Picotap: Pixel Art & Animation

Easy controls. Draw the pixel art and animations you imagine.

Picotap is a pixel art app built for easy phone controls.
Trace the Swipe Area at the bottom of the screen to move the cursor, then press a button to place color. Your finger never hides your artwork, so precise pixel-by-pixel work stays comfortable.

Easy to start, and it does what you need.
From your first icon to game assets and animations, it handles it all.


◆ New: Bring Your Pixel Art to Life with Animation
• Up to 64 frames. Make animations just like a flip book
• Onion Skin shows the previous and next frames faintly, so smooth motion is easy to draw
• Play back your animation right away to check it
• Export as GIF or APNG for social media or your games


◆ Precise Control at Your Fingertip
• Trackpad-style cursor: move fast to go far, move slowly to go one cell at a time. Tap the Swipe Area to draw right where the cursor is
• Switch to One Cell at a Time or D-Pad controls if you prefer
• Pinch to zoom the canvas
• The draw and Undo buttons you use most sit within easy reach of your thumb, with haptic feedback so you feel every press
• A hands-on tutorial teaches the basics as you draw


◆ Tools for Whatever You Want to Make
• Layers: up to 8. Show or hide them and adjust their opacity
• Shape tool: line, rectangle, and ellipse. Outline only, filled, or drawn from the center
• Tool switching: Pen, Brush, Eraser, Fill, Eyedropper, and Shape. Choose the size and shape of the Brush and Eraser
• Selection: move, copy, cut, flip, and rotate. Swap parts or make symmetrical art with ease
• References: load multiple reference images, then pinch and drag to fit their position and size for tracing. Show or hide them frame by frame in your animation
• Brush patterns: 8 types, including checker and stripes, to cover large areas efficiently
• Canvas size: from tiny 8×8 icons to 512×512 masterpieces. Over 50 presets plus custom sizes


◆ Free Colors and Saving
• Palette: set any number of colors from 1 to 256. Includes 60 preset palettes that give you a matching color scheme in one tap
• Transparent areas are shown as an easy-to-see checkerboard
• Choose the background when saving images: transparent, white, black, or a palette color
• Export multiple artworks at once


◆ Create with Peace of Mind
• Undo up to 50 times: try anything without worrying about mistakes
• Auto-save: your work is saved automatically as you go
• Backup and restore: switch devices worry-free
• Trash: recover artworks you deleted by accident


◆ Perfect For
• Anyone who wanted to try pixel art but struggled because their finger covered the screen
• Anyone who wants to make cute retro pixel animations (GIFs) to post on social media
• Anyone who wants to make their own social media icon
• Anyone who wants to create pixel art or animated character assets for game development
• Anyone who wants to casually draw pixel art on their phone while on the go or in spare moments
• Anyone who wants to start by tracing a photo or illustration


You can also use the app ad-free with the one-time purchase Remove Ads.

Anytime, anywhere, right at your fingertip.
Create your own pixel art and animations with Picotap.

Recent changes:
Version 2.3.0
• Now available in French, Spanish, German, Italian, and Indonesian