# Pocket Paint: draw and edit!

> Allows to use transparency on pictures, images and photos, & zoom up to pixels

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/org.catrobat.paintroid](https://chrome-stats.com/d/org.catrobat.paintroid)

## Overview

- **ID:** `org.catrobat.paintroid`
- **Platform:** Android
- **Type:** Android app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Catrobat
- **Category:** TOOLS
- **Downloads:** 3,082,150
- **Rating:** 4.37 / 5 (30,620 ratings)
- **Version:** 2.14.0
- **Last updated:** 2026-05-15
- **First published:** 2013-08-27
- **Publisher country:** AT
- **Size:** 3.44 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-14
- **Store listing:** [Google Play Store](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.catrobat.paintroid)
- **Website:** [https://catrobat.org/](https://catrobat.org/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://developer.catrobat.org/pages/legal/policies/privacy/](https://developer.catrobat.org/pages/legal/policies/privacy/)

## Description

Pocket Paint is a versatile drawing and image editing Chrome extension that enables users to work with transparency on pictures, images, and photos. It offers pixel-level zooming to help refine details closely, along with robust features like layers management, stickers, and a variety of versatile drawing tools including brushes, stamps, and fill tools.

Save your artwork in different formats such as .jpg, .png (lossless with transparency), or .ora (retaining layer information). Pocket Paint integrates seamlessly with Catrobat's Pocket Code app for creating animations, apps, and games directly on your smartphone. As a free and open source software project driven by volunteers, Pocket Paint encourages community feedback, collaboration, and contributions while fostering computational thinking skills for teens and users globally.

## Rankings

- #34,030 — Overall

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `android.permission.ACCESS_MEDIA_LOCATION`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE`
- `android.permission.INTERNET`
- `android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE`
- `android.permission.READ_MEDIA_IMAGES`

## Review summary

Top pros: ad-free, Windows Paint-like simplicity, strong zoom for detail, layer support, and privacy. Top cons: crashes and startup failures; save/size-res issue; lag on large images; unreliable layer functionality; UI/navigation quirks on certain devices.

### Pros

- Ad-free drawing experience with a Windows Paint-like feel
- Simple, lightweight interface that is easy for basic edits
- Excellent zoom/precision for detail work
- Layer support and transparency features (when working)
- Privacy-friendly app that doesn’t share data with third parties

### Cons

- Frequent crashes and startup/opening failures
- Saving sometimes reduces image size/resolution or causes data loss while editing
- Lag and slow performance, especially with larger images or long saves
- Layer feature reliability broken by updates (layers replaced instead of added)
- UI/navigation quirks on some devices (3-button nav hiding bottom options)

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/org.catrobat.paintroid)