What a long ramble…pls watch in 1.5 speed ahaha. Thanks for 50k subs btw! 💖

Ibis is the GOAT of free mobile and tablet drawing apps lmao Also you can unlock all brushes for 18 hours if you watch an add which I really like, (and sometimes the ad doesn't load so you don't even have to watch it and it just gives you the brushes) And there's no cap to the amount of layers you can have and making a clipping mask is soo easy. Idk I just love that app, I wish there was a proper free version on pc. I use krita with my drawing tablet but ibis paint was my starter and I will probably always be biased when it comes to that app. When I'm on the go and wanna draw I will always just grab ibis and go at it with my finger cuz I have no sonar pen or stylus that is compatible with my phone 😂

The problem with reviewing many apps in one video is that you don't go deep enough to notice things that you should. For example I use Art StudioPro and you missed that it has two types of stabilization, one that works like procreate, and one that works like the one in Clip Studio. You missed other things, like the when using the fill tool you can drag left or right for the tolerance and in that way you can fill shapes with certain small gaps.

Ibis paint for the win🤩

clip studio paint #1 can't deny that.

I used procreate for a while when I first got my iPad, and I was immediately turned off when I found out I couldn’t clip layers on top of groups/folders. Clip studio continues to reign supreme 🤷🏾‍♀️

Ibis and Medibang are the goat (sorry im not richie so like i havent breathe in clip or procreate)

On Medibang Paint (both versions,) you can actually turn on a setting to activate the color picker. If you go to Multi-Gesture Setting and turn on the Eyedropper Long Press setting, then hold down the Apple Pencil on the area for the color to choose, it works. I usually turn down the long press delay because it feels too long to wait the default time. Though it is a little buggy, as sometimes it just activates the brush and leaves a dot there instead of selecting the color. And if you turn on Finger Mode in the pen pressure settings, this turns your finger into a transparent version of your current brush. Switching to your pencil instead of your finger turns it back into the actual color you were using.

tbh as a ibispaint x user who used to use medibang paint, i think ibispaint is more gentle w the ads. i used to get so many ads when using medibang and the premuim advertisment when loading the app wouldn’t let me draw so i just stopped using it

I wish the iPad version of Clip studio paint had a one time payment version like it does on desktop cause then I would totally buy it when it’s on sale! I live in Europe so it’s already pretty pricey for me but there’s no way I can afford the monthly subscription plan and I prefer drawing on my IPad. I have a on and off relationship with procreate lmao. I actually use both Ibis paint and medibang paint, mostly Ibis paint though, and they both work pretty well for me. I’m fine with the free versions for them honestly.

I refuse to use clip studio because of the monthly payment (despise those things with a flaming hatred) so I’ve been using Procreate and something called Concepts. Concepts isn’t even meant for drawing so I’m clearly fine with the minimum functions lol. Only thing I dislike about Procreate is the limited layers and how the clipping works. I don’t use stabilization so it’s not one of the things that bothers me. I did use Ibis Paint on my phone before, so I might try that on my IPad too. Good vid!

I have been using IbisPaint for a while and really loved this drawing app(especially since they had added an animation feature, bless 🙏). It’s probably my own opinion since before Ibis Paint, I used to draw on another drawing app that.. isn’t a drawing app. But yes, I really love Ibis Paint and was happy with your review~ 😊

Fresco does WAAAAAAAY more than you showed here. Unfortunately it isn’t marketed by Adobe its own company well at all. It has pixel brushes and vector as well. The motion graphics tools are insane. You never have to touch the live brushes if that’s not your vibe. 95% of the app works for total free without ads. But if you want premium it’s a whopping $10 per year. Then you can import your own brushes and have access to Adobe Fonts/more cloud space. ;)

im an infinite painter user myself, i used to use ibispaint but i enjoyed painter's UI, brushes and general feel a lot more! ibis is now just a side editing app though im a mobile user, i dont use tablets so there'd that

For infinite painter, you can edit the max size of the brushes in the settings of whatever brush ur using, and can drag the color picker put by pressing & holding the wheel

Ibis paint my goat

Art studio pro does have the option for turning off finger touch drawing its the pencil icon at the top left of the interface

IDK WHY THESE DEVELOPERS THINK ITS OKAY TO CHARGE A MONTHLY OR EVEN A YEARLY SUBSCRIPTION. THERES HARDLY ANY BACK END ON A UTILITY APPLICAITON LIKE THIS. WHY DOE SIT REQUIRE A CONSTANT FLOW OF TRANSACTINS TO USE THE APP. ONE TIME PAYMENT SHOULD BE ENOUGH. THIS MAKES ME WANT TO SPEND LESS MONEY

One thing to note is Fresco also has an erase with brush. It’s done through the Touch Modifier. I personally use Fresco as my main art program since I also didn’t like how simple Procreate felt and, because I have the full CC Suite, Fresco was added to it when it was introduced

Madibang paint actually can save using his own cloud, not only in ipad storage, you just need to move your drawing to the cloud section. I moved like this my old drawings in medibang paint from my old ipad to the new one, also you can open your saved in cloud drawings in any device, not only apple’s, cause the cloud is linked to your account in medibang

tbh clip studio paint is the best drawing programm especially the ex version like there is no better one

Fresco has vector and pixel (photoshop) brushes, (yes you can import them) too. That little circle on the canvas is a quick menu, so you don’t always have to open menus to change brush sizes.

I am super happy to see reviews of an app I use on a daily! It makes me happy when I see good things about it, rarely ever seeing bad ones! I use Ibis paint btw!!

6:33 you can adjust keyboard shortcuts from Artstudio> preference> interface> keyboard shortcuts

great to listen in the background with while drawing. your reviewing actually helped me realise more stuff and now im drawing on clip studio lol

i use fresco cause i have been chained to photoshop thanks to using it since i was like 14 but it does have regular pixel brushes, i only use live brushes for backgrounds. honestly, the stabilization and menus in it are great when you get used to it, you can leave any menu open, you can drag the brush size and stabilization without clicking in. for me its also super great cause i work on projects across my mac ipad and pc so everything just syncs seamlessly and it helps my workflow a lot. (it does come free with a creative cloud subscription even if you snatch it from your college like me hehe)

Bro, on the first app I honestly thought at first that the price for lifetime was $1,000,000, my face was literally this “💀” 😅

Very relaxing to watch

I start doing digital art in 2015 with ibispaint on my phone and still using it until now on my new phone with my fingers. I want to try procreate and clip studio paint but it wasn't possible with my condition at the moment. I am now saving money so I could buy an ipad and stylus pen, please wish me luck 🙏. Your video is really helpfull for me to get the grasp of the apps I want to use. Thanks for the video ❤

Art studio is my fav!

My favorite is sketchbook. It's not confusing and it's so organized

For art studio pro, on the top left hit the pencil icon to make it turn off drawing with fingers.

The UI can be maximized in infinite painter and too bad you didn't review the possibility to import references, the one in infinite is the best imo

I think media bang (not the pro version) is actually the nearest thing for how clip studio paint is In the feeling of the pen while drawing I think it has also some comic features what is really sucking me that every app is trying to copy the procreate layout and the weird flow of its pen like except for ibis paint and the old media bang every other up I tried is just the same like procreate that is not compatible to me at all

There is a way to have pen only mode on art studio pro it’s by hitting the little pen tip thingy inside a circle next to the four squares on the top right corner

I like realistic brushes 🥲 It's less messy that real life (tho i like that too) and I love exploring brush settings! The basic packs always made me feel hollow lol

First i didnt see it but now I. Saw clipstudio is also in the video even if its not on thumbnail or timestamps, it's there

I love medibang so much. It doesn't burn my eyes and it's so simple yet has everything you need. It's also free on all platforms!!! I didn't even know it was also on tablet. (I draw on computer)

As a medibang user, I'd like to give my two-cents on it. I've noticed that the UI for the first app is different for all devices, which can be confusing for beginners. I borrowed my friend's android tablet for medibang and thought it was a completely different app at first. That being said, I do like the fact the cloud files save to *every* device with the same account. It makes it so much easier to make some corrections on the computer version that may be harder to do on the iPad version! Although I must say that I'm really not a fan of the Medibang Pro app for iPad. I'm unsure if its just because I was so used to the original version, or the fact I used the TestFlight version, but I just found it really weird to use.

For the ads in ibis paint, you can turn Wi-Fi off so they don’t appear. The one at the top stay though along with how you still need to watch an ad to get all brushes but honestly can I ask for any more from the best free drawing app?

My personal favorite is infinite painter, i really love the realistic pencil brush

A different user already wrote something about Fresco, I want to add that Fresco is not a finished App yet. They are still working on adding things. An update came like a week ago, where they added some stuff and brushes too. :)

For Ibis... Protip: Use an adblocker, or disable WiFi The canvas is still a bit smaller, but you can skip the ads

infinite painter is pretty good tbh, ive been using it for like 6 months edit: but i should point out, the app has got a shitton of bugs and glitches. so export your files regularly to not lose any progress lol.

18:12 IbisPaint actually has that, but that feature is (for some reason) hidden among the brush settings😅

It's really helpful

as a broke teen still in high school, i see a lot of artists, mainly pros, using CSP. i use procreate, and i think it's pretty cool, but i do agree the stabilization feels weird (i like how u compared it to icing on a cake lol 😂) the minimalist style is kinda calming for me, CSP makes me feel like i'm using Microsoft doc or something lol. i'm hoping when i get older that i can get the subscription for CSP, but i use procreate for now. in my opinion, procreate's really nice for beginner digital artists

The holy trinity Procrete, clipstudio, infinite painter

I’ve been using Ibis Paint X since I got my first tablet. I honestly love it since I feel like the UI is way much more ‘soft’ than most of the apps I’ve seen, and also they have a sort of ‘how to use’ thing that I didn’t find in other apps. I don’t use stabilization and feels like whenever I tried it, it would lag way too much, so I don’t use it. I also just use my finger to draw haha. It’s like… a comfort app ? I really don’t know how to explain that. It just feels right to me :D

I've been on CSP for years on my desktop, started using it to get away from Photoshop and their subscription bs. Now everyone's doing it. I'll never pay a sub for CSP mobile, i don't care how good it is. Can't compare to a one time $10 fee. I'll just send my file to the desktop to finish if i really need to. Hate to see everything going this way. Might as well rent a desk and some office furniture while I'm at it. 😅

I personally have been using the free app of ibis Paint x since I was in 6th grade, and now I have the $10 version of the app, ibis Paint, no x in the game stores. Something I find odd, that may be my fault due to only recently getting an iPad and I’m very not used to it, is that the stabilization doesn’t really work well. It’s there but not as strong as I’d like it to be. Other than that, the app is really great and beginner friendly in my opinion! I do like to watch others perspectives on the app, though. I personally haven’t been using procreate long enough to really be used to it yet, but my friend who introduced me to ibis Paint has made some wonderful artworks with procreate after using it for a while! I really like seeing all your perspectives on the different apps, as most of them are apps I’ve tried but never really gave a chance lol.

How do you stop brush lag on csp for the iPad?

Before I used ibs paint, I had used an app called sketch I believe it was called. And it honestly just made me hate doing digital drawing for a long time given how much difficulty I was using it and even just getting my work to actually save. Ibs paint was the reason why I actually started doing digital again since it was much easier to use and I just found myself having more fun using it, even now after using it for years I'm still finding new features that I didn't know before and it makes the whole process so much quicker and easier to do. I really never tried any other drawing apps besides trying to use procreate after getting a Chromebook since my mom had suggested trying some other art apps for my work. And I honestly just found it so confusing and so difficult to draw with, and it may be because I'm used to drawing on a tablet and not a Chromebook. I would have an easier time using paint on a computer compared to procreate. And I was using a mouse on the computer to draw stuff. With the comebook I tried the computer mouse and even my figures but it was just too confusing. But I will and always will love ibs paint, though the ads are absolutely annoying at times. I honestly don't mind having to watch them since the app is totally worth it.

For ibis, if you've one of the newer ipads, you can change between eraser and pen by double tapping the pen, just like with other apps, so that's a nice change :) Also it's my favourite by far cus I'm poor and if the wifi dies on me, I can use the brushes for free :D

What pen do u use on clip studio paint

4:56 Procreate actually does have this!! I’m not sure if there’s an shortcut for it though, I think you have to tap the colors individually

That watercolor brush with Fresco is a pretty big deal for some people who really want that effect. Maybe I haven't played around with other programs, but sometimes you *really* want a certain watercolor paint effect such as Chinese Calligraphy Painting. So it could be really nice.... except it's Adobe. We don't use Adobe if we don't have to, for obvious reasons

Ibis is extremely goated for a free app ngl. I can’t get into csp as it feels too cluttered on iPad + subscription based. As a comic creator, I love all the features ibis offers that caters to that specific work, though I can’t help but notice the crisp and professional look comics made in csp looks. Buttt ibis has an option to export file to csp file + csp can read ibis file too, so if I ever got the money to spent in the future, I will choose ibis in iPad and csp in computer and interlink between them.

As someone who draws on my note20 (when im not at my pc lol) infinite painter saved my life as the android procreate alternative. I've been using it for at least a year, saw it slowly grow and develop into a solid program. Its a shame i almost never see anyone talking about it. I have clip studio for android too but the monthly subscription and the tightly cluttered phone ui put me off (i do love clip studio on my pc tho)

for ibispaint x, you can doubletap on your pencil to change pen and eraser, hate using it but guess it's an option

I’ve never used clip studio paint before but I can tell it’s the best drawing app for pros and maybe artists who draw for fun. Ibis paint x is the best FREE drawing app but the ads are annoying(I use ibis). I tried hipaint on my phone and it’s not bad but I’m not entirely sure how to import brushes(they have a whole texture pack tho which is nice). I’ve never tried procreate and I never will, IM NOT PAYING 20 DOLLARS IM TOO BROKE FOR THAT 😭. And just a question, would flipaclip count as a drawing app?

I love procreate but I HATEEEEEE that stupid stability it’s so bad that I wanna bite my ipad. I had CSP for 2023 and it was great. Gotta renew my subscription soon; I miss some of the brushes I downloaded on there

I tend to jump between ibis paint and procreate, but mostly I use ibis paint. The other art apps are nice, but I hate paying for more subscription services. It’s also something I’m really familiar with because it was pretty much the only good enough choice for android devices before I got my iPad

I’m clip studio you can still use the paid brushes but you have to watch 1 ad for them all and for only a day then you have to watch a ad again

Finally a thai artistt i think im gonna subscribe to u

my favourite is ibispaint, especially since im used to it (and i am dumb when it comes to new drawing apps)

What kind of pen do you use on your iPad?

What app did you use for drawing

have you try krita? i use that program to draw, i think it's very good

I just got into digital art but I use PC to draw. I prefer krita honestly. It's completely free and I've really enjoyed it so far.

i lost all my art on procreate too but luckily i screenshotted my favourites anyway, now i screenshot all of them bc i had work for my brothers game on there which got fully deleted and i had to redo to 40 character sketches

Ibis Paint and Infinite Painter my beloved (Android user!)

no way sketchbook aint in this, its the best free drawing app imo

I mean, i have like two or three art apps that i like to switch around on. Im broke so i mainly use ibispaint, And goofy UI is best when you want to just have fun and not take things seriously. Though ibispaint can get laggy when you use Max Blur.

erm.. I must say ibis has some more shortcut that you could only get from going through settings, but I must also admit it took me several month to notice that as well.

18:13 I believe that Medibang, at least the old version and PC also had this transparent color features. Idk tho how to find that in iOS and iPad ver but in PC ver at least, it's located in the same menu with color picker as the transparent pixel box

honestly i've had procreate for i think over three years now(? since i first got my ipad and i don't think i've had problems with it + i only had to pay 10 dollars once and never again, i can't do a montlhy subscription as much as i'd like clip studio paint but i also wanna try out some new apps that are available so thank you for this video!

I love ibis paint (to delete ads disable ur wifi) 14:33 u can change settings in apple pen that if double click on the pen u automatically change to ereser/pen

tbh as a ibispaint x user who used to use medibang paint, i think ibispaint is more gentle w the ads. i used to get so many ads when using medibang and the premuim advertisment when loading the app wouldn’t let me draw so i just stopped using it 😦

As someone who use iPad ibis paint was my savior

Where the grip on your Apple Pencil from? The bare pencil hurts my fingers:(

Its all fun and games until Krita makes a mobile app.

In Infinite Painter you can move the toolbar

As someone that uses both infinite painter and CSP Pro, I can say that the first one can be pretty nice for quick drawings, somehow I find it'd UI less intimidating, BUT it's an app full of glitches. Some brushes don't work very well, sometime layers will randomly disappear (as they don't show, but the layers exist still..no matter if u click the eye icon or not, they just cease to exist) and imo the quality is a lot lower than what you can get with CSP.

Actually, medi bang was originally a computer program pretty sure it was a newer version of fire alpaca though the computer program last time I used it lookes very different to the ipad app and I don't get why

broke artists: how good is procreate??

And the stabilization on fresco?

note as an ibis paint user: aspect isn't thickness! it's the Z rotation of the brush! :D

would there be a part 2?

I have a shitty phone that cant run ibis (although i have tried it on a seperate phone, and it is good), so i just use medibang on my laptop, and god it is amazing... even if im just using my mouse, its still way better than others i have tried. I wanna thank the person who introduced me to the app.

i draw on ibis ty for giving good review (I have a comic on it to)

The only thing I wish Medibang had was a decent magic wand selection tool. You can’t even adjust it which turns me off from using it again.

I love clip studio paint, but also Fresco cause I’m not making art for money 😂 so yeah I’m broke basically. But fresco is very powerful for a free program. It’s definitely a learning curve. And definitely very different from other drawing app ui

You can experiment and can help you draw no pay for to add layers

Try heavy paint! I think the tools of this app are really fun to mess around:D

I use infinite painter premium, and its pretty good❤

please what is this thing on your pencil ??😭😭😭 ive been looking for this thing for years but i dont know the name of it

I’m also a person who lost two years of my pride to the app and it took my motivation away. My IPad offloaded the app randomly and I didn’t have offload on so yeah. I was depressed and crying for a week. And the videos showing me how I did my processes were gone and I really hated life.

Ibispaint at first is confusing, but I ended up learning a good bit of it after like a month or 2.

Then there's Krita. Nobody mentions it, nobody likes or dislikes it, it's just there, doing it's best and that's more than enough for me.