For this series of posts I’ll be introducing the best apps for your iPad and the Apple Pencil. I have my special old school handwriting notebook, with sheets of paper attached to be taken away when finished. The great thing about this note taking with the Apple Pencil is that my handwriting in long notes becomes so much better thanks to the pressure sensitivity and zooming in on individual letters.
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Best Apps For Ipad And Apple Pencil
- Apple Notes
Apple Notes Apple Pencil Drawing
Before you jump into the abyss of amazing third-party apps, don’t forget everything Apple Notes can do. The built-in Notes app comes with support for the Apple Pencil.
Make a new note, then just start writing with the Apple Pencil. You can scribble, draw, or do whatever else you want. Tap on the Pencil icon at the bottom to reveal the toolbar. From here, you can switch to a pen or a marker tip and pick any color you want.
Tap on the lasso tool icon to make a section. With it, simply draw over part of the note and you’ll be able to pick it up and move it around.
The best reason to use Apple Notes as a quick note-taking app on iPad is its integration with iOS/iPadOS. Tap on the Lock screen with your Apple Pencil and you’ll instantly open the Notes app with either a blank note or the last note you accessed (you can specify this in the app’s settings).
- Notability
Notability Apple Pencil Notetaking
Notability is designed as a multipurpose note-taking app, especially for students. When you open a note, you can choose to write with your Apple Pencil or type with the keyboard (and easily alternate between them).
Plus, you can record the audio in the background. This makes Notability the best tool for taking lecture notes. You can change the background to show graph paper and write as much as you need, thanks to the infinite scrolling feature. Notability also marks page breaks, which makes it easy to export notes as PDFs or print them later.
Download: Notability ($8.99, in-app purchases available)
- Adobe Photoshop
adobe-photoshop-ipad
As the iPad continues to become more powerful, desktop-class apps are making their move to the tablet, including Adobe Photoshop. Adobe designed the app to take advantage of the iPad’s touchscreen and include support for the Apple Pencil.
With the app, you can create full PSDs with layers and use features you know from the desktop version, like spot healing and blending. There are other familiar tools like the Layer stack and Toolbar. To better help you while working, the app’s UI is context-aware, so it will only show tools that you really need.
You can try the app out with a 30-day free trial. Anyone with a current Adobe Photoshop monthly membership can use the app at no additional cost.
Download: Adobe Photoshop (Free trial, subscription required)
- AstroPad Standard
Astropad Standard
You can bring an iPad and Mac together with AstroPad Standard. Requiring a special app to run on a Mac simultaneously, connect your iPad via Wi-Fi or plugged in with a USB connection. On the iPad, you’ll be able to mirror any Mac app on the tablet screen. Along with full touch support and gestures, you can use the Apple Pencil all across the system and with any app. That opens up a wide variety of ways to bring stylus support, including full pressure sensitivity, to the Mac.
For example, you can draw directly into any creative software like the popular Adobe Creative Suite, Pixelmator, and more. You can also use the Apple Pencil for annotation, whiteboarding, and other tasks. When using the app, it bursts up to 60 FPS, even when using Wi-Fi. The app also sports accurate palm rejection for an even better experience.
Download: AstroPad Standard ($29.99)
- Linea Sketch
Linea Sketch App Prototype Sketching
Linea Sketch sits somewhere between a simple doodling app and more professional drawing tools like Procreate. It gives you the simplicity of doodling whatever you want, with power user tools like unlimited layers, transform tools, automatic ruler, grids, and more.
Like every other drawing app, Linea takes a canvas-based approach. Unlike Notability, you won’t find an endlessly scrolling page here. However, you can create multiple canvases and organize them in projects.
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The grid tool gives you backgrounds for note-taking, drawing, and user interface design. Linea Sketch’s genius lies in its simple design. The tools are arranged in two panels on either side of the screen, letting you ignore features you don’t need.
But this is a double-edged sword, as many of Linea’s interesting features are hidden behind buttons. Once you get comfortable with the app, you should create a blank page and try all the tools at least once.
Best apps for apple pencil coloring
Is there a coloring app for the iPad?
The short answer? Yes. Yes there are coloring book apps for your iPad that will allow you to make gorgeous digital paintings. We may be a little (ok, a lot), biased, but we truly believe that the Pigment Coloring app is the best adult coloring app for your iPad. Here are some coloring apps with free and subscription options for your iPad:
Pigment: 5,000+ coloring pages, import & color your own photo capabilities, and intuitive tools that simulate a real coloring experience. The Pigment Gallery allows you to easily share, comment, follow and find inspiration in the coloring pages of the community. Challenges and prompts provide additional inspiration. The most realistic digital coloring book experience. Free & Subscription versions available.
Adult Coloring Book: This coloring app has pages designed to look like mini coloring books. It has some daily options for free coloring and a subscription option for full access.
Recolor: This coloring book app has 27 free pages, but to get higher quality images and gradient color options, you need to subscribe.
Color Therapy: Cool drawings, fun coloring palette options – there are free options and you can buy pages or color palettes piecemeal, or upgrade to Pro for a fee.
Is the Pigment coloring app free?
Pigment is a freemium coloring app which means you can download and use its basic capabilities for free. You can also do a free 7-day trial which allows you to get a sense of the premium tools and massive collection of coloring pages. (Like massive. Like you can color one page/day for 13 and a half years and still have some more to go.)
Is Pigment a Color by Number Coloring Book App?
Pigment is a coloring book app for your iPad, and has capabilities for both newbies and more advanced colorists. If you want a “color by number” vibe, use the “Automatic” mode which is the mode your app will be in when you start it. This allows you to color your picture smoothly&easily without going outside the lines.
Switching to freehand mode allows you to have a more controlled, more advanced digital coloring experience.
What are Pigment’s coloring tools?
Pigment’s coloring tools allow you to color with ease!
Relax and color using simple tap-to-fill tools.
Color with a variety of fills. Metallic, bloom, fade and more.
Easily add dimension using the airbrush or marker brushes.
Multiple undos make creative experimentation stress-free!
Can You Turn Pictures into Coloring Pages with Pigment?
Yep! Our import tool makes it easy (like, so easy) to import a picture and immediately turn it into grayscale for coloring. Create digital artwork of your pet, your significant other, your mom – these make great sentimental gifts. (They are perfect for people who “already have everything.”
Pigment Coloring App Reviews
Honestly? Don’t take our word for it. Try it for yourself. The download is free. If you want to try the premium version, it’s free for a week. (And after that is $9.99/month; cheaper than a movie ticket!)Come see why idiva describes Pigment as “the closest to real coloring you can possibly get,” imore lists Pigment as the most realistic coloring experience, and diycandy says “This adult coloring app is truly amazing. Unlike any of the other apps, you can choose brushes that allow you to really color.”
Or, as Pigment user usharwell5 puts it: “I have been a long-time Pigment Premium user, since 2015. I have seen many different additions through the years and this app beats EVERY other coloring app out there. One of the others actually let you color and use your own brain. The other are basically tap and fill. I was never a good artist, but I have learned so much from this app and the Pigment Community. I think the gallery is so much a part of the whole experience.”
What’s the best free coloring app for the apple pencil?
Pigment. Absolutely. Even the free version goes far beyond what other coloring book apps are providing. Move beyond apps that are tap-to-fill, limited coloring page collections, rare updates – you deserve a coloring app that creates an intuitive and realistic coloring experience.
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