Phantrace

A redesigned canvas with a new tool sidebar and a layers drawer — trace any photo, work in layers, and replay every stroke, right on your iPad.

Phantrace turns any photo into a trace-ready canvas. Drop in a reference image, layer your sketch on top, and use Apple Pencil for precision work. When you're done, watch every stroke replay in order — perfect for sharing process or studying your own technique.

Built for iPad. Built around Apple Pencil. One purchase, yours forever.

CORE FEATURES

• Trace from any photo — import from Photos or Files, adjust opacity, scale, and position on the canvas • Multi-layer canvas — background image, overlay layers, and drawing layers, each independently togglable • Apple Pencil tools — pen, marker, eraser, with adjustable brush size and pressure • Drawing replay — every stroke is recorded automatically, play it back at any speed • Full color picker with recent colors and custom palettes • Folders to organize your drawings, sort by name or date • Light and dark canvas modes • Export as PNG with transparent backgrounds, save to Photos or Files

WHO IT'S FOR

• Tattoo artists building stencils over reference photos • Illustrators studying anatomy and gesture from photo references • Sketch artists who want a digital lightbox without a dedicated rig • Anyone who wants to trace a photo, a comic panel, or a doodle and learn from it

ONE-TIME UNLOCK

Phantrace is a single one-time purchase. Pay once, own it forever — including every future update. The free tier lets you try every tool with light usage caps; one unlock removes them.

EXISTING SUBSCRIBERS & ORIGINAL BUYERS

If you subscribed to Phantrace Pro under 1.x — or bought the app back when it was a paid download — you're automatically grandfathered into full access. No re-purchase needed. Just open the app. Legacy 1.x subscriptions keep renewing until you cancel them in Settings › Apple ID › Subscriptions; cancelling never takes away access you already have.

PRIVACY

Everything stays on your device. No accounts, no cloud sync, no analytics on your artwork.