# Court Canvas — Draw Plays. Win More. > 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/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 · 4 MB - Languages: American English - Released: 2026-02-25 - Data updated: 2026-08-24 - Monetization: free with in-app purchases - User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/court-canvas/id6759590357/reviews.md ## What is Court Canvas? Draw up a tennis play in about ten seconds, watch it animate, and text it to your doubles partner before you've left the parking lot. Court Canvas is an animated tactics board for anyone who thinks about tennis — league players planning Saturday's doubles, coaches explaining a pattern between points, hitting partners settling an argument about where the lob should have gone. No account, no login, nothing parked on a server. Draw it: - Drop players on the court, drag to draw shots and movement arrows. No mode to switch. - Shots curve, so a slice looks like a slice — and you can reshape a curve by dragging its arc. - Write short cues like "split step" right where they happen. - Start from real tennis patterns, or set up drills with cones, target zones, and a feed basket. Watch it: - Press play: a ball travels each shot and players walk their movement, so it reads like a point, not a diagram. - Pause anywhere, scrub, or step shot by shot while you talk it through. Send it: - Share a GIF or video that opens on a title card, then animates. Files arrive named after the play. - Record a voice-over while the play runs and share the narrated clip (Pro). - Or send a live link — it opens in their browser and animates right there. - Add the situation ("30-15, set point") and it prints on the shared card. Keep it: - As many plays as you want, autosaved, with a private iCloud backup. Singles or doubles. Padel and pickleball too. Pro is a one-time $6.99: narrated shares, your name on what you share instead of the Court Canvas mark, and dark mode. No subscription. I built this because explaining a point with hand-waving and napkin arrows never quite works. It keeps getting better as the people using it tell me what's missing. Your plays live on your phone. No account, nothing lands on my servers, 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) ### 1.14.0 — 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. ### 1.10.0 — 2026-07-14 Two big ones this time: your voice on your plays, and plays you can send as a link. - Record a voice-over: tap record and the play starts moving. Talk it through in your own words while it animates; recording stops when the play does. Sharing the narrated clip is a Pro feature. - Share a play as a link: it opens in the receiver's browser and animates right there. Nothing to install on their end. Also new: - Drill props: cones, target zones, and a feed basket. Press and hold the draw button and they fan out with your shot tools. - Share a play as a video as well as a GIF. It plays smoother, and it works on the platforms GIFs don't. - Your playbook backs up to iCloud automatically, so your plays survive a new phone or a reinstall. Still no account. - Two-finger pan while zoomed in. - Your profile and settings live in one place now. - The intro demo has a Skip button. On newer iPhones the toolbar uses the new glass look, dark mode is properly dark, and there's a cleaner app icon. Plus fixes: stamps and labels no longer disappear at the end of playback, and resuming after you scrub or step through a play works the way it should. Same as always: no account needed, and your plays stay yours. ### 1.7.0 — 2026-06-03 The main thing in this update is what happens when you share a play. A shared GIF now opens on a title card with the play's name, then animates. While it runs, a ball travels along each shot, so it reads like a point instead of a still diagram. A few more things landed too: - If you're on Pro, you can put your own name or academy on the plays you share, in place of the Court Canvas mark. - You can write short cues on the court now, like "split step" or "recover middle," right where they happen. - Playback pauses and scrubs. Stop anywhere, drag the timeline, or step through a shot at a time while you explain it. - Shots can curve. Bend your drag and the arrow follows. - Larger font sizes are supported properly now, and the first run is clearer. Same as always: no account, no cloud, your plays stay on your phone. --- *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 2026-08-24.*