# Brushes Redux — user reviews > 288 indexed App Store user reviews of Brushes Redux by Christoffer Hoel, rated 3.57/5 from 297 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/brushes-redux/id932089074/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/brushes-redux/id932089074.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 138 · 4★ 46 · 3★ 26 · 2★ 20 · 1★ 67 ## What do users think of Brushes Redux? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 👍 Easy to use - 🎨 Great for drawing and painting - 💯 No ads or in-app purchases - ⭐ Excellent for beginners - 🎨 Customizable brushes - 🎨 Ability to import photos **Cons** - 🐛 Crashes frequently - 🔍 Limited selection of tools (no blending, fill, etc.) - 🔍 Pixelated output when zoomed in - 🔍 Inconsistent color output - 🔍 Difficulty using with Apple Pencil **Commonly reported bugs** - Drawings disappearing or unable to open - Color picker issues causing unintended color changes - Dropbox integration problems - Compatibility issues with newer iOS versions **Most requested features** - Add blending tool - Increase layer limit - Implement video export - Add text tool - Improve Apple Pencil support - Add color stabilizer ## Newest reviews (15 of 288) ### 4/5 — . *2026-02-25, version 3.2* A random layer sometimes gets deleted when I leave the painting. ### 2/5 — They need more tools *2026-01-31, version 3.2* Also about the tools they need more color saving slot things ### 4/5 — Yeah *2025-12-07, version 3.2* Brushes redux is a great app for drawing especially because you can draw over picture, but I wish there were more layers too add if your making a very detailed sketch. ### 2/5 — Ehh *2025-09-29, version 3.2* It’s good but like needs improvement like could you add a feature where it teaches you to draw?? And like anatomy stuff?? Orrr like improve the lines bc it’s too pixelated sometimes ### 4/5 — Prima, aber.. *2025-05-17, version 3.2* Das Programm ist eigentlich super, selbst gestandene Künstler wie David Hockney haben damit gearbeitet. Leider gibt es seit Jahren kein Update mehr, die Dropbox Anbindung funktioniert auch nicht mehr. Aber es läuft noch unter iOS 18.5! ### 3/5 — :( *2024-12-22, version 3.2* Only one brush setting as I know of and not very easy to use brush ### 4/5 — Good but… *2024-12-13, version 3.2* Every time I try to select and delete a “gallery” it crashes… Developers, can you fix this? ### 3/5 — Basic *2024-05-14, version 3.2* It’s ok for what I use it for but could have better colour palette, sadly seems to have been abandoned by the creators for updates/improvements. ### 5/5 — Amazing painting app *2024-04-16, version 3.2* I’ve been using this app for many years. It’s still one of the best art apps I’ve ever used. I like to use it on my iPad Pro, with only my fingers and not a stylus. I love the painterly results this app provides using this technique. Sometimes simple is best. ### 5/5 — Amazing! *2023-10-04, version 3.2* I’d ownloaded this game based on my friends, they said this app was very good. So I tried it and let me tell you something, they were not lying!💅So in this game u can use so many brush patterns, every colour ever imagined, and have endless amounts of drawings All for free! Some complain about seeing the pixels when you zoom in so closely but they need to remember that this game is for free completely, there is zero adverts and you can go on it offline for the price, I give it a five!! ### 5/5 — Good but not as good as pro create *2023-07-30, version 3.2* I think this app is perfect if you’re looking for a free painting app but if you are ok with paying get pro create ### 5/5 — I’ve always really liked this app, *2023-06-08, version 3.2* This app is great, I’ve been using it since middle school, having a blend tool would be nice though, It has potential. :] ### 4/5 — This app is amazing because… *2023-04-21, version 3.2* It is FREE, no adds, lots of brushes, and able to add pictures. But, one thing they should improve is to be able to add text. In conclusion, I rate this 4/5 stars because there is always room for improvement and this app is really really good, definitely worth downloading it. ### 4/5 — Suggestion *2023-03-26, version 3.2* It is a fabulous app but it’s simply devastating that there is no blending tool, cutting tool OR a bucket tool. This year 2023 for Christmas I would be over the moon if these features were added to this monstrosity. I would love action taken on this extremely important disaster. But over all you’ve done a pretty jolly good job making this app all my friends and dearest family use this app and enjoy it, well done!!!!😇 ### 5/5 — Здоровья тебе разработчик! *2023-03-05, version 3.2* Уже много лет прошло со дня последнего выпуска, и видимо проект заморожен. Но по функционалу и удобству альтернативы практически нет. Очень хотелось бы, что бы разработчик ее обновил. Не помешало бы освежить дизайн и увеличить разрешение интерфейса. Функционал приложения очень сбалансирован, и особо не нуждается в расширении. В целом, это то самое приложение, которое устанавливаешь и на века. Здоровья и всех благ разработчику, надеюсь у него все хорошо. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Absolutely atrocious *2026-05-31, version 3.2* This is SUCH a bad app it glitches all the time and you can’t make a normal neat stroke of paint on it.It’s SO annoying and my friends have way better apps.I would definitely not suggest this to anyone and I bet all the good reviews are fake because there is no way anyone could give this app that much glaze! ### 1/5 — Not fun *2025-11-06, version 3.2* Fart ### 1/5 — This is bad *2024-08-19, version 3.2* It’s bad ### 1/5 — Needs a fix *2024-02-19, version 3.2* Loved this app for making tiny images but now it crashes every time I try to delete anything. It’s just going to take up space ### 1/5 — Annoying *2023-07-05, version 3.2* When I started using it it was great but soon I couldn't add photos onto it ### 1/5 — my picture of dora wouldn’t load onto the screen so I blame the app *2022-07-30, version 3.2* it was bad ### 1/5 — Horrible 🤢🤮🤢 *2022-02-08, version 3.2* This app is horrible you can not rotate but it has layers my school ur using . Making it sound goof it comes with my schools iPad but it is horrible. ### 1/5 — Brushes redux *2021-08-22, version 3.2* This is not as good as the original Brushes which it was supposed to replace Brushes. Not at all similar ### 1/5 — The chosen colour keeps reverting to white. *2021-04-25, version 3.2* I don’t understand why, it just does. I might draw a line in my chosen colour and before I know it, there’s a large circle with a + in the centre and the colour is white again. The app might or might not be good? No current way of finding out. ### 1/5 — Won’t open ): *2021-04-03, version 3.2* This app is really good for quickly editing photos but as of late it absolutely refuses to open and will crash upon being clicked. I hope this is fixed because this app is nice ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Really good *2026-08-10, version 3.2* Really good sense I use my old iPad to draw this is the best one I've seen I love it ### 5/5 — Read this please *2026-07-28, version 3.2* So it is good it records the video of you drawing and racing and it keeps on the app doesn’t take it off as well as it just is amazing. That appears in but it could maybe be a little bit better by doing a step-by-step but it still is quite good. You can draw anything you want you can choose, you can make your own like textures and draw with you can change the textures. We do anything really textures I mean not Dexters ### 5/5 — Love it soooo much *2025-11-27, version 3.2* I have used this app for sooo long I got to get it on my new iPad it’s the best drawing app and it’s soooo amazing perfect in every way love this app sm! ### 5/5 — Brushes Reduce *2025-09-10, version 3.2* It is easy to follow.. for someone who found photoshop style apps tech difficult with too many options. It is perfect for me as a pro artist to work with my art photo images, and find various options to explore prior to applying actual paint. ### 5/5 — Love it *2025-09-05, version 3.2* I’m a pro artist tbh and tried this app I’m in year nine at school and we tried this out I loved it so when I got home I downloaded it Get this app ### 5/5 — Can’t delete from gallery *2025-08-09, version 3.2* love the app, but now i can’t delete work from the gallery. i will select one and click on the trash icon but it jumps out of the app and doesn’t delete. can this be fixed? ### 5/5 — Great app *2025-02-20, version 3.2* Wonderfull ### 5/5 — Editing *2025-01-26, version 3.2* I love editing gacha and I use this app it’s really good but I was wondering if u could add stabiliser (idk if I spelt it right l😅) so if u could add it it would be a big help :) ### 5/5 — Keep going *2025-01-01, version 3.2* you must keep going! but please do not change any interface I like this interface better than Brushes. 👍👍👍👍👍 ### 5/5 — This is good drop more of this *2024-09-28, version 3.2* This is a good app please drop more that has scalp brushes and hair and braids and curly like procrate but just like this like free thro --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). 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