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Tracing Buddy: Drawing Grid

by La Fáppbrica

iPhone · iPad

Active Last checked 31 Jul 2026

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What it is
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At a glance
  • Free to download
  • In-app purchases

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Key functions

Function Availability Access Scope Evidence
Family Sharing Yes Unknown App Store Store published
Free app Yes Free Store published
In-app purchases Yes Limited free Store published

Screens

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Tracing Buddy: Drawing Grid ipad screenshot 1
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Pricing & paywalls

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  • Premium Features — $9.99

Ratings & reviews

App Store

4.5 929 ratings · App Store

  1. 5/5Restore account on new iPhone

    I lost my old iPhone, and just got a new one, so had to manually download all my old apps and subscriptions. I’m paid up for a year so I just am looking to sign in, but the only prompts I can find involve me buying again. Is there a way I can just sign in on my new phone that has the same number as the old?

    heathen81 · 31 Jul 2026

  2. 5/5Great app for watercolor

    This is an awesome app for pencil drawing for watercolor…and the price is awesome. I would actually pay a little more for the lifetime ($20?), but really appreciate that is affordable. My favorite feature is the ability to tap of a square and isolate it for drawing. THIS IS AWESOME and sets the app apart from all the rest. I think my mind tries to fill in if I’m looking at the whole picture. For a long time I didn’t understand how to get back to the whole grid, so I thing a back arrow would be helpful. I finally figured out you just swipe. I would like the ability to crop the photo inside the app so I don’t have to go into Photos and crop the original. That would be a great feature. I do think getting a photo into the program and starting a new drawing is more difficult than it could be. Look at how Sketchbook and Procreate handle this with a gallery (and all other drawing programs). Maybe use icons instead of the words and plus sign…they run together and it’s hard to tap the right one on a phone. Maybe add a quick tutorial on that for now? I just wiped out a previous drawing by importing a photo over it. That said, this is hands-down the best app out there.

    Bad Kitty · 31 Jul 2026

  3. 5/5I love this

    This app is fantastic. I’ve had it on my phone for five minutes and i absolutely love it. If you’re looking for state-of-the-art, crazy modern, complex, super sophisticated, then it might not be for you. What I love about it is that it’s so well-designed — the concept is brilliant. I’ve been doing the grid technique, old-school, by hand, for four decades … And in one fell swoop this app has enabled me to skip all that and do it directly, digitally, right on the photo on my phone. Bravo!!

    Annatagary · 31 Jul 2026

  4. 3/5WHY is the lock feature SO BAD

    Finally!! A tracing app with a lock so my fingers don’t move the image every two seconds! NOPE. One finger is okay, but as soon as it senses two, your image slides around, you tap out of the screen, etc. how hard is it to make a true lock, where NOTHING will move the image until the lock is tapped again?? Honestly so aggravating… time to keep searching for another app or just use my laptop screen. So disappointed. Update- looking forward to the next app update! I will try again then. Thank you so much for your response!

    LMizuho · 31 Jul 2026

  5. 5/5Great app with so much potential!

    Tracing buddy is exactly the app I needed for when I am using Procreate to draw on my ipad. I find it a lot easier to have the image separate from the Procreate app, but I also like having a grid overlay to help with image proportions and perspective. Another thing I like about this app is the realistic pricing it offers, 2.99/year for a subscription or 4.99 for a lifetime unlock. I appreciate that it is not pricing me out of the pro option by being 2.99/week or something ridiculous like some other apps. Finally, my suggestions that would improve my user experience would be: 1. The ability to rotate the image in the same way you zoom in, so you’d pinch out to Zoom in and rotate your fingers to adjust the image. 2. The ability to have a number overlay for the grid with the option to start the 0 in different positions. As you could drag the 0 along the vertical and horizontal side to adjust where the numbering starts - with it snapping to the center points. 3. The ability to set the grid size based on a specific measurement (e.g., inches, millimeters, centimeters, pixels, and points) That’s what I have for now from spending about 30 minutes with the app!

    RemoteChaos · 31 Jul 2026

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Versions

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  • 2.4.1

    The fun updates: - Project Management. Now you can save grid settings to swap between projects as you need (Premium functionality) The boring updates: - The settings screen has been redesigned. This is the start of a major redesign of the app - As usual, a bunch of bugs get solved and third-party services updated to their newest releases - Supplemental update 2.4.1 fixes issue where the initial project creation wasn’t handled correctly for some users

  • 2.4.2

    The fun updates: - Project Management. Now you can save grid settings to swap between projects as you need (Premium functionality) The boring updates: - The settings screen has been redesigned. This is the start of a major redesign of the app - As usual, a bunch of bugs get solved and third-party services updated to their newest releases - Supplemental update 2.4.1 fixes issue where the initial project creation wasn’t handled correctly for some users - Supplemental update 2.4.2 fixes crash when selecting image

  • 2.4.3

    The fun updates: - Project Management. Now you can save grid settings to swap between projects as you need (Premium functionality) The boring updates: - The settings screen has been redesigned. This is the start of a major redesign of the app - As usual, a bunch of bugs get solved and third-party services updated to their newest releases - Supplemental update 2.4.1 fixes issue where the initial project creation wasn’t handled correctly for some users - Supplemental update 2.4.2 fixes crash when selecting image - Supplemental update 2.4.3 includes bug fixes for project management and a redesigned purchases screen with dark mode capabilities. Dark mode will soon be available inside the whole app!

  • 2.4.4

    The fun updates: - Project Management. Now you can save grid settings to swap between projects as you need (Premium functionality) The boring updates: - The settings screen has been redesigned. This is the start of a major redesign of the app - As usual, a bunch of bugs get solved and third-party services updated to their newest releases - Supplemental update 2.4.4 fixes an issue where purchasing price would not be properly formatted for some currencies

  • 3.0

    This is the biggest update since the release of the app! The fun updates: - Dark mode is here! This means that every screen in the app has been modified. You are going to see changes everywhere! - Main Screen has been modified with a more intuitive UI, plus a new image scroll logic with more padding has been applied to other screens - Grid Settings screen has been completely rewritten - Main Grid screen now offers a more constant logic to draw grid lines - A bunch of usability tweaks all over the app - Check the new “Colors” section in the app settings screen if you find problems with contrast using Dark Mode - App is iOS 15 ready - App icon is now brighter, do you like it? The boring updates: - As usual, third-party services are updated to the latest releases Stay tuned for new updates, we are already working on new functionality!

  • 3.0.1

    This is the biggest update since the release of the app! The fun updates: - Dark mode is here! This means that every screen in the app has been modified. You are going to see changes everywhere! - Main Screen has been modified with a more intuitive UI, plus a new image scroll logic with more padding has been applied to other screens - Grid Settings screen has been completely rewritten - Main Grid screen now offers a more constant logic to draw grid lines - A bunch of usability tweaks all over the app - Check the new “Colors” section in the app settings screen if you find problems with contrast using Dark Mode - App is iOS 15 ready - App icon is now brighter, do you like it? The boring updates: - As usual, third-party services are updated to the latest releases Supplemental update 3.0.1 fixes animations issues Stay tuned for new updates, we are already working on new functionality!

  • 3.1

    The fun updates: - Introducing the person detection filter. Remove the background of pictures with people in them, makes portraits and figure drawing transfers simpler (Requires premium features and iOS 15) The boring updates: - As always, a bunch of bugs are getting rid of, and third-party services get updated to their latest releases

  • 3.1.1

    The fun updates: - Introducing the person detection filter. Remove the background of pictures with people in them, makes portraits and figure drawing transfers simpler (Requires premium features and iOS 15) The boring updates: - As always, a bunch of bugs are getting rid of, and third-party services get updated to their latest releases - Supplemental version 3.1.1 fixes a crash in the onboarding screen

  • 3.1.2

    The fun updates: - Introducing the person detection filter. Remove the background of pictures with people in them, makes portraits and figure drawing transfers simpler (Requires premium features and iOS 15) The boring updates: - As always, a bunch of bugs are getting rid of, and third-party services get updated to their latest releases - Supplemental version 3.1.1 fixes a crash in the onboarding screen - Supplemental version 3.1.2 places a limit to the number of times we'll ask you for review, also added the app version to the bottom of the settings screen for customer service purposes

  • 3.2

    This release changes the logic to display ads. We also took the time to squash a bunch of bugs and introduce a way for you to share a link to the app with your friends

  • 3.2.1

    This version fixes an issue were the state of the app could be affected if a lifetime purchase was bought while a trial was active

  • 3.2.2

    Fixes issues with advertisement for users in the European Union

  • 3.2.3

    This version fixes an issue where certain JPG images couldn't be loaded, also adds clarifications in the purchasing screen

  • 3.3

    Cart button in the main grid screen gets removed! Third party libraries get updated to their newest releases, plus usability improvements included

  • 3.3.1

    Added an indicator to find the image selection button during the first opening of the app

  • 3.4

    This version adds more export options Besides the usual file type selection, you can also choose JPG quality and scale the output image. Don't like to see the prompt so often? Disable it in the settings screen and choose default options Third-party services are also updated to latest releases

  • 3.5

    Introducing Video Tutorials! Hope they will help you how to use the features of the app. Find them in the settings screen This update includes compatibility with the lates iOS release, plus, third party services get update.

  • 3.6

    Error handling inside the app gets centralized, you shouldn't notice any differences, but it will make dev work better from now on

  • 3.6.1

    This version removes pre-fetching of full screen ads to minimize memory usage

  • 3.7

    Purchases logic has been completely rewritten to help us deal with uncommon cases that have occurred during the app's history

  • 3.7.1

    Purchases logic has been completely rewritten to help us deal with uncommon cases that have occurred during the app's history

  • 3.7.2

    Solves an issue where an user might be able to open two purchase screens at the same time

  • 3.7.3

    Fixes an incorrect handling of image proportions after choosing a project

  • 3.8

    Bug fixes and performance improvements, compiled for the new iOS release

  • 3.8.1 · 15 Jul 2025

    In this update, the “Lock” function on the main grid screen now prevents switching between screens and also keeps the grid fixed in place—no more unintentional zooming or moving! If you have any other suggestions, we’d love to hear them.

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