Geometrica

I’ve had Geometrica on my IPad Pro for about a year and a half now. The first year I was lucky enough to be able to afford the annual subscription and have continued with the monthly and I can’t express enough how worth while this app is. Whether you’re a seasoned tattoo artist or simply crave symmetry and some sort of order in the chaotic landscape we live in these days; this app is for you, for us. I love having the tools to create sacred geometric patterns and mandalas digitally without having to copy, paste, rotate and place over and over and over again. While Geometrica is a very simple and straightforward app, it boasts the capability of helping you create even the most complex and far from simple creations. Do yourself a favor and subscribe. Thank you to the creators of this wonderfully crafted, very niche app. You’ve positively aided in the development of my craft and my ability to see the world thru a kaleidoscopic lense.

I’ve been using this app since it’s release. It’s been updated several times since then. Adding new features and the developers take feedback well. It won’t be for everyone. You can read the reviews about the insane price compared to other apps. Don’t let that deter your decision. Millions of people aren’t using this app. Nobody is getting rich from making Geometrica. Hardworking tattooers who wanna help all the other tattooers spent years developing it. And continue to do so. This app is design for people who use it for tattooing, which I do. It’s a business expense that I make back in the first tattoo I do after subscribing. The years I spent making similar patterns in AI have been made effortless with this app. My time is worth way more that $120/year. Will it be worth it if you just want to doodle some designs? Probably not, there are other free or cheap apps that can accomplish that. But if you art a professional artist that actually sells your art, this app is for you.

For reference I am using this app on my new iPad Air. The app works wonderfully and you can create any unique geometric design quickly and easily, however there have been a few occurring problems that make me consider the pros and cons to keeping the app. First of all is that the app occasionally freezes as I’m drawing as well as randomly undoing my strokes as I’m shading. The lack of a singular dot work tool that you can use for shading rather than the big circular one. Some tools are hard to find, such as the option to delete a layer. Drawing into the design is wonderful so this app can do more than just geometric designs, however the lack of a couple of brushes, makes shading a little hard, no selecting tool, and no tool to select a specific color. A recent problem I’ve encountered is that my shading of a color changes saturation randomly and the only way to fix it is to erase the layer and redo my work. This is still a wonderful and helpful app and I am very likely to keep it despite these quirks, just wanted to express the problems I’m having to hopefully improve the app further.