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[Overview](https://www.softwareadvice.com/graphic-design/sketchbook-profile/) Reviews [Alternatives](https://www.softwareadvice.com/graphic-design/sketchbook-profile/alternatives/) # Sketchbook User Reviews ## Reviews summary - Overall rating: 4.5/5 - Total reviews: 43 ### Secondary ratings - Ease of use: 4.6/5 - Customer support: 4.3/5 - Value for money: 4.6/5 - Functionality: 4.4/5 ### Rating distribution - 5 stars: 26 reviews (60%) - 4 stars: 14 reviews (33%) - 3 stars: 3 reviews (7%) - 2 stars: 0 reviews (0%) - 1 star: 0 reviews (0%) ### Most mentioned pros - For a free application I loved the variety of tools you’re given. Though I wouldn’t say it’s the best for beginners as the interface can a be a little confusing. - Quality of saved images, ability to save in various formats, options of brushes, layers and colors, intuitive functions, fun usage and ability to get better as you get more and more experience with the ap - The software is completely free of cost>>The user interface is clean with no clutters and confusing icons> Custom brushes level up the usage experience of an artist> ### Most mentioned cons - The options available for modifying text are limited, which hinders working on designs that require complex text formatting - The only problem I have with sketchbook is that when I use it on my mobile phone along with a digital graphics tablet, I find it difficult to draw lines at a go compared to when I use Autodesk on my laptop with the same graphic tablet - User has to have some knowledge about the vast options.>The interface looks old but can be improvised.>Mobile app has lesser options. ## Sketchbook customer reviews Showing reviews 1-25 of 43 (page 1). ### Why I enjoy using sketchbook - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Christopher O. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Mechanical or Industrial Engineering - Company size: 10000+ employees - Product usage: Used weekly for less than 2 years - Reviewed: March 2023 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered It was a wonderful experience, it's still one of my favourite drawing and painting software on Mobile phone. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Customer support: 4/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros Sketchbook is a software that allows users to easily draw/sketch, paint and create illustrations. It is a software I would advise a lot of illustrators to get. The brushes present in the software are very helpful when drawing or painting, also it supports the use of stylus for mobile phones #### Cons The only problem I have with sketchbook is that when I use it on my mobile phone along with a digital graphics tablet, I find it difficult to draw lines at a go compared to when I use Autodesk on my laptop with the same graphic tablet --- ### Sketchbook Your Smart Drawing. - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Verified Reviewer - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Design - Company size: Self-Employed - Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years - Reviewed: August 2022 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered Rated one of the best modern drawing programs, has many dazzling tools, has great drawing tools library months and was in my office in the middle of brushes and pens and colours, I can put Layer If I want to try something and don't want to spoil your painting, Easy to use, you don't need a course to become a professional using, suitable for all ages and different fields. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros I like its tools, it has many colours many brushes and a pen . I like to use my pen tablet to draw Paintings or any view. it has a contemporary style for the tools bar. I like using Sketchbook, like the board to teach my class. Easy to use, you don't need a course to become a professional using, suitable for all ages and different fields. #### Cons sometimes, on my mac, I can't see the tools bar --- ### Good for what it is - Overall rating: 3/5 - Reviewer: Verified Reviewer - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Animation - Company size: Self-Employed - Product usage: Used monthly for less than 2 years - Reviewed: November 2021 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 3/5 - Value for money: 4/5 - Customer support: 3/5 - Functionality: 3/5 #### Pros It is a free software and it can be great to start digital art. Can be downloaded into your phone or tablet. #### Cons Limited amount of layers and can be quite tedious because some tools are scattered in other tabs. --- ### An amazing software but..... - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Simon T. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Arts and Crafts - Company size: 2-10 employees - Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years - Reviewed: September 2022 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered I'm old enough to remember using the old glass bottle Magic Markers but since going digital, with the help of Sketchbook, Photoshop and CSP, I find I am more productive in terms of speed and quality of work. Drawing in Sketchbook is incredibly intuitive and satisfying, I only wish I could open more than one file at a time. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 4/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros I think the drawing brushes and pencils for linework are some, if not the best I have found in a drawing app. I especially like the snap to curve, elipse and perspective rulers. #### Cons I am a storyboard artist which means I am usually drawing and colouring a number of frames at once, sometimes as many as 30-40 frames. I would love to be able to open up a number of frames so I can achieve uniformaty of line and colour across the frames. I also dearly miss the Copic colours you used to have. #### Reasons for switching to Sketchbook I found Corel Painter to be too bulky and slow. It also did not provide me with the accuracy of linework that Sketchbook offers me. --- ### review - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: hussein h. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Marketing and Advertising - Company size: 51-200 employees - Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years - Reviewed: July 2022 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered so powerful software to draw #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 4/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros the best software for drawing anything you need #### Cons in reality, the software provides everything you need to draw so I don't see any disadvantage in it till now --- ### Amazing app for digital art creation - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Verified Reviewer - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Banking - Company size: 10000+ employees - Product usage: Used weekly for more than 2 years - Reviewed: November 2022 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered I absolutely love this app for digital art, to create fun and festive backgrounds for photos and as a relaxing and an enjoyable hobby. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros Quality of saved images, ability to save in various formats, options of brushes, layers and colors, intuitive functions, fun usage and ability to get better as you get more and more experience with the ap #### Cons Mobile app is not as good as the desktop version, everything is limited and I don't find it intuitive. I use the desktop app frequently and find that I can not use the mobile app practically at all. --- ### Want to have a drawing hobby? Try this software! - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Verified Reviewer - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Education Management - Company size: 10000+ employees - Product usage: Used daily for less than 12 months - Reviewed: April 2022 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros This is a fun way to draw, paint or stretch anything you want on your mobile device. #### Cons Sometimes it doesn't save my work and I hope it can be fixed. --- ### Reliable and fun to use - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Verified Reviewer - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Arts and Crafts - Company size: Self-Employed - Product usage: Used monthly for less than 12 months - Reviewed: November 2022 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. This program is efficient and intuitive. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros This program has a great price and tons of features. It always runs smoothly and my team and I enjoy working with it to collaborate. Works exceptionally well on all platforms and operating systems. #### Cons This program is not an art industry standard in my creative networks. --- ### Sketchbook Experience - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Verified Reviewer - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Computer Software - Company size: 2-10 employees - Product usage: Used weekly for less than 6 months - Reviewed: June 2022 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered The overall experience was nice . I have used the mobile app and created some drawings. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 4/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros 1. So many pencils , brushes , texture and shapes. 2. Easy to use 3. Color picker is so nice. 4. I can also import image or draw styles #### Cons 1. The onboarding experience can be improved 2. Provide some guide to use the app --- ### I'm a new user for sketchbbok - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Verified Reviewer - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Arts and Crafts - Company size: Self-Employed - Product usage: Used monthly for less than 6 months - Reviewed: July 2022 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Functionality: 3/5 #### Pros The brushes are so smooth and amazing, I totally loved them. #### Cons I hope they develop the windows version to become more user-friendly, and also to work on adjusting more shortcuts. --- ### Bom bonito barato - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: samira l. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Online Media - Company size: 2-10 employees - Product usage: Used daily for less than 2 years - Reviewed: April 2025 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered Me ajudou na arte digital, ótimo para iniciantes na arte digital, edição de fotos digital também.... #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 4/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros Ele é pratico e fácil acesso, muito fácil de entender e praticar. Várias ferramentas que podem ser usadas como fotos, e lados iguais. #### Cons Ele falta algumas ferramentas,mas pelo valor é ótimo. Tem várias cores e adição de fotos e tudo que puder #### Reasons for switching to Sketchbook Era difícil de entender e esse era mais fácil --- ### El dibujo digital como en papel. - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Lourdes G. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Supermarkets - Company size: 1001-5000 employees - Product usage: Used weekly for less than 2 years - Reviewed: January 2023 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered Es una herramienta "supersecnilla de utilizar" ha hecho que cada vez más dibuje más en el mundo digital dejando el analogo de lado. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Value for money: 4/5 - Customer support: 4/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros Tiene muchas herramientas, gran compatibilidad con tableta digital y con dispositivos portatiles. #### Cons No le veo muchos, pero quizas la posibilidad de trabajar más con capas realizando mascaras o manejando canales estaría muy bueno. #### Reasons for choosing Sketchbook Es un software muy cmpleto que me ahorra mucho tiempo tanto en computadora de escritorio comoi en tablet. --- ### Utile - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Federico L. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Design - Company size: Self-Employed - Product usage: Used weekly for less than 2 years - Reviewed: January 2023 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. Utile per gli apprendisti #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros La facilità per un apprendista nella creazione di illustrazioni con buoni strumenti di lavoro. #### Cons Bassa risoluzione dell‘immagine e scarsa qualità dell‘archiviazione. --- ### Bello! - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Rosita C. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Primary/ Secondary Education - Company size: Self-Employed - Product usage: Used weekly for less than 2 years - Reviewed: October 2022 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros Applicazione semplice da utilizzare, con molte funzionalità e strumenti utili per realizzare disegni, anche professionali, e modificare immagini. #### Cons Non ho riscontrato aspetti negativi nell'uso di questa applicazione fino ad ora. --- ### A sketch program for beginners - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Elexus M. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Banking - Company size: 1001-5000 employees - Product usage: Used monthly for less than 2 years - Reviewed: July 2025 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered Very good, mostly for casual art. You can utilize it to paint, but I’ve never chose it as my primary drawing program. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros I like the quick boot up right to a drawing space and the pencils that have an incredibly nice drawing texture. #### Cons It doesn’t have a lot of versatility outside of sketching and painting somewhat. I wished it had a 3D component to it with the ability to import models. --- ### Sketchbook review - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Rene R. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Arts and Crafts - Company size: 2-10 employees - Product usage: Used daily for less than 6 months - Reviewed: December 2024 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. It is a very good program for graphic designers and digital artists #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 4/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros UI is very easy to navigate and understand. #### Cons Doesn't have a pen tool for vector drawimg --- ### Might not be great for beginners - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Razaanah C. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Arts and Crafts - Company size: Self-Employed - Product usage: Used monthly for less than 6 months - Reviewed: January 2025 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered Sketchbook was great and had man great aspects to it. I was put off from the large variety of functions and tools but nevertheless it’s a great app once you get a hold of. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 3/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 4/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros For a free application I loved the variety of tools you’re given. Though I wouldn’t say it’s the best for beginners as the interface can a be a little confusing. #### Cons This is a personal thing but I wasn’t able to get a grip on the program as a beginner. I might now that I have more experience. --- ### mi experiencia usando Sketchbook. - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Verified Reviewer - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Design - Company size: Self-Employed - Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years - Reviewed: July 2023 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered me gusta las herramientas que tiene y las oportunidades que te da para crear ilustraciones mapas y planos . #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 3/5 - Customer support: 3/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros para realizar algunas ediciones y algunos plano sy dibujos en conreto me ayuda bastante, algunas de las herrramientas que tiene me gustan mucho los plumones y la facilidad de usar las reglas para hacer una ilustracion en perspectiva cuando estas empezando . #### Cons no me agrado que despues de tanto tiempo el porgrama cambiara a estar de pago y unicamente en tabletas tiene sus cosas buenas en las tabletas pero para una computadora si requieres pagar cuando antes era gratis y si buscas este programa gratis actualemnte no tiene muchas herramientas que antes si tenia --- ### Non potrei farne a meno - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Jennipher M. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Entertainment - Company size: Self-Employed - Product usage: Used weekly for more than 2 years - Reviewed: January 2023 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. Io sono davvero talmente tanto soddisfatta del programma da averlo addirittura nella barra dei strumenti in fondo al mio desktop. Comodo, semplicissimo, con ogni pannello completamente personalizzabile, realistico davvero stupendo. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros Adoro la vastità delle opzioni di scrittura, ha una vastissima libreria di pennelli e sono davvero molto realistici e funzionali. #### Cons In realtà ho impiegato un pò di tempo per rispondere a questa domanda, non ho nulla di questo software che potrei dire che non mi è piaciuto o che mi è piaciuto meno anche paragonato ad altri concorrenti. E' gratuito ed è perfettamente paragonabile a qualsiasi altro programma a pagamento. E' pieno di funzioni ed io lo utilizzo con il mio Surface 7Pro, Scrivendo direttamente sullo schermo riesco a realizzare anche ritratti perfettamente. E' fatto davvero tuto molto bene. #### Reasons for switching to Sketchbook trovo la modalità di disegno digitale molto più semplice e veloce su Sketchbook --- ### Software stupendo per artisti - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Emanuela T. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Fine Art - Company size: Self-Employed - Product usage: Used daily for less than 2 years - Reviewed: February 2023 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. Ho installato anche la versione per il cellulare e collegando la tavoletta grafica posso disegnare anche da lì. Ho notato che c'è anche la funzione timelapse quindi, posso registrare passo per passo tutto il procedimento dei miei disegni. La consiglio a chiunque, anche a chi vuole imparare a disegnare e si approccia per la prima volta ad un software come questo #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros Uso questo software da diversi anni in quanto amo disegnare in digitale. E' facile da usare e da installare. E' dotato di tantissimi pennelli e può essere utilizzato sia da pc che da tablet. La qualità delle grafiche è pazzesca , ho fatto tantissimi disegni e sono super soddisfatta. Anche l'interfaccia del programma è carina e personalizzabile. #### Cons Dopo svariati anni che lo uso non trovo difetti in Sketchbook. Sono proprio soddisfatta. #### Reasons for switching to Sketchbook ho deciso di cambiare perchè lo trovo più comodo e più indicato per il disegno. --- ### Good Software - Messy UI - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Mohammad J. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Telecommunications - Company size: 5001-10000 employees - Product usage: Used weekly for less than 12 months - Reviewed: January 2024 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 3/5 - Value for money: 3/5 - Customer support: 3/5 - Functionality: 3/5 #### Pros A good library of brushes, basic but useful editing tools, amazing copic colors library. #### Cons very messy UI, doesn't support a lot of formats, doesn't work with vectors. --- ### Great and easy digital drawing tool - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Brittney B. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Graphic Design - Company size: 2-10 employees - Product usage: Used monthly for less than 12 months - Reviewed: September 2024 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered It’s a great design tool and isn’t too overwhelming with options. You can do a lot, I just wish you could save vector files. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros It’s really easy to use and has so many brush styles and drawing tools. #### Cons I wish you could save vector files and pick a canvas size from the start of your new document. --- ### Molto utile - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Filippo D. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Performing Arts - Company size: Self-Employed - Product usage: Used weekly for more than 2 years - Reviewed: December 2023 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered App molto utile e intuitiva. Nonostante andrebbe ampliata la quantità di pennelli rimane comunque un app da avere assolutamente sul proprio dispositivo hardware! Simpatica, utile, divertente e versatile! #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 4/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros La facilità di utilizzo, i pennelli a disposizione dell’utente #### Cons Potrebbero esserci più pennelli e strumenti in generale --- ### Great tool to make art - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Luis Humberto A. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Animation - Company size: Self-Employed - Product usage: Used daily for less than 12 months - Reviewed: August 2022 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered Sketchbook can be a excellent program if you're trying to find a good drawing program, i use sketchbook to draw the characters of my story and works perfectly #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 3/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros Easy to use, has a lot of useful tools and you can add more tools, you can even download more textures from the official sketchbook site, has a lot of brushes and pens, works excellent on digital tablets, and has a mobile version. #### Cons At the moment I didn't experience any bad things with the program. --- ### Sketch good with sketchbook. - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Aditya D. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Automotive - Company size: 5001-10000 employees - Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years - Reviewed: December 2022 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered Its a great tool to sketch when it comes to freehand drawings. Airbrush feature along with copic colors makes it perfect for art. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 4/5 - Functionality: 3/5 #### Pros User friendly tool for sketching digitally, has great options from pencils, pen to airbrushes. Copic colors are available. #### Cons The user interface is a bit outdated. The lasso and selection tools can get better. ## More reviews [Next reviews](https://www.softwareadvice.com/graphic-design/sketchbook-profile/reviews/?page=2) --- Sketchbook Reviews, Pros and Cons - 2026 Software Advice