Allows to use transparency on pictures, images and photos, & zoom up to pixels
Pocket Paint combines pixel-precise image editing with a robust layer-based workflow, transparency tools, and a rich toolkit, all within a free, open-source project by Catrobat. It leverages community-driven features like online stickers and translations, supported by a steady download momentum with 1,000,000+ total and 6.8K in the last 30 days.
Pros & Cons
Open-source, volunteer-driven project with AGPL/CC-BY-SA licenses
Pixel-precise zoom and transparency editing
Layer-based workflow with extensive toolset and easy image import
No clearly described in-app sharing feature within the app
Undo/redo not explicitly listed in the feature set
Some sticker/assets require internet access for retrieval
Alternative downloads for the Pocket Paint: draw and edit! app
Pocket Paint: draw and edit! is a tools app developed by Catrobat.
Download Statistics
Pocket Paint: draw and edit! has been downloaded 3.1 million times. In the last 30 days, the app was downloaded 6.8 thousand times.
User Ratings
Pocket Paint: draw and edit! is rated 4.41 out of 5 stars. The rating is based on 27 thousand ratings.
App Information
Pocket Paint: draw and edit! is FREE to download. The APK download size is 3.44 MB. The latest version available is 2.14.1. The last update was on May 15, 2026.
Technical Requirements
Pocket Paint: draw and edit! requires Android 5.0+ or higher. The app has a content rating of Everyone. The app has been available on Google Play September 2013.
Description
Pocket Paint is a drawing app that allows you to edit graphics, images, and photos, make parts transparent, zoom in up to single pixel level, and much more! Together with Catrobat’s app Pocket Code it also allows you to easily create animations, apps, and games directly on your smartphone!
Images are saved under Photos and Gallery.
Features: -- Save images as .jpg (compressed), .png (lossless, with transparency), or .ora (keeping layer information) -- Layers (including moving up and down or merging them) -- Stickers from the Catrobat family images and more (only for this it accesses the internet) -- Tools: brush, pipette, stamp, circle/ellipse, cropping, flipping, zooming, line tool, cursor, fill tool, rectangle, eraser, moving, rotation and much more! -- Easy import of images and graphics -- Full screen drawing -- Color palette or RGBa values
Feedback: If you find a bug or have a good idea to improve Pocket Paint, write us an email or go to the Discord server https://catrob.at/dpc and give us feedback in the "πapp" channel.
Community: Get in touch with our community and check out our Discord server https://catrob.at/dpc
Help: Visit our wiki at https://wiki.catrobat.org/
Contribute: a) Translation: Want to help us translate Pocket Paint into your language? Please contact us via translate@catrobat.org telling us for which language you would be able to help. b) Other contributions: If you can help us in other ways, please check out https://catrob.at/contributing --- We are all pro-bono unpaid volunteers working in our free time on this not-for-profit free open source project aiming at increasing computational thinking skills in particular among teenagers all around the world.
About us: Catrobat is an independent non-profit project creating free open source software (FOSS) under AGPL and CC-BY-SA licenses. The growing international Catrobat team is entirely composed of volunteers. The results of many of our subprojects will be made available in the months and years to come, e.g., the ability to control more robots, or to create music in an easy and fun way.
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Comments on Pocket Paint: draw and edit! for Android
β β β β β Ray Maasburg (Ray Ray)Β· Mar 15, 2026
Does what I want and has none of the stuff I don't need! Many thanks @catrobat
β β β β β Marcus EasyΒ· Jan 30, 2026
π β€οΈ This App, Because I Want To Do Art! 5/5, 10/10! ππππ¨π¨π¨πΌπΌπΌπ¨βπ¨π¨βπ¨π¨βπ¨π
β β β β β Brandon BarthΒ· Feb 14, 2026
Doesn't even open anymore, uninstalling and reinstalling makes it crash immediately. I really hope you all update and fix this, it (was) the best editor on the app store in my opinion. Edit: THE KING HAS BEEN RESTORED HAIL POCKET PAINT
β β β β β Ellie S.Β· Mar 12, 2026
Finally, an add free drawing app that just acts like good old windows paint. Perfect, thank you!
β β β β β Nguyen DaiΒ· Feb 9, 2026
Simple, easy to use, lightweight, and best of all, no ads β absolutely fantastic!
β β β β β Harshitha SamathamΒ· Feb 4, 2026
I used to draw in my laptop. And searched for mobile applications and found this!! This is pretty easy to use, no ads, It has all the basic tools required. Overall, I loved this!!
β ββββredacted redactionΒ· Oct 23, 2025
Used to be pretty good now unusable. Crashes, unresponsive buttons. UI+UX has always been confusing, so I'm not that upset I have to go find a new Paint client for Android.
β ββββWalter DraperΒ· Mar 22, 2026
Useless to me when it constantly crashes! Ironically, the developer tells us under 'What's new' that this problem has been fixed...π
β ββββEindhoven VortexΒ· Mar 12, 2026
Keeps crashing on images that seem to shrink when saved while you're still working on them! Losing everything!!! When you save the image, ug should be saved in whatever size/ resolution in which it was drawn, not go be reduced in size or resolution!!!
β ββββK PΒ· Jun 6, 2026
When I try to draw a straight line, it starts from the bottom right corner, and it's glued there. I cannot move that end out of the corner, I can only move the other end. I also tried to add a rectangle shape, and I cannot resize the horizontal and vertical sides independently. Like what even is this.
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Technologies used by Pocket Paint: draw and edit!
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Trust & Safety: The app requests storage and media permissions (READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE, WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE, READ_MEDIA_IMAGES) plus internet-related permissions (INTERNET, ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE) to enable image editing, online stickers, and community features. This usage aligns with standard image-editing apps and an open-source, community-driven project model.
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