Graphiter

As soon as I noticed I needed to pay for each different tool. (Such as colored paper, or a simple blender) I uninstalled it. There's plenty of other programs out there that are much better as a free version, and that actually gives real incentive to pay for it.

I fear that this app is now abandoned. Its sad. Original review: I have used probably every drawing and painting app for iOS, Android and Windows, from app stores and websites. I am completely blown away by Graphiter. This is a focused app. It's clearly not trying to be a jack-of-all-trades, nor would I want it to be. For what it does it does better than what I've experienced with any other app. Its not just the spot-on textures and handling of the media but the simple quiet UI, the beautiful tasteful paper collection. It's the whole experience. It's just.... beautiful. I didn't want to close the app. I hope this developer can bring this app to other platforms but I'm grateful to have it at all. I cannot wait to see what further development brings. I would love to see the addition of pinned reference photos. The one-time in-app purchases are very worth it and I don't mind paying because I want development to continue so its important for a developer to be able to make a living.

I, absolutely, LOVE this app! Even though I have and use the more expensive programs like Magna Studio and PhotoShop, this one has the essentials to turn my Surface Pro into a portable sketchbook. It's super simple. You get a graphite pencil, coloring pencil, blender and eraser and different colored pages to choose from. What makes me use it instead of the other programs aside from the simplicity? The pencil texture is spot on! It's perfect, looks and feels like a real pencil, something you can only get by making your own custom brush in other programs. And still, they don't look as real as this one. So I use this for sketching on a whim, and if I want to color or enhance it I just import it and open it with another program. Give it a try! It's free! And the extra options are only $2 and they ARE worth it.

Uodated to report that a lot of the bugs that were a problem have been taken care of. But note, it's still an app that's deliberately focused on fine and naturalistic emulation, NOT on digital features. (Old v1 review) I love the actual meat of the pencil and paper emulations. Unfortunately, a couple bugs make it unreliable to the point of uselessness... 1) Randomly, some past sketches in "My Sketches" won't open. you click on them and they select but they don't open. 2) Sometimes "My Sketches" doesn't appear on the opening screen at all. this can be worked around by opening a new document, making one stroke on it, and then pressing the Back arrow...then the Sketches will appear. 3) Especially given bug #1, I'm really missing not having the ability to import images. Hope future updates fix these problems because until then I can't pause and close the program mid-project without worrying I won't be able to get back into it. :-/ Again, love the emulation. Just need reliability fixes.