Comparison

Tracing Paper Lite vs WHITEBOARD

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

Head to head
About

Tracing Paper Lite

Practice and improve your drawing and sketching skills on a translucent canvas with a grid. Trace any photo, adjust its size and position, and use various tools like shading, flood fill, and an eraser. Save or share your creations.

Highlights
  • Translucent canvas with grid
  • Trace photos from device library
  • Adjustable image size and position
  • Shading and brush size control
  • Flood fill tool
  • Undo/redo functionality
  • Zoom, rotate, and pan canvas
Features
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I'm currently celebrating "Cato's Hike", my just released game to teach children (and adults) basic programming! Please check out and enjoy :) Please note the full version has had a major update!!! Get it while it is hot :) This is the Lite version of Tracing Paper. It contains all the features of the paid version except for: - can create only *THREE* traces at a time in the app, you can always delete old ones if you want to create more - can't save or export your pictures outside of the app or share your traces using email, PDF, Twitter, Facebook, photo gallery, Open in..., Copy to Clipboard or printing Please enjoy! Tracing Paper is a simple yet elegant universal application for the iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch that helps you practice and improve your drawing and sketching skills by giving you a blank translucent canvas with a clean and simple grid on which you can trace anything you wish as often as you like. I believe it will be great for anyone who enjoys drawing or for kids that just want to play around! After choosing a photo from your library you can adjust its size and location under the canvas using your fingers to pinch to rotate/zoom and one finger to drag it around, then you just trace and shade whatever you wish using your finger. If you make a mistake simply choose the eraser tool and erase your mistake (also, you can use the eraser creatively to help add details in ways that are different from simply drawing), or if you want more accuracy than an eraser there is undo/redo support for up to 8 actions. For those hard to see details zoom, rotate or pan the canvas in for further detail by simply pinching the canvas or using two fingers and dragging to move! For those details where we want the colors to really pop there is now support for coloring and changing the pencil size to draw larger or smaller details as needed! For those moments where you want to quickly fill a region, there is now flood fill support, just press the bucket tool and click in an enclosed region to fill in. After you are done, wow the world and save your masterpiece to your Photo Library or share it via Email, Facebook, Twitter, PDF or even copy to the clipboard or use open-with to open it in compatible programs to touch it up! Tracing Paper features: • Super-smooth drawing with proprietary OpenGL-based rendering engine • 2 pencil styles • Support for tracing any photo from your device’s photo album • Gallery mode to browse to create/load/edit your traces • Shading support just like a real pencil, draw over the same area multiple times to shade it darker • Changing brush size to help draw or shade larger areas • Zooming, rotating and panning of the image to trace to focus on the details that matter (pinch to zoom/rotate, two fingers to pan) • Flood Fill • Undo/redo up to 12 actions • Saving your creations to your Photo library • Sending your traces via email, Facebook, Twitter, Open-with for other programs • Export to PDF • Open With... support to open trace in other programs I am definitely excited about this project and want to continue improving it as much as possible. I've already added many features based on feedback I've received and I'm always appreciative of new ideas that fit the vision and feel of this app. Please feel free to leave ratings and reviews however you feel and I will do my best to respond with updates! You can reach me anytime at the email below or via twitter at: @tracingpaperios. Please feel free to email me ANY questions, comments or crashes you have. I will continue working to add new features. Version 5.2 - iPhone 5 and iOS6 fixes - fix using the new pencil mode on iOS6 - save last used pencil settings - stability and OpenGL crash fixes, especially multitasking - fix tracing grid to not show crash on resize - added new iOS6 sharing sheet - raise limit to 3 traces - fix problem using "Open With..." when already tracing - eraser fix - retina pencil icon

About

WHITEBOARD

This is a straightforward digital drawing tool for quick note-taking and sketching. It allows for multi-finger input, adjustable line thickness, and basic color options. Save your creations as images or clear the canvas with ease.

Highlights
  • Multi-finger drawing
  • Adjustable line thickness
  • Basic color palette
  • Eraser tool
  • Bulk delete function
  • Save drawings as images
Features
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Can also be written using multiple fingers. You can write very smooth. ********************************************** Very simple feature! ! I can and notes by hand quickly! * Basic functions **************************** ▼ When you tap the button at the bottom of the screen, such as a bar of color selection and storage will come out. ▼ You can write using multiple fingers at the same time. ▼ simple, color five black, red, blue, green, pink. ▼ the slide, adjustable thickness of the line. ▼ Press the "eraser" button, line you wrote You can turn off the. (Adjustable thickness to turn off the slide) ▼ Press the "Trash" button, you can bulk delete. ▼ Press the "Disk" button, you can save the image. ※ If you can not save image ... Please turn on the "Settings" / Privacy / photo / "WHITEBOARD".

Screenshots

Tracing Paper Lite4 screens

Verdict

The call

Tracing Paper Lite and WHITEBOARD both sit at 3.5 stars, but that hides the real split: 60% of Tracing Paper Lite's written reviews are positive against 22% of WHITEBOARD's. Tracing Paper Lite also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 3 months). On price, rating 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 3.5 for Tracing Paper Lite against 3.4 for WHITEBOARD. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Tracing Paper Lite has 52 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 60% of Tracing Paper Lite's written reviews are positive against 22% of WHITEBOARD's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Tracing Paper Lite ships an update every 3 weeks, WHITEBOARD every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Tracing Paper Lite versus WHITEBOARD: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTracing Paper LiteWHITEBOARD
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.5 (52 ratings) — better3.4 (5 ratings)
Positive reviews60.0% of reviews — better22.2% of reviews
Number of ratings52 — better5
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 3 months
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterAd-supported
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPad
Requires iOS5.0 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHesham WahbaKiyoshi Koike

Customer experience

Tracing Paper Lite

All ratings52 ratings
Positive63.5%
Neutral7.7%
Negative28.8%
Written reviews70 reviews
Positive60.0%
Neutral17.1%
Negative22.9%

WHITEBOARD

All ratings5 ratings
Positive60.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative40.0%
Written reviews9 reviews
Positive22.2%
Neutral11.1%
Negative66.7%

Bugs and requests

Tracing Paper Lite

Reported bugs

11 issues
  • App freezes when zooming or scrolling
  • App slows down iPhone
  • Line work is pixelated
  • App crashes
  • Zooming is terrible and glitchy
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  • App doesn't load photos
  • Drawing doesn't register
  • App states limited usage but hasn't been used
  • Cannot save pictures
  • Picture and photo shift position
  • App is incompatible with iOS 11

Requested features

16 requests
  • Update for newer iOS versions
  • Update for iOS 11
  • Update for iOS 10
  • Ability to lock rotate feature separate to zoom
  • Ability to pick tools without options popping up
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  • Allow background image rotation and scaling
  • Color code typer for specific colors
  • Adjustable lighter/dimmer by color
  • Zoom bar instead of finger version
  • Plus and minus buttons for zoom and pen/paintbrush size
  • Button to instantly reset frame size and angles
  • Review board for paintings within the app (full version)
  • More choice of brushes, pens, etc.
  • Mac version
  • More aesthetic line work like Zen Brush
  • More drawing pages in lite version

WHITEBOARD

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Tracing Paper Lite

No in-app purchases

None

WHITEBOARD

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Tracing Paper Lite free?
Tracing Paper Lite is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is WHITEBOARD free?
WHITEBOARD is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Tracing Paper Lite or WHITEBOARD?
Tracing Paper Lite is rated higher. Tracing Paper Lite averages 3.5 out of 5 from 52 ratings, while WHITEBOARD averages 3.4 from 5 ratings.
Do Tracing Paper Lite or WHITEBOARD have ads?
WHITEBOARD shows ads; Tracing Paper Lite does not.
Which is updated more often, Tracing Paper Lite or WHITEBOARD?
Tracing Paper Lite ships an update every 3 weeks, and WHITEBOARD every 3 months. Most recently, Tracing Paper Lite was updated on October 23, 2026 and WHITEBOARD on October 20, 2026.

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