Stencil vs Printcil
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Stencil
Enhance your drawing skills with augmented reality guidelines. Customize and overlay guides onto photos or AI-generated images to create hand-drawn art for various projects. Improve your artistic abilities with ease.
- Augmented reality guidelines
- Customizable drawing guides
- AI image generation
- Import photos for tracing
- Hand-drawn art creation
- Improve drawing skills
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Improve your drawing with augmented reality guidelines! Use Stencil to customize and enrich your drawing or gift cards, postcards, journals, and anything you want to have hand-drawn! Install Stencil now! Generate an image you wish with AI or Select a doodle or a photo from your library that you want to draw Follow the guidelines to draw Level up on your art! You will be surprised how easy to draw and how easy to improve your drawing with Stencil! The only question is what you will draw first? Or should I ask who you will draw first?
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.
- AI-powered object selection
- Triple filter system
- Background removal
- Print large motifs
- Free image search
- Manual line painting
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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/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: Stencil at 125 against Printcil's 1. Printcil's advantage is review sentiment (63% vs 42%). On price, rating, update cadence and ads 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
Both are free to download. Stencil sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $8.99 per month and Printcil sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $8.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Printcil holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Stencil has 125 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 42% of Stencil's written reviews are positive against 63% of Printcil's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Stencil | Printcil |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (125 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 41.7% of reviews | 63.2% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 125 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Fortnightly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 166 MB | 457 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Studio Next Ltd | Printcil UG |
Customer experience
Stencil
Printcil
In-app purchases
Stencil
- Monthly Subscription$8.991 Month
- Stencil Plus Quarterly3 Days trial$12.993 Months
- Yearly Subscription3 Days trial$44.991 Year
Printcil
- Printcil7 Days trial$8.991 Month
- Printcil7 Days trial$89.991 Year
- 10 Remini Credits$3.99
