Leave a Review Linea Sketch
Wonderful tool
Finally, after years of trying so many other sketch apps this one is THE best !!! Easy to learn, very versatile, and as I grow into it the app shows me more. Very nicely done !!! I’ve gone back and dropped my old notes into this app and greatly spruced them up.
One item on my wish list would be a “text box” to make up for my lousy handwriting!! I know I can, and have, gone externally and capture text and drop it in but would be nice to be able to do it all in app.
Still, a magnificent app. ThanksShow lessMach85
The Best
I bought an iPad Pro around Christmas and quickly bought all the sketching apps that I could in hops of finding the perfect one. Linea was the first one I downloaded, and I should have just stopped there and stopped buying more and more sketching apps that didn’t offer what I was looking for. This is the best drawing app, they have a great community on Instagram and also great support on Twitter.Show lessngorby44
Pretty much what I was looking for (high praise!)
Linea has nice tools, layers enough to be useful and a nice color swatch method. Nothing is buried deeply, which makes everything more immediate and fun. I don’t have to search for a function, what I need is just there. A pencil in real life does not have a menu with sliders with more menus. The power of a real pencil comes with how it’s used, Linea allows me something closer to that than the big name tweak-fest art apps (which I also have).Show lesspatbean
Not what I expected but good for the price
The only reason I purchased this app was because I assumed when it said turn on and off paper texture that meant it would mimic the sound of writing on real paper. I already have an app that does this but is for sketch only and I was hoping I would be able to use this as my note taker.
I would have given higher review if it had this one feature everything else seems okShow lessuPunker
So Good. Intuitive and Clever.
My preschooler is always asking what is above/below him in our two-story house. I got the idea of taking rough measurements of our rooms and sketching them out in Linea, using layers, to show him.
Linea made this easy by having the grid template, and its intuitive ZipLine feature, which allows you to make perfectly straight lines by holding at the end of a stroke.
Eventually I realized I needed to shimmy the entire “house” a little bit to make more room. I used the scissor tool to select my drawing on the current layer, expecting to have to repeat that very carefully for all other layers. Linea was smart enough to automatically select all layers, and offer convenient checkboxes to turn off layers I don’t want to move.
All of Linea is so intuitive, and as a fellow iOS developer, I don’t understand how they can get so much functionality out of so little chrome.
What a phenomenally well done app; Iconfactory knocked it out of the park.Show lesscaseyliss
Developer Response
Reviews like this really make our day, you have no idea. Thanks for leaving such glowing feedback and for using Linea Sketch, we appreciate your support and enthusiasm!Absolutely perfect for me
I’m not an artist, but I want to sketch ideas. The idea of layers makes me a little nervous, but they are implemented so well here that I now don’t want to sketch without them. I’m using this for mind maps, some very basic sketch ideas (decorating plans) and so on. It might not be an infinite canvas, but it’s possible to resize what I’ve created (in a mind map for instance), zoom in on the new space page and add more ideas without losing quality. There may be some UI improvements that the company are implementing (different ways to look at the notebooks - so that you can close them up and get a better overall sense of them - would be nice), and I look forward to seeing what they come up with, but I am extremely happy with this. Thanks.Show lessNigell1
Developer Response
Nigell, thanks so much for the wonderful feedback, we really appreciate it. We have so much more we want to do with the app and these suggestions are great so thanks for taking the time to leave them in your review. Stay tuned and thanks for using Linea Sketch.Awesome
Excellent app money well spent.1s25
Developer Response
Thank you for your kind words. We're glad you're enjoying using Linea Sketch!Infinite canvas
Please please add an infinite canvas option where I can just keep sketching in any direction and organise things within a ‘sheet’ spatially.
The current canvas size is super small. This would be total game changer...kazaroth
Developer Response
Thanks for the feedback, we appreciate it. An infinite canvas is exceedingly difficult in a bitmap-based app like Linea unfortunately. Apps that have these types of canvases are usually vector-based like Apple Notes where they store data with smaller data formats. Having a canvas that can expand forever in any dimension pushes even the most advanced hardware to the limit and memory can become a real problem. This is all not to say it can't be done but again, lots of compromises would have to be made. We'll put a +1 on the request list there from you, just wanted to give you an honest answer on this. Thanks for using Linea Sketch!Just right so far
I've bought this to start drawing as I've just got the Apple Pencil and wanted something flexible, adaptable but fairly simple (in a good way). Linea Sketch seems to fit the bill nicely so far - the tools are straightforward and uncomplicated but flexible and very useful and don't overwhelm me with a fanciness that I can't take advantage of. I feel that I know how every tool works so that I can make best use of it. I'm looking forward to getting better.Show lessKiltedGreen
Developer Response
This is great feedback and just what we were shooting for with Linea. Thanks so much for taking the time to leave your review, we appreciate it. Enjoy using Linea Sketch.SO DISAPPOINTED ~ PLEASE UPDATE!
After spending two days FALLING IN LOVE with this beautiful, easy to use program, I’m sadly continuing my search for the perfect, SIMPLE drawing app. I’ve been a Paper by 53 user for years, due to its basic, realistic features...but their refusal to add layers and a better zoom feature has me searching for something better. I was SURE I’d found it in Linea Sketch, but the lack of a blend/smudge tool and a BASIC watercolor brush has ended my time with your app. I should’ve done a bit more research before spending money on this - but I (quite literally) got GOOSEBUMPS when this app came to my attention. I was sure that my search had ended. Alas! It wasn’t to be, and I’m back to wasting precious sketch time trying to find a drawing app that doesn’t take a Photoshop genius to use.
PLEASE consider adding a blending tool (and a real watercolor “brush”, not just pencils and markers)! I now know I’m not the only one that has been disappointed.
Thanks!
UPDATE: While I appreciate your response (and your continuing desire to change this program to meet the needs of its users), I won’t be using Linea Sketch at this time. The smudge tool and watercolor brush are essential for the projects I work on (not just a hobby).
If you will, PLEASE send me a response when these tools are added. I will try Linea Sketch again!Show lessVeggiesaurous
Developer Response
Veggie, It sounds like there's a lot of things about Linea Sketch that you actually love and only 2 things missing that you really want. The good news is that these missing items are planned for the future so I'd encourage you not to give up on us just yet. Focus on the aspects of our work that make sketching and drawing fun and easy and try and hang in there for the future. Linea is constantly evolving so we appreciate your feedback and your patience. Thank you!
