# City Art - Illustrate with map — Draw minimal and artful animal

> Create artful illustrations using city maps and watercolor tools. (iPhone/iPad app by Marcus Carlsson.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/city-art-illustrate-with-map/id1205311824 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Marcus Carlsson](https://appshunter.io/developer/905479758)
- Category: Entertainment
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Rating: 4.20/5 from 102 App Store ratings · 44 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 9.3 · 141 MB
- Languages: American English, Chinese (Simplified, China)
- Released: 2017-08-30
- Data updated: 2026-08-28
- Monetization: free with in-app purchases
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/city-art-illustrate-with-map/id1205311824/reviews.md

## What is City Art?

Featured by Apple in 9 countries.

Everybody has a special place in their heart.
And now you can use that special place to create beautiful art.

The goal with City Art is to use your favorite place while drawing. By coloring the streets in a very easy way you will be able to make images you haven't done before.

Maybe your special place is a tiny village in France and you can use that city's map to draw the wonderful memory you have from it.

FEATURES
+ More than 80 well crafted maps of cities all around the world
+ Create maps from your special place of your own
+ Beautiful watercolors can be used
+ Pen and pencil too
+ Color both the streets and the area behind the streets
+ Be inspired by many wonderful images
+ Share to your favorite social media

If you want to be featured within City Art, just send us your best image and it will probably be included in the next version of City Art.

And as with all of our apps. We listen too all your feature-requests and it's highly likely that we add what you want.

## Key features

- Draw with city maps
- Create custom maps
- Watercolor and pen tools
- Color streets and areas
- Share to social media
- Global city map library

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**One-time purchases**

| Purchase | Price | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Create maps | $1.99 | one-time |
| Pro | $1.99 | one-time |
| Pro discount | $0.99 | one-time |
| North America maps | $0.99 | one-time |
| South America maps | $0.99 | one-time |
| Europe maps | $0.99 | one-time |
| Africa maps | $0.99 | one-time |
| Contour maps | $0.99 | one-time |
| Asia maps | $0.99 | one-time |
| All maps | $1.99 | one-time |


## Recent user reviews (10 of 44)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/city-art-illustrate-with-map/id1205311824/reviews.md

### 1/5 — Hard to use

*2025-08-28*

Not user friendly, wish I had a refund

### 3/5 — Mise à jour ?

*2025-02-10, version 4.1*

Update de mon avis : nous sommes le 10 février 2025 et c’est dommage que l’application n’est pas eu de mise à jour depuis 4 ans. Elle mérite tellement d’être mise en avant.
Elle a été complètement abandonnée. Dommage. 

(J’avais déjà laissé mon avis mais il a disparu)

Quelle superbe découverte cette application ! 

Quelques suggestions cependant :
- rotation 360° 
- léger dézoom pour travailler les bords de feuille
- un moyen de travailler un même projet sur plusieurs appareils. iPad Air 2 et iPhone 7 pour ma part.

Merci pour la promo du pack !

L’application freeze quand je sors d’un dessin sur mon iPhone 7. Où est passé le choix des couleurs ?

### 1/5 — Complete Rip Off

*2023-11-15*

Do not waste your money or time on this!  It doesn’t work.

### 3/5 — The App is Good

*2023-05-17, version 4.1*

The app is alright but damn the paywalls. The maps has all the major cities which is easily available. Give at least on or two try for unknown places or a user’s live location; that way once can know if the app reply works real-time and doesn’t grab images from web. 😒🤦

### 3/5 — Low resolution photo exporting

*2022-12-15*

Low resolution photo exporting to the photo gallery. 
Hopefully, it will bring features for HDR exporting. 

My device: iPhone 14 pro max (latest iOS)

Note: I regularly update my review/rating for this application.

### 5/5 — Imou lyfe

*2022-06-23, version 4.1*

0793241652

### 1/5 — Free version way too limited

*2022-04-21*

Title says it all. Just import any picture you like into any art app and you can do much better for free.

### 3/5 — I dont like the purchase thing

*2022-03-16, version 4.1*

Pls give more free maps. This is the only problem, We have an iphone and thats a very big thing because we spend so much money on iphone and if still there is so much purchasing on thes drawing apps… then there is no advantage of buying a very expensive iphone……pls understand

### 3/5 — No single free map

*2021-06-14*

Maybe, just maybe I'd trust this if "Free Maps" was a clickable thing instead of nothing and I could try something. One tiny thing.

Pricing listed makes no sense. 

Pointing out I’m rounding up because yes, a developer once argued with me that my complaints were invalid because I'd rounded up to whole numbers. 🙄

Pro= All Features: $2

Create Maps: $2

"Create Maps" appears not to be a "features" or part of the "All Features" in this scenario.

Within the app I'm offered a great deal of "all maps at 78% off= $2", exactly what I expect from the store page. Woo hoo?

Pro discount $1? Who gets the honor? Why? 

I'd maybe contact you directly as well but I'm return "can't contact for some reason" so we're here publicly.

### 4/5 — City art

*2020-11-05*

It is like a amazing master piece you should try it you can make you out of city art and to me it is fun and cool I can’t even talk about it because it is to good so I will give it four stars cause it is almost impossible but it is ok. 👍

## Frequently asked questions about City Art

### What does City Art do?

City Art allows you to create unique, artful illustrations by using maps of cities as your canvas. You can color the streets and surrounding areas to transform these maps into personalized artwork inspired by your special places.

### What are the key features of City Art?

Key features include over 80 pre-made city maps, the ability to create maps from your own special places, beautiful watercolor and pen tools, options to color both streets and areas, and the ability to share your creations on social media.

### Is City Art free to use?

The app is free to download and use, but it offers in-app purchases. This means you can access core functionalities for free, with optional purchases available for additional features or content.

### What kind of devices is City Art compatible with?

While specific compatibility details are not provided in the description, apps of this nature are typically designed for modern smartphones and tablets running iOS or Android operating systems.

### How can I use City Art for a special memory?

You can use a map of a city that holds a special memory for you, such as your hometown or a place you visited. By coloring the streets and areas, you can create a visual representation of that memory, making it a unique piece of art.

## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 4.1 — 2020-06-03

Bugfixes and improvements

### 4.0 — 2020-03-04

Thanks a lot John, for finding a couple of bugs when drawing with water-color. They are now sent to bug-heaven...

### 3.9 — 2020-02-27

Bugfixes and improvments

### 3.8 — 2020-02-14

Bugfixes and improvments

### 3.7 — 2019-11-25

Fixed an issue where not all graphics where shown.
Thanks a lot Chih-hung Liu for helping me finding this.

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