iDesign

I purchased the stand alone app a while back. I went to use it today to find out I cannot use the app because it has been converted to a subscription app (without any warning). Subscription programs are a crappy way to constantly leach money out of users; which is absolutely wrong!!! Apple, why do you support this “bait and switch" tactic?

I bought and used this app for the past 10 year with a purchase price of $7 I believe it was and today I went to use it and it is subscription based. I used this app to design Christmas projects for my kids every year. I guess I will be deleted one of my long term apps and going with either another app from someone else or back to pencil and paper. So much for being a loyal customers I guess. Unbelievable. ************************** In response to your reply. Well hopefully all of the other developers app I’ve downloaded don’t start to do the same thing. I have Grand Theft Auto on my phone. Hopefully tomorrow they don’t decide to start charging monthly to play it. Also as per your statement of the cost being less than a cup of coffee a month? That’s irrelevant . I don’t get why you couldn’t have disconnected this specific app version, removed it from the App Store so that people like me can still use it for free but when we deleted it at any point it would not be available. And to have a second app available that is a paid version for those who are downloading for the 1st time. Either was I’ve deleted the app.

Spent a couple hours on an initial design, nothing fancy, a couple of layers, some lines and an image. Now my entire design has randomly disappeared, just showing a blank screen with a weird dot in the middle, design seems to be flickering into view occasionally… when I try to access the layers controls, the whole app crashes. Would like my money back please.

I’m a pro user of Freehand then Illustrator. Adobe purchased Freehand then discontinued it. Freehand was better than illustrator. I need a technical bias and iDesign is very good in my early days of use. Worth every penny.

There’s a lot about this app that I really like. However, I just can’t figure out how to configure the board, grid and snap as I would like. What I’d like is the ability to have major grid lines in feet, smaller ones in inches, snap to 1/8th inch and a canvas large enough for fifty feet. I can come close with various configurations, but never seem to reach exactly what I want. Something about the way the system is designed seems to make this combo impossible to achieve. Or at least for me to achieve.

It’s been a long time since I last used iDesign. Just downloaded it after years and I am pleasantly surprised. This app is loaded with lots of great stuff. Sadly, the reviews on here are pretty old and made me a bit discouraged to download this again. But the developer is still doing updates with bug fixes so this app is far from abandoned. I’m hoping the developer will add two finger tap to undo and three finger to redo. I suppose the UI could use some tweaking but I’m cool with it. But, all in all, this app is very capable. I’m surprised that I don’t see reviews on here from architects, engineers, designers, etc. iDesign seems great for anyone who needs to do precision work. Sad that this app isn’t getting the love it deserves. Hopefully I’m wrong about that.

Keeps crashing when editing paths or Boolean functions

Well designed tool. Lots of functions, perfect for 2D technical design. Thanks.

This is a really, really good app, a little learning curve, but read the manual and it eases the effort. It easy to create exact sizes, lengths, circumferences, angles without using touch. All the functions are available grouping, alignment, layers, board sizing. A powerful 2D drawing, architectural and engineering app. Now they have customer support, highly recommended....

Don’t get this if you’re trying to copy text layers to import into other programs, (like ProCreate). The copy feature does not carry over into other apps. Poor UI design.