Sketchwise: Learn How to Draw
Step-by-Step Guide from Photo
Only for iPhone
Free · In-App Purchases · Designed for iPhone. Not verified for macOS.
iPhone
Free sample lessons are here. Work through a whole lesson with guide images, step-by-step feedback and a scored report before you subscribe.
Sketchwise turns any photo into a step-by-step drawing lesson built for you, then coaches you through it stroke by stroke.
HOW IT WORKS
Choose a reference photo — a face, a pet, a building, anything you want to draw. Sketchwise studies it and builds a custom lesson split into clear construction stages, each with its own guide image showing exactly what to put on the page.
Draw each stage on real paper. Photograph it. Get specific feedback on what is working and what to fix before you move on.
A GUIDE IMAGE FOR EVERY STAGE
No vague advice. Every step includes a generated guide showing the shapes, proportions, contours, shading, colour or details for that stage — so you always know what the page should look like before you commit a line.
FEEDBACK AS YOU GO, NOT JUST AT THE END
Each step is reviewed on its own. You get a score, a short summary, the corrections that matter and one clear next action. Mistakes are caught at stage two instead of staying in the finished drawing.
A SCORED FINAL REPORT
Finish a lesson and get a full breakdown — proportions, shading, accuracy and more, each scored and explained, plus what you did well and what to focus on next time.
CHOOSE YOUR STYLE AND LEVEL
Pencil sketch, manga, watercolour, realistic graphite or cartoon, at beginner, intermediate or advanced level. The same photo becomes a different lesson depending on what you choose.
BUILT FOR REAL PAPER
This is not a digital canvas. Use whatever you have — pencil, pen, notebook, sketchbook — and build skills that stay with you when the phone is away.
TRACK REAL PROGRESS
Finished drawings are saved to your gallery, and every completed lesson earns XP and builds your streak. Progress you can actually see, rather than a vague sense that you are getting better.
TRY IT FREE
Complete sample lessons are free — work through a whole lesson, guide images, feedback and report included, before you decide about a subscription.
MADE FOR
Absolute beginners who do not know where to start. People coming back to drawing after years away. Anyone who can copy a photo but wants to understand why it works. Manga, portrait and pencil sketchers who want structure instead of another blank page.
Choose a photo and draw your first lesson today.
Sketchwise is a subscription. Sample lessons are free; building custom lessons from your own photos requires an active subscription, which renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel any time in your App Store account settings.
This app follows the standard Apple Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Rebuilt onboarding, and free sample lessons for everyone.
- Start with a complete sample lesson free — full guide images, step feedback and final report included, no subscription needed
- Clearer first run: choose between a custom lesson from your own photo or a free sample, right from the start
- Your selected photo now stays put if you close the subscription screen, so you never need to choose it again
- Better explanation of what a custom lesson gives you before you commit
- If subscriptions cannot load, you can still start a free lesson instead of getting stuck
- Fixes and polish across the gallery and profile screens
Thanks for drawing with Sketchwise.
The developer, Maxime Gheysen, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Not Linked to You
The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:
- User Content
- Identifiers
- Usage Data
- Diagnostics
Accessibility
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Information
- Provider
- Maxime Gheysen
- Size
- 69.9 MB
- Category
- Education
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 15.1 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 15.1 or later. - iPod touch
Requires iOS 15.1 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 12.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
English and 8 more
- English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Spanish, Thai
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- In-App Purchases
Yes
- Sketchwise Monthly USD 4.00
- Sketchwise Annual USD 19.00
- Copyright
- © 2026 Maxime Gheysen