Comparison

Tattoo Print System vs Printcil

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

Head to head
About

Tattoo Print System

This app provides tattoo artists with tools to customize and enhance images for stencils. It helps in scaling designs, creating multi-page stencils, converting images to outlines, and generating halftone dots or crosshatching for shaded designs.

Highlights
  • Print large-scale tattoos at actual size
  • Automatic multi-page stencil breakdown
  • Guidelines and image overlaps for taping
  • Convert images to outlines
  • Convert images to halftone dots or crosshatching
  • Fine-tune contrast, shadows, and highlights
Features
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“Before the needle even hits the skin, there is the crucial step that sets the tone for the entire tattoo - applying the stencil. Stencilling tattoos on the body is an art unto itself. Great tattoos start with great stencils, and great stencils start with the ideal image. The better you can see what you’re doing, the more accurate your linework is gonna be. Over 20 years of tattooing mostly geometric tattoos has forced me to intensely analyze the art of stencilling and push it to its limits, and through this app I’ve been able to push them even farther. Increasing efficiency and accuracy in my work has always been a passion of mine, and I can’t wait to share this with my fellow tattooers” -Cory Ferguson The easy to use Tattoo Print System gives you tools to customize and enhance your images right before you print them out so they’re ready to go straight into the stencil machine and result in the best stencils possible. No matter what style you tattoo in, this app will save you time and level up your stencil game. Giving you the ability to dial in your finished designs to your liking so when they come out of the stencil machine they are more precise and personalized to how you like to work. These are tools that every single tattoo artist has always needed! Once installed you can access Tattoo Print System from any app on your iPad or iPhone that has the share button as an option (you know- that icon that looks like a little box containing an arrow pointing up) So how does Tattoo Print System save you time and make your stencils better? - Print out large scale tattoos at actual size! Measure out the size your tattoo will be on the body and enter those measurements into Tattoo Print System and let the app do the rest. It automatically breaks the design into as many sheets of paper as needed and prints them out ready to go straight into the stencil machine. No more resizing on a photocopier! - Multi-page stencils need to be taped together as any experienced tattooer will know. We’ve included tools to help with this task too. Optional guidelines and image overlaps make it quicker and easier to line up the image when taping stencil pages together. - Convert any image into just outlines with a single click We’re tattooers - we all love showing off that crispy linework. Enhancing your designs with the convert to lines feature eliminates excess ink from your stencils making them cleaner, easier to see and ultimately more precise. And you don’t have to spend time tracing the outline yourself, the app does it for you. You can also fine tune those outlines to be thicker or thinner depending on your preference. - Convert realistic and shaded images into halftone dots or crosshatching for stencils that have shading in them. - Fine tune the contrast, shadows and highlights of your designs to take a “not so great” reference picture and turn it into the sort of design that makes for a perfect stencil. Often times a picture of the reference that you take on your phone can be enhanced with our adjustment sliders into a truly stencil worthy image. - Add an optional, customizable grid to your stencil as a visual reference to help see if your image is level on the body. This is especially useful for doing symmetrical pieces across the width of the torso, ie full chest piece, back piece. - The ability to stretch out a design if necessary, by adjusting the width and height separately. - Customizable grid images to print out and stencil to help with freehand drawing onto the skin. Choose from square, isometric and polar grid. This printing system is already a part of our other app Geometrica - the first ever drawing app created for tattooers. So if you’re a Geometrica subscriber you don’t need Tattoo Print System, you already have it. But it was so ground breaking we had to also release it as its own app, because this is something that all tattooers need, not just the geometric artists.

About

Printcil

Transform tattoo templates into high-quality, printable stencils quickly and accurately. Features AI-powered object selection, multiple filters, and easy background removal. Supports large motifs and all stencil printers.

Highlights
  • AI-powered object selection
  • Triple filter system
  • Background removal
  • Print large motifs
  • Free image search
  • Manual line painting
Features
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Turn your tattoo templates into precise, printable stencils - faster and more accurately than ever before. With Printcil you can create stencils of a quality that can surpass hand-drawn stencils in 10 minutes or less. Why Printcil? • More efficient than ever: Create high-quality stencils in just a few minutes - simple operation and common editing tools help you to do so. • Maximum precision: Printcil recognises up to 30 color gradations and translates them into fine, lined color boundaries - for a more precise finish. • Triple filter power: Combine the most detailed Photocopy filter, the unique Printcil filter and the new Photolines filter to create the perfect stencil. • Build Layers with AI: Select objects or parts of the image with AI and customise the stencil for them individually. • Free image search: Search for free images and use them as a starting point for your stencils. • Print large motifs: Create stencils that extend over several pages to perfectly realize even large motifs. All print paper formats supported. • Easy background removal: Remove the background of your template directly in the app - without having to use additional image editing software. • Paint additional lines: Add manual lines to your template to further perfect the design. • Compatible with all stencil printers: No matter which printer you use, Printcil works seamlessly with your device. • Made in Germany: Developed in Germany, with fast support that responds to suggestions for improvement and feature requests. Print like a hand-drawn stencil. Just faster and more precise. Terms of use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Tattoo Print System4 screens
Printcil4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Printcil at Free against Tattoo Print System's $9.99. Printcil also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.1) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 6 months). Tattoo Print System's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and ratings volume (11 vs 1). On ads, device support 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

Printcil is free to download; Tattoo Print System costs $9.99 up front. Printcil sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $8.99 per month. Tattoo Print System asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Printcil holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Tattoo Print System has 11 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 54% of Tattoo Print System's written reviews are positive against 63% of Printcil's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Tattoo Print System ships an update every 6 months, Printcil fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 3 level
Tattoo Print System versus Printcil: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTattoo Print SystemPrintcil
Price$9.99Free — better
Rating3.1 (11 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews53.8% of reviews63.2% of reviews — better
Number of ratings11 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 6 monthsFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
Best chart rank#108 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB457 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTattooLoyal Inc.Printcil UG

Customer experience

Tattoo Print System

All ratings11 ratings
Positive54.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative45.5%
Written reviews13 reviews
Positive53.8%
Neutral15.4%
Negative30.8%

Printcil

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews19 reviews
Positive63.2%
Neutral10.5%
Negative26.3%

In-app purchases

None

Tattoo Print System

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Printcil

Subscriptions2
  • Printcil7 Days trial$8.991 Month
  • Printcil7 Days trial$89.991 Year

Questions

Is Tattoo Print System free?
Tattoo Print System costs $9.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Printcil free?
Printcil is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Tattoo Print System or Printcil?
Printcil is rated higher. Tattoo Print System averages 3.1 out of 5 from 11 ratings, while Printcil averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Tattoo Print System or Printcil have ads?
Neither Tattoo Print System nor Printcil shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Tattoo Print System or Printcil?
Tattoo Print System ships an update every 6 months, and Printcil fortnightly. Most recently, Tattoo Print System was updated on November 7, 2026 and Printcil on November 3, 2026.

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