Pick motion like you pick a color.
Works in your browser, on tablet or desktop.
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The questions we hear most often, answered.
Drawings rarely live in just one place. Most projects move between static and animated, between paper and screen. But adding motion usually means working in two steps: first draw, then animate.
We wanted to build a drawing tool that feels as direct and playful as sketching, while thinking about motion from the very first stroke. Movement should become part of the drawing process itself. That was the starting point for PenPen.
PenPen is a browser-based vector drawing tool where every line is born with motion. Strokes can wiggle, pulse, grow, appear as drawn, react to physics, or behave like hair in the wind. The result is a new way of drawing that combines illustration and animation in a single process.
Yes, PenPen is free to use. When you sign up you get Pro for free for one month, so you can try Pro features such as more projects, higher export resolution, and no watermark.
After the free month, the Free plan keeps up to 3 projects, exports at a limited resolution, and adds a small watermark to all exports. Cloud storage is not available on the Free plan.
To remove those limits and use cloud sync, upgrade to Pro or Sponsor, or grab the one-time Lifetime option available during this first phase.
Every contribution genuinely helps us keep building, so if PenPen is useful to you, going Pro, Sponsor or Lifetime is a lovely way to support the project.
PenPen exports to MP4, PNG sequences, SVG and PDF. You’ll find these options in the export menu inside a project.
Yes. Export your artwork from Illustrator as an SVG and use the import button in the gallery, or the import button in the Layers panel inside a project. Each Illustrator layer becomes its own PenPen layer, so you can animate them right away in the structure you already prepared. Groups and masks come in exactly as you made them.
Tip for clean imports: convert text to outlines in Illustrator so the typography stays consistent across devices.
On your device (always)
Every project you work on is saved in your browser’s local storage on that device. That is the copy PenPen uses while you draw. It is fast, private, and available offline.
In the cloud (Pro, optional)
With a Pro (or higher) plan and a signed-in account, you can push projects to the cloud and pull them on another device. Cloud sync is manual. You choose when to upload or download from the gallery menu.
Backups without the cloud
You can always save a copy of a project as a file from the gallery (long-press a card, then Save a copy) and store it wherever you like.
Yes, on both. Open penpen.ch in Safari on iPad or in Chrome. On iPad we recommend adding it to your home screen for a full-screen, app-like experience.
PenPen is built for live vector animation, so you can draw, layer, and play back motion in real time. For everyday projects, iPad and desktop both feel great.
iPad shines for drawing with Apple Pencil, quick sketches, and animating on the go.
Desktop gives you extra headroom when a scene gets large or complex: many layers, long timelines, detailed puppet work, or lots of strokes playing at once. If you are pushing the limits, a recent Mac or PC keeps everything smooth.
In File settings → Performance you can switch to Fast Performance for an even snappier feel on any device (the page reloads once when you change it). Use High Quality when you want maximum sharpness.
Yes. After your first visit, PenPen works offline. Open it on a plane or anywhere without a connection and you can keep drawing — everything is saved locally in your browser. On iPad, add PenPen to your home screen for a fullscreen, app-like experience that opens instantly even without internet.
Cloud sync (Pro) and signing in are the only features that need a connection. They resume automatically when you’re back online.
We’d love to hear from you.
Bugs
Please email hello@penpen.ch and describe the problem as clearly as you can:
A short screen recording or screenshots are a huge help, especially for things that only happen sometimes or after a specific sequence of steps.
Feature ideas
Same address; a sentence or two about the workflow you’re imagining is enough.
We’re also always on the lookout for beta testers, so good feedback might get you an invite, which comes with Pro for life.