Backfill · 2023
#64 of 420Procreate Drawing App
Screenshot: The Procreate app interface on an iPad showing a digital illustration in progress, the brush library open on the side, a canvas with colorful artwork, and the minimal toolbar at the top.
Procreate app for iPad is a drawing tool that costs $13 once, no subscription. Replacing Photoshop for most of the digital illustrators I follow, the brush engine is responsive enough that drawing on the iPad screen feels close to drawing on paper. Powerful but with a clean interface, no menus within menus, and gesture controls are intuitive, 2-finger tap to undo, 3 fingers to redo. Built by a 2-person studio in Australia, it competes directly with Adobe while selling as a 1-time purchase, a model they chose because they believe it's fairer.