Concepts
| Category | Price | Seller | Device |
|---|---|---|---|
| Graphics & Design | Free | TopHatch, Inc. | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
Concepts is one of the top-rated design apps in the App Store and it keeps getting better. It has been used to design a new hospital, build a yacht, craft award-winning quilts and create fine art featured in galleries... Concepts really shines when you’re conceptualizing ideas, rapidly prototyping, or drafting quick visual iterations.
Unlock the full power of Concepts with the Pro Pack:
- PRECISION TOOLS. Bring the power of CAD to your sketches, through multi-touch shape guides, automatic measurements and snap-to sketching. We’ll do the math for you.
- ADJUST ANYTHING. Tap-and-hold any stroke or group to move, stretch, smooth, copy, delete, or change ink weight and color.
- INFINITE LAYERS. Seriously. View them without losing context.
- POWERFUL EXPORTS. Send high-resolution (300dpi+) PNG, vector (SVG), CAD (DXF), Adobe Photoshop (PSD), and standard formats anywhere.
If you’re not ready to go Pro, the basic app includes:
- ELEGANT, CLEAN INTERFACE. We get out of the way, so you can focus on your work.
- INFINITE CANVAS, SHARP ZOOM & ROTATION. Also Portrait and Split View Multi-tasking.
- 5 LAYERS with intelligent separation.
- IMPORT IMAGES. Learn by tracing, or mark up images with notes to give feedback to coworkers.
- UNLIMITED PROJECTS. Never, ever stop sketching.
- COPIC COLORS. The beautiful color wheel will make you say ‘wow’.
- BLUETOOTH STYLUS SUPPORT. Connect your favorite stylus from Apple, FiftyThree, Adobe, Adonit, HEX3, Pogo or Wacom. Includes Palm Rejection. Full support for Apple Pencil on iPad Pro.
- GORGEOUS VECTOR BRUSHES. Pencil, Pens, Area Fills, Marker and Airbrush. All free.
- ADJUSTABLE PAPER with real-scale paper sizes, layout guides + rulers, transparency, graph paper and isometric grids.
If you love to sketch, then Concepts is for you. It is the favorite app of Professional Designers, Illustrators, Architects, Industrial Designers and Makers everywhere. It’s perfect for architecture, illustration, organic CAD (DXF) and vector (SVG) shapes, a simple sketch or sketchnote, even layered PSDs!
WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING
- Award Winning: Apple selected Concepts for the Best Apps of 2013 in 12 countries! Tabby Awards 2013: Best Creation & Design App.
- "Never before has my finger been mightier than my pencil!!! Creativity has blossomed literally on my fingertips!" - AneSharoo
- "...you can sum up Concepts in one word - irreplaceable." - DADGBE
- "...the ultimate design tool - the freedom to sketch with the power of vector manipulation." - John
- "So much power with a simple, stylish interface. A tool for makers to design and build their dreams." - Dave
- "This makes the Adobe Draw app look like a small-neck clam designed it." - Vonster
- "This is the future in design." – Grim
WE'RE HERE TO HELP
Our goal is to help you bridge the gap between your ideas and the real world. Concepts is the design sketchbook that helps you break free from the desktop, and we're around for questions whenever they come up. Chat with us in-app, at [email protected], or anywhere with @ConceptsApp.
We're dedicated to quality and we update often. If you experience any problems or have suggestions for improvement, please contact us directly so we can quickly address them!
COPIC is the trademark of Too Corporation. Special thanks to Claudine Zafra, Von Glitschka, Evan Bronstein AIA LEED GA and Erica Christensen for cover art!
Reviews
Enables creativity and brainstorming like nothing else can
Zaraghast
This app is great in concept, and I’ve really tried to use it, but there is no way to move the interface to the right side of the screen, which means frequently bumping different buttons and icons with the wrist and palm as a left handed person, which completely kills any chance of every getting into a work flow in this app. It does have some features that apps like Procreate do not, but Procreate does account for left-handedness, so I will just stick with that. :/ Updated: The developer responded to my issue of left-handed support and turns out I just wasn’t looking in the right place haha! Upgraded my review accordingly since this app has since been great for drafting out ideas for everything from web projects to 3D prints. The way the canvas can keep expanding and be rotated is amazing. No more trying to squeeze a bunch of details into the constraints of a single page!
Infinite canvas is infinitely awesome!
splashofcolor
I’ve been using Concepts for a little over 1.5 years now, so it’s about time that I left a review. I was initially attracted to the fantastic color wheel in Concepts, but it was ultimately the infinite canvas that won my admiration. Having the ability to develop ideas fully without having to use multiple documents is simply brilliant. So, while I use several apps for my finished artwork, including Procreate and Affinity Designer, it is Concepts that has become go-to app for creative concept development. I use it for sketchnotes, storyboards, mood boards and anything else when I need room to work ideas and concepts on a single, scrollable canvas. I don’t have document size limits or layer limits. And, because it is a vector based program with the look of rasters, scaling things up and down is easy, without any loss of quality. These are thing I just can’t do in the other apps that I use. Additionally, the user interface is simple to intuitive and easy to use. And, that color wheel is simply fantastic. So, while I use several art apps in my workflow for finished work, for concept development, it’s Concepts all the way!
Missing some key elements
Awcress
Ok so I’ll start off positive, sandwich in a bit o’negative, and end with positive. It’s a great app for doing your slightly advanced doodles. It has some line guides, like a straight line, an angled line <, a square [] and a circleO tool. Much needed but I feel like they could be better. Right now in order to use them u have to use one hand ( 2 fingers to move and adjust them ) while u draw with the other . It’s something small to think about but would save way more time if you just made the line work snap. Draw a circle...pause, BAM ! U got a perfect circle. Draw a line... pause... BAM again.. easy. There currently (as far as I can see ) is no smudging/blending tool , the color picker, albeit an exciting experience, lacks the ability to pick a gradient color or lighter/ darker shade than what you have picked. The brushes are so so, and the brush engine is clunky for today’s standards. But, when u do use a brush, it has a great flow and feeling somehow. The biggest thing I have been waiting on for Years is a dang perspective guide (fully interactive and functional) not a sticker you place in the background that u are required to buy. How can u be a technical drawing app without that? Also, the grids currently never work with the toggle for the line to snap onto it, on. All that said, I like the interface, the export ability and the colors. Just waiting until basic features are finally added to actually make artwork with it. The average doodler or light note taker will love this app in its current state.
Best sandwich shop in town
Baeldom
Really helped me book the best flight for my money. Would I read this book again, you bet!
Great app!!!
FireDragonStory
I really love this app! :) Unlimited canvas are awesome, monetization, when you can choose either subscription or full time purchase is also huge great thing. Looking forward to 2 options: sync with iCloud and formats comparability with the android app.
Super great, except...
Stevep67ftl
Concepts has fantastic brush behaviors, and one of the best pencil and watercolor brushes I’ve seen. I also love how you can ‘bend’ strokes after you’ve drawn them. The brush modifications are right there under your thumb, making it quick and easy to vary the width and opacity of your tools. And it’s VECTOR! Also like the assist tools like straight edge and arc... The only thing keeping it from my go-to is Layer Modes. You know: Multiply, Darken, Screen, etc. I’m not a programmer, but I’d think this would be an easy ad, and would change the game! Hope to see layer modes on a future release - great app guys!
Incredibly good!
Em Pogo
The free version of this app is lightyears better than anything else I’ve tried. There’s a bit of a learning curve but I was able to figure things out within a few minutes; after going back to other programs now and then to play with them I kept finding myself frustrated because the features and usability in Concepts are just so much better. I’ve been using the free version for about six months and I’m ready to upgrade for even more functionality. (I especially love that you don’t HAVE to have a recurring subscription; they have plenty of standalone items for purchase, but nothing locks you into the subscription model.) If you’re trying to figure out what app will work well anything from idle doodling to detailed industrial drawings, stop looking. This is what you want.
Good but plz read either before u get this app or if dev
OOGABOOGABOI!
Every now and then a glitch super minor though. It’s great app and, heck I there no other issues but one.... So I have to play for certain editing tools but could use free people have SOME editing tools! I mean I love editing but until this app really lives up to my expectations I’m not paying 5 dollars a month for them, and I’m not able to download my drawings in other was then a JPG. So just chill with the premium stuff and give us normal people simple stuff.
Great for beginners ??
AGShardscapes
First time ever To use on iPad and drawing And great it’s easy to use So far so happy Thanks concepts creators ?
