Esquisse: Architect Notebook

All the analog feel, on your iPad. Plan grids, yellow trace, pencils and markers - a sketchbook built only for architectural design study.

Remember sketching on trace with a soft pencil? That exact feeling, on iPad. Esquisse is a sketchbook built only for architectural design study.

■ All the analog feel

• Pencils respond to pressure and tilt — shade with the side of the lead. Paper tooth, stroke taper, even the scratching sound.
• Pick your paper: kent, rough drawing paper, kraft, or black (white pencil looks great).
• Marker strokes lay flat and sink only where they overlap, from a hue × tone color library.

■ Throw some trace on it

• One tap drops a sheet of yellow trace — slightly askew, like the real roll.
• Stack studies, dim them, compare. The sheet you pick returns to 100%.

■ Real dimensions

• Plan grids by region: 16″/24″ o.c. (US), 600/300 (EU), 910mm (JP).
• Architectural scales (1/4″=1′-0″ …) and metric (1:50/100/200).
• "Actual size" makes the glass truly to-scale — put a real ruler on it.
• Tap inside a room you drew to measure its area (switch m² / tsubo / tatami / ft²); partitions and notes inside are counted to centerline.

■ For real work

• Lay a photo of a drawing as an underlay layer and trace over it.
• Organize sketches into books per project.
• Share as PDF, image, or an Esquisse file that opens right in the app. AirPrint supported.

Designed for iPad and Apple Pencil.