Canvas Software - Storyboard

Name: Canvas Software - Storyboard
Rating: 1.9 (24 reviews)
Author: Canvas Software LLC

A digital storytelling toolkit

Free

24 Ratings
Ages

4+
Years
Category

Graphics & Design
Developer

Canvas Software LLC
Language

EN
English
Size

28.2
MB

Storyboard provides the tools you need to create professional boards/animatics for film, tv, web, etc. Using the custom built Canvas7 drawing engine, Storyboard is able to take advantage of Apple's Metal API to efficiently render drawings on the screen. The process of storyboarding is extremely important in crafting visual stories. With the Storyboard app for the iPad, this part of the storytelling process can be taken on the go. Or, if you'd prefer, you can use Storyboard on a powerful desktop computer. Data: - Create new storyboards using the custom ".storyboarddoc" file format to quickly load and save your projects. - Import and export your Storyboards as files that can be saved to the Files app. - Export to MP4, PDF, and Image Sequence formats. Canvas: - Draw, erase, select, and transform. - Import images from Files, Photo Library, Camera, or Pexels. - Select colors using the HSL based color picker. - Choose from a small set of brushes or create your own using brush dynamics. - Use onion skin to see your previous storyboard panel. Panels and Scenes: - Split up your storyboard into different scenes for better organization. - Each panel maintains its own set of layers on the canvas. - Clear, duplicate, and delete panels by tapping on the currently selected panel. - Make changes to a panel's duration, title, dialogue, and more by using the panel information window. - Create smooth transitions between panels. - Work non-destructively by using Revisions to quickly look at different versions of the same panel. Please rate the app and leave reviews for what can be improved!

Ratings & Reviews

1.9

out of 5

24 Ratings

Its… Useable?
05/26/2025

bug4590
The layout is pretty simple and easy to navigate, some features like adjusting the length of a frame are pretty hard to find but other than that it’s fine. There’s no ads, so that’s pretty nice as well. Definitely has its problems though. There’s no autosave, so if you quit the app without manually saving your project, it’s gone. As far as I know there’s only one brush to use, and it’s VERY sensitive whenever you change its size, so it’s hard to get to a brush size you’re happy with. My biggest issue with the app though is that there’s no undo and redo shortcuts. I’m very used to Control Z and Control Y to easily undo and redo, but on here, you have to click the buttons to do so, which is really annoying. I’ve noticed that most of the reviews for this app date back to 4+ years ago and almost all of them mentioned at least one of the things I’ve listed, meaning that the devs know about these issues but do nothing to improve them. I honestly wouldn’t even recommend this to a beginner. If you’re just bored though and don’t mind doing things the mildly irritating way, then go ahead and try this out.. Wouldn’t recommend it for serious projects though.
Its… Useable?
05/26/2025

bug4590

The layout is pretty simple and easy to navigate, some features like adjusting the length of a frame are pretty hard to find but other than that it’s fine. There’s no ads, so that’s pretty nice as well. Definitely has its problems though. There’s no autosave, so if you quit the app without manually saving your project, it’s gone. As far as I know there’s only one brush to use, and it’s VERY sensitive whenever you change its size, so it’s hard to get to a brush size you’re happy with. My biggest issue with the app though is that there’s no undo and redo shortcuts. I’m very used to Control Z and Control Y to easily undo and redo, but on here, you have to click the buttons to do so, which is really annoying. I’ve noticed that most of the reviews for this app date back to 4+ years ago and almost all of them mentioned at least one of the things I’ve listed, meaning that the devs know about these issues but do nothing to improve them. I honestly wouldn’t even recommend this to a beginner. If you’re just bored though and don’t mind doing things the mildly irritating way, then go ahead and try this out.. Wouldn’t recommend it for serious projects though.
Crashes and loss of progress
11/24/2019

Cliwi
I'm working on a big project right now and the app crashes every few minutes. This would be fine if it autosaved the progress, but you have to manually save it which causes me to lose all the progress that I haven't saved before.I can't even get one frame done because of this. Please add an autosave feature to this app. Then this would be the perfect (free) app to storyboard
Crashes and loss of progress
11/24/2019

Cliwi

I'm working on a big project right now and the app crashes every few minutes. This would be fine if it autosaved the progress, but you have to manually save it which causes me to lose all the progress that I haven't saved before.I can't even get one frame done because of this. Please add an autosave feature to this app. Then this would be the perfect (free) app to storyboard
Almost Great
04/23/2019

sneheshs
Great app and ideas but there are some basic but very crucial feature missing.1. Please add auto save feature so even if it crashes we don't lose our work. Should be that hard to do. You can even get rid of the save button; is unnecessary then. 2. Please add a way to copy-paste cut-paste for drawing items (nodes in your app) as well as frames (panels in your app). It would be great if you could add create duplicate from previous frame instead of blank frame which would be very very helpful. 3. In the list of tools, it would be great if we could add images, gifs or another movie. 4. Ability to set global default frame rate and not just let frame. Hopefully the author is taking suggestions from the users. Looking forward to your next update with at least #1 and #2 features. Thank you for caring this app.
Almost Great
04/23/2019

sneheshs

Great app and ideas but there are some basic but very crucial feature missing.1. Please add auto save feature so even if it crashes we don't lose our work. Should be that hard to do. You can even get rid of the save button; is unnecessary then. 2. Please add a way to copy-paste cut-paste for drawing items (nodes in your app) as well as frames (panels in your app). It would be great if you could add create duplicate from previous frame instead of blank frame which would be very very helpful. 3. In the list of tools, it would be great if we could add images, gifs or another movie. 4. Ability to set global default frame rate and not just let frame. Hopefully the author is taking suggestions from the users. Looking forward to your next update with at least #1 and #2 features. Thank you for caring this app.
Crashes constantly
03/12/2024

missgreenie
I know you’re never gonna update this app again but it crashes like crazy. Can’t get a single thing done because it keeps happening and won’t save the changes I’ve made. It’s a shame because the bare bones features here work well for animated storyboarding and no other app has figured that out yet. Please fix it!!!
Crashes constantly
03/12/2024

missgreenie

I know you’re never gonna update this app again but it crashes like crazy. Can’t get a single thing done because it keeps happening and won’t save the changes I’ve made. It’s a shame because the bare bones features here work well for animated storyboarding and no other app has figured that out yet. Please fix it!!!

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Version 4.1

07/09/2023

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A digital storytelling toolkit

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Its… Useable?

Crashes and loss of progress

Almost Great

Crashes constantly

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