Ipastels App Reviews

I have used pastels for decades and prefer this program. The colors are beautiful and so lucent. There is no mud as there usually is from my palms and fingers. I transfer these drawings to other drawing programs like Acorn and Graphic and also use them as backgrounds for my needlework pix. I also like to doodle to see what colors to use for a new project. You will not be disappointed with this program?

I love the way this app behaves. Yes this needs to have more canvases, but now that layers are preserved it's fine. The touch sensitivity responds as if I was using pastel chalk or a pastel crayon! It's sleek and it's responsive. The other apps I've tried are too cartoony and look more like a video game. The developer is very responsive and replied to my questions the next day. I use this to play with ideas and concepts before I put it on paper. Downsides are low number of files allowed, but now that you can export the files while preserving the layers the limited files shouldn't be problem. Another thing I don't like is the limited canvas size, but it's in the works. I look forward to the updates, and I recommend this for aspiring artists, or those of you who like to doodle in their spare time (like I do).

I have had this app many years, but had not used it. Every time I opened it up, I got "Empty Page Fright". Today, armed with more general knowledge of art apps, I drew for several hours on iPastels, and produced a pastel that I'm proud of. The choice of colors was excellent and the tools offered produced great results. Way to go @Norbyte developers!

Incredibly quick response from developer.

I liked using this app before, now I like it a lot more. It is easier to use without losing the the features of pastel pencils.

Nice for beginners

Love the feel of true pastels, but dislike the app's intrusiveness....it opens by itself every time I use my ipad...it should open ONLY when i open it. Fix that bug, and it would rate 4.5 stars from me. I should not have to constantly close an app i am not using.

I have tried many art apps but so far this is the best one I have tried for drawing. It does a very good job of simulating pastels and can be adjusted for strength/opacity and for size/width and you can choose any color or hue. Also, you can use your fingers to smudge for shading, etc. So versatile and even a novice can use this app without getting bogged down by the app itself.

I love this app I've tried every other painting or our app and so far this one is my favorite. The only recommendation I would have is to update an offer different types of brushes as well. It would be great if there were options when you're creating trees to do dabs on the canvas that are like dabbing a brush on canvas instead of just the circle.

Needs unlimited blank pages, more textures and to be able to open a small screen for source material.

If you have worked with real pastels this app is wonderful it works just like real pastels without the mess and without having to clean your blenders all the time. I love it it’s wonderful! All the joys of pastels without the mess.

Pastels are my favorite hands on medium...however, the dust bothers my eyes. This app is the closest thing to the real thing and NO DUST! I quickly upgraded to the Pro version...it is very good. I love the new layer feature layout with toggles and tracing too! The mountain, house, flower icons are brilliant. I also love and use the color feature that shows the complement of a selected color in the drop down menu; makes a painting pop! Thank you for the loving attention you've put into it. :)

You have faithfully captures the "feel" of working with pastels. While I like the app for its user interface simplicity, that simplicity of the UI uses quite a bit of area and constrains the number of choices available. There are several features I believe would add to the joy of using iPastels. Would you consider supporting pressure sensitive hardware like the Apple Pencil / iPad Pro combination? You could provide an alternate User Interface for the latter. You might also consider sliders for size and pressure. Also, I'd like to suggest that you implement larger palettes, and that you allow users to save palettes and recall them (for example I'd like to save a Desert palette, a Snowy Mountain palette, a Portrait palette, etc. One way you might provide a wider palette would be to implement secondary palettes for colors shown on the existing palette. For example, you could show a range of 4 or 5 values for the selected color and its complement. That would greatly expand the palette. I've seen several requests for different "canvases". Ito would like to have different tooth or textures of ground.

Every time I try to open it, the app just splash screens & then turns off. Won’t load at all. Bummer. I think it was exactly what I’ve been searching for.

Love this app, so much less messy than real pastels!

If you like paining without the mess of actual paining this app is great one to try and you will be amazed with what you can creat with. Thanks to the creator.

The sliders are so much harder to work with than the three buttons And the color dropper is harder to access This app used to be simple sketches is my new favorite

I really love this app!! Saves your work, multiple layers, easy to learn menu, just now experiencing bugs..had app almost 2yrs w/o probs. Lately a few like, eraser not working, zoom is being weird(but is a killer feature for details), hard to move tool pallet but-it auto moves with continuous draw. I wouldn't change a thing otherwise. Best app to try if you are new to digital drawing! Try it! You'll really appreciate how easy it is!

I LOVE this app. So easy to use, realistic, and all tools in one easy tool bar so no learning curve. Works fantastically with the pencil and iPad Pro although I have also had some fun with it on my iPhone. I am so happy I found this. Color selection is AMAZING.

Like the control ,fun to use.

IPastels paint app turns off when using the back up mode and goes back to app mode that's pictured in the ratings photo. I complained about it months ago and still no fix. Your asking for a rating but at this time it's went from a 5 star to a 1.

When I get stuck on a piece of art I'm working on, I photograph and bring it here to experiment on and test what direction I need to go. I absolutely love it and highly recommend it. It feels like pastel when you are working on it. Brilliant app. Seriously

This app - even the unpaid version - makes a fair simulation of pastels. I love how the colors mix effortlessly, the easy zoom and the large palette of colors.

I cannot update this app. I can't delete it because I have deleted once. But the updates still appear in my app box.

Not crazy about on these changes seems to be a little harder to use I'm still getting use to all your crazy changes I feel like I'm relearning how to use IPastels all over again.

All the fun of pastels without the dust. Perfect

Since I updated IPastels two colors will come up at the same time especially after I use the eye dropper. Also there are other problems with it. Every time I have problems with this app,it is after I have updated it. Can you please put a pencil tool on HuePaint Like you have on iPastels? Ps.Since I updated,I don’t have an eye dropper on my 6th generation iPad.

This ap will drive you crazy. Not intuitive. The screen bounces around like Richard Simmons. You can't determine its capabilities because all roads lead to selling upgrades. Too bad. I'm looking for a pastel chalk simulator. I'd pay for an upgrade if I had a clue it wouldn't be such a mystery. I'm guessing this was built in non-English and poorly translated.

This is wonderful! I've been wanting a pastel coloring app for so long. But only one thing is needed that would make it five stars...the ability to turn the picture around so as to color it from different angles. I hope this feature is soon coming!

I love this app. I wish there were a way to select color on a spectrum. And a tutorial on how to use the color functions.

Since the 2.1.0 update (2 Nov 2015) iPastels has improved immensely. I've always liked its colors & textures, but the formerly limited workspace and lack of such helpful features as an eyedropper kept me from taking much time to try getting it to do what I wanted. Now I'm enjoying zooming in and out and switching around among different colors and shades and learning what can be done with its options. iPastels has finally been improved enough to be well worth the time to learn (and fair price for the Pro Upgrade). No, I'm not connected in any way with the developers, but am only an iPad junkie who has been playing around with many art apps for nearly three years.

A very good simulation of using pastel chalk, without the dust. Simple compared to other art programs, it's still a very realistic way to make art in this medium. Five stars.

Simplicity is wonderful. This app allowed me to load it and immediately start making art. The creative choices....size of stroke, blur, delete, colors....are simple and allow multiple dozens of options to fine tune your parameters before you make a stroke. I used a pencil with a capacitive tip, as I found my finger was too large to control placement of colors. Recommend.

I am a pastel artist and love this Ap! It provides a very real look and the results look more like my pastel paintings than when I use Procreate!

Liked it until I hit something on the screen and it deleted my picture

I love the blending. I find it very relaxing using this app. I still haven't gotten the knack of using the different layers. And sometimes it isn't user friendly to me, but I am a novice. I do thorough enjoy it though, and I would highly recommend iPastels to anyone!

I've been looking for an application that will work like charcoal or pencil, especially the smudging. This app seems to fit the bill. Unfortunately there is a lack of tutorials available and the layer interface is confusing so I cannot give it 5 stars

Because I teach painting in an active retirement community, I have suggested to many people to purchase your program to help them improve their paintings...and I have in your older program successfully improved my paintings...but your new program is confusing . I actually go to my old iPad to use your program as it was before you improved it!!!!

Ive tried real pastels and they are messy and expensive. This app is just the same experience but with out the mess and expense. I like to download painting im working on. I can add items or change colors so i know what looks best on the paintings before i ruin it

I always liked this app but hadn't used it in a while. Recently, tried again following the new improvements. Gives new life to app. As a pastel-lover, I will be using ipastel to explore new artistic strategies. Many thanks.

Got the free app for my son who likes to draw and doodle, he had so much fun on the first drawing I bought the pro version straight away. I'm not an artist in any form of the word so you'll not get an Artist's review here but I really enjoy the functionality and ease of use of this app. So easy a 10 year old (and 46 year old) can do it! Well worth the $6.

i like this app but more of a marker

This app has a lot to be spoken about....you will not be disappointed.