# iPastels — user reviews > 229 indexed App Store user reviews of iPastels by Norbyte, rated 4.70/5 from 2,142 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/ipastels/id489302558/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/ipastels/id489302558.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 1,723 · 4★ 240 · 3★ 92 · 2★ 31 · 1★ 56 ## What do users think of iPastels? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 👍 Easy to use - 🎨 Realistic pastel simulation - 💡 Useful for beginners and professionals - 🌈 Wide range of colors and shades - 🔍 Good blending and smudging tools - 🌐 Works on both computer and mobile - 🤩 Satisfying and relaxing to use **Cons** - 🐛 Occasional crashes or glitches - 🔒 Limited free features, need to pay for more - 🔍 Lack of zoom or detailed control - 🎨 Difficulty finding/reusing specific colors - 🔀 Confusing layer management - 🖱️ Challenging to use with mouse vs. stylus **Commonly reported bugs** - Crashes when importing images - Layers sometimes disappear or get lost - Undo button deletes entire drawing sections **Most requested features** - Add color picker tool - Improve layer management and visibility - Implement pressure-sensitive brush support - Provide more paper/canvas texture options - Allow saving and recalling custom palettes - Add undo/redo functionality for individual strokes ## Newest reviews (18 of 229) ### 4/5 — A lot of fun *2026-04-22, version 5.6.3* This is a fntastic app for coloring and blending pastels – but is there an eye dropper tool? Or any way to pick a color from the canvas? Seems odd for that to be missing. ### 4/5 — i actually enjoy this app *2026-01-03, version 5.6.3* i love the way it shades and all of the different shades of colours for the palettes, just wish we can have 3 layers. And also fix that whenever you undo once it doesnt just remove all the lines :3 but still i love it! ### 5/5 — Five star of course 👍 *2025-11-02, version 5.6.3* This game. Is so satisfying and even my 12 year old brother downloaded. It it's perfect ### 5/5 — Entertaining *2025-10-16, version 5.6.3* This is great to pass time when I can't have real art supplies. I just bought pro. $7 for life? I'm signed in! ### 3/5 — Beginner *2025-10-15, version 5.6.3* Just learning to use. Love how pastel-like the app works. Using for first sketches. Quick and love that there is an actual! ### 5/5 — Blends so well! *2025-09-29, version 5.6.3* Easy to set up.Beautiful colors.Great for blending colors.And great for traveling! ### 4/5 — Good *2025-09-22, version 5.6.3* Very easy to use ### 5/5 — DOWNLOAD IT RIGHT NOW!!! *2025-08-05, version 5.6.3* Okay,this app is great for artist, I’m a new artist on online drawing, tbh, I’m better on paper but this app..changed my online drawing skills..ITS SO GREAT EEEEKK, please , pretty please, download this app T.S : this was on pc and lyk, its internet free <3 - ur drawing geek ### 4/5 — It is four stars because *2025-06-30, version 5.6.3* It is kinda hard when I was pressing undo but I wanted to keep one part ### 3/5 — Amazing but… *2025-06-07, version 5.6.3* This app was amazing! But there were a few issues that they should fix. It does not have any tools that a usual paint app should have, like calligraphy brush and fill tool. Whenever I clicked undo for a small portion I messed up on, it would delete that whole portion straight away! And for artists like me, it was very sad and frustrating fixing that part afterwards. Overall great app, but needs a slight improvement. This is to all the great artists out there like me! ### 5/5 — i like this alot *2025-03-30, version 5.6.3* i like this game a tone ### 2/5 — SAD *2025-03-08, version 5.6.3* I down loaded this app thinking it would be amazing BUT no. it was ok ish but it was not my stiyle ### 4/5 — Hard to find colors *2025-01-19, version 5.6.3* I found this really good set of colors I liked but I couldn’t find it again. It just sort of messed up my drawing. I think that they should add a button that shows you what colors you used in the past, and you can click on it and have them color ready to go so that we won’t have to worry about find the best shade to go with it, overall I really like this app it is super fun and it has helped me become a better artist since I downloaded! I hope this helps! ### 5/5 — Perfetional *2025-01-05, version 5.6.3* This game is so fun, especially for my sister!!! WE LOVE IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ### 3/5 — About this game its not great but its good *2024-12-28, version 5.6.3* It is incredibly hard on a computer and there is nothing for tracing and the picture of it made it look like I was going to be coloring in pictures I didnt know that it was coloring on a blank space but I do like how you can blend colors so yeah but its no worth it to buy it. -unknown ### 3/5 — Not the best out there *2024-12-26, version 5.6.3* Only three free tools!: Pencil Oil pastel And what I think is chalk THEY ALL LOOK BASICALLY THE SAME shade range is nice ### 5/5 — Amazing smudge! *2024-12-21, version 5.6.3* So I made a sunset and I used the smudging tool and it smudged so awesome that I was amazed! Love it!❤️ ### 5/5 — love it *2024-10-19, version 5.6.3* I love it soooooooooo much ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — control *2026-06-14, version 5.6.3* the typs of colur don't have strait lines just blury lines ### 1/5 — This app is so comlicatec to use it is horrible *2025-07-07, version 5.6.3* Thumbs down ### 1/5 — 진짜절대하지마세요 개 별로 *2024-08-19* 별로 ### 1/5 — trash *2024-05-22, version 5.6.3* it leave gap at the area and background is not usual and it is super limted ### 1/5 — Love this Game! *2023-11-24, version 5.6* This is helping me unleash my inner artist - thank you so much! ### 1/5 — Painter *2023-11-17, version 5.6* Useless ### 1/5 — How I don’t like it *2023-04-07, version 5.4.1* I can never find the new page and this game is very OLD ### 1/5 — THE WORST DRAWING GAME 😡 *2023-03-12, version 5.4.1* I was really happy playing it at the START but.IT IS A NIGHT MARE ### 1/5 — Bad *2022-11-11, version 5.2.1* It was so glitchy and the paper wasn’t the right color do draw ### 1/5 — It doesn't open. *2022-11-03, version 5.2.1* I have tried 3 times deleting and reinstalling the app, but it never opens. Every time it flashes back to the Home Screen. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — tuff 🥹 *2026-06-27, version 5.6.3* this app is very good and very nice, I really like this app and it’s super nice and good and super. ### 5/5 — 다 리뷰가 안좋던데 *2026-05-29* 이거 보니까 꽤 괜찮은데 리뷰가 거의 안좋더라구여? 이거 저도 처음엔 파스텔밖에 안나와서 진짜 당황했는데 이 앱은 풍경그릴때 진짜좋아여! 풍경화 좋아하시는분들은 강추합니다 ### 5/5 — so fun *2026-04-01, version 5.6.3* it is so much fun ### 5/5 — GREAT *2026-03-01, version 5.6.3* LOVE IT ### 5/5 — Really good *2026-02-27, version 5.6.3* I love it it’s so good and I love my drawing, the only problem is that the paper color is not that good but still 5/5 u should get this game 100 ### 5/5 — Excelente *2026-02-05* App excelente ### 5/5 — AMAZING *2026-01-26, version 5.6.3* Every time i go on a road trip,i go on this app and draw.this app is very amazing beacuse there are sooo many colors and different pens and brushes. this is an exelent drawing app. 100 stars ### 5/5 — Slayyy *2026-01-18, version 5.6.3* Okay the oil pastels are amazing and lovely quality just I’m confused on how to blend the coulors I’m 9 years old and I would really appreciate it if the developer could tell me how to blend them overall best art app it’s helped me win lots of art contests at school ### 5/5 — THIS APP IS THE BEST *2025-12-26, version 5.6.3* OK LOVE THIS APP IT IS THE BEST ### 5/5 — A M A Z I N G *2025-12-10, version 5.6.3* I LOVED this app!!!! So you have to pay to add layers, SO WHAT?! I was low-key IMPRESSED, on how easy it was to draw the perfect picture of the beach 🏖 ON MY COMPUTER!Any-who, if anyone wants a good pastel app I highly recommend IPastels, as it is very easy to do, even without layers! (: --- *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 2026-08-28.*