Image ASCII: ASCII Art Maker

Photo, video & live camera

Free · In‑App Purchases

Turn photos into ASCII art in seconds, free every day. Go Pro for unlimited conversions, video to ASCII, a live ASCII camera, and your own glyphs and fonts. Turn any photo into ASCII art: a picture drawn entirely in characters. Pick an image, choose a style, then save, share or copy the result in seconds. With Pro, do the same with video clips and your live camera. FOUR WAYS TO RENDER - Image: color or grayscale characters drawn as a picture you can save or share - Mono: classic plain-text ASCII you can paste anywhere - Braille: dense dot art made from braille characters - Blocks: chunky shaded block characters TUNE EVERY CHARACTER - Set the detail from 10 to 200 columns - Choose a character set: Standard, Simple or Detailed - Invert brightness, switch to grayscale, and pick a transparent, white, black or custom background - Cut out the subject to drop a busy background - Press and hold to compare with the original photo, and zoom in to check every glyph - Restyle in one tap with preset looks, from terminal green to synthwave BRING IN ANY IMAGE - Your photo library, or take a photo on iPhone and iPad - Drag and drop, or choose from Finder, on Mac - Paste from the clipboard or load an image from a web link - Send images from other apps with the share sheet (iPhone and iPad) or Open In SHORTCUTS AND SIRI Two actions, Convert Image to ASCII Art and Convert Image to ASCII Text, use your saved style without opening the app. Add them to your own shortcuts or ask Siri. FREE TO START Every style, the built-in character sets and the System Mono font are free, with a daily allowance of new images. Changing the style or settings of an image you have already loaded never counts against it. IMAGE ASCII PRO - Unlimited conversions, in the app and in Shortcuts - Video to ASCII: convert clips up to 5 minutes long, trim them, and export MP4 (H.264 or HEVC, 480p to 1080p, with or without sound) or a looping GIF of up to 15 seconds - Live ASCII camera: watch your camera as ASCII in real time and snap stills - Custom character sets: build your own ramp, one glyph per brightness level - Custom fonts for Image, video and camera output: Archivo Black, Anton, Rubik Mono One, DM Serif Display, Righteous, Pacifico, Space Mono and VT323 - Every preset look, plus saved looks and custom palettes: keep your own looks and build palettes of up to five colors IPHONE, IPAD AND MAC A native app on each, with the same features everywhere. Pro unlocks on every device signed in to the same Apple Account. NO ADS, NO ACCOUNT Photos, videos and camera frames are converted on your device and never uploaded. Bought Remove Ads in the original Image ASCII? That purchase now unlocks lifetime Pro. If Pro doesn't show, tap Restore purchases. Pro is available as an annual or monthly subscription, or as a one-time lifetime purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period, and can be managed or cancelled in your App Store account settings. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://www.hookshotltd.co/image-ascii/privacy-policy.html Questions or ideas? Reach us from Settings > Help & feedback.

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Bug fixes and stability improvements.

Version 2.0.1

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Information

Seller
Hookshot Ltd
Size
3.8 MB
Category
Photo & Video
Compatibility
Requires iOS 18.0 or later.
  • iPhone
    Requires iOS 18.0 or later.
  • iPad
    Requires iPadOS 18.0 or later.
  • Mac
    Requires macOS 14.0 or later.
Languages
English and 9 more
  • English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Traditional Chinese
Age Rating
4+
In-App Purchases
Yes
  • Image ASCII Pro Annual $5.99
  • Image ASCII Pro Monthly $1.99
  • Image ASCII Pro Lifetime $9.99
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Copyright
© 2026 Hookshot Ltd
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