A colouring page from a sentence, or from a photograph
Inklingly turns a few words or a photograph into a colouring page you can print. Pick the style, how much is on the page and who it is for, and get a clean black-and-white sheet as a PNG or as a PDF sized for A4 or US Letter.
Imagine it. Print it. Colour it. Out now on Google Play, for Android.
Turn imagination into something beautiful.
How it works
Five things, in the order the app puts them in.
Describe the picture you want in your own words, or hand over a photograph you already have.
It draws a colouring page from what you gave it, and you see the result before you commit to anything.
Turn the page you liked into a full-size sheet: a PNG, and PDFs sized for A4 and for US Letter.
Publish a page you made so other people can find it in Discover, and earn a little credit back when somebody unlocks it to print.
Print it, colour it in, and put it on the fridge. That part has never needed an app.
What comes out
4 styles, one page each, at the size the app makes them.
Bold & Easy
Thick chunky outlines and big satisfying shapes, with nothing fiddly in the way.
Cute
Rounded kawaii characters with soft shapes and friendly faces.
Cozy
Warm, charming scenes: reading nooks, cafés, plants, little shops and pets.
Mandala & Patterns
Symmetrical repeating patterns, geometric and floral, radiating from the centre.
What you choose
Four things, and each one changes something different about the drawing. Nothing here asks you to write a prompt.
Style
What the drawing looks like.
Bold & Easy
Thick chunky outlines and big satisfying shapes, with nothing fiddly in the way.
Cute
Rounded kawaii characters with soft shapes and friendly faces.
Cozy
Warm, charming scenes: reading nooks, cafés, plants, little shops and pets.
Mandala & Patterns
Symmetrical repeating patterns, geometric and floral, radiating from the centre.
Detail
How much is on the page.
Simple
A few big things with plenty of space around them.
Balanced
One clear subject with a scene around it.
Intricate
A full page with lots going on and plenty to fill in.
For
How thick the lines are and how big the areas are.
For: Little Kids
Very thick lines and big areas, easy for small hands and thick crayons.
For: Kids
Thick lines and roomy areas, for pencils and steadier hands.
For: Teens & Adults
Finer lines and smaller areas, for fineliners and unhurried colouring.
From a photograph
A photograph has already decided the subject, so it takes this instead of a style.
Just the subject
The main thing in the photo, on its own on a clean white page.
The whole photo
The subject and the scene around it, drawn as one page.
Or start from a photograph
Photograph the cat, the house, the birthday cake, or pick something out of your gallery. A photograph has already decided what the picture is of, so instead of a style you choose whether to keep just the subject or the whole scene around it.
The photograph is used to make the page and then deleted. That happens as soon as the drawing has finished, whether it worked, failed or was refused, and the storage it sat in expires everything inside a day regardless. It is never part of the page, and publishing a page never publishes the photograph behind it.
Made to be printed
A colouring page that stays on a screen is a picture. The whole point is the sheet of paper.
The preview is watermarked, on purpose
What you judge first is a small watermarked page. It is deliberately not printable: it is there so you can see the drawing, and try another version, before choosing the one to print.
The printable is the same drawing
Not a second attempt at the same words. The page you approved is redrawn at 1792 by 2400 pixels, about 240 dpi on A4 inside a 10 mm margin, so what comes out of the printer is the picture you chose.
Pure black and white
The printable is pure black and white with no grey in it at all, because grey is what makes a home printer produce a muddy sheet instead of clean lines.
Three files, no watermark
A PNG for anything, and PDFs laid out for A4 and for US Letter. They go through your phone's own share sheet, so you can print, save or send them wherever you like.
Pages
A Page is one colouring page: a few versions of one picture, and the printable you choose. Your first preview is free. Printing it takes a Page.
Your first preview is free
Describe a picture or hand over a photograph, and the first watermarked preview costs nothing, so you can see what the app does before buying anything. Printing it takes a Page.
A Page is one colouring page
A Page covers a few versions of one picture and the printable you choose from them. It is spent when the first version is drawn, and printing the one you choose costs nothing more.
A failure never costs you a Page
If the drawing fails, times out or is refused, the Page goes back automatically and nothing is charged. There is nothing to ask for.
Unlocking somebody else’s page costs a Page
A published page shows a watermarked preview to everybody. Unlocking its printable costs one Page, and a tenth of a Page goes back to whoever drew it.
What Inklingly doesn’t do
It is a tool for making colouring pages, not a social network. Nothing you make is public until you choose to share it.
- No comments
- No direct messages
- No follower counts
- No ads
- No third-party trackers
- Nothing public unless you publish it
Inklingly+
A monthly allowance of Pages. Try up to 3 versions before choosing your printable.
19 DKK/month
7 Pages a month
For a little creativity each month.
29 DKK/month
14 Pages a month
Plenty of room to create.
49 DKK/month
28 Pages a month
For colouring-loving households.
Unused Inklingly+ Pages roll over, up to twice your monthly allowance. Purchased Pages never expire.
Or pay for one Page
5 DKK per Page
No subscription. Try up to 3 versions before choosing your printable.
What a Page gets you
One printable colouring page, and up to three versions of it to choose from first. If a drawing fails, the Page goes straight back.
Prices are in Danish krone. Google Play sets the amount in your own currency, and the app shows that rather than this.
Questions
The questions people ask most.
- What does Inklingly actually do?
- You either describe a picture in your own words or hand over a photograph. It draws a colouring page from that, black outlines on white, nothing shaded, and you can turn the one you like into a full-size sheet to print.
- Where can I get it?
- Out now on Google Play, for Android. Search for Inklingly on Google Play, or follow the badge at the top of this page. It is built for Android first, and there is no iPhone version yet.
- Is the drawing made by AI?
- Yes. What you type, or the photograph you choose, is sent from our server to an image model run by OpenAI, and what comes back is your page. Nothing is drawn by a person, and the model is not told who you are, the request carries your picture and your choices and no account details.
- What happens to a photograph I upload?
- It is used to make the page and then deleted. The delete happens as soon as that generation has finished, whether it worked, failed or was refused, and the storage it sat in expires everything inside a day regardless. It is never part of the finished page, and publishing a page never publishes the photograph it came from.
- Is anything I make public?
- Not unless you publish it. Every page starts private and stays in your library. Publishing is a deliberate act that shows you exactly what will be shared first, the drawing, its title, its category and your display name, and never the words you typed or any photograph you used.
- What happens when somebody unlocks my page?
- They spend one Page to get the printable, and a tenth of a Page goes back to you. You are told that it happened and never who did it. There is no cash payout: credit earned this way is credit inside Inklingly and nothing else.
- What is a Page?
- A Page is one colouring page: a few tries at the drawing, and the printable of the one you choose. Your first preview is free, and a generation that fails puts the Page straight back rather than charging you for a picture you never got.
- What does it cost?
- A new account gets one free preview, so you can see what the app makes before spending a thing. Printing it takes a Page, and so does anything made after it. The prices are further up this page.
- Do I need an account?
- Yes. Drawing happens on our server rather than on the phone, so there has to be an account for the work and the Pages to belong to. An email address and a password is the whole of what it asks for.
- Does it work without internet?
- No, and it is honest about it. Making a page is a request to a server, so it needs a connection. Once a printable is on your phone it is a file like any other.
- What sizes does it print at?
- The printable comes as a PNG and as two PDFs, one laid out for A4 and one for US Letter, each with a 10 mm margin so nothing important sits where a printer cannot reach. It is about 240 dpi on A4 and it has no watermark on it.
- Can I use the pages I make?
- Print them, colour them, give them to your children or your class. The Terms page has the exact wording, along with the two honest limits on it: a drawing is not guaranteed to be unique, and whether a machine-made picture can be owned at all is unsettled.
- How do I get help?
- Email support@tinylantern.app. It is read by a person, and there is no ticket system.
Where it has got to
Out now on Google Play, for Android.
It is built for Android first, and there is no iPhone version yet. The pages you make in the app are on this site too, once you sign in with the same account.
If you want to ask something, email support@tinylantern.app. It is read by a person.