ibis Paint

ibis Paint is the sort of drawing app that opens a lot of tools without turning into a desktop program on a phone. By our assessment, it is strongest for sketching, line work, layers, brushes and the small edits digital artists actually do every day. The trade-off is that all that control asks for patience, and the interface can feel busy before it feels natural. In practice it rewards people who like to choose brushes, adjust settings and build a picture step by step rather than tap out a quick doodle. Compared with simple note-style drawing apps, it sits much closer to a serious mobile art workspace, but it is not trying to replace full pro software on a computer. The name ibis Paint is well known in the graphics-and-design crowd for that reason. The ceiling is the time and attention it needs from the user.