Used to be my favourite app but it freezes, settings don’t even work. I’ve always had it so that my finger does nothing as I use an Apple Pencil, I still have that setting on it but my finger now draws. Can’t see a way to contact the developers. There a big AI convert to text button which is now in the way of the page too. I use this for drawing, I don’t want to convert my text using AI. The developers just clearly don’t care about this app anymore… and I’m paying for it too.

Its good but you pretty much cant do anything without the paid version which is pricey, I have paid for pro and tried it, its better but seeing as its a subscription you can get much better apps for the same price paying once. You have a limited size paper even with pro and can only zoom in so far. The only good thing about this app is the cute design and the idea of different sketchbooks but it really isn’t worth it, i also forgot to cancel my subscription and have to pay for a whole new year despite barely using it.

So simplistic, so beautiful and so intuitive. This app, although basic on the outside, is a masterclass in efficiency and design. Removing all superfluous accoutrements, this drawing/sketching/writing app has taken the idea of blank paper and ran with it. Starting with only one pen (which is all you need, especially in a free version), the flow, speed and reaction time is excellent, and whether with finger or stylus, it really feels like you're writing on paper. Alongside this, intelligent design and a number of finger-swipes which you will yearn for on other apps finish off a feat of programming which obviously has had a lot of time, thought and effort out into it. Beyond the starting pen there are four other pens to purchase (although I would recommend the multiple-buy pack; the software lets you try each one out individually though), each of which has a designated purpose and function, building an effective toolbox for sketching, painting, writing and note-taking. Organisation is simple, in a series of books (like your own mini-library of sketch books).Honestly, everything is reduced to its base components, and everything flows with ease. An excellent app, supplying a number of different needs, but doing it all with efficiency, style and common sense. Highly recommended.

Update: now improved - overlay over photos and rewind button particularly useful. Not sure complaints of die hard fans are justified as the old was too simple to be useful, and there is still more to do. I'd like flood fill to the current selection boundary, additional layering / merging options, ability to cut not just highlight photos and reliable access to the bottom menu bar without leaving scribbles each time it doesn't pull up (tab maybe?). This might make it more like any other drawing app, but I think the inherent style and 'feel' of this app will still make it stand out- eventually!Original review: Intuitive to begin with but irritating in parts and lacking key features. Given the pen as a present - good stylus -guessed retina features would be absent but no Bluetooth connection to iPad 2, so just an inert stylus for me. Seriously lacking default white paper setting with enlargeable/ croppable canvas, ability to import pictures and tracing paper layer for overlay sketching, proper copy & paste and flood fill. Most irritating feature is lack of a simple undo /back arrow, instead a ridiculous anti-clockwise double finger motion is needed. It is however easy to start using and make attractive cartoons. Even without full functionality on i-Pad2, the missing features would make this a five star review.

I’m an avid user of this app love love love it. I would have given it a 5 out of five because it’s genuinely is such a great app however it’s recently switched to a subscription based provider. Which is so disappointing 4.99 a week to almost £100 a year is ridiculous. This is not realistic at all and I hate it and am honestly so disappointed that the committee or developers have switched it to a subscription based app. This is going to deter not just me but so many users who love your app and use it for the freedom it brings. Used to use this app every day as a creative outlet and now I’m just gonna have to find another one because as a creative who has money to spend £100 a year. People complain about Adobe which is also just ridiculous so why would you follow such a path? I am genuinely so sad because this was such a good app and now I feel like this has killed it. Plus realistically the majority of people who are using your app were using it because it was free now you’re not gonna get as many people paying to use the app and even if you are the traction that you’re going to get compared to the traction used to get normally is going to decreased significantly. I understand that there was a decision was made that required this but 99+ a year is literally daylight robbery. Unfortunately, I WILL have to find another app because I’m can and will not be paying for this. If you wanted people to pay for it you should’ve made the app subscription based in the first place sorry not sorry.

With version 4.0 Paper has returned to its roots, mostly. The elegant, simple and effective notebook navigation is back (though pages can still be toggled to cards which is useful), and the drawing palette has been overhauled to make the tools easier to select and view all at once.I always preferred the notebooks to stacks, but it is a shame that custom covers are now not supported and you only get a limited set for free. Whilst I’m not surprised that Paper has entered into a subscription model, it feels a little cheap to take away previous features from users instead of simply denying them a few new ones (it also implies that Fiftythree’s promise of regular, new content for Pro users might be a stretch...).Generally however, this is still the Paper many have grown to love. It’s slightly odd to see the app return to its previous design after so long, and with skeuomorphism losing favour it’s arguable the notebook system is dated, but for me it’s light, modern and fun enough that I don’t care!I miss the dot grid that appeared on zoom, not only as a drawing guide, but also as a visual reference for the zoom level. Hopefully this will return. Zooming in general also seems finicky now, and swiping a selected element away to remove it is also haphazard. My Pencil also disconnects constantly despite being fully charged, which is irksome.