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I'd suggest that for a lot of users, Procreate is the closest thing to a "killer app" that's iPad only and emerged organically from a third party.
by jamesdf 4y ago
I'd suggest that for a lot of users, Procreate is the closest thing to a "killer app" that's iPad only and emerged organically from a third party.
- gandalfgreybeer 4y agoI don’t really draw so I haven’t used it as much as I wanted to but that was one purchase that I never regretted. Also helps that it’s not subscription type. To this day anytime someone gets an iPad, I make them try the app.
- jensensbutton 4y agoWhy did you buy it then? How could you not regret spending money on something you don't use?
- gandalfgreybeer 4y agoBecause I was using it to practice making digital art which I just don’t have time for right now. I use it to make Christmas cards and doodle probably 5x in a year. I don’t regret it because I can see that what I paid for is worth the value of the app despite not using it as much.
- filoleg 4y agoThey said they use it, just not much. And given that it was a non-pricy one-time purchase, and not a subscription, why would they regret it? The cost per hour of usage is only going to keep decreasing over time for them, as long as they keep using it in some capacity occasionally.
- coldtea 4y agoIt's like $5. Even if you don't use it, you can tell it's a great app, updated often for free, etc. I've regretted apps I've paid $5 and $10 for and were crap, or baited me and turned to subscriptions etc. Procreate is not that.
- argc 4y agoWhy do you need to regret spending money if you don't use what you spent it on?
- alfiedotwtf 4y agoThis. I was sad when FiftyThree's Paper was made subscription :(
- fishtoaster 4y agoI'd second this. I'm an hobby artist and have played with various drawing programs on the ipad (and gone through a few mid-level wacom tablets before that) and Procreate is simply amazing. It's an app that couldn't exist without the ipad and it massively increases its usefulness. Procreate is good enough that I don't feel the need to bring any further art supplies (even a sketchbook and pencils) when traveling.
- nickthegreek 4y agoProcreate is on everyone's iPad I know. I kinda blows my mind how affordable that app is. People would definitely pay 2-3x more or a yearly sub for it.
- asciii 4y agoI am very scared of Adobe buying it like Figma and doing that to it
- Mezzie 4y agoProcreate and Goodnotes for me. Using the Apple Pencil with either app gives me the benefits of analogue work and the benefits of digital work. Handwriting helps me remember things, but since the product is digital, it's trivial to move/undo/etc. And Procreate + Apple Pencil is way better than any other art solution I've found for digital art. Granted I've never tried a drawing tablet with a screen, but an extremely cheap option is still $200. For one that works as well as the AP + iPad you'd probably be looking at near the same price point.
- 2fast4you 4y agoFor me, it's Shapr3D. It has the most intuitive CAD interface I've ever used and it's all based around the pencil. Pretty killer app, especially if you have a 3D printer.
- biztos 4y agoFor anyone who makes art, absolutely. I even use Procreate for brainstorming sometimes, because it's so much faster and more intuitive than any other app I've used. Another thing that IMO is way better on iPad/Pencil is PDF editing and annotation. I happily pay for a subscription to PDF Expert[0] and I just use it for school. [0]: https://pdfexpert.com https://pdfexpert.com
- Mezzie 4y agoYeah, I bought my iPad for grad school because I was reading and annotating copious amounts of PDFs.
- ask_b123 4y agoFor a few users, music sheet apps are also killer apps.
- Jack_rando_fang 4y agoAlso worth checking out https://www.goodnotes.com https://www.goodnotes.com Everyone in my school(including the teachers!) uses it for assignments and textbooks