Immediately obsolete ? – ArtRage Review

I've been an Artrage user since v1 on desktop Mac, way, waaay back. After reluctantly retiring my beloved Wacom in favour of the iPad ecosystem; Artrage was a natural purchase. Sadly, comparing it to its peers, what once was cutting edge media simulation feels quaint, like so much CG from the nineties; there are stunning apps out there doing incredible real media simulation. What Artrage pioneered with innovative user interface that delivered an accessible digital painting experience (in the face of behemoths like Corel Painter), also feel old fashioned and even clumsy, again compared to other apps. Some of the tools or code appear ill matched to retina display; brushes strokes and other tools produc visibly pixelated results; as though it would probably look right on an old 72ppi monitor. But the real insult added to injury is that literally three days after my purchase, this app is obsoleted when the developers released a whole new, separate Artrage for iOS, rather than update this one. How very unlucky for me, and very sad that I just cannot recommend this version. That's coming from a longtime fan ?
Review by cortjezter on ArtRage.