Translucent vs EasyProject
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Translucent
This app transforms your device into a digital light box, offering a premium library of over 220 professional tracing images. It provides advanced camera overlay and drawing tools to help artists of all levels improve their skills and create detailed artwork.
- Premium image library with 222+ curated tracing images
- Adjustable opacity camera overlay
- Pinch-to-zoom with 20x capability
- Grid overlay and filter modes
- Import own images and reference photos
- Lifetime access to new images
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TRACE ANYTHING ONTO REAL PAPER. YOUR PHONE IS THE LIGHT BOX. Hold your phone over a sheet of paper and the drawing appears on the page through the screen. Trace what you see. No printer, no carbon paper, no taping a page to a sunny window. YOUR OWN PHOTOS ARE FREE. FOREVER. Import any picture from your camera roll, set the opacity, trace it. The light box, zoom, rotate and your own photos are not behind a paywall and never will be. That is the whole point of the app. HOW IT WORKS 1. Pick a drawing from the library, or import a photo of your own. 2. Hold your phone over your paper, or pin the drawing to the page with AR. 3. Trace the lines you see through the screen. 400 DRAWINGS, 104 OF THEM FREE Animals, Anime, Architecture, Cartoon, Fantasy, Food, Nature, Objects, People, Tattoo and Vehicles, at beginner, intermediate and advanced levels. Real line art drawn for tracing, not photos run through a filter. 348 STEP-BY-STEP LESSONS Every lesson is built out of the drawing itself: big shapes first, then structure, then detail. You watch a face or a dragon assemble one stage at a time instead of copying a finished picture and hoping. AR ANCHORING Pin the drawing to your paper and it stays there. Move your phone, tilt it, set it down and pick it up, and the drawing is still exactly where you left it. No more propping your phone against a coffee cup. EVERY TOOL - Opacity, zoom, rotate, pan - Canvas lock, so your palm cannot knock the drawing out of line - Hands-free mode - Grid overlay, flip and mirror - Contrast, brightness and color filters for difficult light - Torch for tracing in the dark - Line art: turn a photo of your own into clean traceable outlines - Layer breakdown: a drawing split into its build-up stages - Strobe: the reference blinks off so you can see your own lines - Practice timer and daily streaks - Time-lapse: record a session and share it - Kid Mode: the whole library, none of the clutter - Works offline. No account, no sign-up. PERFECT FOR Artists learning proportion and perspective. Anime and manga. Tattoo artists transferring flash. Embroidery, quilting and cross-stitch patterns. Calligraphy and hand lettering. Woodworking and pyrography templates. Classroom and homeschool. Kids learning to draw. Anyone who was ever told they cannot draw. Tracing is not cheating. Artists have traced for centuries to study proportion and build the hand-eye coordination freehand drawing needs, which is why the lessons here take a drawing apart instead of just showing you the answer. FREE - The light box: opacity, zoom, rotate, pan, grid, filters, torch - Your own photos, unlimited - 104 drawings - 3 saved projects, 3 guided lessons, 3 strobe sessions - Canvas lock, hands-free, AR anchoring, practice timer - Supported by ads PREMIUM - All 400 drawings and all 348 lessons - Unlimited saved projects - Unlimited line art, layer breakdown and strobe - Time-lapse export with no watermark - No ads Already bought the Premium Library? You keep it, and you will never be asked to pay again. PREMIUM PLANS Premium Weekly - $6.99 per week Premium Yearly - $39.99 per year, after a 3-day free trial Premium Lifetime - $69.99, one payment, does not renew Prices are shown in your own currency before you confirm. Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless auto-renew is switched off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period, and your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours of the end of that period. Manage your subscription or switch off auto-renew in your device Settings after purchase. Any unused part of a free trial is forfeited when you buy a subscription. Terms of Use (EULA): https://aylan-apps.com/privacy/translucent-tracing/terms-of-service Privacy Policy: https://aylan-apps.com/privacy/translucent-tracing/privacy-policy
EasyProject
Overlay any image from your library or camera onto your live camera feed. Adjust opacity, scale, rotate, and flip the image for precise tracing. Lock the screen to create a DIY lightbox for your creative projects.
- Image overlay on live camera
- Opacity slider
- Full gesture control (drag, scale, rotate)
- Flip image horizontally/vertically
- Lock screen for DIY lightbox
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Photo tracing app. Pick any image from your photo library or camera and overlay it on the live camera feed. Features: Opacity slider — Changes the reference image's opacity for easier tracing. - Full Gesture Control — Adjust the overlay image using drag, pinch-to-scale, and rotation gestures to align it with your canvas. - Flip Controls — Flip the overlay image horizontally or vertically with dedicated buttons. - Lock Button - Locks all screen movement to turn your device into a DIY Lightbox
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: EasyProject at 100% against Translucent's 20%. EasyProject also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.7). Translucent's advantage is monetization model (free vs ad-supported) and ratings volume (27 vs 4). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. Translucent sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and EasyProject sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
EasyProject holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Translucent has 27 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 20% of Translucent's written reviews are positive against 100% of EasyProject's.
Translucent ships an update every 3 weeks, EasyProject every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Translucent | EasyProject |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.7 (27 ratings) | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 20.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 27 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 18.5 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 101 MB | 17 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | mounir tajaouart | Catdogfatness LLC |
Customer experience
Translucent
EasyProject
In-app purchases
Translucent
- Premium Library$2.99
EasyProject
- Remove Ads$4.99









