Tattoo stencil app for Android, installed from Google Play.

A stencil app that is not Apple-only

If you work on an Android phone, the choice of stencil apps is smaller. Several popular ones, including Ghostline, TattStencil and Tattoo Stencil Pro at the time of checking, are only available for iPhone and iPad. Others run in a browser, which works on Android but is not a native app. Our app comparisons list the platforms for each.

Stencify is built for both. On Android you get the same core tools as on iPhone:

• Conversion from a photo, screenshot, photographed sketch or text description in about 30 seconds.
• Four shading styles (Classic, Stipple, Crosshatch, Broken Lines) and line weight and contrast controls for bold, fine-line and detailed work.
• Edits by text prompt, such as “remove the background” or “simplify the hair”.
• AI try-on on a body model or on a photo of the client, where you can choose the body part (such as arm, hand, leg or ankle) or leave it on Auto. Your stencil colour carries into the try-on.
• Place It Myself: drag, pinch and rotate the stencil on a photo yourself, with a colour wheel, without using a free try.
• Printing at the exact size you set in cm or inches, with a ruler on each page; large pieces across several pages; PNG, PDF and HD (4K) export.

Getting references onto your Android phone

Stencify picks images from your phone’s gallery. Screenshots, downloaded images and photos of drawings all work.

Sharing and printing from Android

Export a PDF when you plan to print. It keeps the A4 or US Letter page size, so the stencil comes out at the scale you set.

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   Print directly

   If your printer accepts prints from Android, open the PDF and print it at 100%, with any “fit to page” option turned off.

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   Use the printer’s app

   Many thermal stencil printers have their own app or connect to a computer. Share the exported file to that app.

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   Send it to the studio computer

   Share the PDF by email, a cloud drive such as Google Drive, a messaging app, or a USB cable, then print from the computer.

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   Keep a copy per client

   Save exports in a folder named after the client, so reprints for a second session are quick.

For printer settings and paper choice, read how to size and print a tattoo stencil and the stencil printer guide.

Pricing on Google Play

Stencify is free to install with two free uses. After that you choose a weekly or yearly subscription, billed through Google Play in your local currency. In the US the plans are $4.99 a week or $47.99 a year. You can cancel any time from your Google Play subscriptions. The pricing page has the details.

Other devices and next steps

• Stencify for iPhoneStencify on iPhone: camera roll, AirDrop and printing.
• Stencify for iPadStencify on iPad: a larger screen at the station.
• Stencify for PC and MacNo desktop app: how to print from a computer.

To see the app by starting point, read about converting a photo to a tattoo stencil, the AI tattoo stencil generator for text and sketches, and Stencify as a studio stencil maker. Plan details are on the pricing page, and a short summary of platforms and features is on the Stencify facts page.