple Video Resolutions – Choose the video quality before exporting. Whether you’re tracing portraits, practicing outlines, creating digital art, or simply sketching for fun, Trace and Sketch makes it easy and enjoyable — no paper, no setup, no AR required.

Ratings & Reviews

4.3

out of 5

142 Ratings

Getting better
11/18/2025

giopl4yer
Thank you for listening to my feedback, definitely improved my experience, but there’s still a few things I would like to see, first I would like to have a eraser size smaller than 5 for more accurate erasing. The zooming feature is a bit janky as sometimes it doesn’t respond that well or the drawing goes out of focus and I can’t drag it back. I’ve also noticed that when you press the undo button enough times when you mess up it kind of blurs the lines that were already on the drawing. Lastly what happened to the delete button for the saved sketches?

Developer Response
Thank you so much for your detailed feedback — it really helped!We’ve added support for eraser sizes starting from 1, fixed the zoom/drag responsiveness, resolved the blur issue when undoing, and brought back the delete option for saved sketches (along with a new duplicate option on long press).All of these improvements are now available in version 3.6.A big thanks again for taking the time to share your thoughts — it truly helps us make the app better!
Getting better
11/18/2025

giopl4yer

Thank you for listening to my feedback, definitely improved my experience, but there’s still a few things I would like to see, first I would like to have a eraser size smaller than 5 for more accurate erasing. The zooming feature is a bit janky as sometimes it doesn’t respond that well or the drawing goes out of focus and I can’t drag it back. I’ve also noticed that when you press the undo button enough times when you mess up it kind of blurs the lines that were already on the drawing. Lastly what happened to the delete button for the saved sketches?
Developer Response 11/26/2025
Thank you so much for your detailed feedback — it really helped!We’ve added support for eraser sizes starting from 1, fixed the zoom/drag responsiveness, resolved the blur issue when undoing, and brought back the delete option for saved sketches (along with a new duplicate option on long press).All of these improvements are now available in version 3.6.A big thanks again for taking the time to share your thoughts — it truly helps us make the app better!
Cool app, but couple bugs
12/12/2021

Biggest Orange
The tracing functionality is simple to use and works well. There seems to be a strange bug using on my iPad Pro. When selecting brushes only a few display. All are selectable, but most of the selection area is just black and I sort of have to guess at which I’m selecting. A similar issue when trying to delete a tracing, the option to duplicate shows up, but not delete. By tapping the other side of the screen I was able to delete, but had to guess where the button was. Works great other than that and those issues are able to be worked around, just odd.

Developer Response
Thank you for the feedback. We will fix these issues in future release.
Cool app, but couple bugs
12/12/2021

Biggest Orange

The tracing functionality is simple to use and works well. There seems to be a strange bug using on my iPad Pro. When selecting brushes only a few display. All are selectable, but most of the selection area is just black and I sort of have to guess at which I’m selecting. A similar issue when trying to delete a tracing, the option to duplicate shows up, but not delete. By tapping the other side of the screen I was able to delete, but had to guess where the button was. Works great other than that and those issues are able to be worked around, just odd.
Developer Response 12/14/2021
Thank you for the feedback. We will fix these issues in future release.
Pretty good
04/26/2024

PaintingPetsAndPeople
Like the ease of using the pen and being able to enlarge or make smaller. Also ease of opacity helps when you can see what you have done without the image showing through! GreaT! Would like option for a plain background (just white) so you can create your own if desired. And where the drawing is blank the background should not show through unless desired. Perhaps a paint fill pot would help with that. I was sketching a person with jacket on and did not want background to show through. You have a great opportunity with this app. I would pay for the above changes easily it’s worth more! Good luck!

Developer Response
Thank you for the valuable feedback. The plain background with fill color you can create in the canvas selection page. The pot fill feature is added in the latest release. Thank you for this wonderful suggestion.
Pretty good
04/26/2024

PaintingPetsAndPeople

Like the ease of using the pen and being able to enlarge or make smaller. Also ease of opacity helps when you can see what you have done without the image showing through! GreaT! Would like option for a plain background (just white) so you can create your own if desired. And where the drawing is blank the background should not show through unless desired. Perhaps a paint fill pot would help with that. I was sketching a person with jacket on and did not want background to show through. You have a great opportunity with this app. I would pay for the above changes easily it’s worth more! Good luck!
Developer Response 12/10/2020
Thank you for the valuable feedback. The plain background with fill color you can create in the canvas selection page. The pot fill feature is added in the latest release. Thank you for this wonderful suggestion.
Great
07/12/2021

JJBARB
Love this apps. When a specific color I came up with and used has already been pushed out of the recent list, I find it hard get to that exact color when I want to edit or touch up later. Is there a way around this? Thanks. Great apps

Developer Response
Thank you for the feedback. We are working on a color picker to tap and pick any color from the drawing. Hope this will resolve that issue. Hope we can release update soon.
Great
07/12/2021

JJBARB

Love this apps. When a specific color I came up with and used has already been pushed out of the recent list, I find it hard get to that exact color when I want to edit or touch up later. Is there a way around this? Thanks. Great apps
Developer Response 07/13/2021
Thank you for the feedback. We are working on a color picker to tap and pick any color from the drawing. Hope this will resolve that issue. Hope we can release update soon.

Added German language support. Added helpful reminders to improve your experience.

Version 4.4

Feb 13

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