Tracery: AR Trace & Draw
Trace Photos onto Real Paper
$0.99 · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.
Put any picture over your paper and trace it with your own pencil. Use the camera, AR on desks and walls, or your screen as a lightbox. Made on your device.
Draw it for real.
Tracery lays any picture over your paper so you can trace it with your own pencil. Pick a photo, turn it into a clean outline, and follow the lines on screen while you draw on a real sheet. Great for sketching pets and portraits, lettering, murals, crafts, and learning to draw.
THREE WAYS TO TRACE
- Camera: prop your phone above the paper on a glass or a stack of books. The steadiest way for long drawings.
- AR: pin the picture to your desk or a wall, then move around freely. See its real size as you resize it.
- Lightbox: lay thin paper over your iPhone or iPad screen and trace the glow.
TURN ANY PHOTO INTO A GUIDE
- Outline: clean lines that are easy to follow
- Pencil: a soft sketch with shading
- Ink: bold shapes of light and dark
- Photo: the picture itself, faded as much as you like
- Subject only: hide a busy background behind a person, pet or object
- Guide colors in graphite, red, blue or white, so you can tell the guide from your own lines
MADE FOR DRAWING
- Drag, pinch and twist to line the picture up with your paper
- Lock it in place so nothing moves while you draw
- Grid overlay for checking proportions
- Mirror the picture with one tap
- Record a time-lapse of your paper as you draw, then save or share it
MORE TO TRACE
- Lettering: type a word or a quote, pick a typeface, and trace outlined or solid letters
- 13 starter drawings: mandalas, botanicals, waves, mountains, and warm-up sheets for ellipses and cubes in perspective
PRIVATE BY DESIGN
Every guide is made on your device. Your pictures are never uploaded, and Tracery works in Airplane Mode.
- No account
- No ads
- No watermarks
- No limits on what you trace
Requires iOS 17 or later.
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Data Not Collected
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Information
- Seller
- Hiroaki Tajima
- Size
- 2.9 MB
- Category
- Graphics & Design
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 17.0 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 17.0 or later. - iPad
Requires iPadOS 17.0 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 14.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
- English
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- Copyright
- © 2026 Hiroaki Tajima
