Snap
Point at the drawing. Crayon Years straightens it and cleans the background. The original photo is always kept too.
The fridge fits three. Crayon Years fits them all.
Snap every drawing in 5 seconds. Keep all of them, age by age, in your own iCloud.
Crayon Years is an iPhone and iPad app that keeps every drawing your child makes, age by age, in your own iCloud.
- No account.
- No ads.
- No tracking across apps.
- No server of ours.
Every drawing lives in your own iCloud.
How we handle privacyKids' art, from the fridge to their timeline.
Sort
Lou, Sam or Mila. One tap, and it lands in the right year.
LLouSSamMMila
Age 8Grade 3 · 2026 to 2027
Watch
Every age becomes a chapter. Firsts get a sticker: first face, first name, first scene.
Age 5
Kindergarten · 63 pieces
Dino partyFirst scene!
Then & Now
Same house. Four years apart.
Crayon Years finds drawings of the same thing at different ages and puts them side by side, so you can see how your child's artwork grows up.
Two homes. One gallery.
Invite your co-parent and the grandparents with a link. They need an iPhone or iPad signed in to iCloud, nothing else.
Eva's iCloudThe family gallery
Eva's iPhoneOwner
Daan's iPhoneOwn Apple ID
Daan's copy
Oma's iPadLooks and sends hearts
E
Eva's iPhoneOwner
D
Daan's iPhoneOwn Apple ID
Eva's iCloud386 drawings
R
Oma Ria's iPadLooks and sends hearts
- Co-parents add and edit
- Grandparents look, send hearts and voice reactions
- Co-parents keep their own copy in their own iCloud, so the drawings stay with both of you, whatever happens.
Off the fridge, onto every screen.
Their artwork in a widget on the Home Screen, in StandBy at night, and in Frame mode on the TV or an old iPad.
Home Screen widget
A new drawing every day.
StandBy at night
On the nightstand, dimmed to red.
Frame mode
On the TV or an old iPad on the wall.
Yearly portrait
And the artist, once a year.
A photo of your child each school year, kept next to that year's art like a keepsake album. Portraits never count as drawings.
Age 2Daycare
Age 3Preschool
Age 4Preschool
Age 5Kindergarten
Age 6Grade 1
Free to start. Pro when the fridge overflows.
Free
€0
For as long as you like.
- 24 new drawings a year
- Unlimited children
- Clean-up, voice notes, export
- 1 widget
Pro
€19.99 a year, 14 days free
Or €2.99 a month, or €44.99 once, yours forever.
- Unlimited drawings
- Share with the other parent and grandparents
- Then & Now for every theme
- All widgets, StandBy and Frame mode
- Yearly recap and print-ready book
Try Pro free for 14 daysIn the app, after you download.
Works on iPhone and iPad, iOS 18 or later. Subscriptions renew automatically until you cancel in Settings. One purchase covers your whole Apple family. Prices are in euro; the App Store shows the price in your own currency.
Everything you save stays yours. View and export it forever, Pro or not.
Questions parents ask.
More answers in SupportWhat's the best way to keep kids' artwork?
The easiest way to keep kids' artwork is to digitize it: photograph each piece and store the photos somewhere safe and sorted. Crayon Years does this on iPhone and iPad. Snap a drawing and the app straightens it, cleans the background, keeps the original photo and files it under your child's age, in your own iCloud.
Why not just use Photos?
The Photos app mixes drawings in with thousands of other pictures. Crayon Years keeps only the art: it straightens and cleans each page, files every drawing under your child's age, marks firsts like a first face, and shares just the drawings with family, never your photo library. Drawings already in Photos can be imported.
Do I need iCloud?
Crayon Years needs iCloud, because every drawing is stored in your own iCloud under your Apple ID and there is no Crayon Years server. iCloud keeps the gallery safe if your iPhone is lost and brings it to your iPad. Without iCloud, drawings stay on one iPhone and can't be shared.
What happens after 24 drawings on Free?
The free plan of Crayon Years keeps 24 new drawings a year across all your children, imports included, and shows a counter from the 18th. Drawing 25 needs Pro (14 days free on the yearly plan), or you wait until the count starts again, a year after the day you started. Everything already saved always stays.
What if I stop paying?
If you stop paying for Crayon Years Pro, every drawing stays yours and you can view and export all of it, forever. Sharing with family pauses and extra widgets go back to one until you renew.
Does the other parent need to pay?
The other parent never pays for Crayon Years. The Pro plan of the parent who owns the gallery covers the whole family gallery, co-parents and grandparents included.
We're separated. Does that work?
Crayon Years works for separated and divorced parents. One parent owns the gallery and invites the other as a co-parent, each with their own Apple ID. Co-parents add and edit drawings and keep their own copy in their own iCloud, so the art stays with both parents, whatever happens.
Is there an Android app?
Crayon Years is not on Android yet. It runs on iPhone and iPad, iOS 18 or later, and everyone you invite needs an iPhone or iPad signed in to iCloud.
Do you look at my children's drawings?
Zeus Apps, the maker of Crayon Years, never sees your children's drawings: they go only to your iCloud and the people you invite. Analytics are anonymous counts, never names, photos or text, and one switch in Settings turns them off.
Start with this week's drawings.
Download on theApp Store
For iPhone and iPad, iOS 18 or later. Free to start.