TegnefilmDraw a cartoon, one picture at a time.
Draw a picture, then tap + for the next one. The last picture shows faintly in red underneath, so you draw the next step right on top. Press play, and it moves.
- No ads, no account
- No subscription
- Works offline
A real little animation studio
For anyone who likes to draw. Everything you need to make a flipbook cartoon, and nothing that gets in the way.
See the last picture
Each new picture starts blank, with the one before it faintly in red underneath. Animators call it onion skin, and it’s how small steps turn into smooth movement.
Pens that feel right
Pencil, brush, eraser and a bucket to fill shapes. Eleven colours plus a colour picker, and lines that follow your pressure with an Apple Pencil.
Draw the background once
Three layers: a background that stays put for the whole film, then the figure and a front layer in each picture. Move the figure, not the scenery.
Speed and sound
Play your film at 4 to 24 pictures a second. Record your voice while it plays, or bring in a sound from Files.
Trace a video or a photo
Pick a video and its first 10 seconds turn into pictures that show faintly behind the paper. Trace over them, or over a photo.
Share it anywhere
Send it as a video with sound, a looping GIF or a see-through sticker, or save it to Photos. Keep whole films as .tegnefilm files in Files.
Paper, pens and a play button
The screenshots show the app in Danish for now. Tegnefilm speaks English too, and ten more languages.
Your films stay on your phone.
Tegnefilm has no account, no server and no analytics. Your drawings, sounds and films stay on your iPhone and only go where you send them.
- No ads
- No account
- No tracking
- Works offline
No ads between you and the paper.
Tegnefilm costs $1.99, once. No account, no ads, no tracking, and your films never leave your iPhone.
That’s all it ever costs. Every feature and every future update is included, and so are the extra app icons. No subscription, nothing to unlock later, and if something’s wrong, you write straight to Peter, who made it.
Questions
Who is Tegnefilm for?
Anyone who likes to draw. If you can draw a stick figure, you can make it jump. There’s nothing to set up and no account, so you start on the first page.
Do I need an Apple Pencil?
No, your finger works fine. With an Apple Pencil on an iPad, lines get thinner or thicker with how hard you press.
How do I share a film?
Open play and share, then choose a video with sound (MP4), a looping GIF or a see-through sticker. Save it to Photos or send it from the share sheet.
Can I move my films to another iPhone?
Yes. Save a film as a .tegnefilm file in Files, iCloud Drive included, and open it with Tegnefilm on the other iPhone or iPad.
Does Tegnefilm collect anything?
No. There’s no account, no ads and no analytics, and the app works without internet. The microphone is only on while you record a sound.
Is it a subscription?
No. You pay once and get everything, every future update included. There are no in-app purchases and no ads.