Most digital drawing apps are either ridiculously stripped down or so bloated they constantly crash your tablet. Infinite Painter actually gets the balance right. Whether you are a weekend doodler, a hardcore concept artist, or just trying to design some indie game assets on your Chromebook, this app genuinely feels like magic under the stylus.

BRUSHES THAT ACTUALLY FEEL REAL

Let’s be real. If the pencils suck, the entire app is garbage.

The brush engine here is arguably best in class. You get hundreds of built in tools that interact with the digital canvas like actual wet paint or raw graphite. Got a highly specific art style? You can tweak over a hundred different settings until a brush behaves exactly how you want it to. It heavily relies on stylus pressure and tilt support, letting you pull off some incredibly dynamic, sweeping strokes. You can even sample the lower layers of your painting while you blend colors together for a hyper realistic look.

AN INTERFACE THAT STAYS OUT OF YOUR WAY

There is nothing more annoying than giant clunky menus covering up half your artwork.

The workspace is totally minimal and ridiculously intuitive. Want the color wheel? Just pull it up with two fingers directly on the canvas. Need to quickly flip the image to check your proportions and values? A simple gesture does it. You can completely separate what your finger does versus what your stylus does, which is an absolute lifesaver. Pin your most used tools to the main screen, collapse your layers with a quick flick, and just focus entirely on painting without the visual clutter.

INSANE PERSPECTIVE AND EDITING TOOLS

If you hate drawing straight lines or struggling with vanishing points, the built in perspective guides will blow your mind.

You can effortlessly map out complex 3D cityscapes, drag shapes directly into perspective, or switch to isometric grids for top down game art. If you pause your hand while drawing a circle or a square, the app’s smart detection automatically snaps it into a perfect, clean shape.

The editing workspace rivals heavy desktop software. You get seamless pattern creation tools, industry leading transformations, and a magic wand fill tool that adjusts its tolerance live while you drag it across the screen. Oh, and it records your entire painting process so you can export those wildly satisfying timelapse videos straight to your social feeds.

A HEAVY DUTY PROFESSIONAL WORKFLOW

This isn’t just a toy for quick sketches. Under the hood, it’s packing a massive 64 bit Deep Color engine.

You get access to clipping masks, color curves, gradient maps, and over 30 different layer blend modes. It even utilizes Photoshop style smart layers, meaning you can shrink and scale your art a dozen times without it turning into a pixelated, blurry mess. Throw in the Liquify tool, tilt shift masking, and CMYK color modes for physical printing, and you essentially have a full professional studio sitting in your backpack. It even exports directly to layered PSD files so you can easily jump between your tablet and your PC.

THE FREE VS PRO BREAKDOWN

So, what do you actually get for free? The base version is surprisingly generous. You get every single built in brush, full brush editing, smart shape detection, and basic transform tools. The catch is that you are capped at three layers at your device’s native resolution.

Unlocking Pro is where the real magic happens. The upgrade hands you massive HD canvas sizes, tons of layers, full masking capabilities, live adjustment filters, and over 40 professional grade tools.

Grab your stylus, open up a blank canvas, and see what you can pull off.