# Wacom Inkspace App

> Digitize and manage paper notes and sketches for editing and sharing. (iPhone/iPad app by Wacom Europe GmbH.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/wacom-inkspace-app/id1029007767 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Wacom Europe GmbH](https://appshunter.io/developer/441078963)
- Category: Productivity, Lifestyle
- Price: Free
- Rating: 2.80/5 from 19 App Store ratings · 116 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 13.0 · 29 MB
- Languages: American English, French (France), German (Germany), Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, European Portuguese, Russian, Chinese (Simplified, China) and 2 more
- Released: 2015-09-03
- Data updated: 2026-06-10
- Monetization: freemium
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/wacom-inkspace-app/id1029007767/reviews.md

## What is Wacom Inkspace App?

The Wacom Inkspace app is for your Intuos Pro (M & L) Paper edition, Bamboo Spark, Folio and Slate. Use the app to turn what you write or sketch on paper into digital ink directly on your iOS device. Inkspace keeps your work made on paper alive for further editing, enhancing and sharing.

MANAGE YOUR NOTES AND DRAWINGS

Browse and manage all your notes and drawings. Delete, rotate, split and combine pages to organize your content. Export for sharing or working in the most common formats JPG, PNG and WILL and SVG with Wacom ID. Or draw on paper and show what you´re doing on screen at the same time.

NEW. Upgrade to the new free Plus plan and enjoy a collection of additional Inkspace features.

PLUS EXPERIENCE FOR NOTETAKERS AND SKETCHERS

Work faster. Export your handwritten notes to digital text instantly or save your notes directly as Doc format. Manage your notes more intuitively by autocreating tags directly on paper.

Make your paper sketches come alive. Export your sketches directly as SVG format for further editing in your favourite software.

## Key features

- Convert paper notes/sketches to digital ink
- Manage, organize, and edit notes/drawings
- Export in JPG, PNG, WILL, SVG, and Doc formats
- Real-time screen mirroring of paper work
- Convert handwritten notes to digital text
- Autocreate tags on paper

## What do users think of Wacom Inkspace App?

Overall sentiment: negative

**Pros**

- ✍️ Effective handwriting-to-text conversion
- 🔄 Seamless syncing across devices
- 📝 Good for note-taking workflows
- 🎨 Natural paper writing experience
- ⚡ Quick file uploads and backups
- 📱 Cloud storage integration

**Cons**

- 🐛 Frequent crashes and freezes
- 🔌 Unreliable device pairing
- 💾 Data loss on logout/reinstall
- ❌ Poor note organization capabilities
- 🔐 Login authentication failures
- 📊 Limited editing features
- 🎯 Incompatible with many Wacom devices
- ⚠️ Email attachment conflicts
- 🖼️ Low resolution output (300dpi)
- 📄 Inadequate page management tools

**Commonly reported bugs**

- App crashes on launch
- Fails to save notes
- Duplicate page saves
- Device detection failures
- Sync failures between devices
- Login page freezes on white screen
- Ink-to-text operation failures
- Pairing mode not recognized
- PDF attachment viewing issues in native Mail app
- Bluetooth connection drops
- Stuck on 'Downloading' screen
- Zoom and pan causes backspace artifacts
- Incompatibility with iOS 12 and older iPad models
- Video feature error messages
- Wacom cloud login timeouts

**Most requested features**

- Ability to edit notes after syncing
- Folder and notebook organization system
- Multiple tag selection capability
- Color support in app
- Recording/speed paint feature for drawings
- Duplicate file functionality
- Lock files to prevent accidental deletion
- Export by tag grouping
- Merge multiple pages into single document
- Automatic sync with Evernote/Dropbox/iCloud
- Thumbnail view in rectangular format
- Slide bar for quick page browsing
- Ink-to-text without line breaks at end of each line
- Higher resolution support
- Better line thickness sensitivity
- Video export feature
- Bamboo Paper app for iPhone

## Recent user reviews (10 of 116)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/wacom-inkspace-app/id1029007767/reviews.md

### 2/5 — No longer reliable

*2024-04-10, version 4.5*

This app was ok originally. For the last few months (probably since the last update), it has been hopelessly unreliable. It crashes frequently and randomly, it fails to save notes I’ve made, it sometimes saves the same page identically several times, and it often fails to detect the bamboo notepad at all. This is completely unacceptable, and I would not recommend this company or any of their products. It is obvious that they have no commitment to supporting customers to maintain product quality. So disappointing.

### 1/5 — Cannot sync my slate to iphone

*2022-07-16*

I have iOs 15.5 SE
Should be compatible but cant sync my device to my phone.
Think i have to return and just get an ipad

### 2/5 — Poor

*2022-02-14*

I agree with previous reviewer. I am writing notes on Bamboo Paper app on surface and there is no way on the app to revisit these same notes on my phone at all. Terrible

### 1/5 — Wish it would work with my Wacom Intuos pro

*2021-05-30*

As the title suggests I was expecting this app to work with my Wacom intuos pro like the app suggested but it won’t connect with it. Might connect with other Wacom products but I hope the app would of work for my tablet like I wanted to since my computer died and I wanted to make digital art again with my tablet.

### 4/5 — Great for writing

*2021-01-07*

I spend all day at work on a computer. When I want to write, the thought of spending even more time at the keyboard is not appealing at all. Increased risk of repetitive motion injuries is also a concern.

Writing in a notebook has been my alternative but that comes with its own issues - mainly transcribing my hand written notes onto a computer which is tedious and kind of defeats the purpose of hand writing in the first place. 

So I bought a Bamboo Slate. I hand write on the Slate and the use this app to transform my handwritting into editable text. I then export text into a note in the Notes app on my phone. Inkspace lets me export new pages to an existing note so it’s easy to keep pages in order.

Inkspace does a good job of translating my handwriting into text. It is teaching me to be a little more careful - dotting my i’s etc. I can’t fault the app for errors where my handwritting would give a human reader trouble.

I sync to my phone after every page and it has worked flawlessly so far. 

My one minor issue is that the editable text has a return at the end of each written line. So a little additional clean up required to get returns only at the end of paragraphs. It would be helpful if I could enable a mode where text was translated without returns unless I wrote a paragraph symbol - or something like that. Or just treat the page as a single line of text; it would be easier to add 2 or 3 returns than deleting a lot of extraneous returns. I’d give the app 5 stars with that feature.

So Bamboo Slate let’s me write my initial draft without typing and then easily convert it to editable text for further editing and archiving.

### 3/5 — Needs a bug fix but when working it’s great

*2021-01-06, version 3.8.5*

Absolute delight to use the intuos pro paper edition and watch live mode show my drawing on screen. Would be good if it would record your drawing for a speed paint which I don’t think it does. When the app works well it is so much fun and doesn’t miss anything you draw but as of 5/01/21 it’s a bug filled mess that surely Wacom will be able to address address abebbet back to where it was! Please Wacom fix it and also add a recording feature for live mode! Thanks

### 1/5 — Wrong wrong wrong!

*2020-12-25, version 3.8.5*

Won’t pair, won’t work .... why?

### 3/5 — Inkspace and Wacom Folio

*2020-12-05, version 3.8.0*

Great kit and App generally fine. But I haven’t thus far managed to get the video feature or work and keep getting error messages.

This has happened on the iOS app and the Windows 10 app.

I am not the only person to flag this problem.

I draw for a living and I acquired this hoping to be able to animate the production of my artwork.

So this feature is important to me.

Wacom what’s the fix?????!

### 1/5 — App needs better note management capabilities

*2020-08-30*

App is far too basic. There is no way to combine notes. So if you sync and then want to add something to the same page --> impossible!

This can not be by design but must be an error. Please fix asap.

### 2/5 — Notebook View and Page Skim Feature

*2020-08-22*

Bamboo slate smart pad is good. The App is bad. The app functionality for storing and revisiting your prior notes is extremely poor. (1)First, MAKE INKSPACE THUMBNAIL VIEW REGTANGULAR INSTEAD OF SQARE! The note we take and save is rectangular in shape. I do not understand why the thumbnail page view in Wacom inkspace is all square shape with only the view of the center part of each page. You cannot see the complete note page by looking at the thumbnail page view, making it extremely difficult to identify and locate the note you want. You have to literally open up each page in order to find the page you want.  (2) Second, ADD SLIDE BAR QUICK PAGE VIEW. The current notebook browsing function is poor. You have to open up each page and flip each page one by one to browse the notes you take and locate the page you need. When at full page view, why can’t you add a slide bar at the bottom, so people can slide the bar to quickly browse all pages in full page view, just like Kindle app book browsing function. Generally, I feel this app is designed to work on individual pages, not designed for people who needs to take real notes. You need to make note storing and browsing more functional and make the digital notebook in Inkspace more useful like a real notebook, in order to make the app and the Bamboo Slate more useful and meaningful.

**Developer response:** Thanks for sharing your feedback with us, we would definitely consider your suggestions for future improvements! Meanwhile, we would like to share two features which you might find helpful. There is a quick preview option triggered by pressing and holding over a thumbnail in your notes library. You could also change the thumbnail size in your library by pinching in or out. This should help you to navigate and find your notes faster.

## Frequently asked questions about Wacom Inkspace App

### What does the Wacom Inkspace App do?

The Wacom Inkspace App allows you to convert your handwritten notes and sketches made on paper into digital ink directly on your iOS device. It helps you manage, edit, and share your work in various digital formats, making your paper creations more versatile.

### What are the key features of the Wacom Inkspace App?

Key features include turning paper notes and sketches into digital ink, managing and organizing your content by deleting, rotating, splitting, and combining pages, and exporting in common formats like JPG, PNG, WILL, SVG, and Doc. It also offers real-time screen mirroring and the ability to convert handwriting to digital text with the Plus plan.

### Is the Wacom Inkspace App free to use?

The app offers a free version with core functionalities. There is also a new, free Plus plan available that provides additional features for notetakers and sketchers, such as instant export to digital text and Doc format, and autocreating tags directly on paper.

### What devices is the Wacom Inkspace App compatible with?

The app is designed for use with specific Wacom devices, including the Intuos Pro (M & L) Paper edition, Bamboo Spark, Folio, and Slate. It works directly on your iOS device.

### How can I use the Wacom Inkspace App for my notes and drawings?

You can use the app to digitize notes and sketches you create on paper with compatible Wacom devices. Once digitized, you can organize them, perform further editing, enhance them, and share them easily in various digital formats for work or personal use.

## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 4.5 — 2023-04-18

Ink to action
Transfer quickly actions from your Smartpad to your mobile device. Use #mail, #event or #reminder and complete with #end

### 4.4.2 — 2022-12-08

Bug fixes

### 4.4 — 2022-11-01

Screenshot selection
We added option to snapshot selected area of your ink and save it to your device or share with others.

### 4.3.1 — 2022-07-04

In this release we added new languages for Semantic Ink recognition:
Korean
Arabic

### 4.2.3 — 2022-04-12

- You can now filter semantic results in different categories.
- Export to PowerPoint and slideshow your ideas.

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