So far, so good (revised) Now bad (revised again) – ToonPAINT Review

Update: Hadn't used this in a while, but needed to trace a photo so I opened it up and… oh WHAT HAPPENED?!? The interface is pure junk now. Controls overlap, in an effort to make icons more "hand-drawn," they now look awful and rushed, even text alignment in buttons is broken (the label text rides too high inside the button space). The tracing features are still great, but actually GETTING to them and adjusting them are painful and frustrating. This used to get 5 stars from me. That's how far this app has fallen. See below for my former glowing praise of this app, if you doubt me. ------------- Well, the developers listened and addressed just about every major issue I and others had with the first release. Just bumped the ranking from 4 to 5 stars as a result. The quality/fun/cost balance is just too good. Can you find painting apps with more features or cheaper? Probably. But this just does what it does so well. ------------ original review below ---------- I can't dispute the other reviews: this app does a great job of outlining photos in a style that looks organic, and does it quickly, too. The downsides are what some have already mentioned: - no undos means constantly switching back and forth between colors to hide mistakes. And you'll make some since painting with your finger on a screen this small is a lesson in patience. - get used to using two fingers to pan around. One finger *always* applies paint. - it's a pity the resolution isn't higher, only because as it stands, zooming in gives you no better precision because the blockiness of the brush just gets bigger, too. - one bug in my current testing: taking a photo while in the app results in a crash every time when trying to render after the shot is taken. Importing from the Camera Roll is fine, though. But this is a really FUN app, and shows remarkable potential that, with a few tweaks would get a full 5 stars. Buy it if you're okay with spending $2 on essentially a slick-looking doodle app.
Review by Rok on ToonPAINT.