Zen Board
| Category | Price | Seller | Device |
|---|---|---|---|
| Entertainment | $0.99 | Eight Bit Studios, LLC | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
Flex your fleeting imagination with the Zen Board iPhone app. Just like a real Zen Board (or Buddha Board), what you paint evaporates like magic right before your eyes!
Unlike other painting applications, Zen Boards are used to demonstrate the impermanence of life by continually leaving you with a blank canvas to begin anew.
We chose the most important aspects of using a real Zen Board and made sure they were executed to perfection.
• The highest quality finger recognition possible for accurate and responsive painting
• A brush picker with 4 free calligraphy brushes to choose from
• 4 brushes for in-app purchase
• Water jar with soothing fluid dynamics (we spent weeks getting this right)
• Adjustable evaporation rate for paint strokes that dry on contact to strokes remaining on your board for several seconds
• Toggle evaporation off or on
• Save your works to your photos app (NEW)
• Share your works in an email (NEW)
• Share your works on your Facebook, Twitter, and Flickr (NEW)
For fans of Zen Bound, Fluid, Type Drawing, Flip Book, iColoring Book, iDoodle and Brushes.
Join the Zen Board Facebook fan page at http://www.facebook.com/zenboard
Reviews
Awesome!
Icefirespin
Really nice! I like the no evaporation option. It might not be as realistic, bit could you add some more colors?
Loved it!
sabre_2
The zen board was relaxing to doodle with. It totally took my mind back to feeling young again, just doodling away. Loved it!
Very nice!
crono3
I have a real Buddha Board and this is very similar to it! Nice presentation, interface & water evaporation effects. Choice of brush style is nice. The only suggestion I can make for the next version is choice of brush size (2 or 3 sizes) and an option to add water drips running down from oversaturated areas would be killer! Overall, great app!
Great app, truly zen
Ms Meliss
I really enjoy this app. It's simple and easy to use, and is very responsive, no dragging or skipping as you draw. I really like the different brush styles to choose from. The water jar is nice and it's clear that the developer who did this spent a lot of time on it, at the expense of everything else in his life, like spending time with his girlfriend. Anyways, overall great concept that is very well executed.
My new favorite app.
5owls
I love this app. I've tried other drawing and writing apps, but for asthetics and fuction this is by far the best. So fun and relaxing to play with.
Pleasing to the eye.
OMagic1
It's a very nice app, however, not accurate. There should be a place for ink. When I place the brush in water, the ink gets darker on canvas- doesn't make sense. When this brush can make bamboo in one stroke, then you will have learned Grasshopper!
Great app for relaxing, being creative, and having fun with friends
Joseph M.
Zen Board is one of those apps that will surprise you. I find myself always opening it during boring moments like waiting for someone to arrive or while riding on the bus. I'm not really a "new age" kind of person but I can't deny playing with it is super relaxing. It’s totally worth the 0.99 cents, especially because it keeps getting improved. It was good when it was first released but the addition of the more realistic calligraphy brushes made it way better. The other reviewer’s suggestions about over-saturation dripping and different brush sizes are things I would like to see, as well. Also, I know it goes against the idea of impermanence, but it’d be great to be able to save drawings. Once you get good at using it, you’ll find yourself wanting to hang on to some of those doodles. Actually, the most fun I have with this app is that I sometimes use it for impromptu games of Tic-Tac-Toe with friends. I know there are other apps out there that will setup the game for you but there’s something satisfying about drawing out the board yourself, just like when you were a kid. Overall, Zen Board gives back more than what you expected to get for your money. It’s a great app and I highly recommend it.
Excellent
philabowl1
Really shows off the capabilities of the iPhone while also providing a fun app.
Soothing
Wolffian
Very similar in response to a real Buddha Board, always a pleasant experience to use. The developers have done a nice job with brush types and I really like that you can change the evaporation rate.
