Sketchable Review: The best drawing app for the Surface Pro?

One of my favorite drawing apps for Windows and only Windows is Sketchable. It's been designed from the ground up to work on touchscreen tablets. It's works great on the Surface Pro and here is my full review.

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And if you want to know what tool I use to make my art or videos you can check that out here:

[tfoprincess]

Sounds perfect for me: I'm not a hard core gamer, I'm neither a hard core artist nor youtuber. I'm just a hardcore student with hobbies that the surface pro just makes more accessible.

[NamiHeartilly]

My favorite part of Sketchable is that you can export as a psd, modify some stuff in Photoshop, then import your changes as a new layer.

[TraceyJHill]

Thank you. I struggled to find a suitable drawing app for my Surface, and me. I'd download, then delete them. Now, I think I've found it, and honestly your summary has quickly helped me understand more of its capabilities. I really appreciate this. It's not a slow, long drawn out "how to use this" type presentation and I appreciate it. You're knowledge shows through.

[hMyGandhi]

Ah, Sketchable. I love this app. Sometimes, you just want to have a lightweight drawing program that loads quickly, and the default stroke is perfect. Just ready to go.

[danieljuno]

Due to this review I bought Sketchable and it brought back my love of the open and go function of the ipad apps. Even with clip studio EX it feels like work just so true. Thanks!

[MrLFXproductions]

I'm eagerly awaiting delivery of my Surface Pro 4 today and cannot wait to try this app! Thanks for the great review!

[haley]

I’m totally new to digital drawing and I am getting a surface pro 6 for Christmas. I started getting worried that I should’ve chose the iPad because my friends use that for art. The main reason I picked the surface was because I don’t have a computer and I need something that can be used for art and as a complete functioning computer. But this review made me feel so much better about my decision, thanks Brad!!

[RebelPixels]

This looks really interesting! Gonna have to give it a shot on my SP3.

[carlosanthonydacruz]

Thanks for posting your personal experience with Sketchable, I recently started this application with a new Surface,  my personal frustration/experience is that I was very used to the classical Paint program that was available in your Windows OS.
Like you pointed out, this App. has great potential, But I believe that an open  community of users is needed, some place were you can find help for simple tasks that are not found in the recent Manual PDFs.

[RussAnimates]

This looks great! My wife and I have been watching your videos for your hardware reviews like the one you did on the iSKN Slate, and surface pro 4. I got her a Surface pro 4 this year, and your review(s) have really helped us decide on what to get.

AND, it has been really nice to have discovered your comics through watching your reviews : so a big thank you from both of us.

[joosD]

I was going to rant about how Sketchable makes my SP4 fans spin on full speed from doing nothing and that I prefer Sketchbook but then I realized that Sketchable has had a big overhaul since I last used it. Both apps seem to be in a great place right now. I think UWP Sketchbook has a nicer UI and is worth the subscription, especially with new features bringing it closer to parity with the desktop version, but right now I'm thinking I might give Sketchable another chance, so thanks for the review.

I noticed they seem to have removed the ability to assign a tool to finger painting. That's a shame, I thought blending colors with my finger was brilliant and something every painting app should be able to do! It was one of my favorite features.

[gustavovillegas]

Your videos are truly the best! High quality, thank you!

[Pumpkin.-.]

I’ve been trying out a bunch of apps on the surface and this is almost exactly what I needed

[reginaseegert]

Thanks so much. I just ordered a pen for the surface I received as a gift. I have always been a paper and charcoal purest and was intimidated by trying to go digital. This has at least given me a program and place to start that doesn't seem like it will be completely foreign.

[Adimboy]

Dude, after I watch your video now I made my mind to buy the premium version. Thanks for answering all my questions about the premium one on one video. Cheers!

[alkeryn]

Just so you know the tapering issue of the sp4 have finally been fix about 3 month ago ^^

[tylo]

Thanks so much for this review!! Tried a few different apps on my surface pro. You are exactly right about Sketchable!

It is just so enjoyable to jump in and everything is intuitive. The little things make for a really enjoyable experience! 👍👍

[jrios]

Yeah he’s right this app is great. I picked up the full version I haven’t put my surface down yet. I’m glad they came up with this app MH doing specific things in your artwork a lot easier

[lavarbates]

Have you ever heard of the drawing app on the 3ds called 3d colors? That app was where I came to love drawing digitally, they made great use of the buttons, you could hit the Lbotton and it'd undo, and with a flick of the joy stick I'm moved in and out on the picture. Since then it has been a battle to find a good drawing app, they're all so complicated and cumbersome. I haven't played with sketchable enough to know if it's the one but I do really enjoy it. It's SIMPLE! Simple brushes that get the job done, and oh my graceshus it has the triangle color wheel, or as you put it the ninja throwing star haha! I swear none of the other drawing apps have had it, and I love it so much!!! The biggest con though to this app is how it's difficult to change the canvas size, that might be a deal breaker, but I don't know yet.

[DouglasMcLaurin]

I'm sold! Thanks for the review and suggestion :)