Inkpad Libre 4+
Open-source vector graphics
Benjamin Burton
Designed for iPad
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- Free
iPad Screenshots
Description
The open-source vector graphics app is back! Inkpad allows you to draw vector illustrations on the iPad, with scaleable and editable components that include paths, text, images, gradients, and layers. You can access your drawings from anywhere on your iPad or iCloud Drive, and you can export your drawings as SVG, PDF or PNG.
This is a revival of the open-source Inkpad app by Steven Sprang, which lived on the App Store several years ago, and brings it up to date for modern devices and iPadOS versions. Like Steven's original app, the source code is freely available under the Mozilla Public License 2.0 at https://github.com/baburton/Inkpad, where you are welcome to contribute or suggest improvements.
Features include:
- A pen tool for drawing paths and bezier curves;
- Compound paths, masks and groups;
- Text objects, with the ability to import your own fonts;
- Gradient fills and arbitrary dash patterns in strokes;
- Layers and grids;
- Import photos or SVG graphics;
- Export drawings in several vector and bitmap formats.
There have been several spinoffs from Steven's original Inkpad over the years. What makes this app different? It follows Steven's intention for a community project: the source code remains free for you to view, modify and contribute to (under the terms of the Mozilla Public License 2.0), and of course the app remains free for you to use.
Enjoy!
What’s New
Version 2.1
Fully integrated with the iPadOS file browser. You can now open and edit documents from anywhere on your iPad, including iCloud Drive, and you no longer need to use Dropbox for imports and exports.
Ratings and Reviews
Too hard to figure out
When scissors don’t cut and an eraser adds lines, it’s too confusing for me. I appreciate that it’s free, so 3 stars instead of one.
The best vision of Inkpad I have ever used!
This is hands down the best vision of Inkpad I have ever used.
It’s free, it’s open source, and that absolutely doesn’t mean that it is at any sort of disadvantage over its for profit competitors.
I found it after the offshoot I was using (and had paid for) decided to implement a subscription model. So I decided to scan the App Store fore a more budget friendly option, and low and behold here was this addition! And to make the discovery even sweeter, it has ALL the features I valued from the other one PLUS the search gallery function that I had been longing for as well as the file browser integration I didn’t know I wanted (but I did).
Good, but broken
This is the standard traditional Inkpad - type drawing apps, and mostly it works just fine for that. Unlike the other Inkpad, it works properly with the local Files .
Sadly, it has acquired a troublesome bug: menus work one time and then they lose all but two non-useful menu items. If you do any, say, repetitive duplication or align objects more than one time, well, you are out of luck.
I will up my rating if the developer notices and can fix the problem.
App Privacy
The developer, Benjamin Burton, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy.
Data Not Collected
The developer does not collect any data from this app.
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Information
- Seller
- Benjamin Burton
- Size
- 5.2 MB
- Category
- Graphics & Design
- Compatibility
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- iPad
- Requires iPadOS 11.0 or later.
- Mac
- Requires macOS 11.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.
- Apple Vision
- Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- Languages
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English, Arabic, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Turkish
- Age Rating
- 4+
- Copyright
- © 2020 Ben Burton
- Price
- Free