ArtFlow: Paint Draw Sketchbook

Contains adsIn-app purchases
3.7
33.7K reviews
5M+
Downloads
Content rating
PEGI 3
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About this app

Convert your device into a digital sketchbook with more than 80 paint brushes, smudge, fill and an eraser tool. This fast and intuitive painting and drawing application will unlock the full power of your imagination. With support for pressure sensitive pens (like Samsung's S Pen) your device will be transformed into a real canvas.

Important: this is a free application with advanced features requiring a pro license in-app purchase. Single licence purchase will activate all devices associated with your Google account.

Features (some functions require pro license):
• High performance (GPU accelerated) paint engine
• Canvases up to 6144x6144 with 50 layers*
• Stylus pressure support
• Pressure simulation for touches
• 100+ brushes and tools (including smudge tool and gradient fill)
• Create custom brushes from imported images
• Selection and selection masks
• Layer clipping mask
• 10 layer filters (HSV adjust, brightness & saturation, color curves and more)
• Material design inspired, fast, fluid, intuitive and accessible user interface
• Import and export supports PNG, JPG and PSD (Photoshop Document)
• NVIDIA DirectStylus support
• Palm rejection - no more accidental zooming and panning when drawing

*) depending on device and available memory
†) some devices are incompatible with pressure simulation and palm rejection


You can paint, sketch and draw with ease thanks to fast and fluid brush engine. ArtFlow aims to replace your physical sketchpad and become universal art studio type application for Android™.


Artworks by:
Oleg Stepanko (https://instagram.com/rwidon)
Miguel Alvarado (https://www.instagram.com/3d.mike)
David Rivera (http://www.facebook.com/BlownHand)
Jon Mietling Portal Dragon (http://portaldragon.com)
Rob Pennycook
Marco Hurtado
Joel Ukeni (https://www.instagram.com/j.ukeni/)
Enrico Natoli
Andrew Easter
Andrei Lanuza (http://plus.google.com/+AndreiLanuza)
David Mingorance (http://davidmingorance.weebly.com)
EB Leung
Geremy Arene (http://www.youtube.com/geremy902)
ViBu (http://candynjuice.blogspot.com)
Oskar Stalberg


Unlicensed version limitation:
• 20 basic tools
• 3 layers
• Undo limited to 6 steps
• No PSD export
Updated on
26 Dec 2023

Data safety

Safety starts with understanding how developers collect and share your data. Data privacy and security practices may vary based on your use, region and age. The developer provided this information and may update it over time.
This app may share these data types with third parties
Personal info and Device or other IDs
This app may collect these data types
Personal info and Device or other IDs
Data is encrypted in transit
Data can’t be deleted

Ratings and reviews

4.0
20.9K reviews
Extra Neatro
4 June 2025
(2026 update) Even after all these years, it's still amazing that this art app still works as great as it does, even with and without S-pen! Only wish that the maximum brush-size limit could be increased. Aswell as the maximum amount of layers (original review, 2021) Amazing, no problems and does everything you pretty much need.
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lunayen
21 February 2022
The app itself is great. Clean interface, easy to use and simple, great if you don't want any bells and whistles. But I really wish that there could be another update to fix some bugs in the app. My main issue is that any time I accidentally draw on a locked layer, a part of the drawing completely disappears. At first this could be resolved by restarting the app, but now that doesn't work either, which is a real shame.
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Stuppul Sugarmoen
21 May 2025
Edit: It's been 7 years since I wrote this review, and there's still nothing better on the app store? How is this possible? The best drawing app on Play Store. Destroys the competition. Has most of the features you'll need for proper drawing and sketching. New features are (slowly) being added. Updates are regular =) Not even big guy Adobe can beat this amazing app. Their very own Adobe Sketch is a sad excuse of a sketching app.
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What's new

Update to target new Android version
Fix for UI not being automatically dismissed
Fix for halftone filter controls