Infinite canvas for flexible reference boards and mood boards
Animated GIF support with frame-by-frame playback and timeline
Comprehensive export options including SVG and image formats
Drag-and-drop, paste from clipboard, and split-screen usability with drawing apps
Not ranked in any top lists, limiting visibility in some rankings
Focus on reference boards over traditional drawing tools; competitors emphasize art/animation features
Users seeking more professional artist workflows may find some advanced tools absent
About RefCanvas - Reference Board
RefCanvas - Reference Board is an art & design app developed by Endvoid.
Download Statistics
RefCanvas - Reference Board has been downloaded 46 thousand times. In the last 30 days, the app was downloaded 1.5 thousand times. It is ranked #132 in art & design.
User Ratings
RefCanvas - Reference Board is rated 3.97 out of 5 stars. The rating is based on 240 ratings.
App Information
RefCanvas - Reference Board is FREE to download. The APK download size is 66.26 MB. The latest version available is 1.3. The last update was on January 31, 2026.
Technical Requirements
RefCanvas - Reference Board requires Android 7.0+ or higher. The app has a content rating of Everyone. The app has been available on Google Play March 2023.
Description
RefCanvas is an intuitive tool for artists and designers who need a comprehensive reference app to bring their creative vision to life.
Key Features: - Import images and gifs. - Notes - Add text notes. - Move, scale and rotate references to create the perfect layout. - Multi selection - edit multiple references at one. - Nodes - Useful for grouping references. - Drag and drop - Drag and drop files from others apps like the gallery. - Paste files from the clipboard. - Supports split screen and pop-up view: Use it as a companion app with your favorite drawing app like Ibis Paint or Infinite Painter. - Save your progress as boards for future use. - Auto set thumbnails for boards after saving. - Eye dropper - Tap and hold to pick a color from your references as a hex code. - Drawing.
Animated GIF support: - Reference your favorite animated gifs. - Pause animation and play frame by frame to better understand referenced animations. - Animation timeline gives you an interactive visual breakdown of all the frames.
Easy to use reference tools: - Grayscale toggle. - Flip horizontally and vertically. - Add link - allows you to visit the source of your reference.
Export: Export boards to share. Export board as SVG. Export Images/Gifs as files.
Using RefCanvas to make reference boards & mood boards is easy, simply import your images or gifs, and move them around the canvas to arrange them in the layout that works best for your project. You can adjust their size, rotation and position to your liking, giving you maximum control over your creative process.
Recent changes: Packing: Optimally/Vertical/Horizontal (optional packing on import) Export references: separately (multiple in zip) Export board as SVG (or selected only) Better Nodes - More customization. Added webp support. Fixed order saving. Added connections - connect references/nodes etc. Drawing. (experimental) Multiple bug fixes and improvements.
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Comments on RefCanvas - Reference Board for Android
★★★★★Ramanan Titus· Dec 19, 2023
This is the by far the best alternative for pure ref in Android. Some features are not working properly, saying that app is still in development. Hopefully this app gets better and if it's free then it's really helpful for a lot of people.
★★★★★Ibrahim Azmi· Jun 10, 2024
This app got a potential. Just need that arrange feature, and it's all set.
★★★★☆ryannxd· Aug 30, 2023
Good app for collecting art references, however app begins to crash once you have too many images in one board
★☆☆☆☆zbor· Jun 4, 2025
I thought this app was going to be like puref but for android, what a total waste of money, can't copy or paste images for reference, the only images I was able to copy from was gallery, what was the point, I could have just used gallery for reference and the only thing that would paste from ref canvas was color codes, I thought one of the purposes of this app was, so you could copy and paste images from the Web to use for reference but that doesn't seem to be.
★☆☆☆☆A O· Dec 15, 2023
GIF imports crash app edit: I have tried other GIF formats as well as learning how to compress GIF and webm formats using FFMPEG... still doesn't work. This isn't mentioning that most of the features are "still not available", even when upgrading to premium. Which is rather disappointing considering this app looks very similar to the open source pc app "Pure Ref" just with half as many features and requiring payment for more that still haven't been added.
★☆☆☆☆Nadia Jamal· Oct 15, 2025
Very well-made and easy to use but 80 percent of features are locked behind a pay wall. Wouldn't recommend if you are a budget artist
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