ibis Paint X 12+

I’m going to try and keep this short for the few apple users who actually read reviews. I have been using ibisPaint for a few years now, and it still holds up fairly well. it rarely crashes, the brushes are good, and you can even upload it to your drive in any type of file format. Now on to the issue of the ads. I’m well aware that the only form of money this app is making is via other companies paying them to have ads play on their site. Now I don’t mind watching an ad per day so I could use all the brushes for free. But now every time I open up a drawing, save a drawing, and now WHILE I’m drawing, an ad decides to rear it’s annoying head and interrupt whatever it is I’m doing. I didn’t mind getting ads when I saved a file or opened a file. But while I’m drawing, are you kidding me? You already shoved ads in our faces when we did simple tasks so I don’t see the point of showing an ad to someone who is trying to use your app. You are a drawing software it doesn’t make sense to interrupt someone who is trying to use your “drawing” software to make art. I know I said I would keep this short but I’m honestly done with the ads messing with the drawing process. At this point I would rather use other softwares like procreate or HiPaint. And if any of the devs who even read the reviews, Let me remind you this is a “drawing” software not an Ad software.

This app is amazing. It has a wide variety of colors and hundreds of brushes that can make artistry easier and more enjoyable for beginners and professionals alike. In addition to the more basic features, it creates the ability to edit your drawing without ever using a brush with things like blur, perspective, smudge, etc. You can even use grids, reference windows, stabilizers and different shaped rulers [for all of those tricky circles ;)] It can be a bit tricky to navigate at first, and I’m still learning as I go, but once you get the hang of it it’s super easy. And on top of it all, even though many things that I haven’t mentioned are premium features, Ibis has an amazing way of both keeping themselves in the air and giving us continence. Instead of having to watch an ad for EVERY SINGLE premium item, you can watch a singular one and get all brushes free for essentially the next day. Which brings me to the one problem. It’s not even an issue, more an inconvenience that I noticed had appeared recently. Every time you go to create a new canvas, enter/exit an existing one, etc. an ad pops up. They’re typically pretty short, and I do get that Ibis has to have some way of getting paychecks, but it’s extremely annoying since I’m constantly deleting my messed up creations and making new ones. If someone could fix this to be less frequent or even just explain why this has started happening, I would be a bit more content. Have a nice day! :)

One of my hobbies is testing drawing apps, and I have had at least 7. I’ve drawn in everything from Notes to Procreate by Apple, but they don’t compare. I got it yesterday, and I already know the functions, and have made better works on here than anywhere else. It’s easy to use, free, and the only ads there are are tiny ones either at the top or bottom of your screen. No videos. It’s incredible. You get amazing brushes, and all for one ad. And you don’t need to spend money just to enjoy the full extent of ibisPaint. So over all, five star review, will not disappoint. (Ok maybe it will I don’t know your style)

Edit: It’s been a while since I first got this and first posted my review! So here is a little update to my thoughts:

It’s always updating! Some annoying things with the eraser and bucket tools have been fixed and all the brushes have been adjusted and some were added! It’s cool to see how much they pay attention to what people need from this app. Editing photos is an easy process, instead of having to do it in the photos app or Photo shop. Anyway, still a five star, I haven’t found any problems with it. But I do think that they should add a settings area in the main page, and a toggle that can turn on or off the function that makes it so when you go out of a drawing or your device dies, you can’t use the ‘go back’ button. I’m not sure how these sorts of apps work, but if that is possible, please make it so.