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title: "Brushes - Reviews, Revenue and Downloads in United States | Apple App Store"
description: "Brushes 4 is the latest iteration of the app that started the iPhone and iPad painting revolution.  Redesigned with a clean and modern user interface, Brushes supports iPhone and iPad with optimisatio"
---

# Brushes — United States
> Paint, Sketch, Draw

![Brushes App Icon](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Purple221/v4/5c/e7/69/5ce76911-0c62-7611-014b-efb8915986e0/AppIcon-0-0-1x_U007emarketing-0-5-0-85-220.png/434x0w.png)

**Developer:** [Envoza](https://apptail.io/developer/envoza-QAHb)
**Category:** Graphics Design
**Rating:** 4.6/5 (172 ratings)
**Price:** Free
**Bundle ID:** com.envoza.brushes
**Store:** Apple App Store
**Country:** United States
**Version:** 4.2.6 (released 2025-05-22)
**Original Release:** 2018-11-20
**Languages:** English

**App Store Link:** [Download on Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/app/id1168117279)
**AppTail Page:** [https://apptail.io/app/brushes-xUBc/united-states](https://apptail.io/app/brushes-xUBc/united-states)

## Brushes Description
Brushes 4 is the latest iteration of the app that started the iPhone and iPad painting revolution.  Redesigned with a clean and modern user interface, Brushes supports iPhone and iPad with optimisation for the iPhone X, iPhone XS, iPhone Pro and iPad with Apple Pencil.

• Highlights:
- Clean and modern user interface with light and dark modes.
- Files based painting gallery.
- New canvas interface.
- Apple Pencil support with pressure curve.
– Unlimited undo and redo.
- Continuous auto-save.
- Cloud Drive import and export.

• Parameterized Brushes:
- Selection of ready to use brushes with customisable settings.
- Create your own custom brushes from millions of permutations.
- Generate random brushes for inspiration.
- Dynamic adjustment of brush size and opacity.

• Layers:
- Layer your artwork for greater control.
– Lock and hide layers.
– Use alpha lock to only paint where pixels already exist.
– Adjust individual layer opacity.
– Duplicate, rearrange and merge layers.
– Apply layer blending modes: normal, multiply, screen, exclude.
- Color fill any layer.
– Invert layer color and desaturate.
– Flip and arbitrarily transform layers.
– Adjust the color balance per layer.
– Adjust layer hue, saturation and brightness.

• Colors:
- Colour picker with hue ring and saturation square. 
- Store and recall your favourite colors in swatches.
- Sample painting colors with the eyedropper tool.

• Apple Pencil:
- Intuitive and powerful pressure curve to match your style.
- Configurable realtime pressure based adjustment of brush size and opacity.

• Creation:
- Preset canvas sizes for paper, photographs, iPhone and iPad screens, film and television displays.
- Custom canvas size.

• Import, export and sharing:
- Import images directly from your camera roll.
- Import PNG and JPEG images from cloud services.
- Export your paintings for sharing or importing into other apps as PNG and JPEG to all cloud storage services or as photos directly to your camera roll.
- Compatible with paintings created by Brushes 3 and Brushes Redux.

• Light and dark appearances:
- Choose between light and dark monochrome appearances, or current system setting.
- Minimal use of user interface color so that tints in the user interface do not distract from or influence your artwork color choices.

Acknowledgements.

Thank you to Angela Ali, Jason M., Jeff Parker, Sandra Perez and Yoshiyuki Uchida for contributing artwork to the App Store screenshots.  Please visit our website to see more of their artwork and for links to their portfolios.

History.

Brushes was originally created by Steve Sprang for iPhone in 2009 and for iPad in 2010.  His last version, Brushes 3 was released in 2012, but was removed from the App Store in 2015.  I took over development to modernise and support an app that has continued to be enjoyed by so many artists.

## Brushes Screenshots
- [Screenshot 1](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Purple113/v4/64/2c/0f/642c0fbc-bdd8-ef50-f42c-e02196506101/pr_source.png/1242x2688.png)
- [Screenshot 2](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Purple123/v4/2e/06/bb/2e06bb6b-889b-22e5-be07-a2f63128dee3/mzl.iaknalvg.png/1242x2688.png)
- [Screenshot 3](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Purple113/v4/ae/a8/23/aea8238c-792a-fa85-0399-88d4aa458b81/mzl.bmxneoxb.png/1242x2688.png)
- [Screenshot 4](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Purple113/v4/3c/b9/a5/3cb9a53e-5aeb-fcc4-6fae-1cff763a61ce/mzl.ibymgvjg.png/1242x2688.png)
- [Screenshot 5](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Purple113/v4/7c/3f/9b/7c3f9b1e-9b24-a7c8-e702-7545784f93f9/mzl.yrwomiwy.png/1242x2688.png)
- [Screenshot 6](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Purple113/v4/23/5d/66/235d661b-06fb-5a02-492e-efdabbb97884/mzl.ohjoxums.png/1242x2688.png)
- [Screenshot 7](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Purple123/v4/70/b2/76/70b276e3-431a-ea1f-834a-d9d65213f1ae/mzl.vigleqnv.png/1242x2688.png)
- [Screenshot 8](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Purple123/v4/df/97/a5/df97a506-5fba-c08b-b41d-1f88f76c1c3e/mzl.oshbssgw.png/1242x2688.png)
- [Screenshot 9](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Purple123/v4/59/a8/ee/59a8ee0b-5fcb-fa03-4f42-02445580c339/mzl.zvehejio.png/1242x2688.png)
- [Screenshot 10](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Purple123/v4/04/6f/5a/046f5aab-ec0f-dde3-7e3c-b14ed9218e65/pr_source.png/1242x2688.png)

## Brushes Rating Breakdown in United States
- 5 stars: 128 (74%)
- 4 stars: 30 (17%)
- 3 stars: 4 (2%)
- 2 stars: 5 (3%)
- 1 stars: 5 (3%)

## Brushes Reviews in United States

### ****- "A good place to start"
I already have more robust (albeit pricier) apps and I am not sure why I thought they would have the same features plus something else unattainable, but there’s really no need for this one as it doesn’t offer anything they don’t already offer. 

If you are just starting out, this is a really good price for what it does do- for example you can use layers and adjust the brushes to make your own brushes. I’m just spoiled. A very decent app for this price point, however.
-- specialappssk, 2024-05-26

### ***** "soooo good"
I love this app and it has been a great investment!
-- pokeboysd, 2023-08-07

### ***-- "Won’t load my photos"
Hmmm. This just gives me a blank page when I try to load a photo
-- Davidresseguie, 2022-08-23

### **--- "Bugs keep piling up"
Can't place images from the gallery anymore. This app is not well-maintained. For $2, it was worth the time I got out of it before it broke so badly, but I can't recommend it anymore without that feature.
-- Drewt_my_horn, 2021-12-07

### *---- "Nothing works"
I just paid for an empty app. There is nothing when I open it.
-- MyMiniGal, 2021-06-24

### ***** "So much fun!"
I’ve been having a blast with this little app!
-- KG#%#<>%#<>, 2021-04-07

### ***** "“Brushes”"
This program is perfect for the creative artist. The real brush effects are amazing. Colors work with each other and when over layed creat blended colors the same as real water color. In painting this is called glazing and I never thought I would find it in computer   program.
However, I have to say the USER INTERFACE could be a tad more clear. Especially bothersome is the circular lines icon that shows up unexpectedly in the lower right corner. It seems to assume control but does nothing and won’t go away. This needs to be re thought.
-- Boatowner, 2020-12-11

### **--- "Simple black lines impossible"
How do I get a simple BLACK line? All I seem to get is grey and it is driving me nuts? I’ve used Brushes for years yet in the new versions I can’t manage to find a BLACK line - for my graphics BLACK is critical and I am stumped as to why I cannot creat one - regardless of brush or opacity they all come out grey and I’m really frustrated.
-- Dpeterson603, 2020-07-26

### ****- "Brushes"
Great for making iPad paintings, but quits and often closes unexpectedly without saving your work
-- neiloh987, 2020-07-01

### ***** "Brushes"
Simple-to-use art app which exports as transparent png—all at an excellent price—highly recommend!
-- BAR112, 2019-06-12

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## Brushes Store Rankings
| Chart | Country | Category | Rank |
|-------|---------|----------|------|
| Top Paid | United Kingdom | Graphics Design | #6 |
| Top Paid | Australia | Graphics Design | #9 |
| Top Paid | Netherlands | Graphics Design | #11 |
| Top Paid | Ireland | Graphics Design | #14 |
| Top Paid | France | Graphics Design | #16 |
| Top Paid | Belgium | Graphics Design | #16 |
| Top Paid | Denmark | Graphics Design | #19 |
| Top Paid | Portugal | Graphics Design | #20 |
| Top Paid | Norway | Graphics Design | #24 |
| Top Paid | New Zealand | Graphics Design | #26 |
| Top Paid | Austria | Graphics Design | #30 |
| Top Paid | Germany | Graphics Design | #31 |
| Top Paid | Spain | Graphics Design | #31 |
| Top Paid | Lebanon | Graphics Design | #31 |
| Top Paid | Sweden | Graphics Design | #31 |
| Top Paid | Hong Kong SAR China | Graphics Design | #33 |
| Top Paid | South Africa | Graphics Design | #34 |
| Top Paid | Philippines | Graphics Design | #34 |
| Top Paid | Japan | Graphics Design | #35 |
| Top Paid | Switzerland | Graphics Design | #38 |
| Top Paid | Finland | Graphics Design | #38 |
| Top Paid | South Korea | Graphics Design | #40 |
| Top Paid | Greece | Graphics Design | #40 |
| Top Paid | Canada | Graphics Design | #43 |
| Top Paid | Israel | Graphics Design | #45 |
| Top Paid | Poland | Graphics Design | #46 |
| Top Paid | Russia | Graphics Design | #47 |
| Top Paid | China | Graphics Design | #53 |
| Top Paid | Italy | Graphics Design | #62 |
| Top Paid | Brazil | Graphics Design | #63 |
| Top Paid | United States | Graphics Design | #71 |
| Top Paid | Türkiye | Graphics Design | #74 |
| Top Paid | Taiwan | Graphics Design | #76 |
| Top Paid | Argentina | Graphics Design | #77 |
| Top Paid | Malaysia | Graphics Design | #79 |
| Top Paid | India | Graphics Design | #84 |
| Top Paid | Kuwait | Graphics Design | #85 |
| Top Paid | Thailand | Graphics Design | #90 |
| Top Paid | United Arab Emirates | Graphics Design | #92 |
| Top Paid | Saudi Arabia | Graphics Design | #103 |
| Top Paid | Hungary | Graphics Design | #107 |
| Top Paid | Mexico | Graphics Design | #109 |
| Top Paid | Romania | Graphics Design | #114 |
| Top Paid | Indonesia | Graphics Design | #125 |
| Top Paid | Singapore | Graphics Design | #129 |
| Top Paid | Czechia | Graphics Design | #135 |

## Brushes Discovered Keywords
- sketch
- painting
- my brushes
- brushes
- brushes redux

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- [United Kingdom](https://apptail.io/app/brushes-xUBc/united-kingdom)
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