Sketch a Day

What reviewers actually said

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1. [R5] 5/5 · US Beneficial: Having a daily prompt is brilliant. Challenges you to attempt topics you might not ever think about
2. [R6] 5/5 · US Best app ever!: This app is not only entertaining, it is also inspirational and educational. It prompts you to become productive! I love it.
3. [R18] 5/5 · US Amazing app: This app is a great way to extend your range of art study. I’ve spent most of my time studying anatomy and perspective, so when I was prompted to draw an oven, though I wasn’t too stoked at first about drawing an oven, the learning process was a lot more fun than I imagined it would be. Definitely recommend this app to anyone who has a hard time figuring out what to draw or at least a
4. [R33] 5/5 · US Helped me start drawing again: This is exactly what I needed. I loved Inkoctober but it was one month a year, and I wanted more promts to open my imagination daily. And this did it! The community it’s great, tips about drawing and tutorials l. Makes you feel good sharing your art with fellow artist of all levels and media. NLQ
5. [R1] 5/5 · US I recommend this app!: This app is pretty good. It actually has NO ads, I’d say it doesn’t push on you to upgrade. There is a lot of positivity in the comments and it feels great! The lessons are helpful. Like learning how to properly draw hands and the way of clothing. And the daily prompts are simple, yet so big! Like we had ‘echo’ once, everyone thought many things. It’s nice to see multiple pe
6. [R4] 5/5 · US Love the community ❤️: I live sketch a day so much the community is so nice and supportive! I love the suggestions each day for the prompt to give you ideas! I wish that you could see who follows you though. But that’s ok because I really just do it for the streak not the likes 🙂
7. [R14] 5/5 · US Love this app: Bad thing first..it is glitchy when you try to write a comment. That’s why I gave 4 instead of 5 stars The good. I love this app. I love the positivity and this art community. It definitely sparks inspiration. I kept this review short sweet and to the point
8. [R16] 5/5 · US Inspiring & Helpful: Joined to improve/sharpen my illustration hand skills. Getting a daily random subject to illustrate is a great way for me to unlock my creativity. Drawing every day is helping me to hone my skills and style. Additionally I set a 30 minute time limit for myself to push myself to work rapidly. Love seeing the creativity ways others around the world interpret the same subject ma
9. [R31] 5/5 · US I CANT EVEN DESCRIBE HOW GOOD!: Okay this is my first review I’ve wrote ever. Which means the app is that good. I’ve tried many apps as an artist on YT (3B’s ART) this app just flew through the roof. It’s a fun free app unless u become member. It helps me get ideas when I have none and it’s so fun to do and connect with others. The app works so good and was built great. The tutorials help a lot an
10. [R70] 5/5 · US Love it!!!!: Amazing! Whether your an advanced artist or a beginner, this is the app for you! You can learn techniques from other amazing artist and get a daily prompt. I highly recommend this app!!!! 👍👍👍
11. [R34] 5/5 · US Awesome: This app is amazing it gives you one prompt every day and you can see other peoples work and yours not only that but you can submit a your own work to show and maybe even win no lag and you can see previous prompts from the day before if you missed them all in all this app is awesome and great for anyone who can’t think of something to draw with
12. [R85] 5/5 · US How do I begin?: First of all, great app name. It just sounds so creative, like your sketching a whole day in a whole life!..Creating characters, and life..just so beautiful. Also, the prompts? OMG! Their SOOOOOOO creative and unique in their own special way. Today I did “Cone” and I also did “Magic”. How I did 2? The late prompts. Their so great! Like if you miss a day, you can go back and sketch
13. [R95] 5/5 · US Awesome app for art block: This app is great for breaking art block! I love the fact that it will give you a prompt every day, plus let you see future and past ones. The community is also great; I have only seen people encourage and compliment each other. Moderators also have dealt with issues such as plagiarism in a respectful manner. I’ll definitely recommend this app to my art friends!
14. [R37] 5/5 · US I Like It: Yeah this app was fun! I was worried it would be overrun by a paywall, but even without paying the app is really fun! There’s an active community and I enjoy posting my dumb 2 minute sketches I barely have time for, along with my hour long sketches I could actually sit down and do. It keeps me drawing a little something each day.
15. [R41] 4/5 · US Good fun: App gives daily prompts and gamifies practice. Encouraging drawing /something/ everyday. It isnt obnoxious with ads.
16. [R46] 5/5 · US Best app in the world: It’s the best app in the world. You do have to pay for some stuff but if you don’t pay for anything it’s still amazing. Everybody’s so nice on the app. And there’s so many cute drawling.
17. [R7] 1/5 · US Dark pattern: They changed the way you can see upcoming prompts (used to be ad supported). It says to unlock and gives the option for the monthly subscription and if you click “more” lets you do a 1 time payment as a supporter. Since I clicked “unlock” and then “more” I assumed the one time payment would unlock the thing I clicked unlock on. It did not. This is a dark pattern designed to steal yo
18. [R9] 1/5 · US Ads are absurd: There are so many ads the app is nearly unusable
19. [R12] 1/5 · US Don’t update if you have an older version - unbearable ads: The newer version of this app forces you to watch extremely long ads over and over, even to browse the app. This app is not usable anymore. Depressing. Give us a reasonable one time fee to have it free forever.
20. [R15] 1/5 · US Development issues: The new update was very lack luster and you are not able to upload the daily prompts without ads taking over and see can no longer see the recent art from others as you were previously. I sent a message to the customer support just to get an message back from Tom telling me to delete the free app if I was so unhappy. Talk about a letdown I’ve been on the app for a couple years
21. [R2] 4/5 · US love this app but one small thing..: I love the idea of a different prompt everyday. It really helps you branch out and draw things you normally wouldn’t. The only thing I dislike is the glitch i’m having with the “reward gallery”. I cant see any of the art and it’s disappointing because I have 4 unclaimed rewards at the moment. Other than that I love this app.
22. [R3] 3/5 · US Annoyed: It logged me out and still kept my old account and now I don’t even no where to start but friendly community for me.
23. [R24] 1/5 · US Don’t know what to think: I was really excited for this app but whenever I click on it the app loads and then kicks me out
24. [R8] 1/5 · US Hard Pass: No graphic violence allowed? Might as well cut my fingers off. What is the point? I’m a horror artist. Beyond lame.
25. [R13] 1/5 · US Plagiarism: Was erased for paganism on my own work. Said they found out on Pinterest. Of course they did cause it was my Pinterest. 😂 jealous moderators I reckon!
26. [R44] 3/5 · US Good community: The only reason I’m giving a three star is because they deleted one of my posts and when I delete a post it still says it’s there. I have 25 sketches but it says I have 29. And it says I have 646 likes but I really only have 616. So the one they deleted had 30 likes. But it still shows on profile that it’s there (doesn’t even show the drawing). I like it when they can tell us why t
27. [R75] 3/5 · US Streaks??: Do you lose your streaks by deleting a picture because I have kept up everyday thus far and I’m back at 0 because I deleted on of my pieces or did I actually miss a day. Also is there a consistent time when these prompts come out because I feel like there isn’t
28. [R83] 4/5 · US I adore it but....: I have had sketch a day for almost a year and I adore it! I have gotten so much better at drawing and haven’t missed a single day. Ever. Well I have missed a few but I posted them the day after which still counts. But I AM SO CLOSE TO A YEAR well I was....I didn’t miss a day though, it says I missed one but I looked at all of them and it didn’t say so and I am devastated that i
29. [R249] 2/5 · CA Pretty good exept….: So i love the app! Buuut it wont let me get more than a 1 day streak because like say the prompt was A, because i live somewhere other than this app was created, the prompt labled today doesn’t appear until like 11:00 at night. By the time i wake up it says A was yesterdays prompt and now i have lost my streak because apparently i never did it that day but that so called day w
30. [R88] 5/5 · US Love this app!: It helps me keep up my artistic hobbies and see other people's creativity, and gives me inspiration when I don't know what to draw. I like that old submissions can be edited, but I wish the photo on the old one could also be edited without deleting the post. I have a photo one one of mine where the lighting isn't great and I accidentally turned the picture sideways, and I can't fix
31. [R173] 3/5 · US Needs a way to report comments: It loads well and the achievements are cool, but there needs to be an easy way to report comments on your work. A lot of people are great, but some are just jerks for no reason. If there is a way to report comments, I sure haven’t seen it, yet.
32. [R201] 2/5 · GB Okay prompts but everything else needs work: Certain file types don’t work, with no plans to fix that. No way to submit animated stuff. No way to block people, so harassment from other users is something you just have to deal with. Moderators don’t seem to respond to reporting issues. Some of the prompts are okay which is what earns this two stars, but you’re better off finding a list elsewhere.
33. [R10] 5/5 · US No customer service: The app is great for my purpose, which was getting every day prompts to get me drawing. I can’t complaint in that regard. However, customer service is non-existent. I sent a couple of messages through the app regarding an issue I’m having trying to upgrade, and I never received a response. It’s disappointing
34. [R196] 1/5 · GB No customer support: I cancelled my Gold Membership earlier this year because when I had a problem with another member who found it easy to be a bully. I received no help from Sketch a Day whatsoever. I reported his spiteful comments to no avail.
35. [R45] 3/5 · US Good but could improve: Hey so sketch a day is great I can share my art work and I love that and I love discovering amazing artists but it will glitch we’re it will not let me see today’s prompt and I have great Internet connection but sometimes it will never load also sometimes the prompts are weird and just not fun to draw I think they should make multiple prompts for the day but overall it is p
36. [R53] 4/5 · US One Adjustment ‘Til Perfet: Great idea for this app! I love it, it gets me drawing me more often, and I love looking at all the other works. The problem is how the prompt appears over images. This can spoil or sway ideas which is a little frustrating. If the initial viewing of the prompt could be separated from the pictures, it’d be a perfect app
37. [R62] 4/5 · US Please allow us to hide the picture with the prompt: I would appreciate the option to hide the sample image with the prompt. I think it sometimes takes away from other interpretations of the word.
38. [R65] 4/5 · US Very odd but useful app: What you will notice: - Notifications are some of the worst I have ever seen with no way to turn them off or choose which ones get sent to your feed. Every single like will send you an instant notification nearly all day long. Ironically the daily prompt notification has never sent despite opting in but notifications I never opted in for send 24 hours a day. - Prompts ar
39. [R50] 3/5 · US Great app and community, unable to upload from iPad: Maybe it’s a bug but when I click “photo library” nothing happens. I tried creating a file named photo library and that still didn’t help. I have jpegs and pngs to upload but I cannot get the app to interact with my gallery. I am on an iPad Pro 5th gen.
40. [R182] 1/5 · US Can’t show anyone else: I love how it gives you time dead but I can’t show anyone else my drawing. I tried everything. I did love how it was but I could not post my drawing and I really want to see true reviews. Sorry
41. [R247] 1/5 · CA Why are u too lazy?: The only thing I can’t do is upload my sketches. How do you do it? There is no button to upload the sketch or I just can’t find it! This is really annoying and stupid and stressful and I don’t like the people who made this app. Like, why can’t you just make a simple tutorial for the people that can’t upload! But if there is and I am sounding dumb right now, please tell me!
42. [R273] 2/5 · CA No upload: I cannot figure out how to upload my own art. I would love to use this app but that is a put off