Stuff - UK (2020-02)

100 BEST APPS

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MOLESKINE

The kings of

chunky premium

notebooks bring

a suitably polished

sketchpad to iOS.

Taps add dots

and lines to an

endlessly scrolling

canvas; tools sit at

the screen’s edge,

and can be tweaked

then stashed to use

later. Not bad, given

that a year’s sub

is less than buying

a single Moleskine

Classic notebook.

£10.99/yr / iOS

PHOTOSHOP FOR iPAD

Photoshop for iPad fell short of

the hype – claimed parity with

the desktop release – but it

does have full file compatibility

with it, and is a solid foundation

on which to build. Subscription

pricing means Affinity Photo

remains a better one-off buy,

but if you have a Creative Cloud

subscription already, grab this

iPad take immediately.

£9.99/month / iPad

APPLE PENCIL

(2ND GEN)

The original Apple
Pencil stylus for
iPad was great but
flawed, what with
its tendency to roll
off the desk and
the stupid way it
was charged. Its
successor is better
in every way: precise,
charging by snapping
its flat edge
magnetically to
the side of an iPad
Pro, and with
a double-tap area
for triggering actions
and selecting
alternative tools.
£119 / apple.com

This app reasons

that you need just

enough tools for

optimum scribbling,

rather than too

many. Everything

is within easy reach

on three panels,

and further help

is at hand from

grids, templates

and ZipShapes

that snap to regular

polygons if your

attempt at a circle

or square goes

a bit skew-whiff.

£4.99 / iPad

LINEA

SKETCH

Whether you have a masterpiece

fit for Tate Modern or just want to

sketch an idea down, these are the

apps you need on your iPad

TAYASUI

COLOR 2

At odds with the

likes of Pigment

and Lake, this

colouring app

eschews massive

catalogues of pics

and IAPs. Instead,

a one-off purchase

nets you a bunch of

fine illustrations and

some superb tools

that feel realistic in

every sense – and

that extends to the

noises they make

when you’re laying

down colour.

£1.99 / iOS

PROCREATE 5

The best painting

app on iPadOS

expands your

canvas in v5 by

way of a revamped

engine and a slew of

new tools. The most

important is Brush

Studio, for crafting

custom brushes

and also importing

Photoshop ones...

which run faster

than in Photoshop.

There are great new

tools for working

with colour and

animation as well.

£9.99 / iPad

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