# Court Canvas: Tennis Tactics — Tennis tactics board & drills > Fast tactical board for sports coaches to draw, animate, and share plays. (iPhone/iPad app by Daniel Rivera.) - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/court-canvas-tennis-tactics/id6759590357 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`) - Developer: [Daniel Rivera](https://appshunter.io/developer/1879706139) - Category: Sports, Education - Price: Free with in-app purchases - Rating: 5.00/5 from 3 App Store ratings - Age rating: 4+ - Requires: iOS 17.0 · 5 MB - Languages: American English - Released: 2026-02-25 - Data updated: 2026-09-07 - Monetization: free with in-app purchases - User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/court-canvas-tennis-tactics/id6759590357/reviews.md ## What is Court Canvas? Draw a tennis play in about ten seconds. Hit play and watch it move. Text it to your partner before you've left the parking lot. This one is for tennis nerds. People who weigh frames for swing weight and balance point, who spend the night before a tournament regripping and laying out towels, electrolytes and three outfits. If your rackets have a spreadsheet, hi. Draw it: - Drop players, drag to draw shots and movement. No mode to switch. - Shots curve. A slice looks like a slice, and you can reshape the arc by dragging it. - Write a cue like "split step" right where it happens. - Start from real patterns, or build a drill with cones, targets and a feed basket. Watch it: - Press play. A ball travels each shot and players walk their movement, so it reads like a point instead of a diagram. - Pause anywhere. Scrub, or step shot by shot while you talk. Send it: - Share a GIF or video. It opens on a title card, then animates. - Record a voice-over while the play runs (Pro). - Or send a live link that animates in their browser. - Add the situation ("30-15, set point") and it prints on the card. Keep it: - Unlimited plays, autosaved, with a private iCloud backup. Singles or doubles. Padel and pickleball too. - My Bag holds your frames: mains, crosses, both tensions, and when each was last strung. Pop a string and you can flag it from the court. It won't tell you whether the play is any good. That part is still yours. On iPad the tools sit at the screen edges and the Playbook opens beside the court. The same app runs on Apple Silicon Macs. Pro is a one-time $4.99. Narrated shares, your name on what you share instead of the Court Canvas mark, and dark mode. No subscription. No account, no login. Your plays live on your device. Anonymous usage stats only. Privacy policy: courtcanvas.com/privacy ## Key features - Draw plays with tap-to-stamp and drag-and-drop tools - Animate player movement between shots - Share animated GIFs of plays - Access starter plays and clone/tweak them - Add notes and organize plays in a playbook - Supports singles, doubles, padel, and pickleball ## Pricing and in-app purchases Base price: Free. **One-time purchases** | Purchase | Price | Type | | --- | --- | --- | | Court Canvas Pro | $6.99 | one-time | ## Frequently asked questions about Court Canvas ### How do I draw plays in Court Canvas? You can draw plays by tapping to stamp X marks and circles, and dragging to draw shot and movement arrows. The app features a no-mode-switching design for quick play creation. ### Can I animate player movement in Court Canvas? Yes, Court Canvas allows you to drag player pucks to show their movement between hits. When you hit 'Play', the animation visually demonstrates the player's path. ### How can I share my plays from Court Canvas? You can share your plays as animated GIFs directly from the app. Free shares will include the Court Canvas mark and a link back to the app. ### Does Court Canvas have pre-made plays? Yes, Court Canvas offers starter plays that are hand-vetted tennis patterns. You can clone these plays and tweak them to suit your specific player's needs. ### What sports does Court Canvas support? Court Canvas supports singles and doubles tennis, as well as padel and pickleball. The drawing model and court geometry are adapted for each sport. ### What does the Pro upgrade in Court Canvas offer? The optional Pro upgrade for Court Canvas removes the watermark on shared GIFs and images, and unlocks dark mode. This is a one-time purchase with no subscription required. ### Does Court Canvas have ads? No, Court Canvas does not have advertisements. The app is free to use with an optional one-time purchase for Pro features. ### How often is Court Canvas updated? The latest version of Court Canvas is 1.6.0, which was last updated on May 25, 2026. Updates typically include improvements and new features based on user feedback. ## Version history (last 5 releases) ### 1.15.0 — 2026-08-29 Your bag learns to remember. - Every restring you log now reads back as a ledger: what was in the frame, how long it lasted, and how it felt at the end. Strung at 53 and dead by day 21. At 51 it was dialed. That kind of thing. - Logging a restring asks one question about the old bed: dead, board, or dialed. One tap, no keyboard, and ignoring it is a fine answer. - A play built on courtcanvas.com now opens right on your board, and a playbook backup someone texts you opens by tapping it. - Underneath, a long pass of fixes. Playback ends cleanly when you stop it. A long export can be cancelled. On iPad, a pinch that gets interrupted no longer leaves the board ignoring your drags. ### 1.14.1 — 2026-08-27 Fixes, mostly from playing with it on court. - Tapping empty space to dismiss a card no longer lights up whatever button was hiding under the blur. - A playbook restored from iCloud now survives your first stroke. Setting up a new device and drawing one line could overwrite what had just come back. - Tapping a play you have swiped open no longer opens it by accident. - Delete the last padel play and you stay on a padel court. - An interrupted press no longer swallows the next tap on Undo. ### 1.14.0 — 2026-08-18 Court themes. Seven full looks for the board and everything around it — clay scorebook, blueprint, arcade, riso zine and more. Club Scorebook is the new default: clay court, paper chrome, navy ink. Pick yours in Profile. Using every theme is a Pro feature; everyone gets the new default and Classic. The board reads like a broadcast diagram now. Shots keep their taper and lose the clutter: open arrowheads, no stray dots or rings, cones and targets drawn flat. Playback follows one ball, and the ending settles with a single bloom where the last shot lands. New: - Hold for pace. Draw a shot and rest your finger at the landing point: one, two or three cut marks behind the arrowhead set the pace, and the ball travels faster in playback and in shared clips. - On iPad the tools sit at the screen edges and the Playbook opens beside the court, so you can browse plays with the board in view. - The Share card names its formats plainly: Image, Animation, Video, Voice-over, Live link. Fixed: - The corner buttons answer everywhere, including their corners. - Scrubbing ticks once per step, not twice. - Redo covers deletes: remove a shot mid-play, push Undo toward the court, and it comes back where it was. Same as always: no account needed, and your plays stay yours. ### 1.11.0 — 2026-07-18 Two quality-of-life ones this time: - Reshape a curve by its arc: a selected curved shot now has a third grip at the bend. Drag it to make a lob taller or a slice tighter; the ends stay pinned. - Shares arrive named after the play. The GIF or video you send lands as "Wide Serve + Close.gif" instead of a random string, so it's easy to find again. ### 1.10.1 — 2026-07-15 Fixes a bug where dragging a player drew a line instead of moving them. Drags always move the player now — a quick flick off a player still draws the serve, and a tap still selects. --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-09-07.*