# TracingMat — user reviews > 31 indexed App Store user reviews of TracingMat by Yoko Nishimura, rated 3.80/5 from 23 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/tracingmat/id1497442654/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/tracingmat/id1497442654.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 14 · 4★ 2 · 3★ 0 · 2★ 3 · 1★ 4 ## Newest reviews (10 of 31) ### 4/5 — It works and it’s free *2026-06-30, version 1.16* It took a few minutes to figure out how to work it, but it does what I need it to. A tap on the photo allows you to resize and rotate as needed, then you can press the back button to “lock” the screen. My biggest issue with the tracing screen was the little advertisement on it, so I had to be careful not to touch it since safari would open up the ad site. I wish it had some settings for adjusting contrast and highlights too, but I just edited my photo separately then uploaded it to this app to trace. Overall, it’s simple and it works and it’s free. A lot of the other apps are extremely expensive and not worth the weekly subscription for my occasional tracing needs - so thank you! ### 4/5 — Needs work but does what is intended *2025-08-29, version 1.15* The instructions on this are pretty well non existent. That being said. With a little bit of playing around you can quickly figure out how to get it working. A little better design to help see how to use the app and this would be perfect to me. But even at that it WORKS! ### 4/5 — It is ok *2025-07-03, version 1.15* I’m giving this a four star cause it kept sliding into my different apps ### 4/5 — すごくいいけど *2024-08-18* 画像を固定できるのはすごくいい。 ただ、全画面に画像を表示させると広告が重なってその部分が見えなくなってしまうのが残念。 広告なしの有料版を出す予定はないでしょうか？ **Developer response:** ご利用いただきありがとうございます。 ご提案いただきありがとうございます。 現在検討中ですので、少々お待ちいただければと思います。 ### 4/5 — Works well *2024-02-01, version 1.13* I just wish there was a way to pay a one time fee to remove the ads so I can use more of my screen at a time. ### 5/5 — Great! *2024-01-12, version 1.13* A very convenient way to turn your tablet or phone into a lightbox. Useful for converting your digital linework into traditional. Simple but effective! ### 5/5 — Great! *2023-12-31* Just what I was looking for. I sketch a lot on my iPad and I wanted to move my sketch to paper. So super useful. I only wish I could change the size of the photo or rotate it in the app. **Developer response:** Thank you very much for using our App. You can also scale, flip, and rotate images. For more information, tap the (i) button that appears at the top of the screen during the settings mode, and refer to the help dialog that appears. ### 5/5 — 図を固定できる *2023-06-26* これに尽きます。特筆した機能は、ありませんがもうこれだけで十分です。悩んでる暇があったら適当に入れてみてください。俺は適当に入れてラッキーでした。 ### 5/5 — すき *2022-07-15* まじすき ### 3/5 — 最高 *2020-10-30* とても便利です！ ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Can’t Zoom Photos *2025-07-30, version 1.15* Worthless ### 1/5 — 動きます *2025-03-30* 全然動いてイラつく ### 1/5 — バナーは止められない *2025-03-19* 確かに画面は固定できるが、画面上下にあるバナーは触るとリンクへ飛んでしまうので意味ない。 ### 1/5 — Doesn’t work at all *2024-04-09, version 1.13* Trying to use the app, but the instructions aren’t clear. I uploaded a pic, & it’s not transparent so I can trace it. There’s no way to use this app. I don’t understand. There’s only 3 controls on screen - 1. Brighten or darken screen (but doesn’t create transparency).. 2. Camera. & 3. The Gear icon - which just brings up a poorly written few paragraphs kind of explaining things, but not really. There aren’t controls on screen to get me to a point in the app where I can actually try tracing anything. What is this? Why is it still in the App Store, it doesn’t actually do anything. (????) • Deleting now. ### 1/5 — 下位互換 *2024-01-05* 書く度に画像が動いて使いにくい **Developer response:** ご利用いただき大変ありがとうございます。もしかして、設定モードの状態のままお使いになっていないでしょうか。設定モードで画像を追加された後、画面左上の「←」ボタンを押していただくと、設定モードが終了して画像が固定されます。紙にトレースされる際は、この状態でご使用ください。今後ともどうぞよろしくお願いいたします。 ### 1/5 — Pointless app *2023-08-15, version 1.12* Pointless app to trace photos with paper ### 1/5 — A headache *2023-08-06, version 1.12* If you want to import a drawing-try to trace it and then have it shift around and changes, this is for you ### 2/5 — Ehh *2026-06-09, version 1.15.1* I’m trying to trace but all it does is move 2 / 5 ### 2/5 — Infuriating *2025-08-09, version 1.15* I want to like this so much. With a few tweaks it'd be perfect. As it stands, it tests my patience every time I use it. Pros, it's simple and easy to use. You can adjust the screen brightness, zoom in and out on the picture. All that is great, but... The other tracing apps want you to pay for them by subscribing to a monthly plan. That's the only reason I didn't give this a 1 star. It truly is free, except it has an ad at the bottom of the screen that pulls up a webpage if you touch it, which you will because it's a tracing app. Make me watch an ad when I open the app. I don't care, but just don't put a clickable ad right in the middle of the screen. At least make the screen lock the ad in place too. You can lock the screen, but I still find myself swiping the screen or tapping the ad or hitting the settings button. I use this for simple line drawings to get the form down. Even doing something as simple as that I am taken out of my drawing two or three times minimum. I want this app, only I want it to completely lock the screen with the only way to unlock is by swiping a sliding bar at the bottom. That's it. So simple. That would be perfect. I will pay money right now for that app. ### 3/5 — 中の上 *2026-06-29* 一回タップしちゃったりとかしたら動くしサイズが大きくなるからそこが惜しい点 ダブルタップとかにしたら良好 ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Good! *2026-07-09, version 1.16* Good and helping me trace good ### 5/5 — めっちゃ良い *2026-01-22* まさにこんなアプリを探してました。 刺繍の下絵をに布になぞり書きするために使っています。ありがとうございます。 ### 5/5 — めっちゃおすすめ！ *2025-12-12* アプリ内だけで明るさを調節できるのと、固定したり、設定モードにしたりするのが一タップでできるのが良い！ おすすめです！ ### 5/5 — いーい *2025-09-06* みんな星一だけど普通に良くない？ ### 5/5 — とてもいい *2024-12-29* 買い切り有料版を出して欲しい ### 5/5 — 画像拡大できない *2024-10-14* ※レビュー更新 ご回答の通りやってみまして、ズーム化ができました。 誠にありがとうございました。 ------------------------------------------- iPad mini でダウンロードしてみましたが、画像追加して設定モードでも画像のズーム化ができません **Developer response:** お試しいただき大変ありがとうございました。 今後ともどうぞよろしくお願い申し上げます。 ----------------------------- ご利用いただきありがとうございます。 わかりにくくて申し訳ございません。 画像の拡大は、設定モードにて追加した画像をタップしていただき、黄色い枠がでている状態で、指２本を広げてピンチアウトしていただきますと可能かと思います。 どうぞお試しください。 ### 5/5 — Hi *2024-04-17, version 1.13* Nice app to use ### 5/5 — Simple and effective tracing app where photos don’t move while drawing *2024-01-27, version 1.13* This is EXACTLY what I was looking for in simplicity and functionality. Sometimes I trace the outline of something and then do the details myself later but doing it on my iPad or iPhone is very frustrating because the picture keeps resizing. This app takes care of that. Not only do the images lock in place but you can easily adjust the brightness to make it very very bright. If you’re looking for something simple and effective for tracing using actual paper on your iPad then give this a try. ### 5/5 — 良い *2024-01-19* シンプルさがいい ### 5/5 — Great! *2024-01-13, version 1.13* Just what I was looking for. I sketch a lot on my iPad and I wanted to move my sketch to paper. So super useful. I didn’t realize that you could tap the image and more features would pop up. It’s even more useful than I thought it was! I’m a watercolor artist and it’s so much easier to sketch in the iPad and then transfer to paper before painting vs redrawing again. :) Thanks to the developer for responding to my review with help. You are amazing! --- *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 2026-08-21.*