# Dro: Learn How to Draw & Focus — user reviews > 37 indexed App Store user reviews of Dro by Tools Products FZ-LLC, rated 4.60/5 from 217 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/dro-learn-how-to-draw-and-focus/id6749725319/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/dro-learn-how-to-draw-and-focus/id6749725319.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 179 · 4★ 15 · 3★ 4 · 2★ 5 · 1★ 14 ## What do users think of Dro? Overall sentiment: negative **Pros** - 👍 Helpful for anatomy learning - 💡 Good reminder app **Cons** - 🐛 Stuck on passport page - 🔒 Paywall after 2-day trial - 🔒 Difficult to sign up **Commonly reported bugs** - Repeated issues with account creation - Passport page not working properly **Most requested features** - Add critique functionality - Improve free trial experience ## Newest reviews (11 of 37) ### 2/5 — 오류 *2026-07-15* 오류가 너무 많네요 기능은 맘에 들어요 ### 2/5 — Sucks!! *2026-01-13* It’s boring and unhelpful, you can just mindlessly upload photos of your art without doing a single thing. Not to mention that they use AI which completely turned me off. It’s nothing but a reminder app truly. 😓 ### 2/5 — Bof *2025-12-21* Vous pouvez dessiner n'importe quoi, il vous dira qu'il vaut 150$... Ne m'as absolument pas aidé à progresser. Seulement bien car il donne 2-3 idées de dessins. ### 3/5 — Have your camera ready *2025-11-22* I wish I could draw in the app. While I appreciate trying to use the traditional approach with pencil and paper it’s just tedious and inconvenient to have to take a picture all the time. What if I want to practice while on the train or bus? I’m not whipping out the pencils and sketchbook. Give us an option to do it on our phone. **Developer response:** Thank you for taking the time to share this feedback. We understand that having to draw on paper and then take a photo can feel inconvenient, especially when you want to practice on the go, like on a train or bus. At the moment, DRO is focused on traditional pencil-and-paper practice, but we absolutely see the value of an in-app drawing option on the phone or tablet. Your suggestion aligns with ideas we’ve been exploring, and we’ve passed your comments to our product team so they can factor this into future updates and prioritisation. If you’re open to it, feel free to share any additional thoughts (e.g. tools you’d want in a mobile drawing mode) so we can better shape this kind of feature around real use cases like yours. ### 2/5 — Dro passport *2025-10-28* Help! I AM STUCK ON THE PASSPORT! IS THERE A WAY TO GET OUT OF IT!?! **Developer response:** Hey! We're sorry for this experience. We have fixed the issue in the latest version, so please check the app for updates. We would really appreciate if you check the issue and update your review 🙏 ### 2/5 — Bug *2025-10-24* I’ve made an account 3 times and I keep getting stuck on the passport **Developer response:** Hi! could you please clarify if this is the passport screen during onboarding? Please contact us with ilia@tools-labs.com regarding the issue ### 1/5 — Très mal fait *2025-10-22* Très mal fait pour s’inscrire je suis incapable d’y participer ### 2/5 — Stuck *2025-10-13* I have answered all the questions a few times but i keep getting stuck on the dro passport page and i don’t know what to hit from there **Developer response:** We sincerely apologize for the account creation issues you experienced. We've recently fixed several bugs in our verification system. Could you please try creating an account again? If it works now, we'd greatly appreciate if you could update your review. If you still encounter issues, please contact our support team directly so we can assist you personally. ### 1/5 — As a professional, don’t you dare buy this *2025-10-12* There has never been an easier period of time to learn to draw. There has never been more free information out there. $80 a year would be better spent towards $100 for skillshare, which pays a better commission to artists than YouTube. $3-60 can get you three months of learning extra lessons on Patreon. $50 can get you incredible, packaged lessons on Gumroad. And I will tell you in order to make the incredible art in the app, if it isn’t AI Generated, you can still 100% get there for free on YouTube. One of the best lessons on art is the concept of ‘perfect practice.’ This app is just selling a sloppy version of that to you and a reminder app in your phone. As a successful artist of 15+ years DO NOT TOUCH THIS DUMB APP. ### 2/5 — Mitigé *2025-09-20* Bien que cette appli soit dynamique, on ne peut pas accéder aux modèles de dessin/tutos imagés sans payer **Developer response:** Bonjour Lisa, Merci pour votre retour sur notre application. Nous sommes ravis que vous trouviez l'app dynamique ! Concernant l'accès aux modèles et tutoriels, nous proposons effectivement un modèle freemium avec du contenu gratuit et des fonctionnalités premium. Cette approche nous permet de continuer à développer et améliorer l'application tout en offrant une base gratuite à tous les utilisateurs. Nous espérons que vous pourrez profiter des fonctionnalités gratuites disponibles et peut-être envisager nos options premium pour accéder à l'ensemble de notre bibliothèque. Cordialement, L'équipe DRO ### 3/5 — Good, but there is no critique *2025-09-18* App is not bad, but I don’t think only “Well done”s for starter artists is great. Work with AI more. Also, I saw another review where you need to pay after 2 days trial, I don’t think that app will be successful enough with this condition, try to make some kind of “Dro premium” with more functionality. Thank you **Developer response:** Thank you for the constructive feedback! We're considering expanding our feedback system beyond "Well done" responses. Your suggestion about a tiered premium model is valuable - we're always evaluating our pricing strategy. We appreciate users who share thoughtful ideas to help us improve! Would be really appreciated to update your review from 3 stars 🙏 ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — 最初のレッスンで読み込み終わらない *2026-06-15* 同じく最初のレッスンで読み込み終わらない。 iPhone13pro iOS26.4.1 ### 1/5 — ロードがとても遅い *2026-06-14* 日本からこんにちは。 Xで見かけてダウンロードしたのですが、画像やレッスンの読み込みがとても遅くて…一度もアドバイスやレッスンが出力されませんでした。改善を望みます。 ### 1/5 — ㅇ *2026-06-14* 레슨이. 처 안 떵ㅇ요 ### 1/5 — 로딩만 걸려요 *2026-06-14* 왜이러지 ### 1/5 — 使用不可 *2026-06-14* 読み込みが終わらず最初のレッスンを終わらせることすら出来なかった ### 1/5 — ㅠㅠ 좋은것같앗는데 *2026-06-14* 그림 올려서 분석하는데에 너무 오래걸리고 오래 걸려서도 결과가 안나와요 그냥 검은 화면밖에 안나오네요… ### 1/5 — Deceptively evil *2026-02-09* This app asks money first and gives half hearted AI critique and advice last. All prompts and advice is nothing but shallow AI grading and responses that do little help for any beginner artists. Also I suspect that all images scanned feed into AI image training, since the company associated with the app is heavily influenced by AI technology. If you wish to improve, please seek human criticism and training, it will bring much more life to your artwork than feeding it to a machine. ### 1/5 — they refused to refund me, no humans teach you anything. christmas money is just gone. *2026-01-10* I didn’t like that they use a form of ai called machine learning for their “lessons.” tried getting a refund because I thought they’d have different features in this app. but I can’t get my 25$ back because they won’t give you your money back for not liking a heartless computer giving you pointers. I’ve been drawing seriously sense 2007. if you need to teach yourself how to draw, please just practice and ask real people for advice and criticism. this app also has annoying shaking icons after the ai scanned your work. it literally looks like it could give someone a seizure. Duolingo went downhill because they started using ai and an app that says it’s the Duolingo of art isn’t any better. Real people don’t tell you anything it’s literally just a computer looking at your work and arbitrarily telling you what to do. where does the computing power for the machine learning come from? the data centers?? Dro make a lot of stink on their website about the difference between generative AI machine learning. it’s all coming from the same data centers. and that’s why I wanted a refund for my subscription. I don’t think art being fostered by a computer will make you any better then practicing on your own. I’m really disappointed that I waited my christmas money on this. I don’t have a lot of it because i’m an artist ### 1/5 — Dont download, just use yt *2025-11-06* an immediate paywall, only a weekly and ANNUAL sub option despite a “promise” of mastery by day 30, and only a 2 day trial..? yeah no.. youtube got it **Developer response:** Hi Lazisslow, Thanks for taking the time to share your feedback and for giving DRO a try. DRO is not fully locked behind a paywall – there is a free tier with access to core lessons and exercises, and the subscription is only required for advanced features and extended content. We also offer more than one subscription option and a trial period that may vary slightly by region or promotion, but it is designed to give you time to explore the premium features before deciding. We understand that YouTube has a lot of free material, and it can be a good resource. DRO focuses on a structured, step‑by‑step path with curated content, progress tracking, and guided practice to help you reach that “mastery by 30 days” goal more reliably. If you’re open to it, please try the free content again and let us know what specifically felt paywalled – we’d love to improve that experience. ### 1/5 — Paywalled to start *2025-10-27* I can’t even get the two days of a trial others mentioned before the paywall. If it’s going to be a free app, at least let me try it before MAKING me pay for it. It was a waste of time to download and go through the setup questions. **Developer response:** Hi fadingrobot, We apologize for any confusion during your setup experience. Our app does offer a 7-day free trial (not 2 days as mentioned by another reviewer), which should allow you to fully explore all features before any payment is required. It sounds like there may have been a technical issue during your onboarding process. Please reach out to our support team directly, and we'll be happy to help ensure you can access your free trial properly. We want to make sure you have a smooth experience from the start! Best regards, DRO Team ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Great app *2026-02-25* Today i downloaded it and my landscape drawings are so much better.😁 ### 5/5 — Excellent *2025-12-24* Une très bonne application qui apporte des idées comme de la motivation pour dessiner. Je recommande fortement. Cette application est vraiment super je ne comprends pas pourquoi elle a si peu de visibilité. ### 5/5 — oh my days. *2025-10-11* THIS HELPED ME WITH ANATOMY!!! ### 5/5 — Jojo *2025-09-21* Good **Developer response:** Thank you! ### 5/5 — Ajout d’autres langues *2025-09-03* Pouvez vous mettre l’application en français et dans d’autres langues pour que tout le monde puisse utiliser l’application s’il vous plaît **Developer response:** Bonjour Anaïsdu72, Merci pour votre suggestion ! Nous considérons effectivement l'ajout du français et d'autres langues dans nos futures mises à jour pour rendre l'application plus accessible. Nous gardons votre demande en tête pour nos prochaines améliorations. Merci d'utiliser notre application! Cordialement, L'équipe DRO ### 4/5 — Bien sauf un bug *2025-11-09* Nous ne pouvons pas ajouter des personnes en amis la fonctionnalité ne fonctionne pas malheureusement car lorsque je scanne le qr code d’une personne je suis redirigé vers la page app store mais pas sur l’application directement avec la personne ajoutée en amis En dehors de ça l’application est très prometteuse continué les mis à jour ### 4/5 — Pretty good *2025-11-07* I love this app and it’s concept but I hate that you have to pay for it **Developer response:** Thank you for the positive feedback about our app and concept! We're so glad you love what we're building. We understand that subscription pricing isn't ideal for everyone. We offer a free trial so users can experience the full value before committing. The subscription model helps us continue developing new features, maintaining quality content, and providing ongoing support. We truly appreciate your honest feedback and hope you'll consider giving our free trial a try to see if the value works for you! Best regards, DRO Team ### 4/5 — Help *2025-11-05* To maybe help a little more for beginners like myself could you guys add pictures or something to guide me on what I’m supposed to do cause I am sort of lost by just reading **Developer response:** Thanks for the feedback, MuteGAMR! We agree — visual guides help a lot. We will introduce this in future versions. ### 4/5 — Good for me but.... *2025-10-27* The stopwatch thing? doesn't stop. I think its a bug. And the angle of the picture can change only to 45 it not enough for me and i suggest to have 360 degree Sorry for my bad English, hope it helps ### 4/5 — Ajout et correction *2025-09-22* C’est une super bonne app mais le problème c’est que sa serai bien d’ajouter la langue française car bon impossible pour moi de comprendre je dois me fier au image en sachant que j’ai du donc payer l’abonnement à l’année, et sa beg un peu parfois. **Developer response:** Bonjour Sunnyxxy, Merci beaucoup pour votre retour ! Nous comprenons parfaitement votre frustration concernant la barrière linguistique, surtout après avoir souscrit à l'abonnement annuel. L'ajout du français à notre application est effectivement une priorité pour nous. Nous travaillons actuellement sur l'internationalisation de DRO et le français fait partie des langues que nous prévoyons d'ajouter prochainement. En attendant, si vous rencontrez des difficultés spécifiques avec certaines fonctionnalités, n'hésitez pas à nous contacter via Profil → Contact. Nous pourrons vous aider à naviguer dans l'application et vous tenir informé(e) dès que la version française sera disponible. Merci pour votre patience et votre soutien ! Cordialement, L'équipe DRO --- *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 2026-08-24.*