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Inkwell: Learn to Draw & Paint

Inkwell: Learn to Draw & Paint

Drawing lessons, step by step

209 ratings
57 reviews
📚 Education
🎨 Graphics & Design
Free
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Released
December 2, 2022
Updated
October 22, 2026

Developer

The Rest Of The Owl
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About

This app is a comprehensive social art studio for digital creation and learning. It offers advanced drawing tools, interactive tutorials, and community features for artists of all levels. Connect with other creators, participate in challenges, and develop your artistic skills.

✓Digital art studio with customizable brushes
✓Interactive step-by-step drawing tutorials
✓Drawing games and daily doodle challenges
✓Social network for artists to share work
✓Collaborative drawing on shared canvases
✓Layers and blend modes for illustration
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What users say about Inkwell

Reviews of Inkwell are mixed: the Education app is rated 4.6/5 from 209 App Store ratings. What users like most: great for learning art, encouraging and patient. Top complaints: frequent crashes, app won't turn on. Summarized from real user reviews.

Positive things

  • 👍Great for learning art
  • 👍Encouraging and patient
  • 👍Relaxing and fun
  • 👍Good for beginners
  • 👍Community support available
  • 👍Responsive developer (Trevor)
  • 👍Kid-friendly and easy
  • 👍Free version available
  • 👍Good for decompressing
  • 👍Inspires creativity
  • 👍Offers user-submitted photos
  • 👍Simple yet effective art program
  • 👍Interactive drawing lessons
  • 👍Soothing music options
  • 👍Progress-based learning
  • 👍Good for practicing skills
  • 👍Community-driven and supportive
  • 👍Offers challenges and collaborations

Negative things

  • 🐛Frequent crashes
  • 🐛App won't turn on
  • 🐛Bugs and glitches
  • 🐛Unfair prompt slot machine for members only
  • 🐛No sound on iPad
  • 🐛Laggy drawing interface
  • 🐛Slow saving/posting art
  • 🐛Paid upgrade issues (coins not working)
  • 🐛No way to contact support
  • 🐛Lacks FAQs or help section
  • 🐛Progress unlock animations are long
  • 🐛Difficult to find settings
  • 🐛Limited brush options (requested)
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What's New in Inkwell

1.100

October 22, 2026

Lessons are easier to find from wherever you're drawing, and you can now write to John right from Today. • From a coloring page or your own drawing, the menu suggests lessons that teach what you're working on. Close and Publish stay in reach. • Today suggests what to learn next. • Write to John from the card at the bottom of Today. He reads every note and replies in the app. • Inkwell Deep is clearer: the full course library, and keep going the same day. • If a lesson file fails to download, you can close it and try again instead of waiting on Loading. • Event reward progress no longer gets cut off. • Fixes a crash when opening Today. • Fixes a crash in the store and when changing a drawing's background.

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Subscriptions & In-App Purchases

Drawing lessons deal - 6 mos.

A how to draw special to celebrate our launch

$19.996 Months
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Scarecrow Coloring Celebration

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Oct 1, 2026 — Nov 1, 2026

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Dog Days Drawing & Art Contest

New drawing lessons, art games and coloring pages

Aug 11, 2025 — Sep 1, 2025

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Potential

I’m working on an iPad Pro. Firstly the pressure sensitivity seems all over the place even with an Apple Pencil.
Secondly. Frequent crashes. To access more advanced courses you’re locked behind a pay wall. It’s fine for a beginner, maybe great even. But for someone who just wants to improve with daily exercises I did not enjoy too much. I didn’t get much time to try before it totally froze my iPad and I had to force a restart.
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ESExperienced sketcher

love

love it
Ssmithy_6767

love it more if it got fixed

This app has been great. Something has changed and it won’t close down unless swipe it up and actually close it. I don’t why I had to do another venus fly trap but all week when i finish i’m supposed to tap done and it it supposed to finish. No, tapping done down not work at the moment. What’s changed, an update? if it ain’t broke don’t fix cause now it’s broke. Sheesh talk about going from 5 starts to 3. It’s a really good app btw. just needs tweaking.
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Ssmithy_6767

Good app

i’m really enjoying the lessons in the app. It helps teach about how fast you should draw your lines rather than going slow. It has a picture to colour in as well. it’s good but then i’ve only been using the app for three days.
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I love this app and the app is so patient with you and doesn’t move on without you
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Reported Bugs

13 issues

App crashes before drawing

Bug

Unable to leave a collab

Bug

App crashes on iPad 10th gen

Bug

App crashes on startup

Bug

App crashes during lessons

Bug

App crashes when trying to open

Bug

App crashes when clicking to get started

Bug

App crashes after tutorial/account creation

Bug

App crashes on landing

Bug

No sound on iPad

Bug

Paid upgrade doesn't remove ads/unlocks properly

Bug

Coins deducted but coloring pages not unlocked

Bug

App still prompts for upgrade after purchase

Bug
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Requested Features

10 requests

Make random prompt machine free

Feature

Add individual settings for lesson, background, and effects volumes

Feature

Improve drawing interface

Feature

Better palm detection

Feature

More layers

Feature

Color history

Feature

Double tap Apple Pencil to swap between eraser and current brush

Feature

Turn off capacitive touch as tool

Feature

Closed captioning for audio instructions

Feature

More free stuff

Feature

FAQ

What can I do with Inkwell?

Inkwell is a social art studio where you can create digital art with advanced tools, learn new skills through step-by-step tutorials, participate in creative challenges, and connect with a community of artists to share your work and collaborate.

What kind of art tools does Inkwell offer?

The app features a powerful digital art studio with hundreds of customizable brushes, supporting digital watercolor and oil painting. It includes layers and blend modes, making it suitable for professional illustration and character design.

Is Inkwell free to use?

The app is free to download and use, offering a range of features. However, it does have in-app purchases, which likely unlock additional content or advanced functionalities.

What devices is Inkwell compatible with?

Inkwell is designed for iPad and Apple Pencil, with full support for iPhone. This allows for a seamless creative experience across your Apple devices.

How does Inkwell help me improve my drawing skills?

The app provides interactive classrooms with step-by-step sketch tutorials for drawing faces, figures, and environments. Guided drawing practice for adults is also available to help users grow their skills daily and overcome artist's block.