Annotable: Annotation & Markup
Image Annotation & Markup
Free · In-App Purchases
Annotable is the most full-featured all-in-one image annotation tool.
Featured by Apple in many places:
● Best of 2016
● New Apps We Love
● Best Apps to Edit Your Photos
● Best Productivity Apps
● Best Utilities
"I’ve finally found the best all-in-one image annotation tool for iOS – Annotable for iPhone and iPad." —— Federico Viticci of MacStories
Features (many are free, some are unlocked with purchases):
◉ All the expected common tools: rectangles, ovals, arrows, lines and texts.
◉ Fully customizable: colors, sizes, outlines, fonts…
◉ Stylishly obscure private information with Blur and Pixelation.
◉ Or on the contrary, highlight something with Spotlights.
◉ If you really want to focus on a particular spot use a Loupe.
◉ You can even highlight text on screenshots of apps like Notes, Twitter, and Safari. It feels like magic, and can really save the day when you want to share a web page screenshot with some words highlighted but forgot to select the words when you took the screenshot.
◉ Fully support Action Extension, Photo Editing Extension, Edits Sync via iCloud Photo Library, URL Schemes, 3D Touch, Wide Color…Annotable utilizes your powerful iOS system to the extreme.
Distinctions from many other similar Apps:
◆ All the results are high-resolution images.
◆ Not only screenshots but all images are supported.
◆ Large images can be directly annotated and do not have to be cropped.
more - Support iOS 26
- New icon with Liquid Glass design
- Improve location info saving
2.11.1 08/10/2025
- Support iOS 26
- New icon with Liquid Glass design
- Improve location info saving
2.11 21/09/2025
- Support new iPhones and iPads
- Support latest iOS
- Improved UI on iPad
- Support keyboard shortcuts
- Update some icons inside app
2.10 08/11/2023
* Support iPhone 12.
* If you only allow Annotable to access Selected Photos on iOS 14, you can now conveniently add access to more photos by tapping the + button in album.
2.9 19/01/2021
* Bug fix: Hold your finger for 1 second, Annotable will enter a precise mode with a See-Through Loupe to show what's under your finger. The See-Through Loupe doesn't work properly on iOS 14.
2.8 05/10/2020
* Dark Mode on iOS 13.
* Bug fixes.
If you feel good about this update please consider leaving a good review :) Thanks.
Happy annotating,
Ling
2.7 24/05/2020
- Fix: changing color for Redaction tool may cause crash.
2.6.4 05/01/2020
* Support iOS 13.
* Support new iPad.
2.6.3 25/09/2019
* Fix memory usage issue on iOS 13.
2.6.2 20/08/2019
Bug fix: sharing to Dropbox no longer crashes.
2.6.1 19/07/2019
* Improve the photo capturing flow: you take a photo, I open it automatically.
* If you use Share Sheet from other apps like Photos to send images to Annotable, you are using Action Extension of Annotable. Action Extension has a severe memory limitation set by iOS system. If you annotate large images this way it is quite likely that system will kill Annotable due to overuse of memory. The recommended way to annotate large images is using Annotable's main app, that is to say, launching Annotable by tapping its icon from your Home screen. That being said, I've reduced memory usage so you should be less likely to encounter this issue even if you use Action Sheet. However, if you do still encounter this issue, please let me know via Settings > Email Feedback.
2.6 23/06/2019
Bug fix.
2.5.1 29/12/2018
* Support for new iPad Pros and iOS 12.1.
* Accessibility improvement: when Reduce Transparency is turned on in system settings, buttons for Spotlight tools are more visible now.
* Bug fix: in version 2.4 I accidentally made pointers of Text and Loupe too small. If you don't know what I am talking about, go add a text or loupe, keep it selected, drag its center point(I call it pointer) out, then tap it.
2.5 07/11/2018
Bug fix: adding text may cause crash.
2.4.1 24/09/2018
* Support new iPhones.
* 1D Snapping for Crop tool: 1d resizing also supports snapping. It's useful when you want to crop to a perfect square but have already adjust 1 dimension to the perfect size.
* Remember last selected album to make it more convenient for people who frequently annotate images from some specific albums, for example, Screenshots.
* Support Hidden album.
* Offer a smaller minimum line width, rectangle size and font size. You may need them for low resolution images.
* Bug fixes.
You can vote existing feature requests with a Trello account using Settings > Help and send new feature requests using Settings > Email Feedback.
If you feel good about this update please consider leaving a good review :) Thanks.
Happy annotating,
Ling
2.4 17/09/2018
* Support iPhone X.
* Curved Arrows: now arrows can be bent into curves by dragging the middle point around.
* Bug fixes.
* Annotable in your language:
・ Dutch localization by Leo Kennis.
・ Currently App Store supports these languages: Danish, Finnish, Greek, Indonesian, Korean, Malay, Vietnamese.
・ If your language is one of above and you want to help translate Annotable into your language please use Settings > Email Feedback to contact me.
You can vote existing feature requests with a Trello account using Settings > Help and send new feature requests using Settings > Email Feedback.
If you feel good about this update please consider leaving a good review :) Thanks.
Happy annotating,
Ling
2.3 06/11/2017
* Annotable in your language:
・ Spanish localization by 0mie.
・ Currently App Store supports these languages: Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Greek, Indonesian, Korean, Malay, Vietnamese.
・ If your language is one of above and you want to help translate Annotable into your language please use Settings > Email Feedback to contact me.
* Support Drag & Drop on iPad running iOS 11:
・ Drag a text from another app(if it supports text dragging) and drop on the canvas to add a text annotation.
・ Drag an image from another app(if it supports image dragging) and drop on the canvas or the album to start annotating the image.
・ Drag the preview image from the share sheet and drop in another app(if it supports image dropping) to quickly send the annotated image there.
* Bug fixes.
You can vote existing feature requests with a Trello account using Settings > Help and send new feature requests using Settings > Email Feedback.
If you feel good about this update please consider leaving a good review :) Thanks.
Happy annotating,
Ling
2.2 16/09/2017
* A bunch of freehand tools:
・ Freehand Highlighter: a nice complement to Text Highlighter when text cannot be perfectly detected.
・ Freehand Spotlight
・ Freehand Pixelation
・ Freehand Blur
・ Freehand Redaction
* Pixelation, Blur and Redaction tools are merged into one tool which I call Obscuration.
・ It means you can easily change among all the 5 styles of obscuration to pick the best one. Before this merger, if you want to change from blur to pixelation you have to delete the blur annotation and redraw a pixelation annotation.
・ Another benefit of this merger: if you have unlocked either of Blur or Pixelation you now have access to all the Obscuration styles.
* Text Redaction: when it comes to redacting text, this specifically designed tool is so much more convenient and effective than the general Rectangle and Freehand Redaction tools. It uses the same "magic" used by Text Highlighter.
* Safari Extension: you can now conveniently take a screenshot of the web page you are reading in Safari, either for only the visible part or the whole page, and annotate it directly using the Action Extension of Annotable. Due to the strict memory limitation of Action Extensions set by the iOS system, the screenshot will be opened in the main app of Annotable if it is too large for the Action Extension to handle. Also, due to some other system limitations, Annotable may be unable to take whole page screenshots of some web pages.
* You can now disable snapping when you want exact control: just hold your finger still for 1 second to enter See Through mode. No more frustration for small angle rotation.
* Bug fixes.
You can vote existing feature requests with a Trello account using Settings > Help and send new feature requests using Settings > Email Feedback.
If you feel good about this update please consider leaving a good review :) Thanks.
Happy annotating,
Ling
2.1.1 14/06/2017
* A bunch of freehand tools:
・ Freehand Highlighter: a nice complement to Text Highlighter when text cannot be perfectly detected.
・ Freehand Spotlight
・ Freehand Pixelation
・ Freehand Blur
・ Freehand Redaction
* Pixelation, Blur and Redaction tools are merged into one tool which I call Obscuration.
・ It means you can easily change among all the 5 styles of obscuration to pick the best one. Before this merger, if you want to change from blur to pixelation you have to delete the blur annotation and redraw a pixelation annotation.
・ Another benefit of this merger: if you have unlocked either of Blur or Pixelation you now have access to all the Obscuration styles.
* Text Redaction: when it comes to redacting text, this specifically designed tool is so much more convenient and effective than the general Rectangle and Freehand Redaction tools. It uses the same "magic" used by Text Highlighter.
* Safari Extension: you can now conveniently take a screenshot of the web page you are reading in Safari, either for only the visible part or the whole page, and annotate it directly using the Action Extension of Annotable. Due to the strict memory limitation of Action Extensions set by the iOS system, the screenshot will be opened in the main app of Annotable if it is too large for the Action Extension to handle. Also, due to some other system limitations, Annotable may be unable to take whole page screenshots of some web pages.
* You can now disable snapping when you want exact control: just hold your finger still for 1 second to enter See Through mode. No more frustration for small angle rotation.
* Bug fixes.
You can vote existing feature requests with a Trello account using Settings > Help and send new feature requests using Settings > Email Feedback.
If you feel good about this update please consider leaving a good review :) Thanks.
Happy annotating,
Ling
2.1 13/06/2017
Annotable 2 is here!
* Annotable in your language:
・ Turkish localization by Batuhan Çakır.
・ Currently App Store supports these languages: Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Greek, Indonesian, Korean, Malay, Portuguese, Spanish, Vietnamese.
・ If your language is one of above and you want to help translate Annotable into your language please use Settings > Email Feedback to contact me.
* Tool customization: you can now customize your toolbox to only show commonly used tools. But don't worry, you can still show all tools by long pressing the tool button.
* Color customization($): you can now edit, add, delete and reorder colors. If the default colors are not to your taste make your own colors. BTW, all the default colors are now free. If you've unlocked All Colors in Annotable 1 you get Color Customization for free.
* Improved size adjustment: you can now adjust line width and font size continuously with the new size slider. If you prefer quick jumps or size uniformity among all annotations like in the old days, you can simply tap the 3 blue dots. It's the best of both worlds! I'm really proud of this design :)
* Text 2.0: the text tool is improved so much that I'd like to call it 2.0 :)
1. Fonts, a lot of fonts! ($)
2. Styles: simple, outlined, sticker, stamp and label. ($)
3. Pointers: null, dot, arrow and number. Number pointer is especially cool! ($)
4. Text now maintains its layout when its font size changes.
* More arrow styles: tap the knob at the arrow head to change style. With this new design, the 2 original arrow tools are now merged into 1.
* Filled rectangle: I learned from some law student that it is customary to use black boxes instead of Pixelation or Blur for obfuscating legal documents. I tried it and found it looks nice in other places too.
* Bug fixes.
$ means it is a paid-only feature. As promised, if you paid to Unlock All in Annotable 1 you get all the new features for free.
You can vote existing feature requests with a Trello account using Settings > Help and send new feature requests using Settings > Email Feedback.
If you feel good about this update please consider leaving a good review :) Thanks.
Happy annotating,
Ling
2.0 26/04/2017
Sorry I screwed up by accidentally releasing the test version of Annotable in last update. Some features are paid to unlock via In-App Purchases and are restored to be so. If you were misled to think that all features are free I'm sorry again.
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About Annotable 2
I'll start developing Annotable 2 soon. I have many good ideas for it, with respect to both new features and new designs. I'm pretty sure it will be an even better image annotation app.
I've decided to make it a free upgrade: If you pay to Unlock All in Annotable 1 you'll get all new features for free in Annotable 2.
Good things take time. Besides, we just got a new family member and she needs a lot of my attention :). So please be patient.
Happy holiday! See you next year.
Ling
1.11.3 03/01/2017
1.11.2
* Improve performance of Text Marking tool: Greatly improved the performance of my Text Detection algorithm. You may have noticed a spinner when using Text Marking tool spinning for quite a while. Now the spinning time should be much shorter.
* Bug fix: Text Marker flashes when crossing lines.
* Bug fix: Shouldn't display red squiggles under misspelled words in result image.
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1.11
* Customizable zoom scales for Loupe: 2×, 3×, 4×. Be aware that the larger the zoom scale is the lower the resolution is.
* Rotation support for Pixelation, Blur, Spotlight. It is for obfuscating or highlighting things in pictures that are not upright.
* Confirmation feedback after sharing, including saving and copying.
* Bug fixes.
You can read the complete and detailed release notes in Settings > Help.
If you feel good about this update please consider leaving a good review :) Thanks.
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About Annotable 2
I'll start developing Annotable 2 soon. I have many good ideas for it, with respect to both new features and new designs. I'm pretty sure it will be an even better image annotation app.
I've decided to make it a free upgrade: If you pay to Unlock All in Annotable 1 you'll get all new features for free in Annotable 2.
Good things take time. Besides, we just got a new family member and she needs a lot of my attention :). So please be patient.
Happy holiday! See you next year.
Ling
1.11.2 02/01/2017
1.11.1
* Urgent bug fix: cannot share image to some apps that support image sharing.
1.11
* Customizable zoom scales for Loupe: 2×, 3×, 4×. Be aware that the larger the zoom scale is the lower the resolution is.
* Rotation support for Pixelation, Blur, Spotlight. It is for obfuscating or highlighting things in pictures that are not upright.
* Confirmation feedback after sharing, including saving and copying.
* Bug fixes.
You can read the complete and detailed release notes in Settings > Help.
If you feel good about this update please consider leaving a good review :) Thanks.
---
About Annotable 2
I'll start developing Annotable 2 soon. I have many good ideas for it, with respect to both new features and new designs. I'm pretty sure it will be an even better image annotation app.
I've decided to make it a free upgrade: If you pay to Unlock All in Annotable 1 you'll get all new features for free in Annotable 2.
Good things take time. Besides, we just got a new family member and she needs a lot of my attention :). So please be patient.
Happy holiday! See you next year.
Ling
1.11.1 22/12/2016
* Customizable zoom scales for Loupe: 2×, 3×, 4×. Be aware that the larger the zoom scale is the lower the resolution is.
* Rotation support for Pixelation, Blur, Spotlight. It is for obfuscating or highlighting things in pictures that are not upright.
* Confirmation feedback after sharing, including saving and copying.
* Bug fixes.
You can read the complete and detailed release notes in Settings > Help.
If you feel good about this update please consider leaving a good review :) Thanks.
---
About Annotable 2
I'll start developing Annotable 2 soon. I have many good ideas for it, with respect to both new features and new designs. I'm pretty sure it will be an even better image annotation app.
I've decided to make it a free upgrade: If you pay to Unlock All in Annotable 1 you'll get all new features for free in Annotable 2.
Good things take time. Besides, we just got a new family member and she needs a lot of my attention :). So please be patient.
Happy holiday! See you next year.
Ling
1.11 20/12/2016
- Support iOS 26
- New icon with Liquid Glass design
- Improve location info saving
more Version 2.11.1 08/10/2025
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