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Best Drawing Tracing Apps for iPhone (2026)

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

Part of Drawing.

Artrace: AR Drawing & Sketch is the top-ranked of 17 drawing tracing 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 95
  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 93
  4. 4
    AR Sketch Anime: Trace DrawingS
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 11,910 ratings · score 93
  5. 5
    Da Vinci Eye: AR Trace & DrawS
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.5 · 11,914 ratings · score 92

What belongs in this list

Trace an image onto paper by overlaying it on the camera view or screen so I can copy it by hand.

Not here: a blank drawing canvas alone; drawing lessons or step-by-step tutorials alone; a general image editor alone; the word trace in the title alone; a coloring book 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 DrawingAR SketchDa Vinci Eye
A
AR Drawing AppPainter EyeARtie LabAR Projector
B
DrawinGridTrace Table
C
How to Draw Anime EasyDrawsyArt TracerHow to Draw, Step by step
D
AR Tracing
F
AR Draw

Compare every app

  1. 1
    Artrace: AR Drawing & SketchS
    Free download · ★ 4.7 · 74,102 ratings · score 95 · 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 93 · best in class
  4. 4
    AR Sketch Anime: Trace DrawingS
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 11,910 ratings · score 93 · best in class
  5. 5
    Da Vinci Eye: AR Trace & DrawS
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.5 · 11,914 ratings · score 92 · best in class
  6. 6
    AR Drawing App - SketchifyA
    Free download · ★ 4.6 · 4,679 ratings · score 89 · excellent
  7. 7
    Painter Eye: AR Drawing AppA
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 6,188 ratings · score 89 · excellent
  8. 8
    ARtie Lab: AR Drawing & SketchA
    Free download · ★ 4.7 · 5,953 ratings · score 85 · excellent
  9. 9
    AR Projector Tracing & DrawingA
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.4 · 6,672 ratings · score 81 · excellent
  10. 10
    DrawinGridB
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 5,002 ratings · score 80 · good
  11. 11
    Trace Table - Light BoxB
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.4 · 10,557 ratings · score 80 · good
  12. 12
    How to Draw Anime EasyC
    Free download · ★ 4.5 · 8,418 ratings · score 68 · situational · provisional
  13. 13
    Drawsy: AR Draw for SketchingC
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 2,566 ratings · score 67 · situational · provisional
  14. 14
    Art Tracer: Photo To DrawingC
    Free download · ★ 4.6 · 3,553 ratings · score 67 · situational · provisional
  15. 15
    How to Draw, Step by stepC
    Free download · ★ 4.5 · 2,875 ratings · score 66 · situational · provisional
  16. 16
    AR Tracing: Drawing by TayasuiD
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.3 · 2,752 ratings · score 56 · weak · provisional
  17. 17
    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 drawing tracing app for iPhone?
Artrace: AR Drawing & Sketch, S tier, ranked #1 of 17, rated 4.7 by 74,102 people.
Which drawing tracing apps are free?
17 of 17 are free to download: Artrace: AR Drawing & Sketch (S), PicTrace®: AR Drawing & Sketch (S), AR Drawing How to Draw Sketch (S), AR Sketch Anime: Trace Drawing (S) and more. 9 of them sell in-app purchases.
Which drawing tracing app has the best App Store rating?
DrawinGrid at 4.7 from 5,002 ratings.
How many drawing tracing apps reach S or A tier?
9 of 17. 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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