--- title: "Offline games for kids: a drawing app with no wifi needed" description: "Extreme Drawing works without wifi or mobile data: in the car, on a plane, at the campsite. What to do before you travel, and the browser exception." source_name: "Game Tailors" source_url: "https://extreemtekenen.nl/en/for-parents/offline/" site_home: "https://extreemtekenen.nl/" source_description: "The drawing app where the paper is real. No ads, no accounts, no data collected." locale: "en" legal: - "Game Tailors · Schieweg 15Y-40, 2627 AN Delft (NL)" - "KvK 92437702 · VAT NL866044474B01" - "info@gametailors.com · +31 6 4227 5919" copyright: "© 2026 Game Tailors" published_at: "2026-10-24T00:47:36.310Z" modified_at: "2026-10-24T00:47:36.502Z" --- # Offline games for kids: a drawing app with no wifi needed ## Paint at 10,000 metres Yes, Extreme Drawing works without wifi. The iPhone, iPad and Android apps need no internet connection at all: every tool, every experiment and every time skip runs on the device, and drawings are saved on it. Flight mode, a tunnel or a campsite with no signal make no difference. [Before you travel](<#before>)[Play in your browser]() - No wifi needed - No mobile data - Drawings saved on the device ![Painted illustration of a girl drawing on a tablet in the back seat of a car, her seatbelt on, fields and clouds outside the window.]() ## Why it doesn't need the internet Most apps go online for ads, accounts, analytics or downloads. Extreme Drawing has none of those, so the apps simply don't connect to the internet. On Android you can see it in the permissions: the app doesn't even ask to use the internet. Everything happens on the device: the paper, the paint, the mould that grows in three days, the oven and the freezer. That also means no surprise data use abroad. ## Where it comes in handy ### Long drives and flights Bake a drawing, freeze it, wait three days for the mould. A lot happens on one sheet of paper. ### Waiting rooms and restaurants All the mess of ketchup, ice cream and spilled tea, and none on the table. ### Holiday cottages and campsites No signal, no problem. And when it rains, see our rainy day ideas. ### Quiet time at home Turn the wifi off if you like; the app won't notice. ### Two children, one tablet Several fingers can draw at once, so siblings can paint side by side. They share the tool that's picked. ### Grandparents' house Nothing to log in to and no password to remember. ## Before you travel Three minutes at home, with wifi, saves a lot of trouble on the road. 1. Install the app at homeDownloading it needs a connection; playing doesn't. Open it once to check it starts. 2. Unlock it at home, if you want toBuying the full toolbox goes through Apple's or Google's store, so do it while you're online. After that the app remembers it. 3. Set the soundOn a plane, pack headphones or switch the sound off in the grown-ups' area. On iPhone and iPad the game's sound follows the volume buttons, not the silent switch. The music can be switched off on its own too. 4. Charge the tabletThe paper simulation keeps the device busy, so start with a full battery on a long trip. The browser version needs a connection to open The web version at play.extremedrawing.com loads over the internet, so open it while you're online. For travel without a signal, the iPhone, iPad and Android apps are the ones to take. Does Extreme Drawing work on a plane? Yes. The apps need no internet at all, so flight mode makes no difference. Just remember headphones, or switch the sound off in the grown-ups' area. Do saved drawings need the cloud? No. Drawings are saved on the device itself, so they're there with or without a connection. Does the full toolbox still work offline? Yes. Buying it needs the store, so do that at home; once it's unlocked, it works offline like the rest. Can we use the browser version without internet? It needs a connection to load. For offline play, use the iPhone, iPad or Android app. ## More for parents ![Painted illustration of a parent and child at a kitchen table watching baking soda fizz up pink, with paints and a rainbow drawing, rain on the window.]() ### [Rainy day: 10 ideas]() Five on screen, five in the kitchen. ![Painted illustration of a child's drawing rolled up safely in a small wooden box with a heart-shaped latch, a puppy asleep beside it.]() ### [No ads, no accounts, no data]() What it means, and how to check it yourself. ![Painted illustration of the painter peering through a magnifying glass at bread and a strawberry with fuzzy mould spots, beside a calendar with three days crossed off.]() ### [Mould in 3 days]() One tap turns food into fuzz: a time skip for a long trip. ## Try it at home first Have a look in the browser today, then take the app on the road. On iPhone, iPad and Android. [Play in your browser]()[All parent questions]()