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Best sketching app for the iPad
I’ve been using this app for several months. Great for sketches. Well worth the price, even after the switch to subscription.fakebaldur
Linea is an approachable tool for any skill level
Linea is a fantastic tool for a breadth of uses, from sketching and notes to full illustrations. I am on the amateur side of artistic ability and I find it entirely approachable.
I’ve put Linea in the hands of friends who are trained artists and they took to it with ease as well. I fully believe it is an app designed for anyone.
The makers of the app offer it for free with some watermark restrictions, which is entirely fair. If you want to remove those there is a subscription or lifetime unlock, which has the added benefit of keeping the app in development.
If you use and like Linea, you are an artist, and you should support the artists who create it.Show lesschrisdejabet
Wonderful App
I’m not a professional artist. Linea gives me the tools I need as an average joe to make useful process and block diagrams. The little touches make a huge difference, even for someone like me. ZipLines and ZipShapes are perfect for the types of diagrams I create and you’ll appreciate how simple it is to duplicate shapes you’ve already created.
I may not be their target audience but I sure do love it.Show lessRob Fahrni
A Great App Marred by Poor Choices
For years, this app was my go-to app for drawing. Features such as shape snapping, good pencil support, and updates made me appreciate making the purchase.
That is, until I lost the software that I paid for. And because i bought it in 2018, I didn’t even get a years’ worth of consolation prize. Unfortunately, taking my money for a purchase and then acting like the purchase never happened is a four-star penalty in my book. I hope this model changes in the future, as I really did like this app.Show lesstheChuckTruck
A simple drawing app rendered valueless by subscription
Linea is a simple drawing program, and such, there are fortunately alternatives. It’s features are nice, but not unique or compelling.
I was an early supporter and purchaser of Linea (as well as Triode and Twitterific). Because I was foolish enough to be an early supporter, I do not qualify for the “generous” free subscription year offered 2019 purchasers. Adding insult to injury, the app was updated before I realized the subscription bait-and-switch. As a result, I lost my paid app and can’t go back as it has been withdrawn.
What a strange way to thank long time Iconfactory supporters. Thanks guys...Show lesscbarrick
Love the app...don’t update if you don’t want your full-purchase reverted to trial software!
Don’t get me wrong, I love this app. It’s my favourable way to get down a quick sketch during a meeting, jot down a music idea, etc.
I’m also not opposed to subscribing to an app I frequently use, I know it doesn’t work for everyone.
I do take strong objection to being forced to though.
FAIR WARNING: don’t update from v2 if you favour keeping your full-purchased app (impossible if you have auto-updates on like myself).
The Iconfactory, which are otherwise long-standing fantastic developers, have unfortunately reach a new low here. The decent honourable thing to do would be either:
1. Turn v2 into Classic with nothing but the occasional OS maintenance updates carried over from the new app development. Or let it eventually wither if that’s too expensive to maintain.
2. Follow what other developers have so elegantly done in freezing the feature set for v2 purchasers, offering newcomers the choice to subscribe for same and to prior owners for future features.
Certainly not threaten to turn your full-purchase app into a watermarked ad-based trial if you refuse to pay!Show lessSirShanksalot
Near-perfect, but the lack of canvas resizing is killing me.
This app hits almost all of my sweet spots for casual note taking and sketching. It’s just the right balance of simple UI, with plenty of rich features that meet the needs of 90% of scenarios.
The one thing that drives me crazy, however, is the lack of an expandable canvas area. Every time I get close to the edge of a page, and need just a little bit more space... I’m out of luck and need to go out to make a whole new page, then figure out how to re-combine ideas somehow.
It would be great if the default was for a screen-res canvas that could be expanded up to 2x or 3x when necessary.
I understand there are trade-offs for using a bigger canvas (memory, etc.) but I’d love to have at least a little bit of freedom to decide for myself whether they’re worth it.Show lessjbraem
SUBSCRIPTION
I have been using for some time and love this app, however I find all my drawings have disappeared , i also see a message saying you are in early 2020 moving to a subscription model , I never download subscription apps so I’m not happy I paid up front for an app and now you want me to pay monthly to use it.Show lessMe
Early days, but seems very usable
I use other apps for more feature rich drawings, however the UI on this app makes it a great choice for most of my quick sketches.
Almost didn't buy it because of the in-app purchases. Was suspicious of needing to pay more for what appeared to be different *pen tips*. Nothing worse that buying an app to find-out the bits you really need are deliberately held back as in-app purchases. It was just random luck that i found out it was a *tip jar* for developers.Show lessiPotential
Great drawing app
I am really impressed with this great app. For me the pencil mechanics are the closest to using an actual pencil, I find other apps pencils a bit too harsh and don’t have a natural look like Linea’s. I use an iPad mini as a digital sketchbook along with Linea and I have everything I need to produce my art. Keep up the great work 👍Show lessmwaite245
