# Artstudio Pro: Draw, Paint — user reviews > 1,189 indexed App Store user reviews of Artstudio Pro by Lucky Clan, rated 4.60/5 from 4,037 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/artstudio-pro-draw-paint/id1244142051/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/artstudio-pro-draw-paint/id1244142051.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 3,263 · 4★ 320 · 3★ 147 · 2★ 90 · 1★ 217 ## What do users think of Artstudio Pro? Overall sentiment: mixed **Pros** - 🚀 Powerful and feature-rich - 👍 Familiar Photoshop-like interface - 💡 Supports Photoshop brushes - 🎨 Excellent brush engine and painting experience - 🔍 Robust selection and adjustment tools - 🌐 Cloud storage and syncing - 💰 Good value for the price **Cons** - 🐛 Crashes and freezes - 🤔 Steep learning curve - 🔀 Confusing UI and navigation - 🖌️ Inconsistent palm rejection and input issues - 💾 Unreliable saving and file management - 🔒 Paywall for basic features **Commonly reported bugs** - Gradient tool not working as expected - Brush settings not saving properly - Unexpected canvas resizing and cropping - Layers disappearing or not rendering correctly **Most requested features** - Add custom brush creation - Improve canvas resizing and previewing - Implement better layer and mask management - Add more blending and color adjustment tools - Introduce keyboard shortcuts and gesture support - Provide a comprehensive user manual or tutorials ## Newest reviews (16 of 1,189) ### 2/5 — KEEP GETTING ERROR 500 WHEN I TRY TO OPEN FILES OR WHEN I TRY TO OPEN DOCUMENTS *2026-08-18, version 5.2.9* I CAN’T DO ANYTHING ANYMORE 😭😭😭 ### 3/5 — I thought it would be different *2026-08-14, version 5.2.9* It wouldn’t let me save my work unless I paid for a subscription which I thought was really dumb and I think that I kinda got scammed when I downloaded it so this is just a warning to whoever downloads it but I thought apart from that it was nice, but can we please not have to pay to save? Edit: I found a loophole that allows me to not lose my work, just don't exit out of the app trust me it works also that variety of brushes are lowkey nice! Edit: using the app it seems that it's overall a pretty okay app it's just the pay to say that I really dislike about it. I get it but can you please let us save without having to spend real money especially for those who aren't allowed in app purchases or subscriptions like me. ### 3/5 — Erasing my art when I get out of the app *2026-07-24, version 5.2.9* I think there’s a bug because I was drawing and I had to leave the app to look for a reference, and when I came back to drawing MY WHOLE ART GOT REMOVED?? I tried to use the arrows but nothing because they seem to have forgotten I did something. I did multiple tests to see if its a bug or I deleted without paying attention, and is indeed a bug. ### 2/5 — Updates? *2026-07-12, version 5.2.9* Will there be any updates coming soon? It’s starting to really bug out. I can’t load anything into the ref window. The recent page deletes all recent images then slowly brings them back and still can’t load them. The recording cuts off the beginning smoothing is recorded until later in the art process. ### 2/5 — It was so annoying *2026-06-25, version 5.2.9* I literally was spending a LONG TIME on something and then I got out of the app real quick and THEN all of my hard work was GONE leaving me sooo disappointed 😔✌🏾 ### 3/5 — The tool-belt of all trades *2026-06-25, version 5.2.9* I have enjoyed many things from the app. It has a wide range of flexibility, I use it on my laptop and phone. My only issues is on mobile with the animation panel that takes off when adjusting myself and the brushes having a delay/lag, though that may be an user-error. Otherwise, I‘ve had a great experience and am glad I settled with Artstudio ### 2/5 — Mano? *2026-06-22* Esse app tem tudo para ser bom mas tem um problema: eu tava de boa desenhando, e apareceu um aviso que meu IPad tava em 10%, aí eu só cliquei em “fechar” para o aviso fechar como sempre, aí do nada…O DESENHO SUMIU! A CAMADA SUMIU!!! E PAROU NA CAMADA 2 SENDO QUE NESTE APP EU USEI SÓ 1 CAMADA, PORQUE SE VC NÃO PAGAR O APP NÃO DEIXA VC USAR CERTAS COISAS, como mais de 3 camadas nos desenhos, E o desenho quase sempre some do nada (eu acho que é porque vc sai no app ou clica em algo como: a bateria de seu IPad está em 5%) Isso foi um absurdo, então n vou mais usar o app porque n vou perder meu tempo nele. Avaliação grande mais útil ✨✨ Espero que tenha achado isso 😉 ### 5/5 — love it until now -app will not open documents *2026-06-09, version 5.2.9* This app has been great until recently when I started open a doc - the document does not open ### 5/5 — Took me 45 sec to decide this was my iPadOS 2d art app *2026-05-31, version 5.2.9* Been trying out Procreate & Infinite Painter for 5 ish days in comparison ### 5/5 — Perfect image manipulation software *2026-05-26, version 5.2.9* And for drawing too. The free version allows you to save PNG in the notes app, if you select all, copy and paste. But if you exit the app, you lose your progress and can’t save layers. I highly recommend the £3 yearly subscription, for unlimited layers and saving projects. ### 5/5 — Best *2026-05-22, version 5.2.9* Great is this gam ### 5/5 — The only app I need *2026-05-19, version 5.2.9* I’ve been using Artstudio Pro since it was launched-years. And I have not used photoshop since. I do most of my work on my phone or tablet and this app has everything I need and more. Great for creating art and powerful complete photo editing capabilities. I would be lost without it. ### 5/5 — Love it *2026-05-13, version 5.2.9* Amazing program. Easy to use while still being capable of so much! ### 5/5 — Excellent painting app *2026-05-13, version 5.2.9* This a great painting app ### 5/5 — 5 Star *2026-05-10, version 5.2.9* I’d like to see more textures for skin or fluorescent colors and I know you can do it ### 5/5 — Updates? *2026-05-04, version 5.2.9* Will there be any updates coming soon? ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Don’t really recommend this app *2026-07-07, version 5.2.9* It’s not that great of an app a little bit harder to use than other drawing apps but I just don’t like it that much and if you get out of the app for like two seconds, it literally deletes the whole entire thing and if you try and save it, it makes you buy like a pack. I really don’t recommend this app and the creator of this app please fix this! but other than that is kind of a good app ### 1/5 — Don’t get me wrong, the app is great and all but there are problems that need to be sorta out *2026-06-25, version 5.2.9* 1. At least on my end. Whenever I rename something on a document and finishing renaming it, it ends up turning into a folder to which I cannot be able to edit the drawing while it’s in this form on the iPad. Unless there is a way I don’t know and is a bug on my end then I don’t know but I still feel like this needs to be fixed and/or have a new proper system where me and other people can easily just have to edit the document easily with renaming and such and not as what it is now. 2. I feel like whenever I favorite a brush on that tab where you favorite them, there should be think where they save your saved pinned sizes and opacity. There is when on normal when your selecting a brush but when it comes to favoriting them, it just deletes them. Also I think the saved brush sizes and opacity gets deleted anyhow’s whenever I do select a new brush in an another section. Either that or I’m pressing the wrong thing. Either way, still pointing this out just in case. ### 1/5 — Бесконечные лаги *2026-06-11, version 5.2.9* Подписка оформлена, но постоянно просит купить ее заново! Кнопка «восстановить покупки» работает раз через раз! Иногда из-за этого теряется прогресс работы из-за невозможности сохранения результата! ### 1/5 — too often *2026-05-16, version 5.2.9* you have been asking for approval stars far too often. Polling the same people so often may deceive newcomers. Please stop it. Meantime you will get one star instead of five. - Your choice. ### 1/5 — Hard work gone *2026-04-09, version 5.2.9* I turned off my phone because my cat got hurt and when I went back my work was gone! I’m crying rn it was such a good drawing! ### 1/5 — . *2026-04-06* Я выхожу из приложения, и мой рисунок, на который я час убивал, просто стирается, и тупо белый холст... Круто. ✌️ ### 1/5 — Are you serious! *2026-03-20, version 5.2.9* Not to be rude but i think you shouldn't have to PAY to simply save your drawings. I give it one star because the tools are so cool! I would give it none if possible and if it didn't have those tools. I would also appreciate if you could at least save drawings for FREE ### 1/5 — Mr. *2026-03-19, version 5.2.9* I find the program kludgy and very difficult to use; i mush prefer the earlier version, which was pretty straightforward. ### 1/5 — 画的时候出bug所有图层变灰 *2026-03-16, version 5.2.9* 不知道这个软件究竟是哪有问题，已经画了40+小时的画，画着画着突然所有图层变成了半透明灰色，再也抢救不回来，我刚刚又经历了第二次，真的很生气🥲你们究竟修不修？ ### 1/5 — Bad *2026-02-07, version 5.2.9* Terrible couldn’t save without paying and my art would randomly disappear if I tapped the screen wrong ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — MAKE SURE YOU SAVE ART!!!! *2026-08-04, version 5.2.9* I love this app!!!! I love the variety of brushes, the fact I can import my lineart to a canvas! On this note, make sure you either screenshot, or save your art if you are using the free version!!! If you pay, I think you can ignore this part, but for the freebies like me, screenshot your art, because if the app is closed, it gets deleted, thankfully I’ve never had a problem with this, because I send my art to myself, but make sure you do this. This app is overall so good! If you don’t want to pay for procreate, or are new to digital art, this is for you! Sad that the free version only has three layers, but I figured out how to work around that ### 5/5 — Linguagem/ idioma *2026-08-04* I found the experience of drawing and painting in ArtStudio Pro more natural than in Procreate, even though it doesn't offer a Brazilian Portuguese language option. ### 5/5 — Love it *2026-07-30, version 5.2.9* I make a lot of different backgrounds with this app definitely would recommend to anyone ### 5/5 — Procreateからのステップアップに最適 *2026-07-23* 日本語対応があれば日本でも最高のペイントアプリになると思います ### 5/5 — Awesome app for beginners and pro artists *2026-07-18* I have tried so many different art apps , but "Artstudio Pro “ is by far the best one out there ..today was my first time using it,and I am completely blown away.the brushes are absolutely awesome and the colours are stunning.highly recommended for anyone into digital art 😍….this app is a masterpiece ❤️ ### 5/5 — Amazing! *2026-07-18, version 5.2.9* I use this app for so many of my drawings! I’ve had zero issues with it. The brush selection is great! My only issue is that I cannot find a way to duplicate a selection, but I’m sure that’s a problem I can fix easily. So overall, I give this app 5/5 stars! ### 5/5 — This App Deserves All the Support *2026-07-04, version 5.2.9* Procreate is a wonderful app, but it’s clear it’s heavily favored and promoted by Apple. Artstudio Pro is everything I wished an art app would be, and it doesn’t get nearly the love or attention it deserves. I’ve used it exclusively now for years. I’ve moved from my Wacom tablet and Photoshop setup to ArtStudio Pro and my iPad. The freedom has been unmatched, I can do my illustrations anywhere. It’s like Procreate and Photoshop had a baby. The developer is kind and helpful and hardworking. If you come from a Photoshop background (like me) for illustrative work, ArtStudio Pro is going to feel very much like home. I’m so grateful this app exists. ### 5/5 — The drawing application I’m most comfortable with ! *2026-07-04, version 5.2.9* From It’s brushes to its gestures, It’s overall very nice. I find the app like a combination of Procreate and Ibispaint-x, and with it being $15 (on IOS) for a onetime payment, You really see what it all has to offer. However, it can take a while to get used to you given how much features, options, and toggles there are. Otherwise, really good! ### 5/5 — Artstudio Pro - keeping it handy & simple *2026-06-22, version 5.2.9* Despite the extensive features of this program, I initially focused on the fundamental functionalities, which proved to be straightforward and easily implementable. Subsequently, I gradually incorporated various additional features. While I am proficient in Procreate, this program offers a more efficient and streamlined workflow, enabling me to maintain focus on the current task. ### 5/5 — Better than other apps *2026-06-17, version 5.2.9* Artstudio Pro is, in my opinion, the best drawing app available right now. I honestly don’t understand why Procreate is so much more popular when Artstudio is far more complete and professional. I bought both apps around the same time, but Procreate eventually faded out of my workflow. I’ve been using Artstudio Pro for nearly four years now. One of the biggest advantages is that when artwork moves outside the canvas boundaries, Artstudio doesn’t permanently delete those pixels like Procreate does. As a children’s book illustrator, this alone makes a huge difference in my workflow. Features such as Adjustment Layers, Liquify, Filters, and Effects make it feel like having a lightweight yet powerful version of Photoshop on my iPad. The watercolor and oil paint brushes are also exceptionally well made and highly professional. Another major benefit is that the number of layers is determined by your iPad’s available RAM, rather than being artificially restricted like in Procreate. The only area that still needs significant improvement is the Text section. I would love to see the Artstudio developers expand the layout and typography tools to make them more complete and flexible. Looking forward to future Artstudio updates. And honestly, I wish there were a way to collaborate with the Artstudio team someday… --- *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 2026-09-11.*