Lake Stories

23 Sep 2026 6-minute read coloring

Do You Need an Apple Pencil for Digital Coloring? Here's the Honest Answer

I own an Apple Pencil, use it often, and still think some of the best colored pieces I've seen in Lake were done with just a thumb. Here's the honest breakdown - plus what's changing for iPhone coloring with the launch of iPhone Duo.

17 Sep 2026 4-minute read features & updates

How to Turn Your Own Drawing Into a Digital Coloring Page

Turn your own drawings, sketches, or line art into digital coloring pages and color them in Lake with the tools you already love.

11 Sep 2026 3-minute read personal story slow hobby

The Best Cozy Games for iPad: Part 2

Part two of the cozy iPad games list! Featuring Lake Coloring, relaxing coloring game, Is This Seat Taken, a weirdly charming seating-puzzle game, and Elnea Kingdom, a farming game giving me full RuneScape nostalgia.

Lake coloring app's Recreate feature showing a partially colored illustration next to the artist's fully colored reference version

04 Sep 2026 5-minute read features & updates

Recreate: Color Like an Artist

Ever found a coloring page you love, only to stare at the blank version and wonder, “Okay... where do I even start?” Recreate gives you a little help: see how the artist colored it, borrow their colors or techniques, or simply use it for inspiration.

01 Sep 2026 7-minute read

When Creativity Becomes More Accessible

A conversation about creativity, cerebral palsy, and accessible design and how removing small barriers can make more room for creating.

24 Aug 2026 3-minute read

The Return of the Grandma Hobby

From knitting and puzzles to coloring, old-fashioned hobbies are finding their way back into our lives. Maybe it’s not just nostalgia, maybe we’re craving slower, more creative ways to switch off in an always-on world.

21 Aug 2026 3-minute read artists digital coloring

Coloring App with no AI Art

In a world flooded with AI art, Lake Coloring is proof that human made creativity still has a home. From artist made coloring books to importing your own drawings, here's why this app (and its people) are worth celebrating.

A hand coloring a detailed illustration in Lake, a digital coloring app for iPad and iPhone.

17 Aug 2026 4-minute read features & updates

ASMR Coloring: What It Means & Why It's Relaxing

Ever wonder why coloring in Lake sounds so satisfying? Here's what ASMR coloring is, and why it works.

07 Aug 2026 3-minute read features & updates

How We Built One-Finger Pan & Zoom, Lake's Newest Accessibility Feature

Two Lake users, unrelated to each other, ran into the exact same barrier around the same time. That led us to build a new accessibility feature: One-Finger Pan & Zoom.

24 Jun 2026 3-minute read

5 iPhone Apps I Use Every Day Instead of Social Media

Trying to spend less time on social media? These are the five iPhone apps I actually use every day - for creativity, productivity, inspiration, and a healthier kind of screen time.