# Da Vinci Eye: AR Trace & Draw — user reviews > 1,177 indexed App Store user reviews of Da Vinci Eye by Da Vinci Eye LLC, rated 4.60/5 from 11,309 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/da-vinci-eye-ar-trace-and-draw/id1120304868/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/da-vinci-eye-ar-trace-and-draw/id1120304868.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 9,093 · 4★ 940 · 3★ 381 · 2★ 202 · 1★ 693 ## What do users think of Da Vinci Eye? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 🚀 Easy to use - 👍 Helpful for improving drawing skills - 💡 Useful for tracing and getting proportions right - 🚀 Time-saving - 👍 Great for beginners and professionals - 👍 Intuitive and user-friendly - 👍 Excellent customer support **Cons** - 🐛 Glitchy and buggy - 💰 Subscription-based model - 💰 Expensive for some features - 🐛 Difficult to use and set up - 🐛 Camera issues and delays - 🔒 Restricted access to own photos **Commonly reported bugs** - App crashes frequently - Anchor tracking issues - Difficulty moving and resizing images - Inconsistent performance across devices **Most requested features** - Add ability to draw on own photos without subscription - Improve camera tracking and stability - Implement landscape mode support for iPad - Add more drawing tutorials and lessons - Introduce social features like commenting and messaging ## Newest reviews (13 of 1,177) ### 4/5 — Good game but.. *2026-08-11, version 4.6.4* I have already written a review I just have a problem. Everyone is saying "oh it's a one pay to get premium." I want to look at the offer but it just says "free trial can cancle with one click." it says 29.99 yearly and 7.99 monthly. It is not a one pay y'all. ### 4/5 — Great tool *2026-07-31, version 4.6.4* Great for sketching it moves and image disappears sometimes but very few times just some thing to work on but good tool so far. ### 2/5 — ?????? *2026-07-29, version 4.6.4* I dont have a problem with this app costing money, its neccessary to keep it up and running and for ad money, but uploading even ONE photo from my camera roll is a 'Premium feature'??? seriously?? i downloaded this app just to do one photo so i could colour it cause my printer doesnt colour right, but jesus?? i mean i'd understand if you made it cost money for a certain amount of photos traced, or for certain features like coloured photos, or even the app itself costing money, but no!! its just bad marketting and probably will turn people away rather than get them to buy premium. ### 2/5 — Not what I was looking for! *2026-07-29, version 4.6.4* If you are trying to find an app that lets you draw your own images. Don’t download this one!! And I despise how most anime pictures are AI! Stop Ai!!! ### 5/5 — I like it *2026-07-27, version 4.6.4* Pretty straightforward easy to use, but I literally just use 1 thing on here never ventured away from that. AR picture projection tracer thing and I like it probably won’t ever change as long as da Vinci doesn’t have an update or something that screws it up. I have no reason to look for another. ### 5/5 — Beginner *2026-07-25, version 4.6.4* I have fallen in love with DaVinci Eye. It makes what I do possible and helps tremendously. ### 5/5 — Art Tool *2026-07-24, version 4.6.4* As a painter I’ve wrestled with spending too much time with drawing out my scene and in some cases using a projector just to get the right perspective. Da Vinci Eye has reduced that time and given me option to blow up or reduce drawings within my canvas. It’s a magnificent tool for what I do. Highly recommended.. you have to take time to figure out the Technology part of it. But after that, it’s smooth sailing. ### 5/5 — Love this app *2026-07-24, version 4.6.4* Very well thought out. So useful! 100% recommend. ### 2/5 — Paywall of doom *2026-07-19, version 4.6.4* It’s all payed and I guess can help learn to draw but like there’s no way slapping a png on your camera needs a membership at that point just spend the money on equipment or watch tutorials ### 5/5 — Favorite for Years *2026-07-13, version 4.6.4* I have used the app for many years and I continue to find it as the most helpful app I have for my artwork. It helps me make sure I am getting proportions correct. I use both classic mode and AR mode depending on my mood and needs. Bug fixes are taken care of quickly and I appreciate the quality all around this and the other apps made by them! ### 3/5 — “Simple idea” *2026-07-12, version 4.6.4* If it’s such ”a simple idea” then y do I have to pay for a subscription to do something as “simple” as use my own photos to draw from? Need I say more ### 5/5 — Wow *2026-07-08, version 4.6.4* I’m just discovering my artistic style and I needed practice but didn’t know where to start. Luckily I found this amazing app, because using it regularly I’m starting to develop muscle memory for proper angles for multiple positions of multiple objects of interest. Thanks to whoever created this app! You guys are awesome and now my art will soon be as well! ### 5/5 — YOU HAVE TO PAY TO USE YOUR PHOTOS *2026-07-04, version 4.6.4* YOU MUST PAY TO USE YOUR PHOTOS ITS NOT FREE ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — To complicated to use *2026-08-07, version 4.6.4* He didn’t work for me. This app is too complicated for what I’m trying to do. Maybe works for somebody else, but not for me. ### 1/5 — Cumbersome *2026-07-27, version 4.6.4* I really wanted to like this app but I've had no idea how to use it even after reading the instructions over and over. ### 1/5 — Hella money hungry. *2026-07-27, version 4.6.4* You can’t use your own photos without buying premium. You have to use ones that are on the app. ### 1/5 — More lies *2026-07-25, version 4.6.4* Once more a come on tease. Can’t use your own photos without a premium app. No way. So sick of these fake free apps. Suck on that sharks ### 1/5 — Pay to draw insanity *2026-07-20, version 4.6.4* I went to use it and what do you mean I have to pay to draw that’s insane! ### 1/5 — Subscription based only *2026-07-20, version 4.6.4* Can’t use your own photos without signing up to some subscription have to use the photos they provide which are dog poo don’t waste your time or money other apps do this for free have been using them since I removed this cancer app. DONT RECOMMEND ### 1/5 — Doesn’t work *2026-07-09, version 4.6.4* Can’t make a new anchor point and help website doesn’t work at all ### 1/5 — Not free *2026-07-01, version 4.6.4* Downloaded this app last yr and somehow got charged for $40. Don’t download ### 1/5 — Not free *2026-06-09, version 4.6.4* Really expensive p.s. my folgers cost .33 cents a day ### 1/5 — Not worth the hype *2026-06-09, version 4.6.4* The instruction say to just put it on a glass or object over the paper. I tried so many different set ups, including a stand and could never get the image to line up on a paper to trace. It is difficult to size the image. Simply not worth the trouble. There may be tutorials I could watch but an application should not require a lot of time to learn it. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Game changer for artist *2026-08-18, version 4.6.4* I wish i had found this app long ago! Best app ever ### 5/5 — DaVinchi Eye *2026-08-12, version 4.6.4* Thanks You ### 5/5 — Helps with my drawing *2026-08-10, version 4.6.4* Great little app to get creative with. ### 5/5 — Truly innovative *2026-08-09, version 4.6.4* This all should win awards for innovation for taking a very old idea and modernizing it with the phone but better is so many ways. I’m a professional illustrator and Senior Art Director and I was classically trained. I can say confidently I may never not use this app for transferring my digital comps to my surface. It’s just really easy and brilliant especially for larger works where you have the phone and iPad setup. Thank you! ### 5/5 — The best game ever *2026-08-07, version 4.6.4* It was so great. I can draw straight lines now ### 5/5 — Excellent for small paintings *2026-08-06, version 4.6.4* Yay, good way to sketch small paintings ### 5/5 — Hell yeah *2026-08-05, version 4.6.4* Awesome app! ### 5/5 — Best Drawing Assist Tool Out There *2026-07-29, version 4.6.4* I’ve used everything in my art career from professional projectors to tracing directly from the computer screen. This App is so perfect for these types of projects. To have a tool like this at my fingertips and on my phone is priceless. ### 5/5 — Absolutely cracking app *2026-07-28, version 4.6.4* Works fabulously. Saves so much time. Would love the addition of being able to add multiple anchors in the future. ### 5/5 — Unique and special *2026-07-27, version 4.6.4* Helps me with proportions and composition a lot and triggers the imagination --- *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 2026-08-29.*