You Doodle - draw on photos
What is You Doodle?
You Doodle is a photo editing and drawing app with many tools, including brushes, text, shapes, layers, stamps, stickers, frames and filters. It also works inside iMessage and the Photos app, and can export drawings as video, GIF or PDF.
Pricing. You Doodle - draw on photos is free to download on the App Store.
Good for
- Marking up a photo with arrows, shapes and text
- Making memes or collages from multiple photos
- Drawing on photos with an Apple Pencil on iPad Pro
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Why this app is in B tier
You Doodle scores 81 out of 100: rating 93, rating count 86, App Store search rank 57, update recency 87. The four parts are averaged with no weights, and B tier follows from that score within this list. The full explanation, as data.
Description
You Doodle has hundreds of tools! You can markup a photo, create a meme or any other type of project you can imagine. You Doodle does it all. Draw on photos, add text, insert shapes, work with layers, blending two photos, placing stamps, stickers, scrapbook with collage and frames plus many more tools are available in You Doodle. You may even create custom stamps and stickers right in the app. Drawing on photos has never been simpler. You Doodle works in iMessage and the photos app and supports Apple pencil, along with Adonit and Pogo Connect stylus. Dragging in and inserting images from other apps is a snap. No other app lets you draw on a photo as easily as You Doodle. You Doodle is a full featured art studio and here are some of the features: - iOS10+: use You Doodle in iMessage to add stickers, GIFs, APNGs, draw on photos, use the camera and much more! Save GIFs from Safari to the You Doodle iMessage app. - Many draw tools: brush, air-brush, shape and 3D brush, calligraphy pen, eraser, color picker, flood fill (super fast with real-time preview), spray, chalk, recolor (with tolerance), blur, smudge, clone stamp, scissors - Apple pencil support on iPad Pro - Backup and restore
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| Measure | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Tier | B | B | B |
| Score | 81 / 100 | 82 / 100 | 80 / 100 |
| Rating | 4.7 ★ | 4.1 ★ | 4.3 ★ |
| Ratings | 28.1K | 7.2K | 15.2K |
| Latest ratings · 180d | 4.7 ★ · 20 reviews | — | 2.3 ★ · 16 reviews |
| Last update | 140d ago | 1d ago | 26d ago |
| Price | Free download | Free + IAP | Free + IAP |
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Questions about You Doodle
Is You Doodle free?
The App Store listing shows the price as free. It mentions a pro version that adds a custom watermark option, but the listing does not give further pricing or purchase details.
Can I use it with an Apple Pencil?
Yes. The app supports Apple Pencil, notes Apple Pencil support on iPad Pro, and also mentions Adonit and Pogo Connect styluses.
Does it work outside the app?
The listing says You Doodle works in iMessage and the Photos app, and that drawings can be shared to services such as Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, Dropbox, Email, Text Message and Camera Roll.
What is You Doodle good for?
You Doodle is built for marking up a photo with arrows, shapes and text, making memes or collages from multiple photos, drawing on photos with an apple pencil on iPad pro. It sits in the drawing list on AppTierList.
Is You Doodle worth it?
You Doodle is B tier, ranked #26 of 40 drawing apps with a score of 81 out of 100, from a 4.7 App Store rating across 28,113 ratings. Good, and 25 apps rank above it.
How does You Doodle compare to Flow?
You Doodle is B tier at 81; Flow is B tier at 82. Flow ranks higher. You Doodle is free to download, Flow is free to download, with in-app purchases.
How often is You Doodle updated?
You Doodle was last updated on 2026-06-04, 140 days ago.
All the facts
- Lists
- Drawing (B tier, #26) · Photo Editing (#72, beyond the tiered top)
- Tier
- B (Good)
- Score
- 81 / 100
- Rank in list
- #26 of 40
- Ranking certainty
- settled
- Price
- Free download
- App Store rating
- 4.7 out of 5
- Number of ratings
- 28,113
- Recent reviews
- 4.7 from 20 in the last 180 days
- Current version
- (140 days ago)
- App Store data read
- App Store category
- Photo & Video
- Good for
- Marking up a photo with arrows, shapes and text, Making memes or collages from multiple photos, Drawing on photos with an Apple Pencil on iPad Pro
- Requires
- iOS 14.7 or later
- Size
- 58 MB
- Age rating
- 4+
- Languages
- 16
- Maker
- unclaimed
- As data
- JSON · why it ranks here
App Store data read · reviews · ranking · how it is computed