Inkpad

What do you like best?

I loved having an app available to teach vector drawing to students! There are not many out there, and having it available was awesome. The added bonus of having tools similar to tools in illustrator and photoshop is great. The ability to work in unlimited layers is game changing from some apps like sketchbook, which lock the amount of layers unless you upgrade to premium (paid subscription.)

What do you dislike?

The inability to rotate the page I was working on was not great. I prefer to turn the page to a more natural angle. Some icons are not as user friendly as they could be. Having intuitive icons that mimic icons in similar products makes it easier for kids to use because they recognize the icons and know what they mean. As an adult who uses illustrator regularly, the icons are easy to understand from my perspective.

Recommendations to others considering the product:

Be aware that this is a vector based app, not pixels.

What problems are you solving with the product? What benefits have you realized?

I teach graphic design and digital media art for middle school, and this app is comparable to sketchbook and procreate, but is the only free vector app I have found. It solved that problem!