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Adobe Illustrator: Graphic Art App Complaints & User Negative Comments 2024
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✓ Waste of Time and EnergyAdobe being Adobe, as has been the case for what feels like their entire existence, they pull yet another bait and switch. This app appeared to be an option to replace the FREE versions of apps they’re abandoning. I don’t have the budget, nor the justification for spending what Adobe demands (for how many apps?!) on top of the existing subscriptions that simply allow me to turn on a device anymore. If I could swear in these I’d certainly have plenty of expletives to share. This is an ugly model, wasted my time AND data I have to pay for, and is all around what I’ve come to expect from Adobe. There ARE other options out there. And when you compound the shady business practices with their even shadier data collection, we really have no reason to keep this vile company afloat..Version: 1.2.1
✓ MisleadingCan download it be not use it without a subscription!!!!.Version: 1.2.6
✓ BafflingIt seems I try to give this app a second chance every couple months but within the first minute I find some thing so bad that I’m baffled in the stupidity. So instead of writing a list of bug reports as usual, I will just leave this short note. I heard the pencil has been updated to be better, so I gave it a shot and immediately it is drawing without any stroke attached. Imagine buying a pencil without graphite, then you have to go look through their UI to remind them the point of a pencil is to make marks… even after having your stroke set up in advanced, the next time you use the pencil it will deactivate again as if it’s confident you want a pencil without graphite, made of straight wood… maybe consider replacing that Icon with a wood stick if this is intended..Version: 2.1
✓ Half baked? More like rawLittered with glitches which require a full app reset every single time. Adobe being the classic money grabbing company they always have been. Don’t have a subscription based model if you can’t even get close to what other single purchase options have. Would love to know when the full version is going to be released..Version: 2.1.1
✓ LimitedI’m genuinely surprised how limited it is. Basic features are missing, for example: There’s no way to change the profile of a stroke, skew or shear a shape, or use effects such as glow, blur, etc. It’s also poorly optimised - drawing with the pencil tool rapidly slows the app down. In contrast Affinity designer is much more fully featured, and has no performance issues - even in a document with several artboards, complex characters, and plenty of layer effects. Compared to Illustrator there are no compromises being made between the desktop and iPad apps. £10 a month for this? That’s a bad deal..Version: 1.0.2
✓ It’s a good app, better than I expected. However, it’s really buggy..Too many bugs, it crashes to often. It’s becoming a hindrance. Vectornator don’t even crash this often. It’s making want to cancel my Adobe subscription. Please fix this. It could be a greate app Update: it’s becoming a joke now. I’m using 2020 iPad Pro and now i can’t even edit anything. The bugs in this app is ridiculous. I’m thinking to close my Adobe account..Version: 1.3
✓ Missing a lot of features from the desktop versionIm using this app on the ipad while I’m away and I see a lot of features missing from the actual app making it very limiting, however I still managed to make some good logos and designs.Version: 3.0.6
✓ UnstableEntire groups go missing meaning you have to close the app and open it and sometimes you lose hours worth of work. This was a bug when I first used it, I’ve come back to it a year plus later and this is still an issue how!? Also tons of basic features are missing, still no Freeform distort or warp tools To then charge a monthly fee for this crap is a joke.Version: 3.0.6
✓ Can’t saveFiles won’t save..Version: 3.0.2
✓ Want to love it but sub-parSluggish performance, disappointing missing features compared to the desktop version and iPad competitors, and buggy. Really wanted to love the Illustrator iPad version as the desktop version is my most used piece of software but this ain’t it unfortunately. I’ve been using it on and off since closed beta and have been disappointed with the progress..Version: 3.0
✓ Very buggy / half bakedThe amount of bugs I have encounter made the experience frustrating and time wasting. I was constantly fixing formatting mistakes because of a bug with the move and duplicate tools Download affinity designer, it actually feels finished, Is cheaper, and enjoyable to use, at least until adobe get it together and stop charging people premium prices for half finished, buggy, time wasting software Don’t waste your time.Version: 1.0.3
✓ After downloading the app just crashes never opens :(After downloading the app just crashes never opens :(.Version: 3.0.1
✓ WORST APP EVER13$ a month for the worst design app out there. lots of bugs, i keep having to save my pencil settings all the time, layers move around, driving me literally crazy. pls fix.Version: 3.0.3
✓ Having some issuesFor the most part, the app works great. However, some things are bothering me. Recently, when I try to open a file, the app crashes without any given reason. Other files are fine, but this one in particular causes a crash every time. Also, my files do NOT “seamlessly transfer from one app to another”. Every time I move from illustrator to photoshop, I get an error saying some things cannot be transferred over and the file basically becomes useless. With more of the desktop features were available as well, but guess it can’t be exactly as powerful as the pc version..Version: 1.3
✓ Why did you have to kill off sketch and draw?This is horrible! It doesn’t show thumbnails of my work. Only blank files and a number. How am I supposed to find anything? Who came up with this brilliant idea? There wasn’t a darn thing wrong with draw and sketch. So, you had come up with something that’s worse. If you’re not gonna support dry sketch, why the heck do you lock me out of it. Why can’t I continue to use it. I don’t give a dog gone if you support it or not. I could still use it. But no! You have to lock people out of it. That’s just disgusting. I can’t even get my artwork out. Hundreds of hours of work lost. They worked great, easy to use, and it did what I needed to do. Adobe discontinued it replaced it with fresco which is a nightmare. The thumbnails don’t show the actual art. All it is is a gray folder. How can I find something if I can’t see it? Please fix that. If things don’t improve, I am dumping Adobe all together and going with another program. Very frustrated and very disappointed. Fresco is a huge step backwards..Version: 2.1
✓ Adobe probably won’t listen but...Honestly, i’ve been waiting years for this to come onto iPad as I’m sure most designers have. It has 1 cool feature that is not available on desktop. But other than that it lacks tons of staple tools a real designer needs. There are no rulers, or ruler guides you can drag down. You can’t export with a bleed and printer marks which is an absolute must for print designers. I pay for the cloud subscription for all apps and this is what Adobe came up with?! I do not want to have to switch between iPad and computer, which is something they are so proud of 🙄. It’s one or the other. Affinity Designer is cheaper and much more capable. I just don’t understand why bleeding people for money is more important then producing a capable program for iPad. Just so disappointed. And just FYI I’m speaking from the POV of a print designer, this is not my hobby but my job. Instead of making the iPad version a stand alone subscription include it solely in your cloud service and make it more capable. Listen to your customers..Version: 1.0.2
✓ What the hell?!Not a fan, I thought it was similar to things like procreate and IbisPaint, I guess not. Really disappointed that you have to pay to use the app at all, like what the hell?! If I could I’d give it a zero out of ten, I had high hopes for this app, I’m f-ing disappointed..Version: 3.0.2
✓ Keeps cutting outI am doing this design concept and considering I’m paying for it I’m so upset it still cuts out :(.Version: 2.1.2
✓ Total trashNothing about this app feels like illustrator, and it only has about 20% of the tools. Completely useless to anyone who uses illustrator professionally..Version: 1.3.2
✓ CrashingConsistally crashes shortly after opening. Please update.Version: 3.0.5
✓ BuggyVery buggy in its current state. Constantly freezing, especially bad when using the blob brush or adjusting layers…. almost unusable, have to constantly jump between the pc version after drawing on the iPad. I will adjust this review if issues are resolved in future updates.Version: 3.0.3
✓ Snapping feature needs moreWorks well but I rely on being able to use the snap to grid feature with the pen tool, which I can’t use on the iPad. Would be perfect if this feature was built..Version: 2.1
✓ Nothing like the desktop versionAffinity Designer brings their desktop version straight over to iPad. With all Adobe’s resources, why can’t they offer both the desktop version and a “light” iPad version? Simply missing so many vital features, and not allowing designers to continue their existing workflow. Very puzzling..Version: 1.2
✓ Adobe CrasherOpen an existing file? Crashes open a new file? Crashes import a font? Crashes useless..Version: 3.0.5
✓ GlitchedCan’t open keyboard most of the time, tried restarting, no change..Version: 3.0.1
✓ Add featurePlease add feature to change ppi.Version: 1.3
✓ Unresponsive commands and closing appI downloaded illustrator not so long ago and been playing around with it in order to refresh and get a feel of how some commands work. I’ve watched couple tutorials and I also go to the section where the commands are to try them out but some just don’t work. For instance I can try a command and it works perfectly fine, five minutes later I try the same command and it doesn’t work at all. I also been having issues with the app closing randomly and it is very frustrating. I do have the iPad Pro and it has a very decent amount of gigs so I just don’t quite understand what’s going on..Version: 1.3
✓ Never endes up tryingAs a person who uses a lot of adobe programme as well as an iPad for work I was and still am really excited about this. However when I got the chance to test it it would lagg whenever I would try and create a new file. Don't know why :(.Version: 1.0.2
✓ What? Why?This app, I haven’t really seen. This app you have to pay! It’s not fair! This app may be great but we all might not have the money, and I know you get a 1 month free trial but really….. and if you don’t wanna pay you gotta! There’s no xS like other games. And why is logging in so hard!.Version: 1.3.2
✓ Honestly, it’s garbageThis is not capable of the most simple shape building functionality. Lacks: The shortcuts essential to speeding up a workflow (no d for default colours, no quickly taking out fill or stroke, no eye dropper button, the delete key seems to do nothing) Why does is have to be a dumbed down version of illustrator rather than the full blown thing? The ipad pro is far more capable then my 2014 Macbook pro and yet, I find myself having to use that as even the most simple projects are far too glitchy and unworkable. I’ve tried to make this usable over a couple of days but it’s simply not good enough. It’s a pound shop illustrator.Version: 1.0.3
✓ Umm...It seemed good in the App Store so I downloaded it, but had to sign in email address, first name, last name, password, the year I was born, the the month and the day. I went through ALLLLLL of that about billion times and kept saying there was a error WHEN THERE WASN’T!! ARR!!!! Sorry but, don’t get ur hopes up..Version: 1.2
✓ Not happyThe app keeps crashing and I keep loosing work.Version: 3.0.2
✓ Version 3.0.4 Crashes CONSTANTLYThe app crashes whenever I use my Apple Pencil to do anything, but most often when I select menu items. There hasn’t been an update, and I wonder why I’m paying a subscription for an app that doesn’t work. No word from Adobe on when this issue will be fixed except to say “We can’t reproduce the error.” 🤬.Version: 3.0.4
✓ Solid startIf I wasn’t a user of Procreate I would have given this four stars. I wish Illustrator for iPad had certain UX functions like Procreate’s that really takes the iPad user into consideration such as I’d like to rotate the canvas with my fingers , instead of rotating the iPad itself , as I must with illustrator. Another example is brush size, with illustrator app I must tap once and then swipe up to increase size, where as I intuitively want to merely swipe up or down and have the brush size change. Small complaints and I’m sure I’ll get used to these particularities, and definitely happy I don’t have to fumble around in adobe draw. Looking forward to app updates that make the experience more intuitive..Version: 1.0.3
✓ .You should have stated that a monthly subscription is required to use the app.Version: 1.0.2
✓ Free but its not freeCmon adobe same thing as photoshop on mobile you have to do a stupid trail thats the only option.Version: 1.0.2
✓ Was great Until the updateI love adobe illustrator and I love all of their products. I use each and every one of them for school at RMCAD and I came to the realization that every time I open illustrator to use it for school it crashes. I have done everything imaginable to rectify this issue. I have uninstalled it and the reinstalled It. Cleared my cache everything, but nothing will work. I have the latest iPad with my Apple Pencil and if you so much as hover on it the screen goes black and it crashes. I wish I could roll back to the previous version because it never did this and I was in love. Now I’m falling behind in school because they essentially broke their app. Hopefully, another update will come out to fix it, but if you have the ability to purchase / use another software that’s reliable I would do it. Illustrator is great, but the developers have no clue just how damaging it is to us when you break the very thing we pay to use. I’ll be looking for another approved type of software that the school will accept. But, until then, run. It’s not worth what you pay when you literally cannot use the app at all..Version: 3.0.5
✓ Very flakeyI have been using Illustrator on desktop since the first version. I had always loved the program. I have been really disappointed with Illustrator on the iPad. Constant crashes and unable to find a solution has been incredibly frustrating..Version: 3.0.6
✓ I hate this appLove it.Version: 1.0.2
✓ It’s BuggyI’m a faithful user of Adobe Illustrator on desktop, and was really excited to finally have an iPad to experiment with the iPad version. The interface is as intuitive as the desktop version, but the bugs quickly undermine the user experience. Each time I’m attempting to make edits on a new layer (e.g. changing the stroke or color of my brush) it impacts linework on layers that are locked. What’s the purpose of having layers and being able to lock them if this functionality is bypassed? This makes it entirely impossible to finish an illustration using this app. I hope this issue will be resolved, however forums from November 2022 reveal that this has been an ongoing issue for months..Version: 3.0.1
✓ The state of this app is embarrassingIllustrator is an immensely powerful tool and the ability to take it anywhere in the form of an app is incredibly promising. Using it in practicality is somehow the most frustrating experience I’ve been through with my decently long history using Adobe products. Needing to restart the app every few minutes as it stops supporting the use of basic tools or peripherals is unacceptable in my mind. I’m also shocked at how hard specifically selecting text seems to be in this app while even the default feature in things like notes are way easier and far more reliable. I’m so glad I can make vector art on the go with the features I know and love but I’ve absolutely hated my time here..Version: 3.0.6
✓ Why would I pay for your company to profit off me?Adobe is no longer a professional design solution but a data mining GREETY marketing firm. Crap overpriced garbage that YOU pay for then THEY turn around collect abuse and sell your data for even more profit. Worked fine until cloud happened and they wanted to be just like Facebook because they are greedy..... Facebook is free though.... and not a professional software solution, so why in the world would I pay for Adobe cloud especially because they don’t own vector making there’s plenty of other options now THAT ARE CHEAPER TOO... can’t wait until it’s no longer industry standard to use Adobe and i hope Adobe gets run to the ground and goes bankrupt for trying to be something it’s not. Prob won’t happen though they will find a way to stay in the game of data mining. Hahahahha get procreate y’all ADOBE IS THE WORST.Version: 1.2
✓ Crash all the Time on iPadNot for standard iPad. You need iPad Pro and better.Version: 3.0.1
✓ GlitchyStill so many glitches to be sorted, it just gets frustrating to get so far through some artwork and then stop responding, or the layer panel doesn’t show all the layers. Will be handy once it’s sorted but I wouldn’t pay for it as it is if it wasn’t included in my CC subscription..Version: 2.0.3
✓ More features needed!I use illustrator daily in my job as a fashion designer, so I thought this could be great for making work more portable. I create technical packs using desktop illustrator and also create designs to be printed for presentations. For this, I need to be able to add patterns! It’d be great if you could look at including this feature in future. Flat colours and gradients just aren’t cutting it right now!.Version: 1.2
✓ Major errors that can render app unusable.When it works, it’s great. Theoretically, the idea of being able to hand draw on the iPad and then continue working on a desktop is fantastic. In practice, there are errors and limitations that severely hinder the utility and reliability of the app, often to the point where it’s not worth using it at all. The latest problem I’ve encountered is an inability to save files. The autosave feature has always been spotty, but now there are times when it’s not even possible to save manually. I’ve had to restart a project twice now because the file failed to save, which meant hours of work were lost. I love the idea of an Illustrator app and hope these problems will be fixed, but if you can’t even reliably save your work, it’s too much of a risk to use in its present state..Version: 3.0.3
✓ Needs workI like the basic functionality, but I’m finding a lot of redraw issues (e.g. the layers palette shows items after I’ve deleted them. I have to open a close layers to have it refresh). Also crashed (e.g. while trying to use the camera to insert an image)..Version: 3.0.1
✓ Direct selection tool hit and missApp is okay but using the direct selection tool to edit your path is frustrating... often it moves the whole shape instead of the individual point and points cannot be moved into exact position when you zoom in further than 500%.... would be nice if you could rotate the screen too..Version: 1.0.2
✓ Glitchy as hellWanted to like this program. Only got it to vector images for laser engraving. Honestly glad I didn't waste money on a subscription program glitches and shuts down regularly, upon re-starting settings have changed. Issue is not with my iPad as it is 2nd gen iPad Pro. Haven't had any issues with any other drawing programs only illustrator, also, I don't find illustrator to be the most user friendly program. Thumbs down.Version: 2.0.2
✓ No family sharing support with Apple login optionFor occasional users the subscription pricing model is daft. I couldn’t find anything documenting whether family sharing is supported for this when using the Apple login option, but having failed to get family sharing to work during the free trial period Adobe support have confirmed it is not possible..Version: 1.2.6
✓ AgeI accidentally wrote the wrong age and it wouldn’t let me in so I tried to redo it but it still didn’t.Version: 1.0.2
✓ So many bugs! Please help me!I’m an artist/ illustrator and I use mostly procreate for my small business. I used to working with photoshop on desktop but I recently found illustrator for iPad. The app has way too many bugs. For example when I zoom in on the canvas to work of parts of the drawing the app glitches and stops working. I then have to exit out of the app and completely clear the history before restarting it again. I also notice when I select one layer to work, it sometimes doesn’t select and I’m working on another layer! This is extremely frustrating! Please help me! I’m paying money fees to Adobe and the app isn’t working. The only reason why I’m trying to use this app is because I need a great vector software to turn my work into products. If this isn’t resolved soon I will be forced to cancel my contract with Adobe and look for alternative software..Version: 1.2.6
✓ Doesn’t workI have seen many previews of the app and it looks like you can make some amazing artworks with it, so I was excited to start drawing. But, I was sad to see it didn’t work. I first joined the app. Seemed fine, I signed in with my google account. When the little “What’s New” tab pops up and I try to press X, Nothing happens. (I am using my Ipad with this app.) I try to use my apple pencil, which is definitely charged, yet it doesn't’ work. It seems to be frozen, yet the animation is playing, and all other components of my iPad is working. What is happening, and is it the app, my iPad, the amount of bytes, or the wrong device?.Version: 3.0.6
✓ AnoyingThis is a great app but sometimes is anoying😬😬😬😬😦.Version: 1.3
✓ Too Expensive and Missing FunctionsNo longer a fan of the increasingly costly Adobe products when there are great alternatives for a fraction of the cost!.Version: 3.0.3
✓ Keeps crashingHow do i stop it from crashing.Version: 3.0.1
✓ Good but missing a lot of featuresWorks well when you’re on the go. However, quite disappointed you can’t do simple effects like warping text to a shape like you can on the Mac. Hopefully this would be added later down the track..Version: 3.0.3
✓ Finicky and AnnoyingApp has loads of bugs and doesn’t work properly. When trying to draw in mirror mode, if you make a mistake and undo, it deactivates mirror mode and keeps drawing in a new path layer. You have to try about 20 times to get it to work again, then you make another mistake and repeat the process all over again..Version: 1.3.2
✓ Drawing challengesKeeping in mind how new this app is, perhaps things will improve with time. But for now, I find the app annoyingly makes assumptions that you are attempting to create shapes and not lines, auto-joining two ends based on what seems to be some percentage calculation based on the “shape” drawn. This means that even when drawing very large drawing, on say an A0 page size, line ends are automatically joined. Meaning the app assumes that two line ends which can be even over 5cm or greater in distance, auto-join. Given this is an automated extra step, Adobe could and should make it that “undo” simply removes that last automated step. This would still be annoying, but an effective workaround. Of course, there may be some hidden setting or technique to avoid this, but Adobe support is terrible, and this far I’ve not been able to get any answer on this from Adobe nor the online community (however I did receive badges for my community interaction... Adobe, you are not a social network, please just focus on offering exceptional service, which this is not}.Version: 1.0.3
✓ Slowest and glitchiest app ever usedAt first I thought maybe it was my 1 year old iPad but photoshop, fresco, and all other apps work perfectly fine. Not only that it feels like they took 2 helpful things that could easily be implemented into mobile photoshop like easily creating seamless repeat patterns but then made the rest needlessly complicated. It’s has enough extra taps/clicks/ differences with photoshop and loading time to be awarded the most annoying app I’ve ever used while simultaneously being the app that has the most useful tool for my current project (and that adds on to the annoying). I don’t write reviews unless its life changing or that bad and this is so bad I almost feel like they made it like this on purpose..Version: 2.1
✓ UnuseableCrashes every time I try and do something! Can’t use it at all.Version: 1.3.2
✓ App crashes soon as it’s openedI’m not sure what the problem is but I recently got an iPad, so naturally I downloaded illustrator on the iPad because I use it on my laptop. But for some reason soo and I open the app and select a new document it crashes, collapsing the app. So because of this I had to download and pay for Procreate which is a lot better for the iPad and you can insert vectors into workspace.Version: 3.0.2
✓ Not what it’s cracked up to beComing from desktop Illustrator on a Mac, I have been trying to use the iPad version on the go for touchups and last minute tweaks to designs but there’s so much missing it’s hardly a complement to the desktop app; if someone were to start using the app without ever having used a desktop version of Illustrator they MIGHT find it useful, but as they try to do anything like merge, flatten, and combine shapes they’ll start to find a lot to be desired. Too many features are missing to be truly useful. If they add in more of the desktop features I may find a use for it, but it’s far from being a complement, let alone a replacement, for the desktop app..Version: 3.0
✓ Horrible absolutely awfulWhen you get the app it will say that you need to pay to play it looks awesome in the images but................. it’s not good NEVER GET THE APP because it will make you pay when I say “pay” I mean money in real life so what do you think just “THINK”.Version: 1.1
✓ Where is the print functionI produce something on illustrator that I need to print out, but that function doesn’t appear to exist..Version: 1.3
✓ Huge potential to be a workflow game changer but still lacking a lot of basic toolsI don’t usually write these but I’m keen for Adobe to update the program to a point that I can legitimately do my professional work from absolutely anywhere, even in transit or sat in a park. It’s a nice start but still a way from offering a similar level of performance to its desktop counterpart. I usually use a lot of shortcut keys for a lot of functions which I understand is hard to implement in tablet format but I still don’t want to be running through menu lists to get to what I need to. I suggest custom tool menus for people to put their most used tools in one place. Either this or a a kind of pull-out numpad or list of keyboard shortcuts down the side of the screen. Other than that, for me to be able to do the kind of jobs I do on desktop I am still missing a gesture command for rotate canvas, the Gaussian blur tool, the whole stroke profile set, texture swatches, blend tool, offset path, pattern tool, recolour artwork, and compound path tool. Moving forward it would also be cool to add features that might enable co-working in real-time to promote collaboration..Version: 1.0.2
✓ Want to love it so muchI’m pretty annoyed and reading the reviews has made me a bit more annoyed- I just want to use the x and y axis function to make my pattern repeat and it should take a few minutes really. But when I put the exact number I want the item to move to (so the edge of the pattern repeats), illustrator changes the number either a bit less or a bit more. It’s driving me nutty. I simply can finish it on the iPad right now. Sometimes it works when I group all the objects together, I turned off and on different combos of all the snap to grid or whatever to no avail. I hope I am doing it wrong, so I can figure out how to do it but it really should not be be such a secret. Also, it still crashes, freezes and glitches. And app subscription too expensive considering the issues. I don’t like how limited the brushes are in terms of tapered ends only for the blob brush- but the blob brush is risky as it is a shape and not a mailable line and it merges with other blob brush lines. And that when I modify the width profile for the pencil it does it once and then the next stroke it reverts back to default. Sometimes the colour picker doesn’t work at all and only shows grey as a result. That’s is a kick to the face when it happens… See, I need to use the app version as I have to use the Apple pen and I don’t like drawing tablets..Version: 3.0.1
✓ It has a great potential, but it still crashes a lot.The app crashed more than 10 times today. :(.Version: 1.0.2
✓ FreezingEvery time trying to view the full image or zoom it freezes and don’t unfreeze when closed app.Version: 2.1.2
✓ CrashesWhen editing or mirroring vector, it either hangs or crashes..Version: 2.1
✓ Everything is so slowSee title.Version: 3.0.1
✓ Mal funcionamientoEl programa es demasiado lento en el iPad, no tiene las mismas herramientas que en la computadora, lo cual lo hace menos atractivo. Por necesidad y por que en estos momentos no tengo mi laptop me veo obligada a usarlo en mi iPad, lo cual me ha traído muchos dolores de cabeza, muy descontenta con el resultado y lo caro que es para lo mal que funciona..Version: 3.0.1
✓ GlitchingLook this is so exciting that it’s finally on tab but..... ITS SO GLITCHY hey I know that this just came out but I have to point some out here they are: #1 when you you the eye dropper tool it doesn’t get the right color! It’s really frustrating!!!! #2 the eraser is a pen sometimes the eraser star writing in black even when I set it to white!!!!!! #3 the layers don’t work I don’t know how to explain what happens but... it just doesn’t work sorry. #4 ok I was making a cover for my comic book thing and I had to draw on the background and the cat on it was an imported pic and I wrote on the layer BEHIND the cat and not even where the cat was it was of to a corner but IT ENTIRELY ERASED THE CAT not any of the text though and I looked in layers.... AND THE CAT WAS HIGHER THAN THE LITTLE LINE!!!!!!!! That’s all the glitches I can think of but there are a lot more. The only reason I gave this 3 stars instead of 1 star is because I think this is a great app for just coming out. Sincerely A comic boor writer. Ps did you release this because of a deadline like sonic 06? Not like it’s actually bad like sonic 06 but I mean with the glitches just curious!.Version: 1.0.3
✓ Is there an option of No star rating?The idea of illustrator on the iPad is great.......But they really shouldn’t be releasing it until they sort out all the terrible bugs, what a let down. I have the Latest iPad Pro, and it keeps crashing, losing the last 5 minutes of work, and to top it off, i now open the project to a blank screen. i Spent hours hours and hours trying to complete this job (with a deadline of this evening) and its all down the drain. To me, this is pointless if I’m going to get let down like that. Some people are using this to make a living, if it isn’t working properly then don't take peoples money, especially in this crisis. I now cant get paid. Thanks!.Version: 1.1.2
✓ BuggyI love this app, makes drawing vectors so much simpler. However, it has some annoying bugs - shapes still appear in layers after being deleted. You cant use the shape builder when using the direct selection tool. The app freezes often when trying to select a layer with multiple paths, even on the top of the range ipad pro. My swatches also seem to delete when i close and re open a file. Would also be great if you could add the magic wand tool, knife and scissor tool and mesh tool..Version: 2.1
✓ Not comparable w desktopBiggest dogwater laggy app, but the rest is okayish.Version: 3.0.1
✓ Illustrator on iPad! Amazing, but with some frustrating bugs.This is a great streamlined version of illustrator with some basic drawing tools. Excellent for starting larger projects before transferring it over seamlessly to desktop over the could! HOWEVER: Two extremely frustrating persistent bugs really bring the experience down: 1. Sometimes the layers don’t update properly, still showing deleted content, or not showing pasted content. 2. WHENEVER YOU DOUBLE TAP WITH THE SELECT TOOL IT PASTES WHATEVER IS IN THE CLIPBOARD! This cannot be changed in the app settings, and has wasted so much of my time since I started using illustrator iOS in 2020. The day these get fixed will be a good day!.Version: 2.1.2
✓ Massive let downLimited like all adobe products on ipad, I use them for min or so to see that they are utterly useless. This is a basic vector app at best for 14 bucks a month. I don't even understand how it can be called illustrator. Unless you pay to have fresco and then extra for photo shop and you spend all your time bouncing it from adobe app to adobe app you wont be able to do anything worth while with it. Im switching to Affinity photo and design. and soon publisher. Full applications one time purchase every thing the adobe cloud dose for me in two apps. Im deleting all adobe apps from my life, this just was the closer. Im actual angry, how could they put this out and charge. its garbage.Version: 1.0.2
✓ Useless Customer ServiceSo Annoying. What the f is the point of a an artboard if you’re going to include anything outside it as well while exporting? Stupid.Version: 3.0.1
✓ Can’t get on appMy daughter is 4 years old and loves to draw but we keep running out of paper so I got this app so she could draw and not use paper but the app will not let her go on for some reason. Please get better Internet for the app..Version: 3.0.1
✓ Too many bugs!I had hoped v3 would be a big improvement but it’s probably worse for bugs. Layers become unresponsive, objects somehow exist without a layer, the text tool brings up Lorum Ipsum but then the button for the onscreen keyboard doesn’t work. Its just unusable. I don’t understand how it can be so bad when Affinity Designer works perfectly..Version: 3.0
✓ I was looking forward to it…When I first heard that they would release the app so I could use my favourite adobe product on my iPad, I was insanely stoked. I wanted to illustrate on my iPad, which is way more travel friendly than a Wacom. When the app launched, I was so disappointed for the limited amount of features on it. I figured that Ai is a massive program and translating it all would require time and many updates to get anywhere near, but it’s been so long now and not much has been added or improved… the other day I wanted to draw the outlines by hand for a project and tried to do it on my iPad first and it kept jumping and doing strange things. It was more frustrating to draw by hand than with the computer. I quickly settled with working from my desk instead of my comfy couch next to my dog. I’m still hoping that this app could become an extension of my computer…..Version: 3.0.2
✓ Smooth as rubber on rubberDoes it work? Yes. Does it work well? Not really. Is it intuitive? About as much so as all Adobe software to a bright eyed new user, lol. Adobe seems to be under some perverted impression that people are better off having the always save on cloud feature on by default. It freezes while it syncs the changes you’re making... as you’re making them. You can’t select multiple points in a path and rotate. It seems to decide what layer you’re working on on it’s own and it’s always the wrong one. Sometimes if you undo too fast your path points remain visible but it doesn’t show your path anymore, like it’s oddly stuck in this sort of half state... I blame this as well on their weird cloud sync. It’s a good effort but honestly has a ways to go. Try Affinity Designer..Version: 2.1
✓ Good app but keeps closingDownloaded this app to draw and designs items for our clothing brand. It’s a great app does everything we need sketch wise, only issue been facing is that after a few seconds it keeps randomly closing the app and I have to re launch it and then start over again if it’s not been saved. Updated the app hoping it would fix it and it hasn’t. Any reason it does this, and how to fix it?.Version: 2.0.3
✓ Only good for 2 minutes…..I have been working on the same piece of art for about a week now because I can’t work on it for more than 2-3 minutes at a time before I either have to go back to the home page to let it save my work or before the app just straight up quits on me without saving the previous 2-3 minutes of work. I am straight up sick of having to go back in and redraw the same 6 lines after each time it quits. I’ve uninstalled the app, reinstalled it, restarted my iPad (iPad Air iOS 15.2 that is less than a year old), updated my iPad, updated the app, I literally don’t know what else to do. I’m so tired of this, all I want to do is work and draw and illustrator can’t even handle itself for more than two minutes at a time and continues throwing my money for the subscription down the drain. God. Wow..Version: 2.1
✓ Vector graphic design is garbage!Manually drawing with this app is horrendous. Great for simply importing transferring to vector and exporting for css. Do not purchase if you plan to draw with this app..Version: 3.0.5
✓ 100% not freeWent ahead and downloaded expecting limited use but can’t do anything without signing up to pay 13 bucks/month. Save your data, don’t bother..Version: 2.0.1
✓ Constant crashingAbsolutely frustrating.Version: 2.0.3
✓ Why is this app even in the App Store?🙄This app is so 2019… and it’s 2024 now. They really brought over the adobe logo and some tools from Illustrator that do next to nothing.. and for what? A buggy experience and not-so-fast load times? You can download other & even free vector apps from the App Store that do so much more and have consistent updates by developers that genuinely want to improve their software for their creators. Fortunately I don’t pay for this standalone app because I use various Adobe products on my iPad and Mac. I’ll continue using the desktop version but until this app gets any sort of updating, this is on the back burner. If you need a vector drawing app for the iPad then I’d recommend ‘Affinity Designer 2’ .. I downloaded it over a month ago with a free trial first, it’s a one time payment of like $13 or somewhere around there so it’s like pennies compared to the smallest Adobe subscription. I’m blown away by all the capabilities it has for the iPad. There’s also Curve(used to be vectornator) and it’s free although now you have to pay if you want more than 3 documents . Another one is Vector Q and I believe it’s free so you can try it out but to export you have to pay a one time fee of like $5 which it’s worth it, in my opinion. So there’s plenty of options beside this. (:.Version: 3.0.6
✓ Broken and buggyInconsistent,broken and buggy The pencil tool was great…then it broke Pencil tool settings save when they feel like it, sometimes the stoke settings will save others not, just a broken frustrating app At least Procreate is artist friendly cannot wait until they move into the vector space as they know how to do iPad apps and UX.Version: 2.1
✓ Garbage 🗑️For paying $13 a month, I want to love it, but I really just can’t. The app crashes and gets lagged down all the time, even when not doing anything or working on big files. Adobe needs to step it up with the features and performance of the app, and then I’ll be happy to use it, but honestly quite disappointing considering the amount of money we pay to use this app..Version: 3.0.4
✓ Good but still buggyGreat app but I did find a bug when editing typed words. The keyboard locks into the original text when you make a duplicate. When you clear the text to add new text, the keyboard shows you are adding to the previous text and even gives an option to save new combined word to dictionary, even if that word does not show in the raster. When I attempt to delete the nonexistent text, it removes each letter one by one in the keyboard suggestions, until the last letter is removed, then repeats the word again indefinitely. The main issue I have with this bug is that my autocorrect is constantly broken because each thing I type is combined with the last word I typed, within the keyboard suggestions..Version: 3.0.2
✓ It crashes as soon as i try to draw something (iPad Pro 12,9 m20Please fix 🥺🥺🥺.Version: 3.0.5
✓ Lots of missing featuresWhile I’m incredibly excited to finally have this on a tablet, I’m disappointed that what seem like basic and very relevant features do not exist. I use the pen tool and brush a lot on desktop, and do A LOT of line art. Not being able to o make or download custom brushes seems odd to me. Every time I draw a new stroke with the pencil, the line profile resets, and as far as I can tell there is no way to change this. The brush tool is really cool, but not having the option to use the brush tool for simple strokes also drives me a little crazy. I’ve only used it for about 30 hours or so, but it seems like every few hours I find myself thinking “Really? There is no function for this on the tablet? But it’s such a simple thing!” Things like saving swatch libraries, using custom brushes, expanding the appearance of strokes, etc…. I frequently find myself swapping back and forth to my Mac just to quickly do one function that isn’t available on the tablet. Tutorials and answers online are few and far between, and everything just seems to cover basic functionality. Hard to find answers to questions. Some of the functions I’m looking for may indeed be built in, and I just don’t know it because I can’t find any answers when I search online. Overall, happy with it. But really hope to see some simple expansions of features in the near future..Version: 2.0.1
✓ Exciting, Promising (buggy) StartUpdate: bugs everywhere (removed one star). I’m still super excited about Adobe doing this and what it will (I’m hoping) become—but this product is riddled with bugs. Every product starts with a version 1.0 and this is a worthy first step toward a great product. It is buggy yes and random stuff occurs, but that’s not unexpected with a 1.0. Radial repeat is a game changer and I love that they put it on iPad first. You really need to give people a reason to use this and focus not only on duplicating desktop features (yes, necessary and much is still lacking), but also push the tools further than has ever been possible. This is what Adobe is doing with radial repeat and I love it. Also, the necessary screen real estate efficiency on iPad has potential to push the UI forward which could improve the desktop version also. The little menu that pops up under selections (perhaps stolen from the excellent Concepts) is one such advancement. I hope Adobe adds more keyboard support..Version: 1.3.2
✓ It’s ok but...There’s no choice of subscribing or not.. I was looking forward to doing something but it told me to sub. (With no X or cancel) I would recommend to make it a choice to get more people to love it and keep it downloaded Thanks,.Version: 1.2.6
✓ CrashingIt was working great until a recent update and now it crashes anytime I try and work on a file. This was a really great tool as I love how I can manipulate points and lines with the Apple Pencil, but now it’s useless and costing me a fair bit of money per month. I see that I’m not the only one - please fix this!! I’ve reinstalled and followed procedures on the app support site with no results..Version: 3.0.5
✓ KeyboardThe keyboard doesn’t seem to be working properly yet. I’m also seeing a lot of issues online with the keyboard button working..Version: 3.0.2
✓ SucksFor $13 a month this app is 100% NOT worth it. Procreate and affinity designer are way better and cheaper. The app is super annoying with simple things that will drive you mad. The Apple Pencil has lots of bugs with it. If you have the layer tab open and tap anywhere it doesn’t auto close. If you turn on highlight cursor it is a big obnoxious blue circle that is not opaque. Anything else is better.Version: 1.0.2
✓ I lost hours of work - it didn’t saveI’m enjoying this so far, it’s a good interpretation for the iPad. Workflow Is good, the UI is well laid out. Tools are easy to access. However... it lags horribly on my older iPad Pro. It’s like wading through mud. And worst of all, I just lost hours of work when it didn’t save. Export your files people! Don’t rely on the cloud..Version: 1.0.2
✓ Very slowI dont know if its my iPad which i doubt because its new but this app is very slow. One second something is working, try to do the exact same thing again and now its not working. It’s actually already crashed twice, im so confused and its so frustrating..Version: 3.0.1
✓ Overpriced Junk. Get Procreate.Waste of money since it’s a subscription. Extremely limited, improperly optimized, just crap. Procreate on the other hand is $17.00 one time fee and outperforms in every way imaginable..Version: 3.0.4
✓ Absurdly Limited, Borderline PointlessLacks so many basic features that I really can’t see what this is for. It’s kinda rude to the desktop version that this shares the name Illustrator. Gets 2 stars cause it’s fun to play with on the go (baring in mind you can’t access your files without WiFi, cause it doesn’t have proper local storage… dumb dumb dumb dumb dumb)..Version: 1.3.4
✓ Layers are terrible on iPadWhy is there no send to back bring to front option on layers.Version: 3.0.6
✓ It’s okayIt has some features similar to the computer application but not all. I would also like to see it compete a bit more with procreate in some ways because I still prefer to you them because the usability is just easier in my opinion. The application lags a ton when adding text and when you’re trying to add lines to create your own typeface, real disappointing. Some areas are okay but again I prefer to use procreate when illustrating and only using adobe to MAYBE do a crisp outline. Unfortunately I can’t do all in one but maybe one day adobe will step up to procreate….Version: 2.1
✓ All files are uploaded to Adobe cloud - this cannot be deactivatedApparently ownership of our files is a thing of the past, unlike Procreate or Affinity Designer, (well built iPad apps that let you decide what to do with your files), all Adobe apps including Illustrator force all your Art/illustrations, personal and work for clients, onto Adobes servers with no opt out ability. I'm done waiting for Adobe to take the iPad seriously, I've cancelled Creative Cloud, Adobe has lost its way. I can't believe Illustrator and Photoshop have over 4 stars, I know plenty of creatives that refuse to use apps with forced capture/cloud upload..Version: 1.3.2
✓ Not loving the crashesI’ve been learning illustrator. Loving it so far. But since the latest iOS update 17.1.1 illustrator for iPad crashes as soon as I attempt to draw anything. Hoping for a quick fix so I can keep learning..Version: 3.0.5
✓ A long way to go compared to the desktop appI had just bought an iPad and was very excited to get into drawing on it but it is still very clunky and not as intuitive as the desktop version. I use the desktop app everyday, this iPad app still has a long way to go. Looking forward to future updates!.Version: 2.0
✓ Great app if it workedThe idea of the app is great, but it’s full of glitches, problems and becomes increasingly infuriating. Adobe support is terrible, hard to contact in a reasonable time frame and suggest despite evidencing the issues with video footage, they cannot recreate the issue. Really poor considering I have invested lots of time and money in adobe and the illustrator app..Version: 3.0.3
✓ Not actually freeWants $16 a month, it's not actually a free app..Version: 1.2.1
✓ CrashesEvery time I open the app it crashes immediately.Version: 1.0.2
✓ Not great, corrupted file issuesThis app, like so many of Adobe’s iPad apps is clunky, buggy and can straight up ruin your files. Many times I’ve transferred files I started on the iPad to my desktop and it’s just corrupted them out right. Sometimes they will open but it will chop up all live type into single letter assets or messes with color. At worst it says they are unreadable. This app crashes or bugs out a ton and is often so limiting or frustrating I forgo messing with it. As a professional designer of multiple decades I’ve moved to working a ton on my iPad within the last year. This just isn’t reliable enough for me to put effort into. Losing those creation hours to bugs or corrupt file transfers is too costly and just not worth the risk. Get your act together Adobe, you’re too expensive to release products this unpolished..Version: 1.2
✓ As a long-time user of Illustrator, I’d like this to be higher.As the title says I am a long-time user of Illustrator. It is and has been my go to program for creating anything from original vector art to doing assignments that include page layout and magazine cover design. I was elated to find out that an app had been developed to be used on the iPad platform, however much to my dismay as I had been in the middle of doing a project, it froze up. All I was trying to do was replace fonts that did not translate over from the fonts stored on my computer. Perhaps it’s a small glitch and a simple note to your attention Will provide a resolution. If you can address this, especially if other users are experiencing the very same thing, I would be happy to rate higher..Version: 1.1
✓ BIG Export issuesAt first I was really excited about this app and I had to try it. I felt completely satisfied until I wanted to export my illustration. There are almost no exporting options, little freedom and everytime I try to export as a PNG it turns out the image is really low quality and pixelated. It doesn’t make sense because I never had this issue with the desktop version. (It did save well when i exported the AI file to creative cloud and saved it as a JPEG) but I had to export the AI file to affinity designer in order to resize and then I was able to save as PNG with good quality. Can someone give me light on this? I want to use the app but nobody is talking about this issue and what’s the point in using it if my work is going to look awful when I save it?.Version: 1.0.2
✓ Too many missing functionalitiesI use Illustrator on MacOS for technical line drawings for sewing pattern drafting. The iPad version misses lots of small features that make it unviable for my purposes right now: 1. The rotate around a specified pivot point is clunky. You can't select anchors. The pivot point selector icon doesn't snap to anchors, plus it vanishes if you scroll or zoom, meaning you have very little chance of being accurate 2. You can't rotate a line around a specified pivot point. The hack is to group it with another line and rotate the group, which is tedious 3. You can't bisect a line (or even see where its midpoint is). You have to measure it and create a line half the size to use as a guide... And hope that you can line them up accurately 4. You can't add arrowheads to lines 5. Layers are buggy. Sometimes you end up with objects on no layer at all, just somehow floating 6. Drawing paths with either the pen or the line tool does not snap to the existing anchors. You have to go into outline mode to nudge anchors into the right place 7. You can't measure pen paths, only lines from the line tool. (You can do this with Document Info on desktop).Version: 3.0.1
✓ It lags quite a lotWhile trying to make a very simple illustration using lines, the app starts to lag and get very slow, sometimes the app closes by itself..Version: 2.1
✓ Awful - waste of time and moneyConsidering you have to pay $14 a month for this app it’s very expensive for something that crashes every time and constantly needs rebooting. Youd think at this day and age of super technology that these simple glitches wouldn’t be happening every time I use the app, It’s always glitching, sometimes adding my images sometimes just creating a white blank box. Sometimes will save, sometime won’t, and now it won’t export the file. It’s a joke. Don’t waste your time or money. Adobe you need to fix this, from what I can see from other reviews this has been happening for at least a couple of years. Please sort it out, your making it more difficult than it needs to be!!!.Version: 3.0.4
✓ It keeps crashingThe app crashes and closes by itself without saving your work Despite having the latest version.Version: 3.0.5
✓ Keeps crashingI was so excited to use this app but it keeps crashing and not saving my work, and kept not wanting to export any files but with no explanation why. After hours of work this is extremely frustrating. Paying for the whole of Adobe CC is frustrating when not even the app works.Version: 2.1
✓ Should be 5 stars…It all comes down to the fact that they require you to pay them $10/month forever to use this app on your iPad. That’s $120 a year for every year. I’m not doing that anymore. I miss the days of buying expensive software with at least the promise that once I buy it, I own it and that’s it. Now with the release of Affinity 2 apps like Designer, I no longer need Illustrator. I paid $12 for Affinity Designer 2 and I’ll never have to pay more than that for it. If Illustrator ever had a way to outright buy it for iPad, even for $120 but it’s for life, I would have jumped on that opportunity. I hope someday we see a resurgence in owning applications instead of renting them. Aside from my gripes about the subscription model, the app truly is top tier but for the price you end up paying month on month, it’s not worth it anymore especially considering the alternatives coming out these days..Version: 3.0
✓ Great PotentialAdobe illustrator for the iPad has great potential but needs some work. I’m trying to make professional car illustrations on here and use it as a platform for my business until I can get a computer but it’s hard when the app crashes all the time and is always buggy. Please fix this app, thank you..Version: 1.3.2
✓ Annoying for experienced digital artistsThe UI drives me insane. I’ve used almost every big illustrator apps on my iPad, but Adobe ones usually take the cake for having the worst UIs. Adobe draw was the first one I ever used, that’s where I started making digital art. Once they made fresco, I switched to that. Fresco was better to me, it had more options of tools and settings- but took up so much space on my iPad. Got rid of it once decided I’d try procreate, and absolutely loved it. I sacrificed the vector programs for procreates raster program. Although my logo and other works suffered from that change, it relieved a lot of stress from all the problems with adobes apps. Years later I need to make somethings vector again so I decided to give illustrator a try. Paid for it, watched their tutorials, and tried to get started on my project. I’m still working on learning everything but I’d rather just cancel my commission lol. I really don’t understand why it’s so confusing. Also crashing is a huge problem when importing projects from my Adobe cloud.Version: 2.0.2
✓ Half bakedThis app just isn’t working. If a file gets over a certain size it just lags when trying to do the most basic things like selecting layers. I can’t seem to find a way to keep it from happening and it’s nearly every project I start. I’m running out of patience and am probably not going to continue with the subscription. Another serious problem is that text on a path doesn’t stay where it was left. You open the file and it’s moved. Move it back and save it, next time you open it it’s moved again. And sometimes half the text has become corrupted and bits of it are missing. Time to try something else for me..Version: 2.1
✓ Adobe has dropped the ballNo custom brushes. Can’t rotate screen. What’s the point of this being on iPad again? Update and reply to developer response: That’s all well and good, but releasing an incomplete, buggy application under subscription conditions is an absolute joke. This simply underscores the problems with Adobe as a company and highlights why people are moving to cheaper options..Version: 1.1
✓ Crashed and Lost My WorkI was working from a cafe and had no internet connection during most of my work. I was working away for about an hour and then the app crashed, when I re-opened the app my work was not backed up. Presumably because I wasn’t connected to Creative Cloud. So be very careful .. no internet, no save and it crashed pretty easily, my work wasn’t super complex..Version: 1.0.3
✓ Paradox of AdobeAmazing software but Adobe’s need to control can paralyze the user at the most inconvenient of times. Offline usage？internet issues on users end force app to lock up. In the middle of a tight deadline? Drats..Version: 3.0.2
✓ Keeps crashingI’m kind of enjoying using it, but it keeps crashing and losing my work, so it’s hard to put any faith in it. Hope it improves someday..Version: 1.0.2
✓ Basically Useless, get Affinity DesignerI was excited for full Illustrator on the iPad, but this isn’t it. Every project I have started on the iPad has been switched to the PC pretty quickly because the iPad version lacks the ability to do many basic tasks due to the drastic change to the interface to make it touch friendly. Most of the tools that I use frequently on the PC either don’t exist or work so differently that anything I want to do requires tedious workarounds to get done. Smart guides are even more frustrating than on the desktop and I often find that things are misaligned because they appeared to snap to something, but shifted when removing the pencil from the screen. Palm rejection could use a lot of work. I frequently end up moving around the art board when I’m just trying to steady my hand to place something precisely. The radial repeat feature is nice, but is pretty much unusable with snapping turned on, so good luck doing anything that requires precision. Trying to edit anything in a radial repeat object leads to a lot of clicking different things, trying to figure out what is selected because they show up as one big object in the layers panel with no further break-down..Version: 2.1.1
✓ CrashesThis app is great when it works!… I run a business graphic designing and it’s so unreliable. somedays it works and other days it shuts down before i can even open up a project board. I wish they would fix this problem. it’s so frustrating!! If it wont work for my brand new Ipad, what will it work for?….Version: 3.0.5
✓ Don’t payIt’s crashes not that good the brushes sucks just a 1 start.Version: 3.0.6
✓ UselessIt’s frustrating how useless the app is..Version: 3.0.1
✓ Plagued by crashesSuper disappointed, the interface is incredibly slow when using the pen tool, works for about 2 mins then crashes losing all work in progress. Not worth the subscription L.Version: 3.0.1
✓ Keeps crashingCould be good if it didnt crash all the time..Version: 3.0.6
✓ Extremely limited, even in 2024It's just one of the worst Adobe products I've ever used. Try exporting your artwork to anything other than PDF and see what happens. The PNG export looks like a 10KB JPEG and PNG is supposed to be lossless. SVG is even worse, basically unusable. The best thing you can do is save all your work in illustrator format and export it on a PC or Mac. These joksters added a ' livestream ' button as if that's the most important and sought after feature. Really? Is the product design team really this clueless? Fix basic functionality first before you clutter the UI with teenager gimmicks. No one wants to livestream while they're concentrating on making art. It's already bad enough how Apple makes it impossible to move your files out of their ecosystem, now there's Adobe messing with export quality. Eventually people will go back to using traditional tools if you dorks keep this up. This half finished product doesn't deserve the illustrator icon. Sadly there are no real alternatives on the iPad. Oh well.Version: 3.0.6
✓ Continues to Crash on Ipad IOS 17.1.2The homescreen works great, when I get on a document I have about 20 seconds to work until it crashes. I have tried numerous troubleshooting: 1. Restarting my Ipad (Did not Work) 2. Redownloading Illustration (Did not work) 3. Updating my Ipad to the newest IOS (Did Not work) The issue does not seem to be coming from a lack of storage in the cloud, I have no issues wiht my device and lots of free storage available. There is no notifications that I am running out of storage. This seems to be a glitch that needs to be fixed or I am unable to do my work, please fix this as soon as possible or I will be forced to find a new program..Version: 3.0.5
✓ UnreliableUnreliable with constant crashes..Version: 3.0.1
✓ Requires subscriptionThere’s nothing free here. You can download it, but can’t do anything without a sub..Version: 2.0.2
✓ DisappointedAdobe Illustrator is my go to Adobe app as a graphic designer. The pen tool works fine, but I’m really disappointed with the brush and pencil tool. I was hoping to draw with my iPad pencil on the app and then transfer it to my laptop. The pen and brush tool is way worse than if I used it on my laptop..Version: 1.0.3
✓ Constant crashing!I’m using this on a 9th generation ipad, my ipad is running the latest software update, I’ve tried uninstalling and reinstalling the app, I’ve restarted my device and it doesn’t seem to matter what I do, Illustrator for ipad always crashes. I only use it for one thing, to vectorise an image, create a contour cut line around the image (to print stickers) and export as a pdf. When I go to export as pdf, I get a pop up every now and then that says ‘cannot export file’ so I have to save my work, restart the app and try again. Then it works. After I have eventually successfully exported the document and attempt to do a second one it crashes when I attempt to import an image. EVERY TIME! My only work around is to do one image at a time, close and re-open the app for every single image I’m working on. It is extremely frustrating as Illustrator is the only program I know that I can create cut contours on for printing stickers on my Roland printer. As soon as I find another way, I will be cancelling my subscription with Adobe. Ten pounds per month for this pile of rubbish is disgusting..Version: 3.0.4
✓ Keeps crashingI have been using the desktop version of illustrator for years so was keen to try out the app for doing quick vector sketches on the go. Unfortunately it has crashed multiple times within just a couple of minutes of opening the app doing only a few basic strokes and the project is unsaved. That fact that it relies on saving to the cloud makes it difficult to access files if there is no Wi-Fi. It’s such a shame, this could be great and has so much potential but it’s a long way away from being usable..Version: 3.0.1
✓ Update messed it upGot my iPad few months back to do my designs more freely on the move, but since an update all the app seems to do now is force close very disappointed. Before I was impressed with it all.Version: 3.0.5
✓ Worst experience and useless due to massive flawsI have had the worst time with Adobe. As a professional creator, if I create a piece that takes hours to create in illustrator iPad, I shouldn’t have to have an issue with colour pallet once that same file is opened on my MacBook - I waited over a week to get the most useless answer to this issue, when I tried to use the solution provided, it turned out the advisor didn’t even know the iPad illustrator app literally has no colour profile assigned or colour profile option. So please don’t waste your time making massive projects if colour and style matters at all- Adobe don’t care. I was promised to be called back- never was. I asked to speak to a manager and was told I ‘need to learn to have a little patience’. They refused to let me speak to a manager! Unreal how bad the service is for a £40 pm subscription. I’m off to Affinity and Procreate..Version: 2.0.2
✓ Crashes ever 2 min??I pay $16 a month for this app and it is consistently crashing, slow, buggy and not uploading things correctly? I never write reviews... but I’m so upset I pay MONTHLY for this and it’s so terrible? I understand Adobe wants to work towards getting better but cmon’ don’t make people who trust your programs pay for stuff thinking it’s awesome when it’s just awful. At least keep the buffering period free while you work to make it better, and when it’s perfect THEN charge people. If anyone knows how to fix these crashing issue please let me know..Version: 1.2.5
✓ Have to payToo much just for that.Version: 1.2.6
✓ Buggy appThe app is buggy. Colour picker doesn’t select the Right colour. Lost artwork multiple times because file doesn’t save. Unsubscribing and won’t resub until These issues are resolved..Version: 1.0.3
✓ GlitchyI was looking forward to using this app as I have used and paid for Adobe for years on desktop however after working on a file for hours it wouldn’t export. The most simple files struggle to save, the layers don’t seem to work properly. I’ve not experienced any problems yet with the limited features as I understand it’s just the app. Photoshop and Procreate are much better options..Version: 1.1
✓ Works half the timeWhen I try to vectorise items into sketch, sometimes it works fine then other times I am left with gaps. I am downloading all the images from pro create, and try saving them as different formats to correct the issues but again it will work then not work. Not ideal when I am spending a long time trying to fix it. I change the image colour and re save and again no consistency. I find darker colours work better but not always. I have checked and everything appears to be up to date app wise and iPad wise. So can see no reason for this..Version: 3.0.3
✓ Constant crashesWon’t stay open, hates the Apple Pencil (gen2) so frustrating.Version: 3.0.5
✓ AwfulAwful on iPad, same as photoshop and lightroom awful.Version: 3.0.2
✓ How the mighty have fallenJust an utter mess. Gets super gunky within minutes of use. I can’t even delete a layer without having to restart the app. Fraction of what Illustrator is. Keyboard works for a minute and then doesn’t..Version: 3.0.4
✓ UnstableWhen it works the app is fantastic, but half of the time it is janky and unstable. I particularly love when it deletes newer versions of files that were opened and edited on desktop after too many crashes. I though the point of creative cloud/multi device compatibility was seamlessly moving from iPad to desktop and then back again. Not so seamless sometimes..Version: 3.0.6
✓ Was great up until IPADOS 17.1.1I have been using this to create all my social media content, flyers and promotional material for my business for about 2 years now with no issues. My IPad, however recently updated and now all the app does is crash. I have found this seems to be a common problem since the latest update so Adobe may need to update this app to fix the issue. Please update your app ASAP so I can continue to use it as at the moment it seems to be a waste of money..Version: 3.0.5
✓ A disappointmentI have been using Illustrator on desktop for years, and I love it. I more recently got an iPad for art purposes. Because I like to draw, I got Procreate, but my one frustration about Procreate is that there’s no way to work in vectors. When I learned that my beloved Adobe Illustrator was available on iPad, I got so excited… until I downloaded it and tried using it. The pen tool barely works and I can’t edit my points without major frustration. Many tools are missing, but there are so many lists about this that I won’t go into depth here. If I can’t even use basic tools like the pen without major upset, that’s just sad. I was really looking forward to working in a more hands on way, as I’ve always found mouse and keyboard to be unwieldy, but this crushed my hopes. After the initial frustration wore off, I decided to do some looking, and stumbled across Vectornator, which is exactly what I had hoped Illustrator’s IOS version would be. If anyone is looking for a art and design app that works in vectors, Vectornator is the one. It doesn’t have everything, but it’s pretty darn close, and it can export to an Illustrator file. This is perfect for me because I can do all the drawing and shaping in Vectornator, and finalize in Illustrator on my computer..Version: 3.0.1
✓ Keeps closing mid drawThe app keeps closing mid draw and I lose my progress.Version: 2.1
✓ Missing key features/Changes filesWhile I had high hopes for this app allowing me to carry only my iPad to meet with clients the app seems to be missing the full colour spectrum (CMYK sliders do not let you use decimals) and it does not recognize certain colour codes (DDDDDD is changed to DEDEDE any time you close a file then revisit it). While this is a big issue, the larger issue at hand is that if you have an image in a separate layer the illustrator app seems to think that lightening this image to match the DEDEDE is a reasonable choice to make rather than leaving the image in its normal state. This means that I still have to carry my laptop making this otherwise useful app useless for its intended purpose. Hopefully these quality of life issues are addressed and fixed otherwise other apps are still a much better choice to go with if you do not have a laptop to pickup and go with when you may need to show a client work/work on the go..Version: 3.0.4
✓ Lacking too many featuresOkay for basic stuff, sadly lacking too many features and functionalities. The tool bar is very limited..Version: 3.0.6
✓ Eh. Needs lots of work.Love Ai on the computer— but this app, I love far less. I know it’s pared down, but aside from it lacking some tools I find necessary (variable width strokes for one), it still has some functionality issues to work out. I frequently need to force quit the app because it still displays deleted layers and starts acting weird when I try to edit clipping masks etc. The blob brush is SO SLOW and doesn’t feel super responsive to pen pressure. It’s very hard to control. Another huge complaint is how non intuitive the menus are. It took me like 20 minutes just to figure out how to copy/paste something. Procreate is so easy to navigate if you’ve never touched the software before. This- not so much. If it’s not copy righted, consider sampling some of the functionality from them. Basic things like sliding left on a layer name would bring up a menu that includes things like make mask, duplicate etc. Im on a first gen iPad Pro and it’s still struggling to function properly. Keep trying Adobe. Hoping you get this right eventually..Version: 1.3.2
✓ CrashesThe app crashes on my iPad anytime I use the pencil to do a command. It has been crashing for more than 2 weeks..Version: 3.0.5
✓ Actually pretty decent so farConsidering the roll out of the last two, fresco and photoshop ... this was released with more features including the basics..I say that because the other two lacked simple tools (smudge, rulers, etc. ) until just recently(over a year later). Ai seems faster also, it’s not the full spectrum of the Ai you get on pc, and it shouldn’t be so don’t expect it. This is meant for on the go , quick work. Do I wanna pay monthly for it...... I dunno. Only because I feel like I’m paying monthly for Adobe to roll out basic features over a course of time in which really, those should Already have been available in the app all together. But if you did that... I guess you wouldn’t have much a reason to charge....Version: 1.0.2
✓ Why doesn’t this thing even workI opened it and it keeps glitching for no reason.Version: 3.0.1
✓ Save your money and timeThis app is garbage, it’s so glitchy and nearly impossible to use don’t waste your time and money it is no where near ready for iPad use, really frustrated I’ve wasted money on this twice now hoping it would work..Version: 3.0.1
✓ Slow and unreliableThis app takes a very long time to show a change on your art board. I find there is about a second lag in every action I take. The app is also very unreliable. It crashes all the time losing process. Over all horrible.Version: 3.0.5
✓ For some reason it refuses to work on iPadIt runs fine on my laptop but just freezes up when I use it on an iPad.Version: 3.0.6
✓ Great potentialI love Adobe Illustrator for my MacBook and have used it for decades in professional and personal project work. I have an early iPad Pro and the app hangs a bit and is laggy in selecting points. I would be interested to know if this happens with other iPads. At the moment the app spoils the workflow process, I know Adobe will get there but I am keen to know is it the app or my early iPad that has the issues..Version: 1.2.5
✓ Adobe needs to get it togetherI’ve tried to give this time, but it’s almost like it’s spiraling and becoming worse with each update and ‘added’ features. Every time there is a small update for “bug fixes” and “stability,” it seems to only bug out worse than it did on the last update. You would think that Adobe, a billion dollar company noted as the leader for software and industry ‘standard’ for graphic design application tools, would be able to manage an at least semi-functioning iPad Pro application for one of their most used desktop apps. This (long anticipated) app was first launched nearly 6 months ago, and yet, you still are unable to export a high-resolution raster image (other than a PSD), one of the most, ummm, necessary features of any design software. The app has crashed on me or completely frozen *at least* 15 times today. AND did I forget to mention they make you pay a very hefty fee every month just to use something that works only half the time? I really wish somebody would scrub the entire software development department in charge of iPad applications and just start from scratch because this is ridiculous, and there are unfortunately no comparable alternatives other than affinity, but I don’t have time to learn an entirely new program in an industry that de facto requires you to be subservient to Adobe products. Sigh..Version: 1.2.6
✓ Actually, pretty badI don’t think I’d call myself a professional, but I am a Junior Design major and use the entire desktop Adobe CC Suite on my MacBook on a daily basis extensively. My laptop is off for repairs and I decided to try and use my large iPad Pro as a temporary replacement. I know that this app is only version 1.1 but so much of the app feels half baked and very poorly executed. The app supports keyboard commands and shortcuts but a lot of them just don’t work, like CMD [ or ] to move layers. Also transforming and moving images is a nightmare, it jumps around and seems that it only lets you move images in 15 degree intervals. And for some reason if you select an image and try to transform or move it it with the mouse everything freezes and you can’t deselect anything. If you want to create vector based graphics on your iPad don’t waste your time or money, use Affinity Designer..Version: 1.1
✓ DreadfulIf it works it’s a delight to use but when it doesn’t… it crashes, glitches, re-starts, doesn’t save your work, there’s a delay when you’re dragging. And sometimes your work disappears when you zoom in and out. I’ve deleted and reinstalled this app, still a nightmare to use..Version: 2.1
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