# Feather: 3D sketchbook — Draw, paint, rotate.

> 3D sketching and painting app for visualizing and exporting creative ideas. (iPhone/iPad app by Sketchsoft Inc..)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/feather-3d-sketchbook/id1636452157 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Sketchsoft Inc.](https://appshunter.io/developer/1636452159)
- Category: Graphics & Design, Productivity
- Price: Free
- Rating: 3.60/5 from 51 App Store ratings · 38 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 15.0 · 5 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2022-10-31
- Data updated: 2026-06-10
- Monetization: free with in-app purchases
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/feather-3d-sketchbook/id1636452157/reviews.md

## What is Feather?

Designed and engineered by creative professionals, drawing in Feather is just as natural as real pen and paper. Once you catch how to use your fingers to look around and a pen to create lines from different angles, where and how far you use it is fully up to you. With its simple but polished interface, Feather is for everyone who wants to visualize ideas.

• Draw and view in 3D naturally:
- Create a 3D guide with your first stroke, and then draw strokes on the guide to quickly get any shapes as you imagined.
- Zoom, rotate, move to the top/front/side/rear views, and change FOV by just swiping and tapping with your fingers.
- Draw symmetric strokes with mirror mode enabled.
- Every stroke you draw will be saved in cloud storage, accessible anywhere at any time with an online connection.

• Erase, select, and edit intuitively:
- Rub out strokes point by point, or just wipe them out at once.
- Move, rotate, and adjust size or proportion with a joystick interface.
- Duplicate selected strokes in the same positions or symmetrically.
- Change the style, thickness, color, and opacity of the strokes already drawn.
- Control environment settings such as background color, grid, and fog effects.

• Sort your work into groups neatly:
- Activate a specific group to draw, select, and edit.
- Hide or show strokes by groups.
- Name the groups to manage them.
- Select the whole group and transform every stroke inside the group at once.

• Look around in AR directly:
- Place the drawing in reality and adjust its location, size, and angle.
- Show/hide drawings in AR by groups.
- View AR on different devices with the QR code.

• Export works diversely:
- Get the 3D data in OBJ format and GLTF format.
- Set the angle you want and export it in JPEG image files.
- Make 360 degrees turntable animation in GIF files.

• Organize notes and folders freely:
- Create and manage folders in unlimited depth.
- Save the thumbnail to recognize each note easily.

## Key features

- Natural 3D drawing and viewing
- Intuitive erase, select, and edit tools
- Organize work into named groups
- Augmented reality viewing
- Diverse export formats (OBJ, GLTF, JPEG, GIF)
- Unlimited folder depth for organization

## Recent user reviews (10 of 38)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/feather-3d-sketchbook/id1636452157/reviews.md

### 1/5 — It’s not working.

*2024-10-13*

Every tutorial I watched just casually drew a guide line, but when I tried to it only rotated. If there is an extra step, then why aren’t you showing it? I know full well it doesn’t require an apple pen, so it must be glitched. This is honestly infuriating as it seems I’m the only one with this problem.

### 2/5 — Fun, but insanely laggy

*2024-10-04*

Like another reviewer said, this is a very promising app for 3d, and I’ve been absolutely loving drawing. However the more lines that have been drawn, the more the apps lags, to the point where I’ve been waiting the app to load longer than drawing… this ruins the experience and makes to really hard to find entertaining and I’m experience time waiting for the lags rather than time drawing.

### 1/5 — hate it

*2024-10-03*

I CANT EVEN DRAW WITH MY FINGERS

### 5/5 — Easy to use

*2024-09-24*

I wanted an easy-to-use app that I can do simple sketches in 3d. I’ve tried quite a few, this is the best yet. I’m looking forward to the pro release!

### 1/5 — Sign in

*2024-09-21*

Can’t even sign in, when it asked to make a username the input was not working at all bad app, useless

### 4/5 — Theres a bug

*2024-09-17*

Whenever I sign in on my google it kicks me out of the game. I hope you fix this bug thank you

### 5/5 — Certainly took patience....

*2024-09-16*

Im not a professional artist lol but I think once you get the hang of it its a really cool app. Nice that its free too! It took me a while to get used to it but the tutorials on yt helped me quite a bit. I feel like there are limitations to what you can create but overall its about how u use what you are given. Cant wait to see what comes next!

### 1/5 — I hate it

*2024-09-12*

I CANT EVEN FRICKIN DRAW

### 3/5 — Help??

*2024-08-17*

Maybe I’m just stupid, but does it work without an Apple Pencil?? I just downloaded it, I’m a finger artist, and I can’t figure out how to actually paint 😭😭

### 5/5 — Smart & Agile

*2024-08-09*

This app has so much potential and opens up sketching to a whole new dimension. They manage to keep it simple and robust.

## Frequently asked questions about Feather

### What is Feather: 3D sketchbook?

Feather is a 3D sketching application designed to make drawing and painting feel as natural as using pen and paper. It allows users to create, manipulate, and visualize their ideas in a three-dimensional space with intuitive tools and features.

### What are the key features of Feather?

Key features include natural 3D drawing with guides, intuitive editing tools like erasing and resizing, the ability to organize work into named groups, augmented reality viewing, and diverse export options for 3D models and images.

### Is Feather free to use?

The application is free to download and use, but it does offer in-app purchases. This means you can access core functionalities without cost, with optional purchases available for additional features or content.

### What devices is Feather compatible with?

While specific compatibility details are not provided in the description, it is designed for mobile devices, implying compatibility with smartphones and tablets running common mobile operating systems. Augmented reality features suggest it requires devices with AR capabilities.

### How can I use Feather for my projects?

Feather is ideal for visualizing concepts, creating 3D sketches for design projects, concept art, or simply exploring creative ideas in a new dimension. Its export options also make it useful for integrating 3D models into other workflows.

## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 1.5.0 — 2024-06-26

Experience a more versatile Feather with this update. With new brushes, better navigation, and a 3D joystick, you can now work on larger or smaller scales. The app's stability has been greatly improved, making it faster, and the UI has been refined.

• New Brushes and Stable Stroke
Go beyond sketching with the new brushes including wide brush. Coloring a large area will be quicker than ever. With Stable Stroke, you can draw smoother curves. Switch between freehand and smooth lines to create the sketches you truly want to express. The new curve system also allows you to save the direction of the cross-section. Now, even if you rotate the curve, its shape remains unchanged, and non-destructive editing is still supported.

• Better Navigation
Navigation is now easier than ever. The orbit point changes in real-time as you move the screen, making control more intuitive and straightforward. You can manually set the orbit point by pressing and holding on a drawing or grid. Pressing and holding again on an empty space will reset the point. Perfect for focusing on a specific area.

• 3D Joystick
Feather's unique transform system has become more powerful with the new mode. The 3D joystick allows you to move or rotate curves on the global X, Y, Z axes regardless of viewing direction. It also supports free rotation like a trackball.

• Loft and 3D Guide Visuals
The 3D guide creation method has been revamped with two new modes: Draw and Loft. Draw allows you to freely draw 3D guides as before. Loft is a new feature that lets you draw 3D guides using existing curves. The visuals of the 3D guide have also been improved, making them easier to distinguish. You can also adjust the transparency of the 3D guide to make it less intrusive.

• Sequence
Save, edit, and playback camera shots. With Sequence, you can prepare presentations that transition between the interior and exterior of buildings or create simple animations with characters. You can adjust the playback speed to show slower or faster sequences. This brand-new feature showcases the future of Feather. Stay tuned to see how it evolves.

There are many other improvements, bug fixes, and added features. Thank you for your continued support and interest.

### 1.4.0 — 2024-05-16

Fix bugs

### 1.3.0 — 2023-08-03

More devices supported
• Use with keyboard & pen tablet.
• Use without a pen; draw with touch (finger or capacitive pen).


More options for Import & Export
• Import 2D images as references or into the 3D scene.
• Import 3D OBJ files, and they will be kept in the note.
• Export the drawings with more options, and MP4 is now supported.
• Share your drawing with a public URL.

Interface improved
• Booth opened for news about updates & community events.
• Better notifications.
• Brush the settings panel with shortcuts & detail settings.
• Group & environment setting panels are more intuitive.

iPad app settings added
• Check the version of the app, delete the cache data, and change the cursor setting.

### 1.0.1 — 2022-11-17

Monthly updates for better Feather

- Some links didn’t open in the app, but now they will open properly.
- In AR, the drawing rotated in the opposite direction if you hold the iPad upside down, now it’s fixed to show in the same direction in anyways you hold the iPad.
- Opening Feather in split screen is blocked for better performance.
- The joystick freezing in some situations has been fixed.
- OBJ format is exported in .zip format. Before it was exported in .tar format.
- Flickering issue of the interface for choosing the color has been fixed.
- Now the thumbnail image will not be updated when you leave the note with a specific group emphasized.

### 1.0.0 — 2022-10-31

No release notes.

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