About HankyDoodle

A drawing game made by a family, for families and friends everywhere.

HankyDoodle is made by Kyle Hankinson and family at Hankinsoft Development in Halifax, Nova Scotia. I have built Mac and iOS software since 2010, mostly developer tools like SQL database editors. This one is different.

I made HankyDoodle to play with my wife and kids. We wanted a drawing game we could all jump into together, without coins to grind for or tools locked behind a paywall. So every tool and every color is free for everyone, from the first time you open it. Nothing to unlock, nothing to chase. You just draw.

My family are the real makers here. They have been the first players and the toughest critics since the first sketch, and most of what is good about the app started as something they asked for. The daily Word of the Day, the replay that plays your drawing back stroke by stroke, the Showcase where the community's best drawings live: all of it got play-tested at our kitchen table first.

The game is free on the App Store for iPhone and iPad, and on Google Play for Android, and games work across both. It is designed to be friendly for all ages: gallery words are filtered, community drawings can be reported, and reports are reviewed every day.

If you have questions, ideas, a bug to report, or a word you think belongs in the catalog, send me an email or hop into our Discord. I read everything.