The product · NextTat for iPhone

The 3D tattoo workflow, built for the artist.

Walk into a consultation with an iPhone. Walk out with a measured 3D scan of the client’s skin, a design sitting on the actual surface, and a preview the client can show their friends. NextTat replaces three apps and four steps with one.

Scan

Two sensors. One model.

Most apps choose: LiDAR depth for geometry, or photo frames for detail. NextTat fuses both in real time, then hands the combined data to Apple’s Object Capture pipeline for reconstruction. The result is a watertight 3D mesh of the exact body part — close-range accuracy on the order of half a millimeter for cooperative skin under typical studio lighting.

Target accuracy: ±0.5 mm at 30 cm · preview rate: 30 fps

Editorial line drawing of an iPhone 16 Pro held in an artist’s hand. The screen shows the NextTat Scanning view: a forearm being captured with a terracotta-rust LiDAR wireframe overlay, the ‘Finish Scan’ button at the bottom, and the elapsed-time pill reading 0:19.

Compose

Design on the real curved surface.

Pull your reference art into the scan and project it onto the actual skin geometry. See how the lines wrap. Where a clavicle interrupts a script. Where a calf swells under the design. Where the line work needs to bias for healing. NextTat shows you what the flat reference can’t.

Import: SVG, PNG, JPG, PSD · layered support for fine-line & micro-realism workflows

Editorial line drawing of an iPhone 16 Pro showing the NextTat Compose view: a bold black traditional-flash snake design warping onto a terracotta contour-line topology of a captured shoulder, with Scale and Rotate controls and a ‘Project to skin’ button at the bottom.

Preview

The client sees what you see.

Hand the iPhone to the client. They see the tattoo on their own body, rotating in 3D. No stencil-on-skin leap of faith — just a faithful preview built from their own geometry. Export the preview as USDZ to share, or as a still image for their notes app.

Export: USDZ (primary), OBJ, PNG · share sheet integrated

Editorial line drawing of the same captured calf shown twice: on an iPhone 16 Pro held in a client’s hand and on an iPad Pro resting on a studio bench. Both screens show a bold black snake-and-botanical tattoo design wrapping the calf’s curve, with ‘Export USDZ’ pill buttons and a dashed terracotta ‘USDZ’ connector between the two devices.

Compatibility

Built for iPhone Pro. Honest about it.

NextTat requires LiDAR. That means iPhone 12 Pro / 12 Pro Max and any newer Pro model (13 Pro / Pro Max, 14 Pro / Pro Max, 15 Pro / Pro Max, 16 Pro / Pro Max), plus iPad Pro models from 2020 onward. On non-LiDAR devices the app refuses to install rather than degrade silently — you should never wonder whether the scan you just captured is real.

Minimum OS: iOS 17.0, iPadOS 17.0. Apple’s on-device Object Capture API is the engine, so older OS versions can’t run the reconstruction step.

Pricing

Honest pricing for serious tools.

Free

NextTat Sketch

Up to 5 scans / month. Watermarked exports. Designed for trying the pipeline on yourself before bringing it to clients.

$0 / month

Recommended · Artist Pro

NextTat Pro

Unlimited scans. Full-resolution USDZ + OBJ export. Direct integrations with Procreate, Photoshop, and Reality Composer. For independent artists running their own books.

[PRICE] / month · [ANNUAL PRICE] / year

Team / Studio

NextTat for Studios

Multi-artist accounts. Shared scan libraries. MDM provisioning. SSO and named support. For multi-chair studios, traveling crews, and shop chains.

Contact sales

All prices in [CURRENCY]. Subscriptions auto-renew until cancelled. See our refund policy and terms of service for full details.

Get it on your device

Pilots now. Public TestFlight soon.

We’re running closed studio pilots in Seattle through [PILOT WINDOW]. Public TestFlight follows. App Store launch: [LAUNCH WINDOW].

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