Artstudio Pro Negative Reviews

Artstudio Pro App Complaints & User Negative Comments 2024

Artstudio Pro app received 29 complaints, negative comments and reviews by users. Have you ever had a bad experience using Artstudio Pro? Can you share your negative thoughts about artstudio pro?

Artstudio Pro for Negative User Reviews

✓ UnusableI have been using this app for years but in the last couple of weeks it has become unusable. Painfully slow, cannot export files as anything other than jpegs, does not save work if you exit without going back to home page and crashes often. I have reinstalled it twice after exporting files but the problems persist. I hope these issues can be fixed..Gn72Version: 4.1.6

✓ Photo editingI think a small tutorial would help a lot. For some reason resizing images when there is more then one is frustrating and I have not figured it out yet, every time I try it just resizes everything..NO, okayVersion: 2.1.4

✓ A poorly designed layoutThe layout is hard to use and unintended actions keep happening while you try to draw normally, and to make things worse the simple action of changing settings proves difficult as the settings for various shortcuts seem non-existent or hard to find..YeurineVersion: 4.0.15

✓ Nothing but useless upgradesThis app is for painting not something you can do graphic design on. Related tools are all over instead being in one place..TUKSEDOVersion: 2.1.2

✓ Great app but not as stable as ProcreateI absolutely love this app, I’ve had it a few days, testing everything out, loved being able to use my photoshop brushes, and fonts, but it’s already crashed 5 times on my iPad Pro. Two of those times it has failed to restart, so had to delete the app and reinstall it which loses all your custom brushes and fonts, plus any work you were doing at the time. This app has great potential, but sadly unstable at the moment.😕.Funsize TinaVersion: 2.0.7

✓ Pixelated drawing tools a real bummerSorry, I really wanted to like this app, all the rave reviews led me to believe it was great. It certainly has the features of a fully fledged photoshop type application. But I’m so disappointed with the drawing and painting tools. They are really quite pixelated in appearance and I’m not sure how anyone would be able to do a decent picture with them. I use a lot of drawing and painting apps and none of them have this issue. I’ll be returning it for a refund, sorry to say.KatefromtasVersion: 2.1.11

✓ Because of ...Because of the decision to move to a subscription-based payment system, and this is an app that I had already PAID for, I WILL NEVER update with this version or subsequent versions. I WILL NOT be nickel-and-dimed for functionality that I already PAID FOR. Worse comes to worse, this app will be deleted and that will be that. M..Mike0224Version: 5.0

✓ WTH???I already paid the full price for this app. What is going on? It’s a great app, for sure, but either you do your subscription model or sell it for a full price. Transfer people who already paid for the app to a lifetime model at least. That they ALREADY PAID FOR!.LeopardsnowVersion: 5.0

✓ Editing disabledThis app has been completely unusable for the last month. Any time you try to make even the slightest of edits (with documents that are normal sized and only a couple of layers), the whole think freezes up and says “editing disabled” for minutes at a time. It is incredibly frustrating, a waste of time, and a waste of money. You’d be better off using the original Art Studio - despite the many actions that cause it to crash, at least it never seized up like this one..Rachel RileyVersion: 3.0.6

✓ Where is the manual?Your not understanding what I’m trying to do. I don’t want incremental turned when I’m applying a burn or dodge to my drawings. I set the strength/percentage and burn the entire drawing, as long as I don’t lift my stylus from the tablet surface it only burns the set percentage. I need this to operate like the Artstudio for IPad version. With the old version I could turn off incremental burning & dodging. As long as I didn’t lift my stylus from the tablet surface the burn / dodge percentage would not change. The pro version just compounds the burn/dodge as you pass over the area. For example I want to set the burn to a specific percentage (say 40%), and pass over my entire drawing possibly multiple times to ensure I get the entire drawing without incrementing the burn on multiple passes. Is this possible in Artstudio Pro? If not I’ll have to stick with the old Artstudio for IPad. I like a lot of the changes made in the Pro version, but if incremental burning and dodging can’t be toggled on & off I can’t recommend Art Studio Pro. Still one star..NorbraVersion: 2.2.3

✓ SlooowPainting is faster now. But transform, selection, move etc. are slow and buggy. I really want to use this program; so I hope you fix it soon.....UnsatisfguyVersion: 1.1.5

✓ The most recent updateI don’t like the layout of the new update, I preferred the old one. I have to get a lot of work done with this app in a day and now I have an added learning curve, overall it’s a good app but I don’t like the new layout I think it’s ugly.Sage MdVersion: 3.0

✓ Used to be so goodBefore the updates that made this app mirror many functionalities of procreate, the app was one of my favourites and I’d been using it ever since it was released. After though, it’s become a challenge to use. It may just be because I’m an old user, but I find the app very disorienting and hard to use now, no matter how long and hard I try to get used to it. The brushes not being on the side anymore is frustrating, and makes swift functionality difficult. With everything on top with only specific tools available at a time, its a challenge for someone who uses a lot of them. The colour system isn’t my favourite in the world either, but it’s manageable. I really only enjoy the brushes now. They’re fun to use and I always kinda preferred them when it came to not having pressure sensitivity..CScloudVersion: 3.2.3

✓ Best quality app, hard to useThis app is very high quality. Brushes, color mixing, resizing, filters. All are way better than other apps. The problem I have is that I usually round up using Procreate because it is easy and fun with all the gestures. Art studio, I find myself looking over the internet to find out how to increase or decrease the magic wand’s sensitivity. I spend too much time in the menus. If only it was more intuitive and easy to use or at least had more ‘how to’ videos. Plus the app crashes if a file demands too much which does not happen in Procreate because they restrict your file options from the get-got..EndlessblueskiesVersion: 3.2.20

✓ No manual!My old ArtStudio app is expiring so I downloaded this new one. Just can’t get to grips with it at all. Can’t do the things I used to tackle really easily. This is not an easy app for the inexpert. PLEASE get on with producing a manual. Really very disappointed..Peke LadyVersion: 4.0.14

✓ Good drawing app but crashes a lotA great drawing app with lots of features, but keeps freezing up..RabitManVersion: 1.2.3

✓ Disk Space vs SSD SpaceSince we are running apps on iPads and iPhones I believe disk space is out of date and we should use a different moniker..HigherterrainVersion: 3.2.8

✓ Not as user friendly as the old version.Here are a couple of things that I don’t really like about this new art studio. These are probably because I don’t know how to use it but, eh... I was able to figure the other one out. -The canvass rotates when you zoom in and out. Unlike computers you can rotate the object the program is on, it’s just really off putting to have everything move around. This is one of the reasons I choose the legacy version rather than any other phone-art program. -It’s really hard to change line art colors? This was a problem for me in the old version too, I was hoping something would be done to fix it. I realize this is made more for people who make painting and that’s all fine and dandy but that should be a Standard feature. Sometimes you need to change a layer’s colors selectively. Filters shouldn’t be the only option. Maybe just my own inability to find out how to use it but since this is such a new app I can’t really ask google. -The UI is annoying. It just is. I don’t like the sliders at the bottom or the hidden away customization for brushes. The old way where everything was in the same place was much better. The different types of brushes don’t need to be accessed immediately unlike how you want that brush to look. Your pre-programed stuff isn’t that great. I’m legitimately sorry I waisted almost $12 on this. I don’t really have that great of a job in the first place this was a mistake. This app is a downgrade. Get the old one..Evil evalaVersion: 1.1.7

✓ Roller coasterUPDATE: I just discovered that when I crop an old screenshot and then export it, Art Studio Pro is exporting the OLD date with the NEW picture. That's an unacceptable change. So. I'm forced to go back to the old Art Studio, and will do my cropping there because it correctly puts the date in the Camera Roll as the date my cropped version arrives there. Otherwise, my Camera Roll would be a jumbled mess of dates and it would become impossible to find anything. PREVIOUS REVIEW: I used the old version for a year, used it often for certain things like cropping images. This version improves that aspect. I can have several docs open at once. And I can have lots of layers. So far, it has been flawless with that. And I've used it a lot for that purpose. It helps with my studies in that way. All five stars are for excellent cropping and image handling. It has helped me a LOT and I use it almost every day. It earned those five stars. But the brush system is a mess, in my opinion, for people like me who like to create lots of modified and/or new brushes. Some settings changes don't hold. In my opinion, reset is a disaster. It highlights one preset, while showing another, etc. I keep updating to no avail. I will not be using this for sketching or painting though many may find it satisfactory for that. I'd really hoped it could compete with Procreate, but it still can't even be used for my painting purposes. I'm at peace with that..Blue PineVersion: 2.1.11

✓ I expected more, Not another procreate wannabeI bought this app in hopes of having an app that has more desktop art software functionality, decent and good brush engine and tools that can blend properly like pain tool sai or Clip studios level of functionality. But instead I found another app desperately trying to be another procreate and I don’t want another procreate and a lot of other artists who came to this app hoping to find something more like PS,Sai or CLIP or krita . I don’t know when I’m going to find app that has proper blending tools and isn’t trying to copy Procreate’s worst flaw, their “blending tools.” I’m hoping that the developers would consider my advice and find their own identity as an app on par with the most on demand desktop apps than another procreate. a better UI and Interface that can access tools without having to tap and tap and ruin the work flow, and finally rid of the smudge blending trend that serves little to no one..Muffins3Version: 3.2.16

✓ Great app, but slows me down a bitReally enjoying the app. Coming from a desktop and using photoshop, I find this app to be a great introduction to mobile digital painting. It has an easy to navigate interface and tools similar to photoshop I have grown to love. However from time to time I run into road blocks that take me out of my creative process. Eye dropping is a function I perform constantly throughout a painting. I like the long press function in ArtStudio that allows me to eye drop so I don’t have to keep navigating over to a button. But often the long press doesn't eye drop and instead creates a mark. This can really slow me down. One other obstacle I keep experiencing is my palm will trigger an undo gesture (normally a double tap gesture). These 2 hiccups can take me out of the zone and sometimes make me feel like just going back to the photoshop. But at the same time I do appreciate being able to sit on my couch or going outside and doing a plein air painting. So as long as I mentally prepare myself for a slower painting process it not too bad. Ps I would love to see my cursor hover before making a mark so I know how big my brush is all the time. I’d also would like it if there was more of a dynamic brush cursor preview instead of just a circle..Brandon818Version: 1.2.2

✓ Slow with larger filesGreat features compared to other apps. Disappointed that you can not drop images in to a new layer! Instead image opens as a new document , solved with copy and paste. The most disappointing experience is with 300ppi files, transform tool takes ages to apply, and the auto save function. Is too frequent and is really distracting. Shaunytron.ShaunytronVersion: 1.3.12

✓ Hard to figure outSeems like it has a lot of tools, Unfortunately none are easy to understand. You need a course before getting this app.Wow all nicknames sre takenVersion: 2.3.19

✓ Not to my liking.Before I begin, i know this sounds horribly selfish but, it’s very difficult to get a smooth line and where to find things. I was expecting a ‘clipping group’ but instead got a mask that I have no idea how to use, would very appreciate a tutorial. The bucket tool does not work very well and it is very overwhelming..WolfxFallenVersion: 2.0.16

✓ Why does motion blur lag on iPad Pro 10.5 it didn’t happen beforeWhy does motion blur lag on iPad Pro 10.5 it didn’t happen before.Umar115Version: 2.3.6

✓ Need support and artist to helpThe Instagram page of lucky clan is hopeless and the reels are from 2020, I couldn’t find tutorials or classes searching in Google or anything, or I’m wrong?.SerargeVersion: 5.0.2

✓ Keep Going Back to Art StudioYears ago, when I found “Art Studio,” I was ecstatic. It was easy to use and met all my needs. Then along came “Pro.” I was all in until I found myself getting frustrated and constantly asking myself, “Do I really want to spend the next half an hour trying to find a feature that used to take me only seconds to find in the legacy app.” More times that not, I head back to “Art Studio.” Some might say, “you just might not be tech savvy enough.” My counter to that is that is two fold. For me, art is way for me to relax and to have fun while being creative. Secondly, throughout my over fifty year career of military and civilian flying, I have flown and taught others to fly some very sophisticated aircraft. One constant theme in evaluating “new technology “ is how user friendly is it? Can I quickly and easily select a particularly function or do I have to dig through a ten step process to get to it? The simple way can sometimes be more powerful and infinitely more enjoyable than digging through one hundred pounds of “high tech” features crammed into a one pound bag hidden in six foot deep hole..Blue Max Snake DriverVersion: 3.2.6

✓ Can’t save!!! Unless you pay!!!!???Spent over two hours playing around and enjoying the drawing that I was doing until I closed the app only to return to find that what I had drawn was deleted. Just pure greed from yet another developer :/ Pro create is a much better purchase due to the fact that it is a one time purchase of $20, and a much better platform in general..Alex cordwellVersion: 5.1.14

✓ You lose all your progressThis is an amazing app for drawing and has heaps of different brushes and features to use and i would rate this 5 star but the sad thing is you have to pay for a PRO membership to save you work so if you finish your work and leave to do something else when you come back all you effort has turned into a blank document.Mr_richyzzzzVersion: 5.1.14

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