HEAVYPAINT

I use a lot of textured in my art and was otherwise thrilled to use heavy paint! Unfortunately, the severe amount of bugs make this app incredibly difficult to work with. Artwork corrupts easily and messes up whole sections, undo button doesn’t work properly and instead of undoing the previous stroke, it removes the strokes prior. The entirety of the canvas corrupts far too easily and I ended up losing an entire artwork that is stuck on a boot loop of the app attempting to fix the corruption and reopening the file over and over. I do love the brushes and the rainbow scale, but this app is genuinely high risk, low reward. I had really high hopes and unfortunately they were crushed. QOL updates are desperately needed, I really want to use this app, but unfortunately it’s just really not worth the all the cortisol

I want to love this app, but I’ve never had a trouble-free session. Something always ends up corrupted, lost, pixelated, etc. I’m randomly logged out in the middle of creating, my pro purchase isn’t recognized, the in-app option to manage purchases only mentions subscriptions… I know this was made by artists, but it really needs some technical polish to even approach the usability of other apps. I’ve spent dozens of hours in HEAVYPAINT with essentially noting to show for it, because everything I’ve made has gotten screwed up by the program somehow.

I want to preface this review by saying I’ve had the Heavypaint app on my desktop computer for a while and I finally decided to get it on my iPad. I love how simple and easy to use the interface is, and the learning curve is minimal. It’s also a great app for learning some of the fundamentals of both digital and traditional art in the sense that it restricts the amount of extra fluff you have to deal with. I think the biggest appeal of this app is actually that it’s such a pared-down experience. All of the focus is on the process rather than the tool. It made me love digital art again. You’ve done something great with this!