Apple iOS 13.1
Pencil on Apple iOS 13.1
This is the design Apple introduced in iOS 12.1, shipped again unchanged. It was not redrawn for this release.
iOS 12.2
iOS 13.1
How Apple has drawn Pencil
Every Apple release of Pencil
- iOS 5.1 ✳
- iOS 6.0 ✳
- iOS 8.3 ✳
- iOS 9.0
- iOS 9.1 ✳
- iOS 9.3
- iOS 10.0
- iOS 10.2 ✳
- iOS 10.3
- iOS 11.1
- iOS 11.2
- iOS 11.3
- iOS 12.1 ✳
- iOS 12.2
- iOS 13.1
- iOS 13.2
- iOS 13.3
- iOS 14.2
- iOS 14.5
- iOS 14.6
- iOS 15.4
- iOS 16.4
- iOS 17.4
- iOS 18.4
- iOS 26.4
✳ marks a release that redrew this emoji. The rest re-shipped the design unchanged.
Pencil on other platforms
Frequently asked questions
- What does Pencil look like on Apple?
- On Apple it is the design shipped in iOS 26.4, shown above at full size. Older revisions are listed beneath it.
- When did Apple add Pencil?
- Apple first drew Pencil in iOS 5.1, released March 7, 2012.
- How many times has Apple redrawn Pencil?
- Apple Inc. has shipped 25 versions of Pencil. Each is dated, so you can see when the design changed.





