Very nice.
Much easier and intuitive to use with a pro iPad than the desktop. Missing some features but hope those will come soon. Very good customization options (although the desktop is just as good in this respect). If you connect a keyboard you basically have a small desktop version. Being mobile is obviously the key advantage when using the iPad but the desktop does have some advantages. As iPads get more powerful and this app gets more features I can image the IPad version being preferable for many projects or workflows. As with the desktop version there is a big learning curve to using this app.
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Amazing
I love this app, it has made learning Zbrush for the desktop an easier process and has helped me kick my learning and practice into overdrive.
At first it was a lot of trial and error, same to be said for the desktop version, or any 3D software. Yet it has become second nature and something I use every day. I reach for my Ipad to sculpt and practice forms more than using my desktop lately. And when I do use the desktop version the same workflow, and options are all there, just a different UI for the most part.
I am hyping this because though learning and practice with this app can be difficult and frustrating at times I have only benefitted from pushing through.
I truly cannot sing its praises enough. As after going on a year now I am constantly learning new things and tools that compound and improve the use of it.
Sure there are things I hope they improve, such as more customization, better documentation, and other minor things. However, if you work past the growing pains, if you are new or unfamiliar, you will be rewarded with S tier creative potential with this app.
Happy sculpting!
At first it was a lot of trial and error, same to be said for the desktop version, or any 3D software. Yet it has become second nature and something I use every day. I reach for my Ipad to sculpt and practice forms more than using my desktop lately. And when I do use the desktop version the same workflow, and options are all there, just a different UI for the most part.
I am hyping this because though learning and practice with this app can be difficult and frustrating at times I have only benefitted from pushing through.
I truly cannot sing its praises enough. As after going on a year now I am constantly learning new things and tools that compound and improve the use of it.
Sure there are things I hope they improve, such as more customization, better documentation, and other minor things. However, if you work past the growing pains, if you are new or unfamiliar, you will be rewarded with S tier creative potential with this app.
Happy sculpting!
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Meh…medocrity be thy name.
Maxon has proven yet again that they rely on the name than providing features that make work efficient and still maintain high quality. Lack luster ui, confusing icons that explain nothing. Wonky haptic controls using your fingers. Combine that with an excessive subscription. Feels like a step backwards. I’ll stick to nomad which has a far more useful communicative ui and is priced well. Minus the need for a quad remesher as a separate purchase. Wake up, maxon, nomad is coming for you. Even the desktop is questionable with every iteration. I’m still using the desktop version of zbrush but that too is steadily coming to a close. Do better.
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The best, ignore the negative reviews.
As a desktop user of zbrush, this is next level, way more intuitive, having fun with zbrush again. Hope they keep supporting the app. I don’t understand the negative reviews, i don’t think they need to simplify, there is a learning curve but that does not justify the bad reviews, it’s an industry standard sculpting program, and will say its much more intuitive then most 3d programs that are not on iPad. If you don’t find it intuitive please dont leave bad reviews because your not willing to put in the time to learn, as a professional i want to see this keep getting supported and don’t wanna see this loose support because of peoples miss understanding of what this programs is.
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Really interesting but could be a little bit more user-friendly
Obviously, I know this isn’t nomad. This is supposed to be ZBrush and it has a much wider range of use cases and technical features and I really like that but often times a lot of the very fundamental features aren’t labeled I think if you just held over them and they would tell affect things that would be really helpful because sometimes I’m trying to tweak brush settings and I don’t really know what I’m doing
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Would love to give this a higher Rating… But
This app crashes more often than not whenever I try to open lager sized files. It doesn’t matter if I turn off preloading, or anything. Even files that are only like a gigabyte in size causes it to crash when I try to load them. I have plenty of space on my iPad, so that is not the issue. The interface is also really difficult to navigate, and not super user friendly, in terms of explaining what stuff is supposed to do. I basically just use it at this point to open SMALL ZBrush files to export them as NOT ZBrush, since this app is booty.
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Response from developer
Hello Eren Yanno, thank you for your feedback. We’re sorry to hear you’re experiencing trouble with ZBrush for iPad crashing. Is the crash only happening with this file or is it happening with all of the files? I have files that are over a GIG in size loading into ZBrush for iPad but if you could share this file with us on our support site, www.maxon.net/en/support-center, we could take a look for you.
ZBrush is great…sort of.
It’s nice, love how mostly everything works. I was able to make a model, but unfortunately I will no longer be using the mobile version. This has happened twice now, it refused to let me save. After trying many times, I had thought it saved, and went to the homepage. Next thing I know the entire project was gone, I was able to grab it back through a quick save that was old and I have lost basically all of my progress. Very frustrating.
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ZBrush on IPad
Getting ZBrush on my iPad Pro is exhilarating! I've been dreaming of this moment since my first encounter with it at Columbia College Chicago. Now, having ZBrush right at my fingertips on my iPad is a game changer—no more lugging around my Wacom tablet! It's been a while since I've delved into sculpting, and maintaining my groove as a character designer has been challenging. But now, with ZBrush on my iPad, I can take my creativity anywhere! I’ll never have to say, “I can't wait to finish my project” again! I’m sculpting anytime, anywhere! Huge shoutout and thanks to the team for bringing ZBrush to the iPad—this is a whole new level of artistic freedom! 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥❤️❤️❤️
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I don’t understand how this is rated so well
I downloaded and paid for the subscription this a while ago to try and get used to the Industry Standard software on a form factor I am used to thanks to Nomad Sculpt. However, it was disappointing at first when it initially released, being clunky and unintuitive for a beginner. Frankly it hasn’t’t gotten any better, in fact I’d say it has gotten worse with the complete lack of any useful brush descriptions. As well as very poor documentation/manual that doesn’t answer any potential questions a user might have, instead just giving the reader an ourobouros of links. I also have run into a problem that makes the software almost unusable, I cant import anything into the scene. I have looked through so many resources and tried every single tip and suggestion. None of them work the import will always wipe the entire scene, irrespective of the method you used to import. I can’t believe a software this clunky is the industry standard. The only reason I will continue using any Maxon projects is because of college. I was originally so excited to use this software, because I love making art on my iPad, however it has been nothing but a pretty major disappointment for me. I honestly would recommend Nomad Sculpt higher than this.
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Amazing but crashes a lot
I have the newest generation IPad with the highest memory. When getting into more detailed work, it tends to crash unexpectedly, specially when merging objects. Unfortunately, many times over it would crash when it saves progress, leading to a loss of work and or a corrupted file. Unsure how to fix this on my end, as I’ve tried to delete autosave data as this program will eat your memory away with all the auto saving it does. I have a pretty large model I’m still working on, but cannot finish as it constantly crashes when I want to merge or even move certain objects.
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Response from developer
Hello Sorry to hear about your crashes when merging Subtools. We haven't encountered this issue on our end, so it would be great if you could create a ticket on our support site so we can investigate further. You can do that here: https://support.maxon.net/hc/en-us. We might need to look at your model to see what's causing the crashes and ask you a few more questions. All the best
Updated with Zmodeler!!!
Update to five stars 4/9/25: Finally Zmodeler!! Thank you! This makes the IPad version a fully functional tool!!
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Previous: Sadly No Zmodeler
I was so insanely excited for the release of ZBrush on iPad. Being able to easily sculpt on the go without the hassle of lugging around a laptop felt like a game-changer. The interface is excellent and intuitive, and it really shows so much promise. This app should warrant a five star review… However, I rely heavily on ZModeler in my workflow, and its omission from the iPad version is a real disappointment. I thought I could work around it by saving the brush from my desktop version and importing it. At first glance, that seemed to work. But there's no way to bring up its menu using the on-screen buttons. I figured a simple workaround like using the space bar on a Bluetooth keyboard might solve the issue, even though it defeats the purpose of a touch interface. Unfortunately, the keyboard doesn't bring up the menu, nor does a Bluetooth mouse. It’s truly unfortunate that the absence of one of the most critical brushes has turned what could be a magnificent, professional mobile version of ZBrush into more of a casual toy. With just the simple addition of Zmodeler, it could easily be a fully fledged tool for serious work. I truly hope Maxon considers adding support for this all important brush.
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Previous: Sadly No Zmodeler
I was so insanely excited for the release of ZBrush on iPad. Being able to easily sculpt on the go without the hassle of lugging around a laptop felt like a game-changer. The interface is excellent and intuitive, and it really shows so much promise. This app should warrant a five star review… However, I rely heavily on ZModeler in my workflow, and its omission from the iPad version is a real disappointment. I thought I could work around it by saving the brush from my desktop version and importing it. At first glance, that seemed to work. But there's no way to bring up its menu using the on-screen buttons. I figured a simple workaround like using the space bar on a Bluetooth keyboard might solve the issue, even though it defeats the purpose of a touch interface. Unfortunately, the keyboard doesn't bring up the menu, nor does a Bluetooth mouse. It’s truly unfortunate that the absence of one of the most critical brushes has turned what could be a magnificent, professional mobile version of ZBrush into more of a casual toy. With just the simple addition of Zmodeler, it could easily be a fully fledged tool for serious work. I truly hope Maxon considers adding support for this all important brush.
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Response from developer
Hello Corwin, we understand how important ZModeler is for creating with in ZBrush. This is something the team is working on for a future release. We need to factor other items for ZModeler on iPad, for example not all iPads have hover state and the ZModeler Ui will also will receive an update. Your feedback is important to us, please contact our support team at https://www.maxon.net/en/support-center -> Support Requests and we'd like to follow-up.
Absolutely great start, but…
Zbrush for iPad has been running very well on my 12.9 inch M2 iPad Pro. The learning curve is very minimal and the UI is a big step in the right direction from using the desktop version but today after a week of sculpting I’m experiencing sudden crashes when trying to save. Thank god for the auto save feature but when it crashes I am unable to reopen the file. I’m not sure what is going on but it makes me afraid to really get into my work with the now constant crashes. I hope this can be resolved soon. ——UPDATE!! I just had to give an update and change my review from 4 to 5 stars! Zbrush for iPad is amazing! The issues I had at launch are non existent and this app just rocks and lately I hardly sculpt at my desk since the initial kinks have been worked out. The devs are definitely on it and if and when Zmodeler comes to iPad, my mobile studio will be complete. Thanks for all the effort put in to make this extraordinary app!
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ZBrush on the iPad is great for jewelry design!
I’m still getting used to the interface, but I’ve mastered it enough to start doing jewelry tutorials on it. I’m pretty blown away…you guys outdid yourselves, and I can’t wait to see where this goes. My only real issue is that I can’t save a UI config file and share it with students. I’ve had to do a tutorial video on creating Quick Menus and adding brushes…there’s value in knowing how to do this, but I don’t want it to be a first lesson for a newbie to ZBrush. Also, please include Array Presets…I had to go back to my desktop version and copy them over to the iPad. One other request…I need to be able to attach an alpha to the square mask brush. For jewelry, this makes an easy way to bring your maker’s mark in and apply it to a design, using the Inflate deformation to push it into a curved surface, like the inside of a ring. – Kat Adair
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Wonderful to have ZBrush on iPad!
ZBrush on iPad has got me excited to digitally sculpt again! Crazy to have so much functionality of the ZBrush for desktop working on the iPad. Please add a keyboard shortcut for changing brush size, it was replaced with a quick save feature. I prefer sculpting with the Magic Keyboard. Having assignable hotkeys for brushes would also be great. Even if only the number keys were auto assigned to the first 10 brushes on your current toolbar, that would work great. The app sometimes crashes when importing/exporting, that could be improved, but happy to see there’s already been a lot of updates for bug fixes since release. Anyways, great work ZBrush devs making this happen!
Edit: Last update added S for keyboard size shortcut! Perfect, thank you devs!
Number keys still not useful. The first 3 are mapped to stroke recording and playback, which I tried to use, but it isn’t working in current state and just causes the view to randomly rotate.
Edit: Last update added S for keyboard size shortcut! Perfect, thank you devs!
Number keys still not useful. The first 3 are mapped to stroke recording and playback, which I tried to use, but it isn’t working in current state and just causes the view to randomly rotate.
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Nearly Perfect
I’ve been waiting 13 years to be able to use Zbrush somewhere besides my desk/on my PC. Using a full version of Zbrush with the ability to do millions and millions of polygons on an iPad is something I’ll never get tired of. I was worried about pricing but honestly I think the iPad app is priced very fairly. Software has to make money in order to continue being updated and improved upon. ~ My only complaint is that there doesn’t seem to be an easy way to add reference images and save camera angles. This is my favorite feature in Nomad. I can import multiple reference images, and save camera angles/model locations. It’s intuitive, easy, and unbelievably helpful. If this feature would be added to Zbrush for iPad I would happily continue paying for this app forever
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A dream come true
Honestly, it’s more of a 4.5 for me personally but I had to ding it a point for being another subscription I’m paying for. With that being said, I’m feeling bullish on this application and the direction they’re taking it. I would love for a search function within the toolset cause I tend to get lost in the submenus. Overall the UI feels responsive outside of the occasional hiccup. I think this app will be a game changer for mobile creators like myself that have a love/hate relationship with their desks
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Great software with annoying bugs
The Positives. This is the best sculpting software on iPad bar none. I’ve tried them all and this is just the best for iPad. The interface is miles above the desktop version. And the detail you can get is pretty good. I am not joking when I say I have actually taken to using this for my sculpts rather tan my desktop because how good the interface is. Maxon please remake the desktop version with what you guys have learned here. Now the negatives. ZBrush is still a buggy mess that loves to crash whenever it feels like. It works but it crashes a lot. Want to do a Boolean, crash. Want to use zRemesher without going down a few subdivision levels, crash. Exporting a turntable crash. And if that isn’t bad enough GoZ is finicky. Large file, won’t send. Random disconnects. Inability to find the desktop/laptop without having to hard reboot the iPad force quitting the app is not good enough I literally have tor start the iPad. I hope we get updates and they fix this. But despite this this is the best software. That being said Apple or Maxon please find a way for us to store and access brushes and textures and project files on an external device. Even 2 TB is not enough when a sculpt can be several GB and You keep multiple versions. I’ve found that if I open the zprj from files and save it saves on the usb drive but the fact I have to go through files to do that is annoying not to mention I can’t do this for brushes and textures and alphas.
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So far so good
Running on a 3rd gen M2 iPad Pro and have had very few issues. I think many do not realize that as a 1.0 version, this is rather impressive. Yes, it has a few tools to add later and some refinements, but that will come later. The ability to bring in custom brushes (and more) is wonderful. I have had a few crashes, but nothing major. I would recommend to those having questions that they refer to the introductory videos that Maxon has put out as they explain current features and hint at future developments. I would also like to see Maxon make this a tad more affordable for the average user. Compared with its (very powerful) competitor, it is rather expensive. If Maxon plans to stick with subs for mobile applications, it would be wise to offer something a bit more competitive on the price. At the time of this writing, the sub is $10/mo or $90/yr.
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Excellent 1.0 1
You guys did some excellent UI work and it’s a fantastic 1.0. Very excited for the software to be here on iPad, and excited for the future. I would say we do need Magic Keyboard support sooner than later with trackpad support for pinch to zoom etc. Many of us like to work with the keyboard attached with the trackpad and hotkeys. So I am hoping to see you guys get this in as soon as possible. Of course I am dying to see Z-Spheres here too. Other than that it’s an extremely clean, elegant, and thoughtful UI. Great job my friends.
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Easy to use
This is the perfect combination of tools and it is user freindly. I really like the customizable shortcuts. Able to make it custom interface at works well for me. Was able to start sculpting shortly after opening the program, I really enjoy the customization and ability to import my own brushes. Worked with the desktop version for years and I find that the version for iPad is a game changer. The ability to work on the go or just sculpt on my iPad then transfer it back to the desktop version. I like how they have monster makers, Clay as material alongside other materials. Looking forward to sculpting and designing my imagination.
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