Sketchbook® alternatives

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1. [R4] Sketchbook® 1/5 · US deleting half my drawing: can u actually make it stop deleting half of my work ? fix it. pls n thank u
2. [R10] Sketchbook® 2/5 · US This app is not working properly: I tried to choose a color and it didn’t work. It gave me random colors and when I tried to use the color picker tool it still gave me random colors.
3. [R22] Sketchbook® 2/5 · US Fix this glitch: I love this app so much but recently I started drawing more realistic which is very time consuming and I spent days on them but when finished I decided to color them, I had different layers so it was easier to draw. I moved a layer and the entire screen froze than it glitched and kicked me out I go back in after a few tries and my drawing is completely distorted and messed up I wa
4. [R34] Sketchbook® 2/5 · US Is this a bug???: So I was going to draw on sketchbook and it would draw rainbow I tried to change the color but it would mix with another color so if I wanted yellow it would mix with green): pls fix the bug I am now trying to redownload the game but let me see if it works
5. [R1] Sketchbook® 1/5 · US no.: I spent over an hour for it to turn out that i cant fill in paint when i use the fill bucket on something and i made the stuff divided and guess what? STILL NO FILLING, IT FILLS THE ENTIRE THING INSTEAD.
6. [R30] Sketchbook® 3/5 · GB Great but: The fill bucket tool is so annoying i fill it gos every were and so it’s annoying
7. [R46] Sketchbook® 2/5 · US Trash bucket tool: Please improve your bucket tool it sucks.
8. [R3] Sketchbook® 3/5 · US Idk: I like this app but I can’t use shapes to help and shapes are VITAL for me as a person who cant draw😭
9. [R5] Sketchbook® 4/5 · US Needs more options: The app is a pretty good app but there arnt all the tools that I need for the my art
10. [R9] Sketchbook® 3/5 · US Not beginner friendly: I’ve never used a digital drawing app. I am a complete novice. I downloaded Sketchbook because of the reviews and felt optimistic, however, that led to frustration when upon opening the app, there was no tutorial. I had no idea what to do. I started experimenting with using the various tools, but when I needed to erase, there was NO ERASER! Why? It’s such a basic tool. How
11. [R15] Sketchbook® 3/5 · US No Animation Feature on iPad Pro?: I don’t understand why they don’t have the animation feature on the iPad Pro version. Pro Create has that feature, Clip Studio, Adobe, and now even apps that out right suck. I like this app’s tool and brushes the most. I just miss the animation feature, since I had projects I was working on before I lost access to the desktop version.
12. [R18] Sketchbook® 3/5 · US No autosave: I was all excited about this app. Excited about all the tools and possibilities. I jumped right in and started creating, spending hours working on my first project. When it was time to quit I closed the app and went on with my night. Only one problem. On iPad for some reason there is no auto save so all my hours of work are wasted. What creativity app these days does not auto save? Un
13. [R23] Sketchbook® 4/5 · US Pretty good! But how do you save it to PHOTOS 🫪: I play Roblox so when I wanted to make a rig on a game called my movie (also a rig is like different pieces for the body so I can move in cool ways)so I turned it into a png and I tried to save it but idk how to and all the tutorials are from along time ago. Overall everything is good, except for that saving thing. Please add a save button in the ga
14. [R31] Sketchbook® 1/5 · US Waahaaaaah: This app doesnt let me export to photos
15. [R41] Sketchbook® 5/5 · US Please fix this: Dear Developer/Developers I would just like to say that I love this app and it works really well, but i would love if I can export my drawings in a easier way, maybe make us be able to transport them directly to photos. Please fix this. Sincerely,
16. [R28] Sketchbook® 1/5 · US Horrible.: Just horrible. You can’t change the brush size, and it’s so buggy and extremly difficult to use. Not recommend.
17. [R39] Sketchbook® 3/5 · GB Mmm: It’s kinda hard to use but and you can’t change the canvas and there is no features, only brushes. Thats why I deleted it.
18. [R45] Sketchbook® 3/5 · GB Meh: This is confusing we can’t make new canvases weird color wheels and we can’t make brushes plus I’m not sure if we can make our own color palettes but great greetings add a feature to make our own brushes and bye I guess- Pls add it
19. [R6] Sketchbook® 3/5 · US Good app but needs some fixing: I really enjoy this app for art especially converting traditional art to digital so i can color it. However a big downside at least for me as someone who records speed pains was the fact the recording on this app also zooms in and moves whenever you do that to your drawing instead of recording the whole cavas. They act like its a perk but it just makes recordings lo
20. [R21] Sketchbook® 3/5 · US Recording: The app is a good drawing app in general. I enjoy the brushes and features, but I dislike the recording feature. It has a problem of only sending it to your gallery when it wants to. Because of this, I’ve been unable to keep a recording of myself drawing for 3 days. It saddens me extremely that I couldn’t watch the speed paint.
21. [R7] Sketchbook® 1/5 · US Sucks: Everything used to be free like, BACK IN 2016, but now, y’all have just followed the current, greedy trend and made EVERYTHING paid now. Bye.
22. [R14] Sketchbook® 5/5 · US Omg buy nowww: Sketchbook is literally amazing. First time. I tried it. It blew my mind of how many brushes there are for free. I mean, you don’t even have to pay for a certain amount of time and it’s just you can do whatever you want. There’s a lot of things that you can do, and you can make, however many, like untitled things you want. So amazing. You should totally buy it. Thank you for not mak
23. [R35] Sketchbook® 5/5 · US I love this app!!!: Though there is a payment for the pro it is tottaly worth it!! Only three dollars for a whole bunch more stuff!!! They have a lot of brushes and a whole site for help!! Super good!! Both beginners and experienced artist can really enjoy this app and I know I do!!!
24. [R38] Sketchbook® 5/5 · US Best app ever!: As a beginning artist I recommend this app to anyone who wants to learn how to draw! It is free and has NO ads! I LOVE this app and use it daily. Thank you so much devs! I love this and you don’t need a membership to play!
25. [R53] ibis Paint X 3/5 · US Eh: Good but not good. Too many ads and most good stuff you gotta pay for. Just make it a paid app at this rate.
26. [R56] ibis Paint X 3/5 · US All the pop up adds make the app more difficult, though it’s easy and decent making digital art.: I don’t like all the pop ups and adds it ruins the experience and makes it hard to use, also you cannot use all brushes and tools sadly. But aside that, it’s great for making digital art!
27. [R60] ibis Paint X 1/5 · US I hate it: I will admit it’s very good for making Roblox clothes ON IMAC but on iPad or mobile it’s so freaking anyit gives you ads every 2 secs unless you pay I hate it so much they need to fix the ads too because I put myself as 13-16 and it was giving me ticktock ads when ticktock is 17+ and like it was giving me a ton PLEASE DO NOT RECOMMEND
28. [R61] ibis Paint X 5/5 · US love the app: This app is so good I draw good and the inequality is really good too. I hope this app never gets deleted or hacked because it’s really good and I can get good at my drawing styles
29. [R65] AR Drawing 2/5 · US Annoying: So I downloaded this app thinking it was free based of the ad but every time I go in the app or try to draw something “free trail” and it’s being desperate and I don’t like the fact that on the preview it says I can use ai but it’s also free trial if I could remove anything it would be free trial because I tried the 3 day trial and I had to pay to start the trail
30. [R67] AR Drawing 3/5 · US app not bad, but refund me: i downloaded the app to help me sketch, and i decided to try the free trial. i deleted the app and thought the trial would end just like many other subscriptions that have a free trial, it cancels and then you pay if it’s good. but i didn’t know i was getting charged, the app wasn’t installed on my iphone and i was completely unaware of the actual subscription. $9 down
31. [R69] AR Drawing 4/5 · US Awesome sight, needs a little improvement: Awesome site, no ads, only 2 complaints and that is that you should be able to control how bright the flashlight is, and also i have to crop the image in my photos just to get the other half of the images that dont get cropped in
32. [R70] AR Drawing 3/5 · US Meh: It is meh because you can only draw some sertant things because you have to pay
33. [R79] Whiteboard 2/5 · US No color wheel: Great drawing but stuck with 9 colors and just a rainbow brush for some reason with no color wheel despite how easy thatll be
34. [R81] Whiteboard 3/5 · US ADD MORE COLORS OR ONE STAR: absolute cinema BUT PLZ PLZ PLZ PLZ ADD MORE FREAKING COLORS
35. [R82] Whiteboard 1/5 · US Stupid app🤬: This app makes me feel like 🤬 I’m 8 years old and I HATE it when it decides to delete my drawings it’s July 4th off to a bad start and it makes me feel so 😡 “best” app ever made FIX IT NOW!!!!
36. [R83] Whiteboard 5/5 · US Best app ever: You said this app is awesome. You should get it. It’s really good. You should try it. It’s awesome like you can send messages to it like message people with this and I don’t think it will cause Wi-Fi.
37. [R93] Paper 1/5 · US I used to love this app and decided to try it again: Originally in 2021 it was 11ish for a whole year of pro, which was reasonable bc most people will buy physical journals of the same price yearly. I was so disappointed to find out that the app is now 100 for the year. I don’t have that kind of money it’s honestly such a slap to the face as a consumer
38. [R94] Paper 5/5 · US I love this app: I love this app been using it for years!! But it’s so glitchy!! It used to not be so glitchy and I wish it had better features and more tools!
39. [R95] Paper 3/5 · US Good but could be better: The app overall is good, but my only thing is that most of the tools require pro or a subscription to certain parts. Most things I can’t use, like adding multiple photos to each page, using art tools, etc. Would be so much better if it didn’t all require pro.
40. [R96] Paper 1/5 · US Greedy: I have paid and used this app for years with a single charge and years later they decided to charge monthly… greedy. If I knew I would be able to export years of work, I would have never stored my creations here
41. [R107] Tayasui Sketches 1/5 · US Good and bad: Stupid part about this. Is that when you try to make a new artwork you have to pay and get a free trial just to get a new artwork and you have to pay .
42. [R108] Tayasui Sketches 5/5 · US Make it all free: Good but I can’t get all of it
43. [R109] Tayasui Sketches 3/5 · US Ok: It’s OK, but I think having to pay for it and subscribeTwo. It is crazy.
44. [R110] Tayasui Sketches 2/5 · US You deserve better than this cash grab: To have a short story, this app is god awful, crashes constantly, constantly tries to get your money, and art programs from the 2000s has more features. To have a bit of a longer story, this app is the reason I’m an artist. It was the first art program I ever used and really lead me to fall in love with art. The app was very nice about how it got its incom
45. [R17] Sketchbook® 5/5 · US All-time favorite! Great for beginners and pros alike!: I’ve been using this app for years. It’s features are easy to use and great for beginners. On top of that, they have a wide range of different brushes which can be adjusted to your specific preference(size, blend,opacity, ect.), so it’s perfect for experienced artists as well! My one thing I would add (which may already be in the app but I ca
46. [R99] Paper 1/5 · US Cannot use without membership: Will not let me draw unless I purchase anything, requires a membership for some reason I am not sure if this is a user error or if you cannot do anything without a membership, which is insane because it is $100 a year
47. [R102] Paper 1/5 · US Insane prices: The yearly price increase is crazy for this app. Especially in comparison to the yearly payment 3 years ago. Not much has changed in the app services to be charging this much.. I’ve been paying for this app for 5 years and I probably won’t keep paying for it anymore. I like the app but not convinced it’s worth the increased price.
48. [R51] ibis Paint X 1/5 · US Uhmmmm why??: I would’ve rated this a 5 but ever since ibis paint x took away the google feature I can’t get the fonts I want to. Please bring that back. I also don’t really know why but it won’t let me view the online gallery. Please fix this and thank you. (This update honestly sucks tho plz bring back the google feature and online gallery)
49. [R54] ibis Paint X 1/5 · US new update: this new update sucks for like half the people that use your app. a lot of us are minors without web browsers and now we can't access our comics. please bring back the in app web browser. idk who told you guys that this was a good idea
50. [R57] ibis Paint X 1/5 · US Dawg: Brochacho bring back the browser 👅 I am not researching about my oc lore on safari anyway stream Mitski 🗣️🔥🔥🔥🔥
51. [R62] ibis Paint X 3/5 · US stop taking me to the website: The app is good in general but when I updated it to the new version my account (okay@art NOT SELF PROMO) when I go to the online gallery it keeps taking me to the website (If yall don’t fix it im gonna die :P)