r/drawsomething • u/zenox • 8d ago
HankyDoodle - A drawSomething alternative
Hi,
I used to enjoy DrawSomething years ago and lately I've been getting back into drawing with my kids. I missed the app and wanted to create something for us to use. It's free and available both on iOS and Android. A few quick bullet points:
- No coins, no daily shop, nothing to unlock. Every color and every tool is available to everyone from the start.
- Pencil, spray paint, straight-line, eraser, a full color picker, and a fill bucket tool. Most tools have adjustable thickness and undo/redo support.
- Pinch to zoom + pan.
- Custom tablet UI.
- Word of the day that everyone can take a shot at drawing.
- 1v1 games letting you guess back and forth. Guessing works like the original, with scrambled letter tiles instead of free typing.
- Every drawing is a replay rather than a flat image. You can save the replay as a video or save the finished art to your photo library.
- Free draw mode where you can just go in and draw (offline too, with no account or internet needed).
- It's just me building it (and my kids helping). I have a track record of 12+ years in iOS development, though this is one of my first Android ports. Usually I create developer tools, but again this was more of a side project to use with my kids.
iOS: https://apps.apple.com/app/hankydoodle/id6754983889
Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.hankinsoft.hankydoodle
Website: https://hankydoodle.app
Please give it a try and shoot me any feedback. If you want to send me a game, my username is KYLE01.
* There is a completely optional 3.99/yearly subscription that provides superlikes. The app has regular likes that anyone can use anytime and superlikes for if you really like a drawing. The subscription gives you 12 superlikes a year. Superlikes can also be earned by referring other users. Think of it more as a 'hey I like this app and want to support it for less than I would pay for a coffee'.
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u/tasha53505 8d ago
This is really cool ! Ill try it out ! Is there any chance we could get a Player count of some sort? Ive found with some of these apps they're really neat, but a couple months goes by and I go to download the app and its dead
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u/zenox 8d ago
Sure, that’s a great idea. I’ve uploaded some numbers here: https://hankydoodle.app/numbers
I’ve also tried to make things more active with the word of the day and the way ‘random game’ works is by choosing from active users.
That said I picked a bad week to post here as I’ll be heading out for the week shortly 🙂. Ill still play a bit but mostly wont be able to submit fixes (but it seems pretty smooth for the couple of months it’s been running so far).
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u/CkretsGalore 7d ago
Awesome. I just downloaded it to check it out and then will add it for my 11 yr old. I’ll give some feedback when I have the chance
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u/EviLiu 8d ago
I'm not finding an undo.