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The iPad is already there.
The sketchbook, tools, activities and past drawings travel on it. Drawing opens directly, saves automatically and works offline.
Cub Suite presents Cub Draw
The sketchbook you don’t have to pack.
Cub Draw turns the iPad your family already carries into a sketchbook built for pre-readers.
Children can start without reading, draw with a finger or Apple Pencil, and come back to editable artwork later. Their drawings stay together instead of becoming a pile of paper. Parents can see new work from another device and send a favourite to Grandma or Grandpa.
Cub Draw is being tested in private TestFlight groups.
Start drawing without reading
Keep drawings without the paper pile
Share favourites with family
Being tested in TestFlight groups
Cub Draw
Draw it. Keep it. Send it to family.
Cub Draw turns the iPad your family already carries into a sketchbook built for pre-readers. Children draw and explore on their own. Past drawings stay together and editable, and parents can share favourites with family.
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A four-year-old can understand it.
Large picture-led controls keep colours, tools and widths understandable before reading. The child flow leaves out file management and adult drawing controls.
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There is somewhere to start.
Children can choose blank paper, one of four maze levels, an illustrated scene, or stickers a parent has approved. A parent can prepare a tracing page.
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Keep the drawings without the paper pile.
Past drawings save automatically, stay together and remain editable. There is no stack of paper to sort and no decision about which picture gets cupboard space.
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Send one to Grandma or Grandpa.
A parent can share a drawing as an image through Messages, Mail, WhatsApp or another app in the Apple share sheet. The recipient does not need Cub Draw.
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Drawing still works offline.
Core drawing stays on the iPad. Private iCloud family sharing is optional and uses invitations controlled by a parent.
The parent sets the boundaries
Set up the space, then hand it over.
Parents add and organize stickers, choose maze themes, see new drawings, and manage sharing or deletion from protected controls. A favourite can be sent to relatives as a normal image. The child still owns the drawing experience.
One shared iPadChild canvas by default, with protected parent controls on the same device.
Child iPad + parent deviceThe child draws on iPad while a parent manages a private Child Space from another iPhone or iPad.
Parent-only iPhone or iPadThe installation opens into the parent dashboard and relies on the device lock.
Availability: Cub Draw 1.0 build 9 is available to internal and external TestFlight groups. Build 9 has not been selected for the App Store release, and no public TestFlight link is available.
Made for pre-readers and their parents
Large, picture-led controls for small hands.
Child screens use large, picture-led controls. Parent screens use clear language and familiar Apple controls.
Large touch targets
Child controls start at a documented 52-point minimum and often extend beyond their visible artwork.
Low-reading interfaces
Pictures, spatial grouping and immediate visual feedback help children understand their choices without reading.
No feed pulling them along
No scrolling feeds, streaks, currencies or pressure-heavy timers. The app stays on the picture or game the child chose.
Setup and deletion stay with parents
Parents control setup, imports, family sharing and deletion through parent screens or the documented parent gate.
Major child-facing controls already use the documented target sizes. The specifications still require more physical testing with children and a complete accessibility pass before release.
Privacy and trust
What stays on the device and what can use iCloud.
Cub Draw works locally. A parent can choose to share a private Child Space through iCloud.
Cub Draw
Local first. Family sharing is optional.
- Drawing works locally without iCloud.
- A parent can create a private Child Space using Apple's CloudKit sharing.
- Shared data can include child names, drawings, imported imagery, sticker and maze settings, and the CloudKit account identifier needed for app functionality.
- Photo selection uses Apple's system picker; sticker cutouts and tracing conversion happen on-device.
No advertising
No behavioural tracking
No third-party analytics
No public profiles or social feed
No location tracking
Full privacy policy
Read the app-specific policy.
The Cub Draw policy explains local storage, optional private CloudKit sharing, photo access, sensitive-image screening, retention and parent deletion choices.
Availability updates
Cub Draw is still being tested.
Cub Draw is being tested in private TestFlight groups. A public TestFlight link and mailing list are not available yet.
Cub Suite sits alongside drawing materials, physical toys and time together.
From Nanda Kusumadi