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Apple iOS 12.1

Pencil on Apple iOS 12.1

Apple shipped a new design for Pencil in iOS 12.1, released October 30, 2018. The previous design is shown beside it.

Previous release
Pencil as drawn by Apple in iOS 11.3iOS 11.3
This release
Pencil as drawn by Apple in iOS 12.1

iOS 12.1

How Apple has drawn Pencil

  1. Pencil as drawn by Apple in iOS 5.1
    iOS 5.1

    Shipped in 1 release before it changed

  2. Pencil as drawn by Apple in iOS 6.0
    iOS 6.0

    Shipped in 1 release before it changed

  3. Pencil as drawn by Apple in iOS 8.3
    iOS 8.3

    Shipped in 2 releases before it changed

  4. Pencil as drawn by Apple in iOS 9.1
    iOS 9.1

    Shipped in 3 releases before it changed

  5. Pencil as drawn by Apple in iOS 10.2
    iOS 10.2

    Shipped in 5 releases before it changed

  6. Pencil as drawn by Apple in iOS 12.1
    iOS 12.1

    Shipped in 13 releases before it changed

Every Apple release of Pencil

  1. iOS 5.1 ✳
  2. iOS 6.0 ✳
  3. iOS 8.3 ✳
  4. iOS 9.0
  5. iOS 9.1 ✳
  6. iOS 9.3
  7. iOS 10.0
  8. iOS 10.2 ✳
  9. iOS 10.3
  10. iOS 11.1
  11. iOS 11.2
  12. iOS 11.3
  13. iOS 12.1 ✳
  14. iOS 12.2
  15. iOS 13.1
  16. iOS 13.2
  17. iOS 13.3
  18. iOS 14.2
  19. iOS 14.5
  20. iOS 14.6
  21. iOS 15.4
  22. iOS 16.4
  23. iOS 17.4
  24. iOS 18.4
  25. 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.

Next release: iOS 12.2 →

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