Joto 12+

Hardware...decent. Software...not ready

I’m SURE they’re working on updates to this software...they HAVE to be...the Joto itself seems solid and good to go. It runs on Gcode, super simple. The software/drawing tools are, at best, mediocre. There’s no erase, only individual line rotation + shrink/grow. It’s nearly impossible, even with a good stylus pen to duplicate some of the artwork they’ve portrayed on the app docs. This seems to be because the app compresses the GCode from drawing to board (to shrink streamed data packet?) resulting in a relatively blocky curvy line. It’s too bad, it seems the app was rushed out to make up for lost time as the hardware was delayed quite a bit. Personally, I’d rather have waited an extra year for delivery in order to have a better app. My 2¢ anyway.

Drawing and Creation Tools Severely Lacking

As I am sure many other’s will realize as they receive their new Jotos, this device has a lot of potential but currently is barely usable. I have not purchased the professional art subscription which seems to promise very crisp clean graphic art. In fact, all the drawing examples advertised for Joto are very precise graphic designer. As a designer myself, I am at a loss as to how poor the drawing tool performs. There are no undos, no eraser, and palm rejection support which is built into iOS. Even worse, the app is unable to capture anything resembling the drawing inputted. For example, if I draw a circle it converts into something closer to a square. I am not sure if this is due to the app needing to translate the drawing data into a vector based art form. If so, I think the tool would be better off providing shapes, Bézier curve tools, and type tools instead of a unusable free form drawing tool. Also, it would be nice if there was support for other content creation tools like Photoshop, Illustrator, Affinity Photo, Affinity Designer or Procreate.

Simply put the Joto team needs to fix and improve content creation tools quickly. Current software state is does not bode well for the future of Joto period. Quite frankly it’s a bit disappointing especially considering the long production and shipping delays. Hoping to see improvements soon.

SLOW start, and poor interface/product

This is slightly a product and slightly an APP review. Understandably this was a very slow product to come to market, delivery to the backers. But you would think that in all that time they could have perfected the app. Even since I’ve had this and started using there has not been a single update to the app. They need to include:
-custom fonts to write messages on the display. I could simply write on a whiteboard with better ability than through an app, and it would be way cheaper and faster. The “cool” aspect of this was that it would draw something that was better looking than a simple rough sketch.
-library of illustrations that are not just other users.
-ways to import drawings.

On a product side the ink drys out way to fast. I might just start using this as a traditional whiteboard with a cool eraser...

Developer Response ,

All these features are now live and more features and improvements are continually being developed. We’ve also got the new Easyfill Ink system that’s much improved