# Mental Canvas Draw — Drawing in a New Dimension

> Spatial drawing application for idea exploration, concept communication, and product design. (iPhone/iPad app by Mental Canvas.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/mental-canvas-draw/id1462179740 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Mental Canvas](https://appshunter.io/developer/965277578)
- Category: Graphics & Design, Productivity
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Rating: 3.70/5 from 667 App Store ratings · 398 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 16.0 · 43 MB
- Languages: American English, Korean, Chinese (Simplified, China)
- Released: 2021-05-21
- Data updated: 2026-09-11
- Monetization: free with in-app purchases
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/mental-canvas-draw/id1462179740/reviews.md

## What is Mental Canvas Draw?

Pick up where pen and paper leave off with Mental Canvas Draw. Creatives are using Mental Canvas Draw every day to explore ideas, communicate concepts, design products and tell stories.  

Infinite space for your creative freedom: 
• Draw on infinite canvases arranged in space 
• Freely navigate the spatial drawing to view perspectives you never could on paper 
• Unlimited canvases, layers and bookmark views

Draw with the ease of pen and paper:
• Get started with templates or create scenes from scratch 
• Choose from several brushes with adjustable sizes and a fill tool
• Select color swatches or custom colors 
• Use layers to organize the drawings, group strokes and adjust opacity

Easy editing & image import: 
• Import JPEGs and PNGs to seamlessly collage images and drawings together or create entirely image-based scenes
• Select, duplicate, edit and transform drawings and images 
• Import and replace layers from your favorite drawing apps with ease

Quickly create animated flythroughs:
• Save bookmark views throughout the spatial drawing to create a flythrough 
• Customize the flythrough animation by adjusting the timing, transitions and visibility of canvases 

Transform and develop spatial drawings with projection:  
• Seamlessly place new canvases in the scene 
• Reinterpret existing strokes using novel projection tools
• Draw first, arrange strokes on canvases later

Share your creations: 
• Turn your drawing into an interactive web experience, shareable across phones, desktops, and VR
• Export video of animated flythrough with your choice of aspect ratio and resolution 
• Save high resolution images of bookmarks

Optimized for Apple Pencil and the Apple iPad Pro.

Mental Canvas Draw supports iPad Pro (all except 1st gen), iPad (7th gen or later), iPad Air (3rd gen or later), iPad Mini (5th gen). Please note older iPads aren’t supported.

Questions: https://www.mentalcanvas.com/faq/
Privacy Policy & Terms of Service:  https://www.mentalcanvas.com/company/legal/

Follow us on Instagram and TikTok: @mental_canvas

## Key features

- Infinite spatial canvases
- Freely navigate perspectives
- Unlimited canvases and layers
- Import images and drawings
- Create animated flythroughs
- Projection tools for stroke reinterpretation
- Interactive web experience sharing

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**Subscriptions**

| Subscription | Price | Period |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Mental Canvas Premium (Annual) | $569.99 | per year |
| Mental Canvas Pro (Monthly) | $9.99 | per month |
| Mental Canvas Pro (Yearly) | $89.99 | per year |
| Mental Canvas Premium (Month) | $59.99 | per month |

**One-time purchases**

| Purchase | Price | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Mental Canvas Creator | $49.99 | one-time |


## What do users think of Mental Canvas Draw?

Overall sentiment: mixed

**Pros**

- 🚀 Extremely unique
- 🚀 Nothing else like it
- 👍 Wonderful, creative app
- 👍 Brings creations to a new level
- 👍 Great for storyboarding and animation
- 👍 Intuitive and simple UI

**Cons**

- 🐛 Crashes and loses work
- 🐛 Drawing tools don't work properly
- 🔒 Requires Apple Pencil, no finger drawing
- 💰 Overpriced subscription plans
- 👎 Confusing and unintuitive to use
- 👎 Lacking essential features like blending, shapes

**Commonly reported bugs**

- Crashes when trying to save large files
- Drawing tools stop working randomly
- Imported images don't maintain transparency
- Depth/3D tools suddenly stop functioning

**Most requested features**

- Add finger/stylus drawing support
- Improve layer and canvas management
- Implement basic drawing tools like lines, shapes
- Allow exporting layers separately
- Provide more brushes and blending options
- Add preset camera angles and perspective tools

## Recent user reviews (10 of 398)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/mental-canvas-draw/id1462179740/reviews.md

### 1/5 — 存檔檔案不見

*2026-08-15, version 2.0.36590*

我辛辛苦苦畫完的畫結果存檔完跳出去檔案直接不見，我不知道發生什麼事了。

### 2/5 — It’s too confusing!!!

*2026-08-09, version 2.0.36590*

I’m working on a movie and there are NO apps that DON’T have a freaking watermark! I need an app that I can use to draw 2d in a 3d space, cause that’s the style of my movie. This would be PERFECT, but I can’t pay to get rid of the watermark! (p.s., the UI is too confusing! i don’t know what anything does!)

### 1/5 — 水印

*2026-08-04, version 2.0.36590*

超大水印去掉要花钱

### 1/5 — Im so mad

*2026-07-24, version 2.0.36590*

It was going perfect at the beginning then I don’t know where after I finish my three hour artwork it decides to kick me out of the app PLUS delete the whole canvas in my first scene project i hate this.

### 3/5 — Pésimo modelo de negocio

*2026-07-07, version 2.0.36590*

Su precio es ridículo. No han entendido por qué Procreate y Affinity triunfan mientras Adobe fracasa. Creen que con tarifas mensuales tan desorbitadas van a ganar dinero, pero nadie en su sano juicio pagaría eso. En lugar de atraer a muchos usuarios y lograr que su app destaque en redes sociales, han conseguido que nadie la use. Y mientras tanto, la competencia, como Feather, aprovecha este error para ganar terreno.

### 1/5 — It just isent..

*2026-06-13, version 2.0.36590*

So im realy new to this and i dont know if its like, just me? I can acctaully do the 3-D part so its just drawings. My art is good and digital art is my best type, so the fact that i cant use this in the way its ment to work is Dissapontiong. I dont recommend this for people who own no apple pencil, another bad thing. They dont support finger touch, witch makes a lot of people frustrated. I acctaully want you to reply and change this app, or the app is going to fall with the lack of people using it for good resons. Sorry to say, but worst drawing app ever. Thanks for hearing me out!! : )

### 4/5 — 蠻好玩的，但是有點單調

*2026-05-27, version 2.0.36490*

好玩

### 1/5 — My review is dead somehow.  Here we go again I guess.

*2026-04-09, version 2.0.35970*

I originally asked if this was available on Mac/PC, but then I opened the app, read some reviews, and…yikes.

A paywall that doesn’t even tell you how to pay?  62GB of storage space for a day’s work?  Sucking up to the subscription trend?  Bruh, do y’all WANT this bird to die before it gets to fly?

At least this doesn’t track people or lock them out when there’s no internet connection like Feather does (which had the smarts to at least LOOK like a one-time purchase thing).

My suggestion to you:
- Ditch the subscription service and account system.  It’s not ethical or sustainable, and I’m embarrassed to think about this peak innovation rotting behind it.
- Optimize the drawing storage.  Records show it’s not efficient, like, at all (again: 62 GIGABYTES FOR A DAY! [my iPad can barely fit 2G with all the other stuff I do on here]).  
- Accessibility options for folks that don’t have Apple Pencil.  Maybe have an alternate mode with a separate UI for camera movement controls and the fingers just draw?  Idk just make something that can work for non-Apple pen users.
- Clear and unobscure instructions for how to do stuff and implement basic functions that haven’t put in already.  The most common complaintsI seem to be getting from the reviews is about unintuitive and missing functionality that is second nature to 2D programs.

This innovation is amazing and it sucks to see it shafted by such simple lapses of judgement on the developers’ part, but as long as you developers are willing to listen to, understand, and act on user feedback such as my own, it’s not hopeless.

We can fix this, together.

### 5/5 — Good app

*2026-04-08, version 2.0.35970*

It’s a magic, just a magic…

### 1/5 — Horrible water mark on a paid app

*2026-03-31, version 2.0.35790*

Worst and most abusive watermark system I’ve ever seen, i have paid a really expensive price for it to then force a subscription model on a paid app

## Frequently asked questions about Mental Canvas Draw

### What is Mental Canvas Draw?

Mental Canvas Draw is a spatial drawing application that allows creatives to explore ideas, communicate concepts, design products, and tell stories in a new dimension. It offers infinite canvases arranged in space, enabling users to navigate their drawings from any perspective.

### What are the key features of Mental Canvas Draw?

Key features include drawing on infinite spatial canvases, freely navigating perspectives, unlimited canvases and layers, importing JPEGs and PNGs, creating animated flythroughs, and transforming drawings with projection tools. Users can also share their creations as interactive web experiences.

### How much does Mental Canvas Draw cost?

The application is free to download and use, but it offers in-app purchases. Specific pricing for any additional features or content available through in-app purchases is not detailed in the provided description.

### What devices is Mental Canvas Draw compatible with?

This application is optimized for Apple Pencil and the Apple iPad Pro. It supports iPad Pro (all except 1st gen), iPad (7th gen or later), iPad Air (3rd gen or later), and iPad Mini (5th gen). Older iPads are not supported.

### Who would benefit from using Mental Canvas Draw?

Creatives such as designers, artists, and storytellers would benefit from using Mental Canvas Draw. It's ideal for those looking to explore ideas in a more dynamic way, communicate complex concepts visually, or develop product designs and narratives.

## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 2.0.37240 — 2026-08-19

Bug fixes

### 2.0.36590 — 2026-06-03

Bug fixes

### 2.0.36490 — 2026-05-25

Bug fixes

### 2.0.36120 — 2026-04-16

Bug fixes

### 2.0.35970 — 2026-04-02

Bug fixes

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All apps by Mental Canvas: https://appshunter.io/developer/965277578

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