Quiver app: how it works, what it costs, and an alternative

Quiver (“Quiver – 3D Coloring App” by QuiverVision) is an augmented reality coloring app for iPhone, iPad and Android. You print one of QuiverVision’s own coloring pages, color it in and scan it with the app, and the picture rises from the paper in 3D on the screen, in the colors you used. The app is free to download and some page packs are free; the rest need an in-app subscription. Quiver only recognizes its own pages, so it can’t bring a drawing your child made from scratch to life.

How to use Quiver, step by step

1. Install Quiver – 3D Coloring App from the App Store or Google Play.
2. Pick a page in the app or on quivervision.com. Packs marked Free work without paying; packs marked Premium need a subscription.
3. Print the page and color it in with crayons, colored pencils or felt-tip pens.
4. Open the app, tap the camera button, scan the QR code on the page, and then hold the camera over the colored page.
5. The picture comes to life in 3D, in your colors. Depending on the page, there are games, quizzes and sounds, and you can take photos and videos.

These steps follow Quiver’s own description in the App Store. The app is in English.

What does Quiver cost?

Downloading Quiver is free, and so are the packs marked Free. Everything else is unlocked with in-app purchases. On the US App Store on 21 October 2026, the monthly subscription cost US$2.49 and gives access to all current and future page packs while it runs; single packs such as Quiver Vol. 1 cost US$2.99. Prices differ from country to country.

For schools there’s the Quiver Education dashboard: one subscription for many classroom devices, with lesson plans and a free 7-day trial. QuiverVision says the education platform has fewer free pages than before. New content is downloaded, so the app needs an internet connection now and then. Its App Store privacy label lists usage data and diagnostics, not linked to you.

Can Quiver animate your own drawing?

No. Quiver only works with QuiverVision’s pages; look for the Quiver butterfly logo on the page. Each page has a 3D model made for it in advance, and what changes is the colors your child adds. A drawing on a blank sheet of paper isn’t recognized.

That’s the trade-off: Quiver’s scenes are polished and come with lessons in science, math and reading, but the shapes are QuiverVision’s, not your child’s.

For drawings your child makes from scratch

Levende works the other way round. It takes any drawing on paper, from the fridge or a notebook, cuts the figure out, gives it a skeleton and makes it move. It’s an independent app by Peter Theill, not connected to QuiverVision. The differences:

• Pages: Quiver needs its own printed pages. Levende takes any drawing, and photos of a teddy or a toy too.
• The animation: Quiver shows a 3D model made for the page, in your colors. In Levende, it’s the child’s own figure, just as it was drawn, that bends and moves along a skeleton. Drawn cars, buses and trains drive on turning wheels.
• What you can do: Quiver has 350+ pages, games, quizzes and lesson plans for school. Levende is for play: 20 moves, several figures on a stage or in AR on your table, and a video with music.
• Internet and data: Quiver downloads content and collects anonymous analytics. Levende never connects to the internet and collects nothing.
• Price: Quiver is free to download, and most pages need a subscription. Levende costs $1.99 once, with every feature, no ads and no account.
• Devices: Both run on iPhone and iPad. Quiver is on Android too; Levende is on Google Play too.

Quiver is the better pick for ready-made 3D scenes and lessons. Levende is for the drawings your kids come up with themselves. Step by step: how to animate a drawing on iPhone or iPad. Another app that brings doodles to life: RakugakiAR.