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TracingMat

Yoko Nishimura

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Prices are current as of 10 Sept 2026.

TracingMat has no in-app products on record in the United States.

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TracingMat reviews

4.1 out of 5, based on 107 reviews.

What people like

  • Turns your tablet into a handy lightbox.
  • Easy brightness control helps with tracing details.
  • Completely free without annoying monthly subscriptions.

What they complain about

  • Ads block your view and distract you.
  • Images slide around while you try to trace.
  • Instructions are confusing and hard to find.
★★★★★ United Kingdom · v1.15.1 · 23 Jun 2026

The apps really good

Helped me do my levers shirt really good app

— dhsjskjsmajs

★☆☆☆☆ Poland · v1.17 · 25 Aug 2026

Dupa

Co chwilę się rusza i nic się nieda odrysować

— Gailnam

★★★★☆ Canada · v1.16 · 30 Jun 2026

It works and it’s free

It took a few minutes to figure out how to work it, but it does what I need it to. A tap on the photo allows you to resize and rotate as needed, then you can press the back button to “lock” the screen. My biggest issue with the tracing screen was the little advertisement on it, so I had to be careful not to touch it since safari would open up the ad site. I wish it had some settings for adjusting contrast and highlights too, but I just edited my photo separately then uploaded it to this app to trace. Overall, it’s simple and it works and it’s free. A lot of the other apps are extremely expensive and not worth the weekly subscription for my occasional tracing needs - so thank you!

— nicolemar—-

★★☆☆☆ United States · v1.15.1 · 9 Jun 2026

Ehh

I’m trying to trace but all it does is move 2 / 5

— Starberry Milkshake

★★★☆☆ Japan · v1.16 · 29 Jun 2026

中の上

一回タップしちゃったりとかしたら動くしサイズが大きくなるからそこが惜しい点 ダブルタップとかにしたら良好

— ちょい調整

★★★★★ Japan · v1.15.1 · 22 Jan 2026

めっちゃ良い

まさにこんなアプリを探してました。 刺繍の下絵をに布になぞり書きするために使っています。ありがとうございます。

— マツオヒカリ

★☆☆☆☆ United States · v1.15 · 30 Jul 2025

Can’t Zoom Photos

Worthless

— Taylor Mahaffey

★★★★☆ Canada · v1.15 · 29 Aug 2025

Needs work but does what is intended

The instructions on this are pretty well non existent. That being said. With a little bit of playing around you can quickly figure out how to get it working. A little better design to help see how to use the app and this would be perfect to me. But even at that it WORKS!

— Petryk21

★★☆☆☆ United States · v1.15 · 9 Aug 2025

Infuriating

I want to like this so much. With a few tweaks it'd be perfect. As it stands, it tests my patience every time I use it. Pros, it's simple and easy to use. You can adjust the screen brightness, zoom in and out on the picture. All that is great, but... The other tracing apps want you to pay for them by subscribing to a monthly plan. That's the only reason I didn't give this a 1 star. It truly is free, except it has an ad at the bottom of the screen that pulls up a webpage if you touch it, which you will because it's a tracing app. Make me watch an ad when I open the app. I don't care, but just don't put a clickable ad right in the middle of the screen. At least make the screen lock the ad in place too. You can lock the screen, but I still find myself swiping the screen or tapping the ad or hitting the settings button. I use this for simple line drawings to get the form down. Even doing something as simple as that I am taken out of my drawing two or three times minimum. I want this app, only I want it to completely lock the screen with the only way to unlock is by swiping a sliding bar at the bottom. That's it. So simple. That would be perfect. I will pay money right now for that app.

— Well3Yeah

★★★☆☆ Japan · v1.0 · 30 Oct 2020

最高

とても便利です!

— クリフクライム

★★★★★ Australia · v1.15.1 · 3 Jan 2026

Thank you!

I use this all the time for art projects. It’s so simple and helpful. You’re awesome for making this and keeping it free with such minimal ad intrusion.

— BlakeDavies

★☆☆☆☆ Japan · v1.15 · 30 Mar 2025

動きます

全然動いてイラつく

— らたらまやまらわはまなたををてをんや

★★★★☆ United States · v1.15 · 3 Jul 2025

It is ok

I’m giving this a four star cause it kept sliding into my different apps

— Kate, kitty cat, Kaitlyn

★★★★★ Japan · v1.15 · 12 Dec 2025

めっちゃおすすめ!

アプリ内だけで明るさを調節できるのと、固定したり、設定モードにしたりするのが一タップでできるのが良い! おすすめです!

— 楽しいけど少し改善してほしい

★☆☆☆☆ Japan · v1.15 · 19 Mar 2025

バナーは止められない

確かに画面は固定できるが、画面上下にあるバナーは触るとリンクへ飛んでしまうので意味ない。

— かりかりかりかり

★★★★☆ Japan · v1.13 · 18 Aug 2024

すごくいいけど

画像を固定できるのはすごくいい。 ただ、全画面に画像を表示させると広告が重なってその部分が見えなくなってしまうのが残念。 広告なしの有料版を出す予定はないでしょうか?

— 176254985

★★★★★ Japan · v1.15 · 6 Sept 2025

いーい

みんな星一だけど普通に良くない?

— 咲乃💛ᩚ🎧 ࣪⸝⸝꙳

★☆☆☆☆ United States · v1.13 · 9 Apr 2024

Doesn’t work at all

Trying to use the app, but the instructions aren’t clear. I uploaded a pic, & it’s not transparent so I can trace it. There’s no way to use this app. I don’t understand. There’s only 3 controls on screen - 1. Brighten or darken screen (but doesn’t create transparency).. 2. Camera. & 3. The Gear icon - which just brings up a poorly written few paragraphs kind of explaining things, but not really. There aren’t controls on screen to get me to a point in the app where I can actually try tracing anything. What is this? Why is it still in the App Store, it doesn’t actually do anything. (????) • Deleting now.

— Champ-Chad

★★★★☆ United States · v1.13 · 1 Feb 2024

Works well

I just wish there was a way to pay a one time fee to remove the ads so I can use more of my screen at a time.

— TWCrew

★★★★★ Japan · v1.14 · 29 Dec 2024

とてもいい

買い切り有料版を出して欲しい

— Micacocami

★☆☆☆☆ Japan · v1.12 · 5 Jan 2024

下位互換

書く度に画像が動いて使いにくい

— 暇猫者

★★★★★ United States · v1.13 · 17 Apr 2024

Hi

Nice app to use

— Please look!

★☆☆☆☆ United States · v1.12 · 15 Aug 2023

Pointless app

Pointless app to trace photos with paper

— trashtusday

★★★★★ United States · v1.13 · 27 Jan 2024

Simple and effective tracing app where photos don’t move while drawing

This is EXACTLY what I was looking for in simplicity and functionality. Sometimes I trace the outline of something and then do the details myself later but doing it on my iPad or iPhone is very frustrating because the picture keeps resizing. This app takes care of that. Not only do the images lock in place but you can easily adjust the brightness to make it very very bright. If you’re looking for something simple and effective for tracing using actual paper on your iPad then give this a try.

— hicsuntdrac0nis

★☆☆☆☆ Canada · v1.12 · 6 Aug 2023

A headache

If you want to import a drawing-try to trace it and then have it shift around and changes, this is for you

— Felix4588

★★★★★ United States · v1.13 · 13 Jan 2024

Great!

Just what I was looking for. I sketch a lot on my iPad and I wanted to move my sketch to paper. So super useful. I didn’t realize that you could tap the image and more features would pop up. It’s even more useful than I thought it was! I’m a watercolor artist and it’s so much easier to sketch in the iPad and then transfer to paper before painting vs redrawing again. :) Thanks to the developer for responding to my review with help. You are amazing!

— Valandelle

★★★★★ United States · v1.13 · 12 Jan 2024

Great!

A very convenient way to turn your tablet or phone into a lightbox. Useful for converting your digital linework into traditional. Simple but effective!

— Waddell of Lore

TracingMat FAQ

Is TracingMat free?
Yes. The app is free, in all 175 countries it sells in, and it sells nothing inside it.
Does TracingMat have a free trial?
No. None of its offers (US) come with a free trial.
What are the best alternatives to TracingMat?
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TracingMat download

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TracingMat sells in 175 countries. It was released 6 years and 8 months ago, on 6 Feb 2020. It holds a 4.1 rating from 107 reviews.

Supports 2 languages: English, Japanese.

How much does TracingMat make?

Third-party estimates for the last 30 days, worldwide — not the store's own figures, which Apple publishes for nobody.

Revenue < $5,000
Downloads 20K
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