Comparison

Tracecolor vs Screen Pencil

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Tracecolor

Transform your photos into coloring pages with this app. Easily create custom outlines from your own pictures or provided materials, then color them digitally. Simple controls make it accessible for all ages.

Highlights
  • Convert photos to outlines
  • Customizable outline sliders
  • Coloring with pen and color selection
  • Zoom for detailed coloring
  • Import from camera, library, or materials
  • Invert colors and edit original picture
Features
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Tracecolor is a coloring program. You can take a picture and convert it into its outline traces and then you can color it as you like. It is designed to be simple to use for kids or older adults who enjoy drawing. There are small set of controls for pen size, opacity, and color selection. There is a zoom page to enlarge a section of the picture in order to focus on the detail in that section. Pictures can come from your camera, library, or our materials page. On the photo edit page, you can color over the original picture, invert the colors, or create an outline (there are various sliders for changing your outline). The program is free, except if you want to save your picture to your photo library, then you need to unlock the app on the materials page. Art therapy can be useful for keeping the mind active. Coloring books are typically either simple books for children and quite complex books for adults. But it is harder to find books in middle which have simple images that are interesting for adults. With this program, you can take photos and create your own materials. It might also be more meaningful and fun to have images that come from their own life (e.g., a favorite place or pet).

About

Screen Pencil

Record videos of websites while simultaneously taking notes with your finger. Capture audio using the built-in or external microphone for comprehensive documentation.

Highlights
  • Website video recording
  • Finger-drawn note-taking
  • Audio recording (internal/external mic)
  • Productivity tool
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Record a video of a website while taking notes with your finger, with the option to record audio with the built in mic or external mic.

Screenshots

Tracecolor4 screens
Screen Pencil3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Screen Pencil at 100% against Tracecolor's 0%. Screen Pencil also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.0) and in-app purchases (none vs 14). Tracecolor's advantage is device support (3 vs 1). On price, ads and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Tracecolor sells 14 one-off in-app purchases. Screen Pencil asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Screen Pencil holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 3 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Tracecolor's written reviews are positive against 100% of Screen Pencil's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Tracecolor ships an update every 42 months, Screen Pencil every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Tracecolor versus Screen Pencil: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTracecolorScreen Pencil
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings13 — better
Update frequencyEvery 42 monthsEvery 8 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.6 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB0 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperFranklin ChangDAE J MYUNG

Customer experience

Tracecolor

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral100.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral100.0%
Negative0.0%

Screen Pencil

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

14 purchases

Tracecolor

One-time14
  • Brutalist Building 1$1.99
  • Traditional Japanese House 1$1.99
  • Storefront 1$1.99
Show 11 more
  • Large Sakura$1.99
  • Blocks$1.99
  • Rakugo$1.99
  • Rice Plants$1.99
  • Shirts$1.99
  • Smokestack$1.99
  • Sphere$1.99
  • Sphere2$1.99
  • Sphere3$1.99
  • Tamade$1.99
  • Unlock this app$4.99
None

Screen Pencil

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Tracecolor free?
Tracecolor is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Screen Pencil free?
Screen Pencil is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Tracecolor or Screen Pencil?
Screen Pencil is rated higher. Tracecolor averages 3.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Screen Pencil averages 5.0 from 3 ratings.
Do Tracecolor or Screen Pencil have ads?
Neither Tracecolor nor Screen Pencil shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Tracecolor or Screen Pencil?
Tracecolor ships an update every 42 months, and Screen Pencil every 8 days. Most recently, Tracecolor was updated on October 14, 2026 and Screen Pencil on October 5, 2026.

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