# Tracer: AR Tracing — Trace any image, anywhere

> Trace any image, anywhere (iPhone/iPad app by Facundo De Lima.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/tracer-ar-tracing/id6809287842 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Facundo De Lima](https://appshunter.io/developer/6809287844)
- Category: Graphics & Design, Utilities
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 16.0 · 1 MB
- Languages: American English, European Spanish
- Released: 2026-09-12
- Data updated: 2026-09-26
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/tracer-ar-tracing/id6809287842/reviews.md

## What is Tracer?

Tracer turns your iPhone into a tracing tool. Pick any image, anchor it onto a real surface in augmented reality, and trace over it by hand — on paper, on canvas, or on a wall.

No projector. No light box. No printing and taping.

Your first 5 images are free. After that, Tracer unlocks with a Tracer Yearly subscription — $9.99/year, auto-renewing, cancel anytime in Settings.

HOW IT WORKS

Point your iPhone at the surface you want to draw on. Pick a reference image from your photos. Tap the surface to anchor it in place. The image stays locked to that exact spot in the real world while you draw.

DIAL IN THE OPACITY

Slide from barely-there to fully opaque. Keep it faint to check your proportions, or bring it up to follow every line. You see exactly what you're tracing, and exactly what you've already drawn.

POSITION IT EXACTLY

Pinch to scale, twist to rotate, drag to move. Once it's where you want it, lock it — your hand can rest on the phone without knocking the reference out of alignment.

BUILT FOR LONG SESSIONS

The screen stays awake while you trace, so it won't sleep mid-drawing. Close the app and come back later: Tracer remembers your reference, its position and your opacity setting, and puts everything back where you left it.

Working in low light? There's a built-in flashlight.

MADE FOR

• Illustrators working from reference
• Tattoo artists placing a stencil
• Muralists scaling a design up to a wall
• Lettering and calligraphy
• Anyone learning to draw

PRIVACY

Tracer has no servers, no analytics, no accounts and no ads. The camera feed is processed on your device and never recorded. Your reference image never leaves your iPhone. Tracer doesn't even ask for photo library permission — it uses Apple's system picker, which hands over only the single image you choose.

Requires an ARKit-capable iPhone running iOS 16 or later.

Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Privacy Policy: https://tracer-privacy.vercel.app

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**Subscriptions**

| Subscription | Price | Period |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Tracer Yearly | $9.99 | per year |



## Version history (last 1 release)

### 1.0 — 2026-09-12

No release notes.

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