# Sapling Draw — Calm, ad-free drawing for kids

> Calm, ad-free drawing for kids (iPhone/iPad app by Jonathan Hood.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/sapling-draw/id6788411700 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Jonathan Hood](https://appshunter.io/developer/6788411702)
- Category: Education, Graphics & Design
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 15.0 · 34 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2026-08-28
- Data updated: 2026-09-19
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/sapling-draw/id6788411700/reviews.md

## What is Sapling Draw?

Sapling Draw is a calm drawing, painting, and coloring app for kids. It opens straight onto a blank page, so toddlers, preschoolers, older children, and grown-ups can start creating without an account, lesson, or setup.

Draw and doodle with markers, crayons, watercolor, spray paint, splatter, leafy brushes, and smooth color blending. Choose friendly colors and brush sizes, erase mistakes, undo and redo, zoom into details, and keep pictures in an on-device gallery.

Turn drawings into stories with playful stamps: dinosaurs, unicorns, rockets, rain clouds, fire trucks, trees, mountains, stars, and Saturn. Some stamps come alive with gentle sounds and animations: hear a dinosaur roar, launch a rocket, call up a rainstorm, or make a unicorn sparkle.

Sapling Draw supports open-ended creative play. There are no levels, scores, timers, or prescribed results. Children can make art, coloring experiments, imaginative scenes, and simple stories at their own pace.

Designed for families:
- Simple picture-first controls
- Large buttons for little hands
- Quiet visual tips and replayable drawing guides
- Saved pictures stay on the device
- Core drawing works completely offline
- No ads
- No subscriptions
- No accounts or social features
- No analytics or data collection

Free to start. One optional parent-gated, one-time purchase unlocks the Creative Collection: additional imaginative stamps and brushes, including special seasonal designs. The free tools stay free.

From Sapling Hollow Studios: calm educational apps for curious kids.

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**One-time purchases**

| Purchase | Price | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Creative Collection | $1.99 | one-time |



## Version history (last 1 release)

### 1.0 — 2026-08-29

No release notes.

## Apps similar to Sapling Draw

| App | Rating | Price | Category |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [CESA 3 WI](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/cesa-3-wi/id6751818549) | — | Free | Education |
| [Panda Games: Coloring & Paint](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/panda-games-coloring-and-paint/id1671132729) | 4.5 (11) | Free | Education |
| [Learning Games ABC for Kids](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/learning-games-abc-for-kids/id1519213992) | 4.6 (1,581) | Free | Education |
| [English for Kids Preschool ESL](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/english-for-kids-preschool-esl/id1506040567) | 4.6 (302) | Free | Education |
| [Moose Math - Duck Duck Moose](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/moose-math-duck-duck-moose/id660345152) | 4.2 (581) | Free | Education |

## More apps by Jonathan Hood

- [Sapling Beats](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/sapling-beats/id6788583903)
- [Sapling Tangram: Kids Puzzle](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/sapling-tangram-kids-puzzle/id6791771560)

All apps by Jonathan Hood: https://appshunter.io/developer/6788411702

---

*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 2026-09-19.*