MyTattooStencilAccountCreateStencify Alternative: A Browser-Based Tattoo Stencil Maker With No Subscription
Updated November 1, 2026. Prices checked on each company's own page that day.
If you want Stencify's main job, turning a design into a true-size printable stencil, but on a computer and without a subscription, MyTattooStencil does it in the browser for a one-time $4.99 for 20 AI designs (about $0.25 each). Stencify itself has no Windows, Mac or web version, and after two free uses it costs $4.99 a week or $47.99 a year on the US App Store (Stencify pricing, Stencify for PC). Stencify is a good app built for working tattoo artists. The difference matters mostly if you're a person getting one tattoo, not an artist converting client references every week.
Price and platform, side by side
| Stencify | MyTattooStencil | |
|---|---|---|
| Where it runs | iPhone, iPad and Android app only. "Stencify has no Windows, Mac or web version." | Web browser on any computer, tablet or phone. No app to install. |
| Free to try | 2 free uses of the AI features | 1 free AI design after signing in. The free design is low-res and watermarked. |
| Paid price | $4.99 a week or $47.99 a year (per Stencify's pricing page, checked Nov 1, 2026) | $4.99 once for 20 designs, or $9.99 once for 60 |
| Billing | Subscription: unlimited use while it's active, cancel any time | One-time payment, nothing renews |
| Cost per design | Unlimited while subscribed | About $0.25 (20-pack) or $0.17 (60-pack) |
| Commercial use | Built for artists' client work | Plus pack (60) includes commercial use under the site terms; Starter (20) is personal use |
| Built for | Tattoo artists and apprentices ("Made for tattoo artists and apprentices") | People designing their own tattoo to bring to an artist |
Sources: Stencify pricing, Stencify homepage, MyTattooStencil pricing.
What that means for one tattoo
Say you want to try about ten versions of an idea before your appointment. With Stencify, two are free, and the rest need the weekly plan at $4.99, which keeps renewing each week until you cancel it. With a one-time pack, the same ten designs come out of a $4.99 pack with ten left over, and there is nothing to cancel.
If you're a working artist making stencils for clients every week, the math flips. Stencify's annual plan is $47.99, about $4 a month for unlimited conversions, and it will cost less than buying packs at that volume.
Stencil features compared
| Stencil feature | Stencify | MyTattooStencil |
|---|---|---|
| Design from a text description | Yes ("Text to tattoo") | Yes, in 30+ styles, with placement, size and color options |
| Photo or sketch to stencil | Yes; Stencify says most stencils are ready in under 30 seconds | Yes: upload a PNG, JPG or WebP up to 10 MB; processed in your browser |
| Set exact print size | Yes, in cm or inches | Yes, design width in cm |
| Check the printer didn't shrink it | A ruler on each page | 10 cm calibration square plus 0-10 cm and 0-4 inch rulers on the first PDF page |
| Mirror for transfer paper | Yes | Yes, a mirror toggle |
| Large pieces across several pages | Yes, with overlap and labelled pages | Yes, large designs split across several sheets with alignment marks |
| Thermal stencil printer | Yes | 80 mm roll output (76 mm printable width) at 203 or 300 dpi |
| Home printer paper sizes | A4 or US Letter PDF | A4 (210 × 297 mm) or Letter (8.5 × 11 in) PDF |
| Line styles | Four shading styles: Classic, Stipple, Crosshatch, Broken Lines | Outline only or with shading; Fine, Standard or Bold line width |
| Quick edits | One-tap edits | No |
| Preview on skin | AI try-on on a body model or your own photo | Drag the design onto a reference for 11 body parts (forearm, wrist, ankle, ribs and others) to judge scale |
| Export | Save or share in HD (4K), print from the app | PDF and PNG |
Sources: Stencify homepage and FAQ, Stencify pricing, MyTattooStencil stencil maker. In our own test export on October 31, 2026, a 30 cm-wide design on A4 produced 5 pages (a calibration and assembly page plus a 2 × 2 grid).
Stencify has more editing tools: one-tap edits, four shading styles and AI try-on on a client photo. If you need those, it's the stronger app. What it doesn't do is run on a laptop or sell a single small batch.
When Stencify is the better pick
- You're a tattoo artist or apprentice converting client references several times a week.
- You want one-tap edits to linework and shading styles.
- You work from a phone or iPad at the consult.
When a browser tool is the better pick
- You're getting one tattoo, or a first tattoo, and need a handful of designs, not unlimited.
- You'd rather design and print from a computer that's already connected to your printer. Stencify's own workaround is to make the PDF on your phone and send it to the computer to print (Stencify for PC).
- You don't want a weekly charge you have to remember to cancel.
How to check a stencil prints at the right size
Whichever tool you use, print the PDF at Actual size or 100%, on the same paper size you exported (A4 file on A4 paper, Letter on Letter), then measure. Stencify does the same: it says most PDF viewers default to shrinking the page and that mixing A4 and Letter "is the most common reason a stencil comes out slightly off" (Stencify for PC).
In the MyTattooStencil stencil maker, the 10 cm calibration square should measure 100 mm, within 2 mm. You can download a test PDF of your own design without signing in (it's marked PREVIEW) to check your printer's scale before you buy anything. More on this in how to make sure your stencil prints at the right size.
A stencil only sets size and placement. Bring it to a licensed tattoo artist, who will adapt the design to your skin and decide what detail will hold up at that size.