Sketchbook® App Reviews

Ive always used this app for quick and intuitive editing on the go, and there are few things I have against the app. However, they are there, and I hope these things can be fixed/implemented in the future. First, a bug: Im not sure exactly how to reproduce it, but I believe it has something to do with the app refreshing after letting it run in the background for even short periods of time. The app seems to clear its undo history prematurely, so if I switch to Safari or another app to look at a reference, answer a text, etc. I cant undo any strokes upon switching back. Next, suggestions. Steady stroke tool. As convenient as this app is for sketches and slight retouching, I think porting the steady stroke functionality from the desktop version would greatly broaden its uses. Its fairly difficult to draw accurately with your fingers, so it seems like common sense (and no great expense) to include this. Blur and sharpen tools. I understand if mobile operating systems cant handle this though; my MacBook Pro can hardly handle them with any more than one layer. (Im writing about my experience with iPhones 4s-6s)

The new update claims to ease up the color picking action, the fact is the color picking gets a lit bit easier but the update makes it so much more difficult to draw details. The tolerance for color picker is too huge that when you try to draw small details it ignores your pen. Whats more, as far as I know, color picker is used seldom And the app randomly quit and you lose your documents and signed out of your account

I use sketchbook on a regular basis, but I am now having to move to another program simply because I cant draw anything small with the tolerance on the eye dropper. Its really driving me crazy. Every time I try to draw something small or detailed, the eye dropper grabs a color instead. Please fix this.

Whats the point of logging into your Autodesk account if your Pro membership doesnt carry over to other devices? I just got a new phone and found that I am no longer a Pro member. If this gets fixed, I will happily give the app 5 stars.

Ive had this app for two years now, and Ive been in love with it since I got it. Although the iPhone version is a bit.....SKETCHY........I have it on my iPad and Kindle. It works great!

This app only give you a limted amount of layers to use which is so annoying

Its a great app but you cant really get a new paper

Seems to support every pen except Apple Pencil.

Why on earth would you make it so that the eyedropper comes on every time you sniff the wrong way??! This is insane!! One star until it is fixed! I just got my new iPad Pro 9.7 inch and one of my fave drawing apps is un-usable bc someone didnt think. Stop trying to make everything easier, you just ruin it.

Very nice idea.

I really enjoy using this app. It is great to just doodle when bored, or to get really advanced work done. The free version has more than enough selections to use, and the paid for version has a ton more. I highly recommend it for parents that have children too!

I love using this app for mockups and quick sketching of ideas. Blows the adobe ios apps out of the water. Works with phone gestures instead of against them, lots of freedom.

This is a very fine app for people that like to doodle, and with the newest update, you can touch up your pencil and paper drawings from real life into the app without risking ruining your real life drawing. Overall, a fantastic app for artists of any level, though I would recommend getting a stylus, though its not necessary and I personally dont use one, and do fine.

I love this app, Ive been using it for a while now and I almost cant get enough of it,but with his new update,and Im not sure if this is just my iPad being stupid or the update itself, but I cannot import images. I click on the import image this and go to my picture to I can color something I have already drawn and it completely kicks me out of the app, or it does absolutely nothing. I have shut my iPad down, and made new sketches for it, but nothing works, if this is a bug of some sort please fix.

When I first got this app, I thought that it was wonderful and could be my go-to drawing app. After I used it for about a day, I noticed it had a few flaws which caused me to delete the app because they were very annoying. For example, when I would accidentally double tap the outside of my sketch it would erase the whole picture without my approval. This happened to me twice and I started getting annoyed with it. This app is also free, but there are in app purchases for better supplies, which would have cost me $4 for a pack of pro-art supplies. This app only has 10 tools that you can use, which isnt bad but you cannot do much with the tools. You also cannot change the size of the tools, which annoyed me very much because the eraser is very big and will erase half of my small project with just one click. Overall this app is decent but definitely needs a lot of improvements to make it a 5-star app. This app is just not for me, personally.

Great app, not my main drawing app though. I am having a difficult time trying to draw because the color picker keeps changing my black color to white, when I just barely even paused drawing with my pencil. Most apps allow adjusting tap and hold time. The "try to draw this" is really kool feature

App gets more convenient every update. Would be nice to have some smoother lines sometimes, keep it up with those updates!

This is a great app, very easy to change your paper drawings to digital. BUT THERE IS NO UNDO BUTTON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I used to be able to use lots of layers and be able to import lots of images now i cant

No other sketching app will make you want to throw and smash your new iPad Pro more than this. The color picker is way too fast to activate as youre trying to draw. Also it has no palm cancellation. Try Procreate for now until this is fixed.