Concepts 4+
Sketch, note & draw infinitely
TopHatch, Inc.
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- Free
- Offers In-App Purchases
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Description
Think, plan & create – Concepts is a flexible vector-based sketchbook where you can take your ideas from concept to reality.
Concepts reimagines the ideation process – offering a safe and dynamic workspace to iterate and explore your ideas, organize your thoughts, and experiment with designs.
With our infinite canvas, you can:
• Sketch plans and whiteboard ideas
• Make notes, doodles, and mindmaps
• Draw storyboards, product sketches and designs
Concepts is vector-based, making every stroke editable and scalable. With our Nudge, Slice and Select tools, you can easily change any element of your sketch without redrawing it.
Talented creators at Disney, Playstation, Philips, HP, Apple, Google, Unity and Illumination Entertainment use Concepts to develop and realize extraordinary ideas. Join us!
Concepts has:
• An infinite canvas with optional paper types and grids
• Realistic pens, pencils and brushes that flow with pressure, tilt and velocity or create your own
• A tool wheel or bar you can personalize
• HSL, RGB and COPIC color wheels
• Editable vector-based sketching – move, organize and edit the tool, color, size, scale, smoothing, opacity; transform or nudge lines to shape them
• Unlimited layers
• Scale and measurement tools that calculate real-world dimensions
With Concepts, you can:
• Drag + drop images + PDF files
• Create, store and share vector Object libraries
• Export images, vector SVG + PDFs to scale for printing or efficient flow between apps (including Procreate, Sketchbook, AutoCAD and Adobe)
• Share directly to email, text, Files, cloud, photos, or your favorite social apps and present with AirPlay or a second screen
• Store your work safely in your personal iCloud Drive
FREE FEATURES
• Infinite canvas
• A selection of paper, grid types & tools to get you started
• The full COPIC color spectrum, RGB and HSL color wheels
• Five layers
• Unlimited drawings
• JPG exports
PAID FEATURES
Subscription:
• 200+ brush and Object libraries, features, and services
• Enjoy Team Sharing for smooth collaboration, including live-sharing of object libraries, color palettes & brushes, with new updates arriving all the time
• Unlocks everything across platforms
• TRY PREMIUM FREE FOR 7 DAYS
One-time-purchases:
• Buy the Essentials for life and unlock selection & editing tools, infinite layers, shape guides, custom brushes, custom grids, and exports to PNG / PSD / SVG / DXF.
• Pay for advanced features as you need them – object packs, professional brushes & PDF workflows are sold separately
• Limited to the platform you purchase on
Terms & Conditions:
• Monthly and yearly subscription payments are charged to your iTunes account at the time of purchase.
• Your plan will renew automatically at the end of the billing period unless canceled 24 hours before the billing period ends.
• You can cancel or make changes to your subscription at any time in your iTunes Account settings.
• Unused portions of any free trial period are forfeited if you make changes to your subscription.
We’re dedicated to quality and update frequently based on your feedback. Your experience matters to us. Chat with us in-app via Ask Us Anything, email us at concepts@tophatch.com, or find us anywhere with @ConceptsApp.
COPIC is the trademark of Too Corporation. Many thanks to Lasse Pekkala and Osama Elfar for the cover art!
What’s New
Version 6.18.1
6.18 introduced support for JPEG XL & WEBP Imports. This quick update addresses a few bugs.
Read more at https://concepts.app/ios/roadmap. If you appreciate what we’re doing, send us feedback or leave a review!
Ratings and Reviews
Editors’ Notes
This infinite canvas is as capable for doodling as it is for diagramming, and support for layers and custom objects can transform a basic brainstorm into a detailed document.
The Best Notetaking App. Full stop.
I’m a habitual notetaker, preferring to ‘handwrite’ vs mess around with a keyboard. This includes big, colourful and elaborate spider diagrams, sketches and drawings. Needless to say, I have been trying many different art and notetaking apps to see what works on my iPad Air. If my situation sounds like you then hands down, this might be the one. I was pleasantly surprised to get such decent features right out of the box for free, including different pens and brushes that CLEARLY explain what they do (pressure sensitive, texture) and everything is easily adjustable for fluidity or precision. The biggest bugbear was the limit to the number of layers you could have (4 or. 5). That said, when you hit the subscription/paywall, it’s not pushy and doesn’t offer the full package only to yank it away after 24 hours or so. This allows you to play around with what you might need at your own pace, whether the freebies are enough or might want ‘upgrade’ for the essentials (which unlocks things like unlimited layers, etc.) or something more. You can subscribe for the features, or do a one-time payment depending on what you need. Considering the ridiculous prices similar apps ask for the same features (sometimes spread aacross multiple apps) and together with the ability to buy additional brushes (if you’re into that) I’d say this is a good investment. Very pleased so far and hope this app remains as it is (or goes from strength to strength,)
Changed my workflow
Have had the app for a while, but in the last year really started to use it in anger with the advent of Covid and working remotely. Concepts has enabled me to take a big step towards an efficient paperless workflow.
As a professional Retail Store Designer I am constantly working on ideas for anything from fixtures or branding solutions to full store fit-outs. Historically I would have worked through ideas in sketch form on paper, scanned and distributed to the team. Formal design would then take place using CAD.
Now I start a new infinite canvas for each project, use it as a scrapbook for ideas and notes initially and begin iterating design sketch ideas. I can then develop presentation visuals alongside in the same canvas, drop in artwork from our graphic designers, assemble mood boards etc, all in one place. Coupled with the ease of exporting sections of the canvas at anytime in the process I can quickly communicate ideas to others.
The interface takes a little while to get used to, but once familiar and setup with your preferences for pen widths etc it becomes fluid and fun to use. The Copic colour wheel is fantastic and the layering system works really well. But the key is being vector based it means I can go back, make copies of certain drawings and edit every pen stroke if needed. Now encouraging colleagues to try the app too.
App Privacy
The developer, TopHatch, Inc., 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 Linked to You
The following data may be collected and linked to your identity:
- Purchases
- Contact Info
- User Content
- Identifiers
- Usage Data
Data Not Linked to You
The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:
- Diagnostics
Privacy practices may vary based on, for example, the features you use or your age. Learn More
Information
- Provider
- TopHatch, Inc.
- Size
- 181 MB
- Category
- Graphics & Design
- Compatibility
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- iPhone
- Requires iOS 15.0 or later.
- iPad
- Requires iPadOS 15.0 or later.
- iPod touch
- Requires iOS 15.0 or later.
- Languages
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English, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Traditional Chinese
- Age Rating
- 4+
- Copyright
- © TopHatch, Inc.
- Price
- Free
- In-App Purchases
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- Everything Monthly + Trial £4.99
- Essentials £39.99
- Everything Yearly + Trial £29.99
- Everything Monthly £4.99
- PDF Essentials £4.99
- Everything Yearly £29.99
- Make Your Own Objects £3.99
- Shape Library £1.99
- Essentials (iPhone Only) £4.99
- Pro Pack [Legacy] £7.99
Supports
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Family Sharing
Some in‑app purchases, including subscriptions, may be shareable with your family group when Family Sharing is enabled.