# Draw and Tell

> Storytelling for kids!

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id504750621](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id504750621)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id504750621`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Duck Duck Moose LLC
- **Category:** Education
- **Rating:** 4.10 / 5 (45 ratings)
- **Version:** 2.3.3
- **Last updated:** 2020-08-24
- **First published:** 2012-02-29
- **Size:** 26 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-21
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/draw-and-tell/id504750621)
- **Privacy policy:** [http://www.duckduckmoose.com/privacy-policy](http://www.duckduckmoose.com/privacy-policy)

## Description

Draw and Tell is a creative app that brings children's stories to life! Use the tool to draw, color, decorate with stickers, create animations and record stories.

AWARDS: Parents’ Choice Gold Award; Selected by Apple as New and Noteworthy; Children’s Technology Review Editor’s Choice Award. 

AGES: 3-9.

CATEGORY: Creative Expression

ACTIVITIES

DRAW: Be creative!
- 27 crayons, paint brushes and colored pencils
- Rainbow and glow-in-the-dark crayons
- 150+ stickers with animals, food, cars, letters and more
- 32 backgrounds and 22 patterns

- 60+ stencils (iPad version only)

TELL: Create a story.
- Talk about your drawing or tell a story

- Move the stickers as you talk

- Create your own movie

COLOR & SHARE: Save a memory.
- Coloring pages with favorite Duck Duck Moose friends
- Save the drawings and recordings to your Photos and share with family and friends

ABOUT DUCK DUCK MOOSE 
(A subsidiary of Khan Academy)
Duck Duck Moose, an award-winning creator of educational mobile apps for families, is a passionate team of engineers, artists, designers, and educators. Founded in 2008, the company has created 21 top-selling titles and has received 21 Parents’ Choice Awards, 18 Children’s Technology Review Awards, 12 Tech with Kids’ Best Pick App Awards, and a KAPi award for “Best Children’s App” at the International Consumer Electronics Show. 

Khan Academy is a nonprofit with a mission to provide a free, world-class education for anyone, anywhere. Duck Duck Moose is now part of the Khan Academy family. Like all Khan Academy offerings, all Duck Duck Moose apps are now 100% free, without ads or subscriptions. 

For kids ages 2-6, don't miss Khan Academy Kids, our new early learning app to help young children with reading, writing, math and social-emotional development!

We’d love to hear from you! Visit us at www.duckduckmoose.com or drop us a line at support@duckduckmoose.com.

## Rankings

- #190,547 — Overall

## Review summary

Draw and Tell is praised as a fun, kid-friendly drawing app with broad age appeal, offering educational aspects and rich creativity (movies, stickers, palettes). Reviewers repeatedly note its appeal for toddlers and families, and for both kids and adults. The main downsides are recurring display issues on tablets (screen size fit/clickability), unreliable recording (recordings being deleted or not saved), and occasional freezing. Some users want more coloring content. Overall, it’s seen as charming and worthwhile, especially when bugs are fixed.

### Pros

- Fun and engaging for kids and adults
- Educational value (teaches numbers)
- Rich creative features (movies, decorating photos, stickers, palettes/effects)
- Family-friendly and suitable for a wide age range
- Worth the money / well-designed and enjoyable

### Cons

- Screen size/fit issues on iPad (screen too small, misfitting, clickable problems)
- Recording feature reliability problems (recordings get deleted or fail to save)
- Occasional freezing or performance glitches
- Limited content / needs more coloring options

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