Pretty good- but glitchy – Flow: Sketch, Draw, Take Notes Review

Honestly, this is a great tool! Mostly I’ve been using it for unstructured sketches and for storyboarding, but it seems to hold up under scrutiny. Full warning, I still haven’t shelled out for the full version. Might do that if they fix the bugs I’ll describe below. Tools - the tool options mimic actual tools; their layering is great while not mimicking most digital softwares (you can’t go from dark to light with a highlighter, for instance, just as you can’t IRL.) It’s limited, but in a way that makes it more interesting and easy to use, as someone who sometimes gets overwhelmed by Procreate’s selection. The ruler is a work of art in and of itself, to be honest. Colors - Their selection is fantastic. I wish sometimes that they had more high value high saturation colors (like neons,) but I’m not upset at it at all. Seriously, for an app without a color wheel, it is really, really easy to figure out, and very non-restrictive. I do wish there was an easier way to save palettes or return to colors without having to make swatches of them, but that’s okay. UI - Easily understandable. I wish it had some of the basic stuff other platforms have (shape snapping or stabilizers, for instance) but the ruler takes care of most of that so honestly I’m not even that upset. Very aesthetically pleasing. Bugs - Here we get to the ONE MAJOR ISSUE I have with this app. It glitches. All. The. Time. It loses lines, changes my background color to red/maroon/black without asking, changes the colors of lines I’ve put down. It was an inconvenience at first, but now it’s just flat-out irritating. If the devs were to fix this, I would absolutely consider dropping the $12/year on it. For now, though, I’ll stick to using the free version.
Review by Clawflower on Flow: Sketch, Draw, Take Notes.