# Paintwork - Infinite Notebook — user reviews > 237 indexed App Store user reviews of Paintwork by 伟典 苏, rated 4.60/5 from 17,166 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/paintwork-infinite-notebook/id1052957498/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/paintwork-infinite-notebook/id1052957498.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 13,398 · 4★ 1,729 · 3★ 925 · 2★ 407 · 1★ 707 ## What do users think of Paintwork? Overall sentiment: mixed **Pros** - 🎨 Vast selection of brushes and tools - 💻 Works well on various devices - 🎨 Allows for creative expression - 💰 Free to use with no paywall **Cons** - 🔒 Certain features locked behind paywall - 🐛 Bugs and glitches causing crashes or data loss - 🎨 Limited color palette and blending options - 🔍 Lack of intuitive UI and tutorials **Commonly reported bugs** - App freezing or crashing when using certain features - Artwork getting deleted or not saving properly - Inability to import or work with external images **Most requested features** - Add more color options and blending tools - Improve stability and reduce crashes - Provide more tutorials and onboarding for new users - Allow users to save and access their artwork easily ## Newest reviews (17 of 237) ### 4/5 — Mostly cool *2026-05-15, version 17.2.2* It’s a pretty good app for drawing, but when I zoom in and out I find it to be pretty laggy. :( I hope the developers can fix this! I really enjoy the app as a whole though. ### 3/5 — The suggestion *2026-02-15, version 17.2.1* It’s pretty good, but when I went to get a backdrop all the ones that were locked with a cute ones the other one was just plain white and kind of boring. I said this to another app too because a lot of apps these days are like everything’s locked and then you make people pay a lot just to get things unlocked. That’s kind of like not really fair to the people who want to be able to fight and color just a suggestion to maybe get rid of it but it’s just it just ### 3/5 — Great but *2025-07-17, version 16.8.1* I am a language learner, learning both Korean and Chinese at a same time, but I downloaded this app because I wanted to improve my handwriting skills there, especially when developing character amnesia when learning Chinese, so to avoid this I have to practice writing each Chinese characters there and the problem was that this app doesn’t even allow you to create more notes for essential use and the amount of free notes is limited, how am I supposed to practice writing?! ### 4/5 — Paintwork *2025-07-07, version 16.8.1* I love this but it needs more colour more brushes only if it was not confusing it will be good it keeps changing but it’s relaxing😁😃 ### 3/5 — about this app *2025-04-29, version 16.7.0* I’m not have iPad and this app not good in phone ### 2/5 — Ehhhhh *2025-03-30, version 16.6.0* This app was good but it keeps getting updates that are worse and worse. I’m try to use a stroke and it says I have to pay. ### 4/5 — Muy bueno *2025-03-28, version 16.6.0* Muy bueno me gustaria que hiciera lineas rectas por default y curbas ### 4/5 — Looks like you can do everything except *2025-02-14, version 16.5.1* Except type text. ### 3/5 — Decent. *2024-10-12, version 16.0.1* Appealing and pleasent appearance to the eye. Promising features. Average quality. Has some room for improvement and definitely needs a better selection of note taking tools and customizable options, but okay for the most part. ### 4/5 — It’s good ig *2024-09-26, version 15.9.2* When I got this app it was like two or more years ago but now it’s changed I stopped playing because when I added pictures it was a limited amount and when what a specific brush it would say u have to pay overall it’s a good app but I would like if u made it free ### 3/5 — WHAT HAPPENED TO IT??? *2024-09-22, version 15.9.2* So I have played this thing for at least 2 or 3 years now and it used to be a fun app for drawing. Then ALL OF A SUDDEN you change it into a note app!? Like i know there’s a app called Pw drawing pad or something but I can’t download it!! Like you could just kept the note thing as the drawing app and make a separate app for notes and stuff! You can’t even colour!!! Anyways, this is all I will say & I give it a 3.5 rating. ### 4/5 — Read!! *2024-04-21, version 15.0.0* I have had this game for awhile now but they update it ALOT! I loved one of the updates but they ofc changed it 😒 Still it’s a good app. Still recommend IF you are looking to take notes and draw simple sketches. By: me 👹👏👅 ### 2/5 — Used to LOVE this app until they recently changed it *2024-03-20, version 13.6.3* I have always used the free Paintwork app and recently was forced to pay for the full version to do the same simple things I've always done, so I paid. Now it's instructing me to download the PW Drawing Pad App and pay a monthly fee for the same simple tasks. I don't know why you are creating more Apps and fees for the same use. ### 4/5 — I’ve used this age for a year but *2024-03-07, version 13.6.1* This app start out amazing. It had everything I need to create what I wanted. Things came and went in updates but one of the most useful features was removed in the new update which can make things harder. You can now no longer sample colours from your painting. You must now just use the palettes or custom palettes. There is no way to make a colour for one time use which is pretty annoying. But other than that I would recommend this app as I’ve been doing :) ### 4/5 — Love *2024-02-14, version 13.5.1* This app is really fun because it never goes and it makes memories ### 2/5 — Good app, bad update *2024-02-01, version 13.5.1* I’ve had this app for almost 4 years I think but what I find frustrating is all the new updates it changed a lot to where it’s been even harder to do things, and has been making me thing about finding a different art app. I’m not saying it’s a bad app and I do recommend it, my only thing is the newest update how is has changed everything. ### 3/5 — Bad update *2023-09-01* I have enjoyed the app for a little while now but have been experiencing issues since recent update. So it keeps closing my app and then telling me I don’t have enough space but I have plenty of memory available. I pay for a subscription monthly but it just started happening with this last update. And I’m not entirely sure how to contact I tried through the help on the app but I went find in circles so this is the only way that I can report this issue. If I can’t get it fixed soon I’m going to have to unsubscribe because I literally can’t even do anything for more than 30 seconds before it closes my app. **Developer response:** Hello, this update has been going on for a long time, and no one has had the same problem as you. Can you provide a detailed description of the problem you encountered? ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — 😡DON’T WAIST EVEN 2 SECONDS TO DOWNLOAD😡 *2024-08-29, version 15.8.4* Do NOT under ANY circumstance get this app. Well unless it’s a matter of life and death, then sure you should get it. I was sketching a super cute baby polar bear and it kept making my lines cut short. (Keep in mind that this had taken me 50 mins) I colored it in and it was a good time… UNTIL I was almost done and I had forgotten that I left the stupid eraser on and I had accidentally erased my entire drawing because it’s an object eraser, not a regular eraser. Thank goodness for the back button? Buuuuuuuuuuttttt… it actually made it WORSE! My sketch that was underneath the color came up and was on top of the color and it looked so bad. I was so mad. If I didn’t only have one drawing app and I wasn’t making a guid book of my stuffed animals, this app would no longer and never again be on my Home Screen. ### 1/5 — This sucks *2024-08-07, version 15.7.0* Once upon a time there were only very minor things locked behind a paywall, now it’s 50% of the app (atleast according to last time I used it which is like 2 years ago at the time of writing this) and apparently the feature of LOOKING AT YOUR ART WAS MIGRATED TO A DIFFERENT APP. Trash the only reason I haven’t uninstalled is cause of my art, THAT I CANT LOOK AT. ATLEAST LET US LOOK AT THE ART AND YET PEOPLE SOMEHOW LOVE DRAWING ON THIS NOTES APP. Let us please LOOK AT THEM I have well over 150 drawings and there no way I’m transporting all of them over to a different app ### 1/5 — SCAM. Please Beware. *2024-06-19, version 15.5.1* I have messaged PW support about 2 or 3 times & honestly I’m not even sure why I’m wasting my time on it.. 🤷‍♀️ I just checked my email accounts to see if there’s been any response and it's actually 4 complete emails that I have sent to multiple support email addresses that I found for this app. Not once has anyone gotten back to me in any form. This developer is a fraud and a scammer. This app is not a drawing/art app. It used to be a simple painting app that had a couple cool features but nothing to write home about. They completely switched everything up and it’s no longer ‘pw drawing app’.. They have replaced it with a note taking app and I’m not trying to be funny or even mean but it’s an awful one at that😒🤭 Perhaps it’s better in Mandarin or Chinese or whatever their native language is but there’s misspelled words in every part of the app, it’s actually laughable. There’s glitches/bugs that make it unsuitable for anything other than making a quick note that you don’t need saved or will be upset if you lose it. The quality & resolution of the interface is pretty awful, even on an iPad Pro it looks like you’re using an 8 year old app. I paid for the year like 6 months ago, right before they changed the app so I paid for an app that they discontinued a couple weeks later. 🤦‍♀️ Then they direct you to go and download the new ‘pw draw’ whatever it’s called app and so I did, expecting that I would be able to ‘restore my purchase’ as I paid for the year for their drawing app but nope. I would have to purchase the premium again to use what I already paid for. That is fraud, no matter how expensive or inexpensive. ### 1/5 — ??? *2024-06-09, version 15.4.1* This app used to be boss but all of a sudden they’ve changed it completely and you’re not allowed to do anything anymore without paying for premium?? What’s the point of that? Took away practically everything I used and told me I need to pay £10 for it back? Not happy at all ### 1/5 — Bad update. Edited 3⭐️to 1⭐️ *2024-04-17, version 13.7.1* I have enjoyed the app for a little while now but have been experiencing issues since recent update. So it keeps closing my app and then telling me I don’t have enough space but I have plenty of memory available. I pay for a subscription monthly but it just started happening with this last update. And I’m not entirely sure how to contact I tried through the help on the app but I went find in circles so this is the only way that I can report this issue. If I can’t get it fixed soon I’m going to have to unsubscribe because I literally can’t even do anything for more than 30 seconds before it closes my app. Edit So now all of the “drawing” functions have been completely moved to a different app that has limited functionality without buying a subscription. I paid $13 for a life time account on this app for the drawing options. Which I really liked. And I’m not sure before in my previous review what was up. It was specifically that one. When I cloned it and opened the new one it was fine. But I really do not have use for a “notepad” and would like to at least have the accounts be linked so I can just restore purchases and be grandfathered in since, technically I did buy the drawing options that were originally available with this app. The app can link the saved work so it seems reasonable to think there should be some sort of link between the servers for the apps. I don’t understand why I would have to now pay a yearly or monthly fee for something that I have paid for. I also would not have paid for a lifetime access if I knew the features I used would be removed all of a sudden. I think maybe there was a “warning” but i couldn’t understand what it said because it was in Chinese(I believe). I’ve also emailed about this several times and haven’t gotten a response and that’s been probably going on at least a month now. If anything I’d be open to buying the yearly subscription if I could at least get a refund for the app I can’t even use anymore. Like it won’t even let me open old works. And when I go ahead and transfer them to draw pad and try and edit it, since I don’t pay for the subscription on the other app I can’t edit properly because I’m now limited in the amount of layers I can use. Maybe I’ll get a response here but I really think you should just bring back the drawing functions. It was a much better app before. ### 1/5 — Scam company. Tech hooligan. Fraudster. *2024-04-02, version 13.7.0* Scam company. Tech hooligan. Fraudster. ### 1/5 — It’s now a note taking app?! *2024-03-10, version 13.6.1* Used to be a useful drawing and design app, is now a note taking app meaning I need a new app. Downloaded the new app from same developer and I can’t transfer the thousands of images I have in bulk, can only transfer one at a time. Nightmare! Leave things alone. ### 1/5 — doesn’t work. *2024-02-22, version 13.5.2* i can’t do anything on this app. ### 1/5 — Loved the cut out feature *2023-12-16, version 13.3.0* I gave it a one star because the best feature they had was a cutout tool that is either no longer available or moved to where I couldn’t find it. It worked great for pulling out single images in a photo. Wished they brought it back ### 1/5 — Please fix update! *2023-08-16, version 13.0.0* I’ve been using this app for over a year and it’s been amazing, but the latest update is messed up and really buggy - everything keeps flipping upside-down randomly, even when I try to fill an area with colour it sees it as upside-down and fills in the wrong area. Please fix asap! ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Awesome drawing app!!❤️ *2024-08-17, version 15.8.2* This game was really cool. I loved how you can make your own shapes and choose any color. It’s a really cool game for anyone that loves to draw and experiment with art you can draw literally whatever you want they even emojis you can add and stickers and mixes of different colors it’s really amazing. It also has lots of different designs of Paintwork. I love it so much and I really recommend that you should get it.❤️❤️ if you want more details, there are 1000s of colors. It’s literally impossible to decide. Also, you can draw with your finger an Apple pen or you can just use shapes. There are mixed colors and you can even create your own. You can even decide how thick you want the paintbrush to be or how thin you wanted it to be or whatever texture you want it’s really impossible to decide this game is amazing😍 ### 5/5 — Very Nice App *2024-06-17, version 15.5.1* Can be a bit confusing when your starting out but once you get the hang of it it’s a nice app with limitless possibilities I definitely recommend it ### 5/5 — Sun set *2023-12-20, version 13.3.0* It iş sooo good I made a sun set in the sea ### 5/5 — I LOVE It But… *2023-09-20, version 13.1.0* I like this app but…😢I don’t know how to delete things!😤😭😤😭😤😭😤😭😤😭😤😭😤😭😤😭😤😭😤😤😭😭😤😢😤😭😤😭😠😢😠😢 ### 5/5 — I want more features unlocked (read this in a nice way!) *2023-08-07, version 12.1.1* I know you need money to continue to support this app but… i’d like it if some more of the features we’re unlocked! But’cha don't need to do this! By More features.. i mean can you provide at least 6-7 layers? :U (Read this in a nice wayyy!) ### 5/5 — Paintwork *2023-08-05, version 12.1.1* I love this app❤️ ### 5/5 — Love it ❤️‍🔥♥️🥰😍📱 *2023-07-09, version 12.1.1* So today was my first time and it was wonderful I painted a huge fish as the size of a whale 🐋🐳 Written by a 9 year old girl 🥴😏🤓🤟🤙✌️🏃‍♀️🇺🇸 ### 5/5 — Amazing *2023-06-14, version 12.1.1* So good I don’t know where to start ### 5/5 — Amazing *2023-05-28, version 12.1.0* I love this it is honestly a good app ### 5/5 — Pickle *2023-03-25, version 11.6.3* Pickles pickles and pickle pickles pickles and pickles pickles pickle pickle pickles pickles and pickles pickles green pickles pickles and pickles --- *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 2026-09-10.*