ArtStudio - Draw and Paint

• Price: $4.99
• Brush Pack — $2.99

Last verified 6 Aug 2026

4.6 559 ratings · App Store

1. 2/5Great app, but buggy.

   I've been using this app for so many years, I can't count them. It's always been such a great tool to use, and I love it so much. I would give it 5 stars, but unfortunately it's been quite buggy lately. Often, even after saving my canvas, it will destroy it and not let me undo it. Like, I'll open a different app for a moment, and when I go back to this app, the entire thing is basically murdered. It is extremely distorted, basically appearing as a bunch of straight lines dripping down the canvas in the colours I was using. I can't hit undo, when I try to reload the project it's still the same, and there's nothing I can do to return to my actual drawing. This has happened multiple times over the past 2 years, and it's quite frustrating considering the amount of effort I put into my art. I simply do not have the time to put up with this. I can't afford to spent hours on a portrait, only for all my work to be literally wiped down the screen. The app is absolutely wonderful, but this bug has made insanely furious.

   lunasummersjs · 6 Aug 2026

2. 5/5Worth every penny

   This app is by far the best app I could possibly recommend to any artist. I started with the light version at first because the price was a bit hard to swallow, but seeing as how the quality was less I had to see if the full was worth it, and it 100% totally is. I personally enjoy it for photography purposes as well as digital art. It's like a mini photoshop you can have on your phone for half the price. I import my photography, and with the array of tools they offer I can completely take out parts of the photo that were distracting, like a awkward cloud in the sky or telephone pole. You name it. For digital art, the app offers so many techniques and tools you can use to Make whatever you want and really I just can't express enough my appreciation and love for the app. If I had one request, it would be to make a laptop version that's equally affordable and easy to use. I often conquer big projects using this app and when enlarged on the computer the quality sometimes decreases. Having this program in my Mac I feel could eliminate that. But over all a terrific app!

   Thihsfhi · 6 Aug 2026

3. 4/5I want to be able to save my drawings!

   So I use this app on my iPad because long story short I accidentally bought the wrong version. I have no complaints about it, I actually love it, I just feel like the creators completely forgot about this app. It hasn't updated in years, and like many apps it's far from perfect. I would like the option to cloud all my drawings sketches that are works in progress. Recently my iPad screen got destroyed and I have to get it reset, but it may require a reset which will possibly make my loose all my apps. It's not a problem for most apps because the data is saved, but from prior experience of having to reset my device, i know that all the data will be deleted off the app if the device is reset. Please bring back the legacy option or something, I don't want to loose all of my progress 😰

   Kuro Katt · 6 Aug 2026

4. 5/5Best I've Found

   This is totally worth it. It can be a little buggy at times, but eventually you can work around those bugs. (except when it can rarely just close out and delete the drawing though) The zoom feature works very well, it can move the canvas off screen and zoom in to a single pixel even. It comes in handy a lot. My favorite thing though, is how customizable the brushes are. You can make your own, and the best part is stuff that you can add to it, like fadeout, wetness, jitter, there are tons of stuff that you can change the levels of until you get what you're looking for.

   ~Juniper Falcon~ · 6 Aug 2026

5. 5/5Tool That Copies Color

   I wrote this for another reviewer, but I do not see his/her review anymore. I believe the Tool That Copies the Exact Color is the EYEDROPPER, of which there is one inside the app. You can find it by scrolling all the way down the left toolbar which also contains the pencil, the brush, the bucket, and several other tools. Then long-press on a color and the eyedropper picks up that color. You will see the picked-up color on the other toolbar - the toolbar with the colors. The picked-up color will show on the top square. Also there is a User's Manual which you can download from the website right on your iPad or phone. Just tap on "ArtStudio" on the top toolbar at your left. Then look 4 spaces down and you will see the User's Manual. Tap on that and it will take you to the website. From there you can "open in iBooks" if you like and save the User's Manual in iBooks for future reference. I hope that helped. - I wrote a review back on December 19, 2015 and here it is: I have had and used this app for several years. It's my app for creating just about anything I choose. I have used it to create cartoon characters, backgrounds, text, photo editing; with filters and distortion, and more. It's indispensable! I only wish I can go out and buy an iPad Pro or something greater than my old iPad. Ooooh, I would also love an Apple Pencil. Are you listening Santa?

   sorry4ever · 6 Aug 2026

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