Brushes Redux

Name: Brushes Redux
Rating: 3.5 (303 reviews)
Author: Christoffer Hoel

By: Christoffer Hoel

Entertainment

Features & Capabilities

Brushes Redux is an iOS-exclusive painting app designed for iPhone and iPad. Rewritten from the ground up, it runs universally on both devices and lets you move paintings between them. Its fast OpenGL-based engine keeps strokes smooth, and each painting is recorded for replay directly on your device.

Key features include canvases up to 4096x4096 with Retina support, background autosave, unlimited undo/redo, and 10 editable layers. It integrates with Dropbox, supports importing native Brushes 3 files as well as JPEG/PNG, and exporting to Brushes 3, JPEG, PNG, or PSD (with layers). A versatile brush system, gesture controls (pinch zoom, eyedropper), and flexible layer management round out the experience.

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App Art Design

By:

Christoffer Hoel

Rating:

3.50

(303)

Version:

3.2 Last updated: 2016-04-07

Version code:

841481682

Creation date:

2014-10-31

Compatible devices:

Size:

15.25MB

Full description:

Source:

Apple Apps Store

Data ingested on:

2026-06-05

Compare stats and ranking:

Ranking

# 108,156 ▲ 55

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Developed by:

Christoffer Hoel

Apple Apps Store

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/brushes-redux/id932089074

User Reviews

Brushes Redux is praised for its ad-free, free-access model, image import/overlay, and strong painterly results on iPad, with a long-running positive track record. Recurrent complaints focus on crashes (notably during deletion) and OS compatibility issues on older devices, plus requests for more advanced tools like layers, blending, and a paint bucket/lasso. Overall, it’s a beloved portable drawing app that needs improved stability and feature depth.

Pros

Free to use with no ads or in-app purchases and offers unlimited brushes.
Can import/overlay photos and insert pictures into artwork.
Finger-friendly on iPad with painterly results (no stylus required).
Long-running, trusted app with positive sentiment from many years of users.

Cons

Crashes and instability, especially when deleting items or galleries.
Compatibility/OS issues that prevent opening on older iOS versions.
Brush/tool limitations: limited brush options and lack of brush size control.
Missing essential tools (layers, blending, paint bucket, lasso) and related feature requests.

Recent reviews

Brushes redux is a great app for drawing especially because you can draw over picture, but I wish there were more layers too add if your making a very detailed sketch.

by I *****, 2025-12-07

Fart

by Ji*****, 2025-11-06

It’s good but like needs improvement like could you add a feature where it teaches you to draw?? And like anatomy stuff?? Orrr like improve the lines bc it’s too pixelated sometimes