Best AR drawing & tracing apps for Android
AR drawing and tracing apps lay a translucent picture over the camera view, so you can follow its lines in pencil and copy it onto a sheet of paper.
17 apps ranked · How we rank
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A well-stocked camera tracing aid for beginners, free with ads and in-app purchases.
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Number 2: AR Drawing Paint Sketch Trace
ideaFun - Pixel Art Coloring Games Color by Number
4.8 out of 5 (75.8K) 5M+ installs
A focused, free tracing projector that suits hobby artists who want help with outlines and do not mind ads.
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A focused, camera-based tracing app for anime fans who want step-by-step practice, free with ads and in-app purchases.
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A free, ad-supported AR tracing tool that turns any photo into a followable outline for drawing with a pencil and paper.
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A free, ad-supported AR tracing app that suits beginners and cartoon hobbyists who want guided practice with pencil and paper.
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A focused, free tracing aid that suits beginners and hobbyists who want to draw on real paper with a camera overlay.
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A free, ad-supported AR tracing app that suits beginners and hobbyists learning anime art from templates.
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A free, ad-free tracing aid that suits beginners, casual sketchers and families, with the usual limits of tracing as a learning method.
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A focused, free tracing tool that turns your phone or tablet into a lightbox for copying images onto paper.
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A free, no-ads tracing aid that gives beginners a confident first line and hobbyists a way to record the process.
More of the best AR drawing & tracing apps
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11
AI Drawing : Trace & Sketch
The App Company INC
4.2
5M+
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12
Trace Drawing－Sketch and Paint
GeniusTools Labs
4.4
5M+
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13
AR Sketch: Trace Drawing
CEM SOFTWARE LTD
4.1
1M+
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14
Tracer! Lightbox tracing app
Angel Koh
4.0
500K+
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15
AR Sketch : Sketch & Trace
NowTech - Halo Group
3.9
500K+
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16
Cupixel: Photo Tracing App
Cupixel Inc.
3.4
100K+
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17
Tracer (Pro)
Arun K Babu
100+
About AR drawing & tracing apps
Hobbyists, students and anyone practicing lettering, portraits or murals use them as a steady reference. Tracing removes the guesswork of judging proportions by eye and lets you copy a photo, logo or sketch without a light table or projector. Some keep the overlay simple and free; others add filters, line extraction and timelapse recording behind a subscription. The fit depends on how precisely the image must line up with the sheet and how much tooling you want beyond basic tracing.
What to look for
- Check how the overlay is aligned and stabilized, because a picture that drifts with small hand movements makes clean lines hard to follow.
- Look at whether the image can be locked, resized, and made more or less transparent, since tracing a faint photo over bright paper needs different settings than copying a dark logo.
- Consider the export and capture options, such as saving the overlay as a still frame or recording the drawing, if the finished work needs to be shared.
- See what the free tier includes and what a subscription unlocks, since limits on saved projects or resolution can decide whether the app stays useful.
- Review the permissions requested, especially camera and storage access, and whether the app works without an account or network connection.
How we rank
Apps are ranked by their Google Play rating (weighted by how many people rated them), their number of installs, how recently they were updated and how closely they fit the category. Only apps we've reviewed are included.