CopyIt The Grid Drawing Method

🇺🇸 United States
Nigel Green  | 
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4.3
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999
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App Age
15y 6m
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Last Update
Dec 02, 2025

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4.38
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CopyIt The Grid Drawing Method
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An ancient tool made digital.
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First released in 2010, CopyIt is the original and most feature‑rich grid drawing app. Trusted by artists, teachers, and students worldwide, CopyIt brings the centuries‑old grid drawing technique into the digital age, making it easier than ever to copy, enlarge, or reduce reference images with precision. Why CopyIt? The grid method, used by masters like Leonardo da Vinci, breaks images into manageable sections so you can focus on lines and shapes square by square. CopyIt eliminates the need to print and mark up photos, offering zoom, filters, and digital tools that enhance accuracy and detail. Whether you’re a beginner or experienced artist, CopyIt helps you achieve results with confidence. Key Features • Universal App: Works on iPhone, iPad, and Apple Silicon Macs • Flexible Grids: 6 grid types, customisable rows/columns, adjustable colors, transparency, and guidelines • Smart Tools: SmartMove zoom, Target mode, digital ruler, perspective lines, and TubeMatch™ for color matching • Filters & Effects: Pencil Sketch, Onion Skin overlay, flips, rotations, and multiple image aspects • Import & Export: Capture with front/back cameras, load projects or albums, save and share via AirDrop, email, or social platforms • Customization: Portrait/landscape orientation, fullscreen mode, adjustable zoom (x1–x20), media sizes in imperial/metric • Support: In‑app help and a new tutorial Designed for Success CopyIt transforms the traditional grid method into a modern workflow tool. By working square by square, you can scale images accurately, refine details, and build confidence in your drawing skills. Connect with us: • Facebook: facebook.com/CopyItTheGridDrawingMethod • Twitter: @copyitforios}
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4.3
999 voters

Some Latest Reviews

Jobot1965
25 Nov, 2025
5
Good app with many very usual features. The new ruler is particularly needed for detailed work. A screen lock function would also be useful for tracing details.
Anszule Designs
04 Oct, 2025
5
I'm a professional painter and work mostly from my own photos. I have found this app great so far and think it is well worth the investment. My recommendations would be for different ratios to be made available or a grid option of standard canvas sizes to use in cropping and then creating a grid for an image. Being able to enlarge each section of an image is great! Also, more detailed instructions would be helpful. So far I have not figured out how to choose a specific number of columns that vary from the standard settings. ??
undrwethr
14 Sep, 2025
2
This is a good idea, but has a number of bugs that make it difficult to use
Moorlucky
16 Jul, 2025
5
There’s a learning period when you start using this app. I still don’t understand everything this app can do. I use it with most of my oil paintings that are done inside my studio. I use this app with a smaller iPad, with Velcro attached to the back of the iPad . I can place the iPad on top of the easel with the other side of velcro. I can move to different sections of the photo to see details. I think it’s one of the best apps for artists! Update: I’ve been using this app for several years ago! I get my perspective, color values, etc. I share this app to my artist friends. It doesn’t matter where your skill level is, this app can help you. I tell them to play with the app and get familiar with the different ways you can use for your art. Buy it, work with it until you comprehend the tools available for you!
Marlyclay
21 Jun, 2025
5
This app is brilliant. Well worth the money and really easy to use. I have lots of photos on my iPad and this app has enabled me to make accurate enlarged drawings of them. I like how you can save multiple projects ,so that I can have more than one drawing on the go . Lots of other useful features like grayscale, onion skin etc.... Very clever little app that any budding artist can make good use of. Thankyou.
Symptomless_Coma
02 Mar, 2025
5
I use it for the grid method for drawing and for tracing but I also use it to turn my iPad into a light box for colouring vellum ! There’s an onion skin mode and you can can posterize the image which I then put through a projector to break down the image for creating under paintings either in mono or original colour ! If there would be one thing that I could say to improve would be to be powered by metal for faster speed and give more photo shop like posterize to give further definition with the different colour groups but very good app ! Fully recommend !
Linell7276
10 Sep, 2024
5
Love this app so far. Lots of options and so far working like a charm. Love that it has an instruction guide and things are clearly written. User friendly too. Thank you so much.
Gillian74
03 Aug, 2024
5
Why do you need a crop tool? You should have edited your picture BEFOREHAND! This app is invaluable for transferring an edited photo to canvas or paper ready for the painting. It's like a renaissance electronic pounce bag! If you don't know what that is then you're not a proper artist! It doesn’t need music.....unnecessary!
Molten Mac
23 Jun, 2023
5
This is everything I need. I nearly bought a Lucinda Drawing Tool. I got this instead and there’s no regrets!

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Additional Information
Rating:
4.34
Voted: 999
App Store Link:
Price: 9.99 $
Website: -
Email: -
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Categories: Productivity, Education
Size: 11MB
App Age: 15 years 6 months
Release Date: Jun 17, 2010
Last Update: Dec 02, 2025
Version: 7.1
Version history
7.1
Dec 02, 2025
- New Feature: Perspective Grid. Toggle a perspective grid using a new button on the right toolbar. Choose between one, two or three-point perspective modes with adjustable vanishing points. Long-press the button to switch modes and access advanced controls via the Settings button (left toolbar). - Ruler Updates: The ruler introduced in v7.0 has been improved. The imperial/metric measurement system is now selectable in the Settings button (left toolbar). The ruler now displays either Inches or MM, not both. This frees up space for additional helpful guides like the current ruler angle, its complement, current length and coordinates for the top left and right edges within the current grid system (Left, Top, Bottom, Right). Long-press the ruler to reset its rotation/position, enable/disable 15-degree snap and reset its size. A toggle option for ruler labels has also been added. If the ruler is resized too narrow to fit all the labels, the location labels will automatically hide. - New Feature: A Tutorial button has been added to the right toolbar. - Pencil Sketch Improvements: Temporarily auto-selects grid colour during Pencil Sketch, keeping the grid visible if it’s on. - Tonal Strip Improvements: You can now choose from 6-13 tonal steps via the Settings Button (left toolbar). Each tonal step now also shows the percentage grayscale value. - General Bug Fixes and Performance Improvements.
7.0
Nov 06, 2025
- All preferences are now accessible directly within CopyIt via the new Settings button on the left Toolbar. This eliminates the need to leave the app for system settings. - Customisable Toolbars with a live preview are now available. You can change the Toolbar, Button and Font colours within the new Settings button. All colours support transparency, allowing you to see your work through the toolbars and buttons if desired. You can also reset the appearance to the default colours. - A new true-scale Ruler feature is now available. It’s calibrated to your selected Media Size and is disabled for ‘Device Screen’ and ‘Custom’ Media Sizes. You can drag, rotate or reset its position. The ruler automatically scales while zooming and is available as a toggle on the right Toolbar. The Ruler Colour, INCH Colour and MM Colour labels can also be customised within the Settings button. Transparency is also available for the Ruler colours. You can reset the Ruler appearance to revert to the default colours. - A new Crop Image feature allows you to crop your reference image directly within CopyIt. A Ratio button provides preset crop areas that can also be rotated for quick Portrait or Landscape adjustments (presets use Media Sizes). If you change your mind, you can revert your cropped image to the original reference image. - A new Pencil Sketch toggle effect is now available. You can long-press on the Pencil Sketch button to access its controls and fine-tune the effects. - A new Rotate All button rotates both the reference image and grid together. The Rotate Image button remains available. - Project Naming: When you save a project, CopyIt now automatically suggests an available project name and checks for duplicates as you type. - Bug fixes and stability improvements have been made.
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