TraceBuddy GU

Turn a phone or iPad into a kid-friendly tracing helper with saved drawings, shapes, photo stickers, custom words, colors, and brushes.

TraceBuddy helps families practice drawing, tracing, coloring, and early writing with a phone or iPad.

Pick a simple line-art picture, type a custom name or phrase, or choose a local image from the device. TraceBuddy can show the guide over real paper using the camera, or open a locked on-screen coloring canvas for finger and stylus practice.

Features:

• Camera-over-paper tracing with adjustable guide opacity, scale, rotation, and position
• On-screen coloring and tracing mode for times when paper setup is not available
• Previous Work gallery to resume, copy, delete, or start fresh from saved drawings
• Shapes and photo stickers for decorating practice drawings
• Save finished drawings to Photos
• Locked canvas by default so little hands can draw without accidentally moving the page
• Optional pan and zoom for tracing small details
• Built-in kid-friendly tracing templates
• Custom word, name, and phrase tracing
• Marker colors, brush sizes, and pencil, marker, crayon, paint, and eraser tools
• Local photo selection for tracing personal references
• No account, no ads, no analytics, and no cloud uploads

TraceBuddy is designed for parents and children to use together. A parent can pick or upload a guide, set up the camera or practice screen, and let the child trace, color, decorate, and save their work at their own pace.

Privacy is simple: camera video, selected images, custom words, drawings, and saved practice work stay on the device. TraceBuddy does not upload photos, drawings, or camera frames to a server.