Which True Grit-compatible apps are compatible with the iPad?
Procreate – Yes
Works beautifully and is exclusively for iPad. If you want to use Procreate on anything but an iPad, you’re s**t out of luck. If you’ve never used Procreate, try it out on a friend’s iPad first.
Adobe Photoshop – Kinda
However, there’s a tonne of features missing compared to the desktop version. It’s not a bad experience if you’re just drawing, but if you rely on actions or use a lot of filters, it’s undercooked.
Adobe Illustrator – Kinda
Like Photoshop, it’s not a full version. Vector brushes are clunky to import, and there are no brush management or organization capabilities. Scatter and pattern brushes aren’t supported.
Adobe Fresco – Yes, but…
Adobe’s Procreate competitor is a decent drawing app if custom brushes don’t matter to you. Most of our Photoshop brushes work in Fresco, but brush management is limited, and essential brush customizations such as texture scaling are not supported.
Affinity Photo / Affinity Designer – Yes
Affinity Photo and Designer both work identically to their desktop counterparts. The user interface is modified to suit the format and can take a little getting used to, but both apps run really well on iPad. No notes.
Clip Studio Paint – Yes
Again, an excellent iPad native companion to the desktop version. Works just like you’d expect, with all features accounted for and fewer interface tweaks than you might expect. Can be a little “crashy” but otherwise a great app on iPad.
Other apps
Of course, there are a ton of other drawing apps for iPad, but since we don’t make tools for them, and you’re probably a TGTS user, we’ll skip over them.
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