# Adobe Illustrator: Graphic Art — user reviews > 534 indexed App Store user reviews of Adobe Illustrator by Adobe Inc., rated 4.52/5 from 36,654 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/adobe-illustrator-graphic-art/id1018784575/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/adobe-illustrator-graphic-art/id1018784575.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 28,613 · 4★ 3,086 · 3★ 1,420 · 2★ 778 · 1★ 2,256 ## What do users think of Adobe Illustrator? Overall sentiment: neutral **Pros** - 🚀 Smooth and intuitive - 👍 Great for on-the-go vector work - 🚀 Seamless sync with desktop Illustrator - 👍 Useful for quick sketches and illustrations **Cons** - 🐛 Frequent crashes and freezes - 🔍 Missing key desktop features - 🔍 Buggy layer and selection handling - 🔍 Limited export options and quality - 🔍 Unintuitive interface in some areas **Commonly reported bugs** - Layers disappearing or not updating properly - Eraser tool behaving inconsistently - Pasting content causing unexpected issues - Frequent crashes when working on complex files **Most requested features** - Ability to rotate canvas - More brush and stroke customization options - Implement Gaussian blur and other effects - Add support for keyboard shortcuts - Improve file management and cloud sync ## Newest reviews (19 of 534) ### 3/5 — Too many glitches *2026-08-19, version 3.0.10* The app keeps freezing and I have to close out the entire app to keep working on the project. ### 2/5 — Beyond Frustrating, and not worth $ *2026-08-13, version 3.0.10* I cannot describe how incredibly frustrating the IPad version of this app is. It’s glitchy, crashing constantly. A shortcut that works one day, doesn’t work the next, and all the actions aren’t adequately adapted for touch screen. For example, if you are trying to select within text to change your text, it will automatically switch to the text tool and create a new text field…over and over, until one of the times I touch it, it works. I am resentful of the money I pay for this subscription. I only do the very last steps of editing my work in this app, and even then, simple tasks can take hours. The only reason I use it is that my templates for all my work are in it, and I’ve never had the time to recreate those in another program. ### 3/5 — Few features and setting *2026-08-13, version 3.0.10* I am looking to migrate from desktop to tablet. You should add more features because the processing power of iPad is extremely high. Moving layers is very bad. It should be easy to move by grabbing the design layers. Or define a shortcut for the shift button to change the image size without changing the scale. I hope more features will be added in the future. ### 3/5 — Please fix *2026-08-08, version 3.0.10* Crashes every time I open a file or star something new ### 1/5 — Fix 9th Gen issues! *2026-07-12, version 3.0.10* My Adobe Illustrator service that I PAY for has stopped working. Apparently this is a known iPad 9th Generation issue you haven’t fix. I need this for my business! ### 1/5 — Crashes *2026-07-12, version 3.0.10* Crashes when importing pics into document. Tried rebooting and redownloading app. Nope ### 2/5 — Constant Crashing *2026-07-12, version 3.0.10* Why is this app shutting down without warning? I’ve lost so much progress when it suddenly closes ver and over again. So frustrating! ### 1/5 — So many bugs *2026-07-09, version 3.0.10* Bug riddled nightmare app, get a drawing tablet instead ### 1/5 — iPad *2026-07-07, version 3.0.10* Keeps crashing ### 1/5 — Unusable *2026-07-02, version 3.0.10* Crashes every 10 seconds, have been waiting for a month for them to fix it. Don’t waste your money on a subscription ### 1/5 — Crashes on my iPad *2026-06-27, version 3.0.10* I paid in full $149.00 on 4-10-26 through 4-11-27 ### 1/5 — This app only indeed PAYMENT *2026-06-25, version 3.0.10* Unfortunately I cannot buy is are banned country for me, you need BUY this money to create it. ### 1/5 — Why is it not free? *2026-06-25, version 3.0.10* Im a high schooler, and my dream is to become a graphic designer, why would young people that want to try digital art have to pay for a graphic designer software? This wouldve been 5 stars if we didnt have to subscribe. I rather practice on here than ibis paint x all the time. ### 1/5 — Keeps crashing *2026-06-22, version 3.0.10* Keeps crashing on my iPad mini. I even deleted apps thinking it’s the amount of space I need to run the app and still will not allow it to run. Fix the app so I can edit my vectors. ### 1/5 — Does not support Arabic font *2026-06-22, version 3.0.10* This app is far from the quality that Adobe is famous for. So many of the features on the desktop version are NOT available. So many very important and useful features are not an option. ### 1/5 — This App has become unusable *2026-06-18, version 3.0.10* After the new Illustrator update, the App shuts down almost immediately after opening your file. Imagine, I’ve paid for my subscription and can’t use it. How long will it take to fix please? ### 1/5 — Crash crash crash *2026-06-17, version 3.0.10* I have the latest OS. Plenty of free space. Create a new doc = crash. Load an existing one from the cloud created on my Windows Adobe Illustrator = crash. A waste of bits. ### 1/5 — unusable *2026-06-14, version 3.0.10* constantly crushing! fix it! ### 2/5 — the subscription *2026-06-14, version 3.0.10* i genuinely do not know how to get out im just trying to draw without the damn subscription hovering my face its really pissing me off and atp i feel like this is money hungry ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Limited *2026-08-26, version 3.0.10* Super limited ### 1/5 — Busted *2026-08-22, version 3.0.10* It shuts down every time I open a file. ### 1/5 — Great (when it was free) *2026-08-06, version 3.0.10* But I'm not paying Adobe to train their ai on my work. ### 1/5 — Useless *2026-08-03, version 3.0.10* Everything on the mobile version doesn’t have labels , it’s impossible to find anything even the colour fill is different. ### 1/5 — App keeps crashing *2026-07-28, version 3.0.10* Wouldn’t recommend ### 1/5 — Never worked for my iPad bye to my 9.99$ *2026-07-25, version 3.0.10* App kept crashing after selecting and choosing a task. Ended up deleting and once they charge you there was no return for the monthly subscription ### 1/5 — Crashing whenever I open a file *2026-07-22, version 3.0.10* App crashes every single time I try to make a new file, sometimes works in airplane mode but then I can’t upload my needed photos. Ridiculous I’m still paying for a subscription to an app I can’t even use. ### 1/5 — No update in 8 months! *2026-07-17, version 3.0.10* Lift your game, Adobe. I really want Illustrator to be better on iPad. Why this shameful neglect of one of your original & signature apps on IOS? ### 1/5 — Incredibly frustrating for a paid service *2026-07-15, version 3.0.10* This app is so buggy it is very frustrating especially when you are paying a monthly subscription to adobe. Please, please fix this app! ### 1/5 — Change made it unstable *2026-07-14, version 3.0.10* What ever you did Adobe you made this program unusable, before I was don’t multi-layered starship cutaways, now it will not load the art board, just crashes. Completely unusable. AND YOU STEAL ART! ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — I think *2026-08-24, version 3.0.10* I've been using Adobe Illustrator for years, and it just keeps getting better. The precision of the vector tools, the smooth pen experience, and the constant updates make it an absolute powerhouse for designers. There's definitely a learning curve, but once you get comfortable, it feels like there’s almost nothing you can’t create. Huge respect to the team behind it — keep pushing creative boundaries! ### 5/5 — Good *2026-06-02, version 3.0.10* Might seem hard to use, but after you learn how to use the tools it is a very nice app where you can draw freely. You can do whatever you want make the cutest drawings ever and I really like this app. I really recommend you could download one thing you could really add is like maybe like a drawing tutorial where they could like learn how to draw one thing and use experience from that to draw more it would’ve been way more easier, but yes, this is a very good app. ### 5/5 — Learning curve but fun. *2026-04-20, version 3.0.10* A bit of learning curve, but fun to use on the go. Get the job done on the move. ### 5/5 — Huge Fan *2026-04-14, version 3.0.10* Have been an illustrator user since 88. Of all of the adobe programs this is by far my favorite. Knowing it so well it was easy to learn other programs in Adobe. ### 5/5 — Increíble *2026-04-13, version 3.0.10* Soy diseñador desde el 2017 y hasta ahora pruebo la versión para iPad y me sorprende lo fácil que corre desde el ordenador, puedes hacer utilizar en su gran mayoría las herramientas de combinación. ### 5/5 — Very good *2026-02-16, version 3.0.10* I like both the Mac and iPad versions for technical line-art drawings. However, the latter is the one I use most often because it is so easy to use ### 5/5 — ***FIX THIS BUG PLEASE!!!*** *2025-09-17, version 3.0.9* I’ve designed dozens of logos for small businesses in my area with illustrator, I’ve used this for vectorizing pixilated images and clean up to make logos scalable in many sizes, I love this program and it makes it more convenient to have on my iPad, however, I’ve noticed at times, when using the Pen tool to create multiple shapes ON A SINGLE LAYER, the shape appears transparent. I am able to select it with my direct select tool and move it but nothing shows. Opacity is up 100% btw. It’s only when I add a new layer and make the shape is when I am able to see it. Fix this bug! Please! ### 5/5 — A.M.A.Z.I.N.G. *2025-08-27, version 3.0.9* Perfect for SVG files and uploading work to Wikimedia Commons!! ### 5/5 — My adobe illustrator experience as a beginner. *2025-06-26, version 3.0.9* I have just started using this software to design symbols and logos and I find it super user friendly and easy to design. I used coral draw for my print and graphic design business needs and now I am switching to this amazing raster based software to support my work techniques. Thank you adobe. ### 5/5 — Perfect and reliable except one thing. *2025-05-21, version 3.0.9* After about 20 hours on this app so far, the app runs beautifully. It’s very intuitive and the learning curve is minimal. With the normal limitations of doing graphic work on an iPad there is one specific thing that sticks out the most and that is, Freezing. It freezes a LOT. Every time I exit a project, open a project, create a page or just sometimes when I open the app, it freezes. And I have to swipe away the window to reset it every time. But that is the only problem I’ve had with this app so far! IPad Pro 11inch (M4) --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-08-28.*