# ArtStudio for iPad -Paint&Draw — user reviews > 850 indexed App Store user reviews of ArtStudio for iPad by Sylwester Los, rated 4.70/5 from 946 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/artstudio-for-ipad-paint-and-draw/id364017607/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/artstudio-for-ipad-paint-and-draw/id364017607.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 812 · 4★ 52 · 3★ 27 · 2★ 21 · 1★ 34 ## What do users think of ArtStudio for iPad? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 🚀 Great app! - 👍 Tons of brushes, easy layers, and smooth performance - 👍 Feels like a full art studio right on my iPad - 👍 Works great on iPad Pro and iPad Mini - 👍 Powerful but still easy to pick up and use - 👍 Excellent for drawing and editing - 👍 Versatile and sophisticated - 👍 Intuitive interface, similar to Photoshop - 👍 Closest thing to having Photoshop on a mobile device - 👍 Allows creating own clipart with transparent background - 👍 Accurate, clear, and provides details like real art materials - 👍 Relaxing and a joy to use - 👍 Fantastic for photo editing and correction - 👍 Allows editing photos, adding drawings, and more **Cons** - 🐛 Crashes frequently, especially with more than 2 layers - 🐛 Glitches and distorts lines when saving or reopening files - 🐛 Delayed response time, especially on older devices - 🐛 Buggy with iOS 12, no longer gets support/updates - 🐛 Crashes when deleting a layer or adding a new one - 🐛 Crashes when importing photos, corrupting files - 🐛 Brushes sometimes appear sideways after updates - 🐛 Palm rejection issues with Apple Pencil - 🐛 Autosave takes too long, disrupts workflow **Commonly reported bugs** - Crashes when opening files - Crashes when adjusting sliders or moving/rotating layers - Distorts lines and colors when reopening files - Autosave corrupts files and causes data loss - Pencil tool doesn't produce color, only erases **Most requested features** - Add more font options - Implement video playback of drawings - Add support for layers and layer editing - Improve selection tools and allow resizing/rotating selections - Implement more advanced features like curves, gradients, filters - Add ability to import images from other sources - Improve export options, including PSD with layers - Implement palm rejection for Apple Pencil - Add folders for organizing saved artwork ## Newest reviews (15 of 850) ### 3/5 — Wonderful app, but VERY prone to crashing on iOS 18 *2025-08-09, version 5.105* The app is a perfect all-rounder for drawing, and always has been for several years. However, after updating the iPad to iOS 18 earlier this year, a couple of issues that were never present on older firmware versions frequently arose while using the app: 1) Sporadic visual glitches when adjusting any sliders until hitting ok or cancel (Whether it be for alter brightness, contrast, colour etc.). Alternatively, it causes the app to crash altogether. 2) Selecting part of a drawing on one layer, then moving/rotating it lags for the app moment before appearing where I intended to position it. There have been times simply moving or selecting something also crashes the app altogether. I understand that with ArtStudio Pro, this serves as a legacy version, but it would greatly make a more positive experience on latest iOS to fix these crashing issues. ### 2/5 — App keeps crashing *2023-11-21, version 5.105* This app crashed all the time on my 32GB iPad so I upgraded to a 64GB iPad last year and it started crashing again not too long after so I recently bought a 1TB iPad and now it’s crashing again after only a few months of owning the iPad and I’ve only used like 65GB. I still have 911GB left in storage and the app still crashes when I try deleting a layer or adding a new one making me lose my progress that wasn’t saved. Restarting the iPad and updating it doesn’t help and it makes me wanna use a new app but I’ve been using art studio since I was 13 and can’t figure out how other apps I’ve tried work so it leaves me with no choice but to torture myself whenever I want to draw on my iPad. ### 2/5 — Used to be better *2023-10-21, version 5.105* A couple years ago I bought this for about $10….it had the big window and was perfect little app. At some point, maybe a version upgrade and it was all gone. Now tiny useless window. Now they want you to subscribe at $12+ a year. For screwing my original good version and then wanting to charge me yearly I have to give it 2 stars. The pro is probably very good though. ### 4/5 — Merge layers is broken *2023-10-18, version 5.105* I can’t merge layers, because every time I tap the button, it kicks me out of the app and resets my progress. I would have given 5 stars, but the broken layer merge brings it to 4. ### 5/5 — My favorite, and I’m still a beginner. *2023-01-04, version 5.105* So I downloaded Art Studio ten years ago. I had never painted, and never on a device. I jumped right in, and quickly jumped out because I did not read the manual. I highly recommend reading the manual. I have learned so much. From brushes to layers to filters and more, it’s an amazing app! I’m still learning and don’t come close to creating outstanding art, but it has worked glitch free for me since it came out. Like I said, I have learned so much, and have much more to learn. It’s not intimidating to the beginner, either. Just make sure you read the manual (like I didn’t) !! I got Pro when it first came out, but my favorite is Art Studio. Thank you, developers, for making Art Studio for beginners and pros alike. ❤️ ### 5/5 — Great tool *2022-12-29, version 5.105* Really useful. Well done ### 5/5 — Art Studios Is Nice *2022-11-10, version 5.105* I used it for the first time. It was very good. I will make more projects with this. Thank you ### 5/5 — Absolutely love it *2022-11-08, version 5.105* Been using this program for years and I love it it’s fantastic. I still have a lot to learn, ### 5/5 — Essential . *2022-08-04, version 5.105* Most essential app , always used with many apps for easy duplication and enhancing in many alternative colorizations . I’d be lost with out this application . ### 5/5 — Learning *2022-06-13, version 5.105* First time using an art app for more than doodling so I have a lot to learn. So far it’s easy to use even for a first timer. ### 5/5 — 5star app *2022-05-28, version 5.105* -I have found this to be the best art app . Not only for drawing but for photo editing. Easy layout. A joy to use ### 5/5 — The Best app for art! *2022-04-26, version 5.105* Love this app! I’ve been using it for almost 10 years and I even bought the new pro version (which I still have a lot to learn about) but I am very excited! ### 3/5 — Buggy with iOS12 *2022-04-07, version 5.105* I’ve been using this app for ages and it was always great... i went sometime without using it and I’ve come to use it now on an older iPad which won’t upgrade to iOS 14 and this app is just stuck and no longer gets any support/updates. If using on an older device... don’t bother.. ### 5/5 — Update please. *2022-04-02, version 5.105* I know there is artstudio pro but the distribution of the tools is confuse. This version is much better , just need some support to the apple pencil to be great. ### 5/5 — Excellent art app for beginners or professionals. *2022-03-27, version 5.105* The title of this review says it all. Excellent app helps produce excellent work. My iPad froze occasionally but that' a memory issue - older pad!!! ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Where has my stuff gone ? *2025-08-19, version 5.105* Had this app for years and I keep going back to it. Opened it up recently and all the saved stuff has gone - there's nothing at all. What a waste of time and effort. ### 1/5 — Crashing! (11” iPad PRO 2020 - iPadOS 16.2) *2023-02-06, version 5.105* It’s crashing when I delete a layer. Please update! Thanks! (1 star for now till the patch) Crashing! (11” iPad PRO 2020 - iPadOS 16.2) ### 1/5 — The worst *2022-10-28, version 5.105* This is one of the worst app I ever seen. You shouldn’t use it for a school project or any projects. If you want to draw something easy you can use it. But the price is 7$ so I think it’s to much for this. I a student and I did a project with this and it suddenly earassed all my work. ### 1/5 — Constant crashes! *2022-08-23, version 5.105* When doing a copy, paste, move more than once in a row it crashes. Extremely frustrating! ### 1/5 — App loses each time I try to delete layer *2022-07-13, version 5.105* Ребят,прога вылетает при попытке удалить слой:(надо пофиксить ### 1/5 — App does not work on iPad Pro *2021-05-13, version 5.105* You can’t import most photos then if u do manage to get a photo to import it won’t let u edit it, nor delete and import a different image. ### 1/5 — Not that good.. *2020-10-22, version 5.105* There’s not a lot of brushes, I think that the options are kinda bad, the zoom isn’t really good.. I don’t really recommend this app.. If you’re a beginner in digital art, I’ll suggest you to use IbisPaint X, it’s free and it’s really awesome! Or if you’re already experienced, use Procreate instead. Don’t really install this app, I’m sorry if I’m being a bit mean, but I’m not satisfied with this. ### 1/5 — Try saving me last picture and it doesn’t work *2020-01-20, version 5.105* My select episode 3 keeps getting rejected, but why? ### 1/5 — Keeps crushing *2019-01-26, version 5.105* Keeps crushing ### 1/5 — Once great, but now junk *2018-12-26, version 5.104* I used this app for years to draw, but recently, I have had issues where it would crash every minute while I’m drawing. I try to save often while drawing, but as the app kept crashing, the files would become corrupted, and I can no longer access it. It is infuriating when hours of work is suddenly wasted because of a now dysfunctional app. Unless the developers have abandoned this app and are focusing on the Pro version, a fix for this serious issue is needed immediately. Until then, I strongly suggest that everyone avoid this app. I myself refuse to use it any longer. Trying to draw with it is not worth the frustration. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Great App! *2025-08-23, version 5.105* ArtStudio for iPad has quickly become my go-to for drawing and editing. Tons of brushes, easy layers, and smooth performance. It’s powerful but still super easy to pick up and use. Feels like a full art studio right on my iPad! Works great on my iPad Pro and my iPad Mini ### 5/5 — ArtStudio et iPad OS18 *2025-01-29, version 5.105* Bonjour, J’utilise –avec bonheur !- ArtStudio depuis une dizaine d’années (je dessine en direct dans des conférences et séminaires et l’app est très pratique, facile à utiliser et très complète). L’app fonctionnera t-elle toujours si je passe à la version iPad OS18 ? Merci de votre réponse. Et encore bravo pour votre travail sur mon app préférée ! ### 5/5 — This app might be discontinued *2023-11-01, version 5.105* Hey, I really love this app and I still continuously use it but I’m afraid that it might not be compatible with newer IOS Updates, please update this app ### 5/5 — Wonderful *2023-09-21* Wow, it’s great that they’re still keeping this app around. I purchased ArtStudio years ago and it is still on my iPad 4th Generation. I stopped using it only because I purchased the second version called Artstudio Pro and I love that one too. I have cartoon characters on the ArtStudio original app that I created and I’m so happy that I was able to save them to my camera roll for use in my own small comic strips at that time. I think it would be fantastic if there were a special app to place my cartoons in, made by the developers of Artstudio. But I understand that would be a whole other story. If I may, I would like to say that I use an app called Strip Designer for my cartoon strip creations. I do this for my own benefit and enjoyment. I wish I could publish them, but they’re probably not worth publishing anyway. That’s it for now. Get this or the Pro version of ArtStudio, l don’t think you will regret it. It’s a lot of fun, even if you’re not a professional artist or anyone in that field. Life is too short. Enjoy yourself! ### 5/5 — All singing all dancing *2023-05-13, version 5.105* Been using this for years for work and pleasure, easy to use fantastic results ,if I’m honest there’s nothing it doesn’t help with and everything can be done with this app….forget photoshop , the only alternative update to pro is your professional step up. ### 5/5 — Help *2023-02-24, version 5.105* How to clear documents and data, can’t delete old data ### 5/5 — My favourite *2023-02-04, version 5.105* Use it everyday to draw. Don’t know how it’s not more popular. I WISH the pro version has a skin of this original one as I’m just so used to using this one. I can’t get on with newer one. Even though that’s excellent too. Just love this one as it’s so familiar. Thanks lucky clan. ### 5/5 — Great art app *2023-02-02, version 5.105* I really like this app. I have been using it for years now. Its Easy to use with a lot of great advance full features and options. Well worth it. ### 5/5 — The best *2023-01-25, version 5.105* I use this all the time best app ### 5/5 — Best art app for the price *2023-01-06, version 5.105* I don't use anything else. I use this app a lot for amateur photoshopping too, not just sketching or drawing. In fact about 90% of the time, I choose this app to edit photos. It can do everything especially if you familiarize yourself with all of its features. I’m still discovering neat tricks and tools after using this app every day for about 5+ years already. --- *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 2026-07-26.*