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Best AR Drawing Apps for iPhone (2026)

19 apps ranked S through F · · Ranked by AppTierList, computed, never sold · JSON

Part of Drawing.

Artrace: AR Drawing & Sketch is the top-ranked of 19 AR drawing apps on iPhone, at S tier with 4.7/5 from 74,102 ratings.

  1. 1
    Artrace: AR Drawing & SketchS
    Free download · ★ 4.7 · 74,102 ratings · score 96
  2. 2
    PicTrace®: AR Drawing & SketchS
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 59,489 ratings · score 95
  3. 3
    AR Drawing How to Draw SketchS
    Free download · ★ 4.7 · 24,616 ratings · score 95
  4. 4
    AR Drawing: Sketch & PaintS
    Free download · ★ 4.5 · 94,014 ratings · score 93
  5. 5
    AR Sketch Anime: Trace DrawingS
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 11,910 ratings · score 92

What belongs in this list

Draw on paper by following an image or sketch shown through the phone camera.

Not here: a drawing canvas alone; a drawing lesson video alone; a tracing light box without camera alone; a coloring book alone; a photo filter alone

How we pick

For this list we ask the App Store the same searches a person would, in several countries, and keep every app it returns. A model reads each app's listing and rejects the ones that only mention the use case. Every app that stays is scored out of 100 from four parts, each 0 to 100 and averaged with no weights: its App Store rating, how many people rated it, where the App Store itself ranks it for this list's searches, and how recently its current version shipped. An app showing Apple's Editors' Choice badge gets a fifth part of 100, which can only lift its score. Tiers follow fixed score bands: S from 90, A from 80, B from 70, C from 60, D from 50, F below. The list's leader is S if it scores 80 or more. On a list of 20 or more ranked apps, a tier from S to D takes in new apps only up to a quarter of the top 40: an app pushed out of a full tier falls to the next tier with room, and F takes the rest. An app already in a tier keeps its place while the tier is at most 2 apps over a quarter; past that, only the apps over that margin go down, lowest score first. Equal scores share a tier, and no app has a better tier than an app ranked above it. An app keeps its tier until its score passes the band edge by more than 1 point, or a full tier or the order above moves it. Only the top 40 of a list get a tier. Read the full method →

S
ArtracePicTrace®AR Drawing How to Draw SketchAR DrawingAR Sketch AnimeAR Drawing Sketch AI
A
Da Vinci EyeAR Drawing AppHow to Draw Anime EasyARtie LabSketcharPainter EyeAR Projector
B
AR Tracing
C
DrawsyArt TracerAR Sketch StudioHow to Draw, Step by step
D
None at D yet
F
AR Draw

Compare every app

  1. 1
    Artrace: AR Drawing & SketchS
    Free download · ★ 4.7 · 74,102 ratings · score 96 · best in class
  2. 2
    PicTrace®: AR Drawing & SketchS
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 59,489 ratings · score 95 · best in class
  3. 3
    AR Drawing How to Draw SketchS
    Free download · ★ 4.7 · 24,616 ratings · score 95 · best in class
  4. 4
    AR Drawing: Sketch & PaintS
    Free download · ★ 4.5 · 94,014 ratings · score 93 · best in class
  5. 5
    AR Sketch Anime: Trace DrawingS
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 11,910 ratings · score 92 · best in class
  6. 6
    AR Drawing Sketch AI - ArtEasyS
    Free download · ★ 4.6 · 9,397 ratings · score 91 · best in class
  7. 7
    Da Vinci Eye: AR Trace & DrawA
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.5 · 11,914 ratings · score 90 · excellent
  8. 8
    AR Drawing App - SketchifyA
    Free download · ★ 4.6 · 4,679 ratings · score 89 · excellent
  9. 9
    How to Draw Anime EasyA
    Free download · ★ 4.5 · 8,418 ratings · score 89 · excellent
  10. 10
    ARtie Lab: AR Drawing & SketchA
    Free download · ★ 4.7 · 5,953 ratings · score 88 · excellent
  11. 11
    Sketchar: AR Drawing AppA
    Free download · ★ 4.2 · 9,831 ratings · score 88 · excellent
  12. 12
    Painter Eye: AR Drawing AppA
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 6,188 ratings · score 87 · excellent
  13. 13
    AR Projector Tracing & DrawingA
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.4 · 6,672 ratings · score 80 · excellent
  14. 14
    AR Tracing: Drawing by TayasuiB
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.3 · 2,752 ratings · score 77 · good
  15. 15
    Drawsy: AR Draw for SketchingC
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 2,566 ratings · score 67 · situational · provisional
  16. 16
    Art Tracer: Photo To DrawingC
    Free download · ★ 4.6 · 3,553 ratings · score 67 · situational · provisional
  17. 17
    AR Sketch StudioC
    Free download · ★ 4.6 · 2,436 ratings · score 66 · situational · provisional
  18. 18
    How to Draw, Step by stepC
    Free download · ★ 4.5 · 2,875 ratings · score 66 · situational · provisional
  19. 19
    AR Draw to Sketch PhotoF
    Free download · ★ 4.0 · 2,382 ratings · score 34 · avoid · provisional

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Questions people ask

What is the best AR drawing app for iPhone?
Artrace: AR Drawing & Sketch, S tier, ranked #1 of 19, rated 4.7 by 74,102 people.
Which AR drawing apps are free?
19 of 19 are free to download: Artrace: AR Drawing & Sketch (S), PicTrace®: AR Drawing & Sketch (S), AR Drawing How to Draw Sketch (S), AR Drawing: Sketch & Paint (S) and more. 7 of them sell in-app purchases.
Which AR drawing app has the best App Store rating?
ARtie Lab: AR Drawing & Sketch at 4.7 from 5,953 ratings.
How many AR drawing apps reach S or A tier?
13 of 19. Tiers follow fixed score bands: S from 90, A from 80, B from 70, C from 60, D from 50, F below. The list's leader is S if it scores 80 or more. On a list of 20 or more ranked apps, a tier from S to D takes in new apps only up to a quarter of the top 40: an app pushed out of a full tier falls to the next tier with room, and F takes the rest. An app already in a tier keeps its place while the tier is at most 2 apps over a quarter; past that, only the apps over that margin go down, lowest score first. Equal scores share a tier, and no app has a better tier than an app ranked above it. An app keeps its tier until its score passes the band edge by more than 1 point, or a full tier or the order above moves it. Only the top 40 of a list get a tier.

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