DrawUp - Learn To Draw

Does no give you a chance to do another thing

So I downloaded this app because it looked fun...it is but everytime you do a line it just finished it for you! Like everytime I made a line it just made how it wants it to look and it's basically not your handrighting! I just hate that!

Alex Kunchevsky is the creator of this app. He puts out great Procreate how-to videos on YouTube. I typically hate newsletters, but I was subscribed to his. That’s how I learned of his app. I was pretty excited about it because I need lessons on how to draw better as well as how to get the most out of Procreate. This would be a better way to learn than drawing along to YouTube videos, everything is in the app. I did the one free lesson, which I couldn’t color because adding color to your drawings is a Pro feature. As is everything. Even though the newsletter said it was free. I know developers need to earn a living so I was expecting there to be a free and a premium version of this app, even though the newsletter called it a free app with no caveats. If the free version was good enough, I’d have probably paid for the premium version, if it was within my budget, even though I do hate that everything is a subscription. But there is no free version. You get one demo lesson. After that, it’s $7.99 per WEEK, and you get a measly 3-day free trial. Anyone with even a moderately busy life wouldn’t have time to accurately assess if the app is right for them. Subscribing weekly is the only option, with no monthly or yearly subscriptions. A conscious and greedy decision on Mr. Kunchevsky’s part. Monthly and yearly subscriptions are typically discounted. It’s a better value for the subscribers and the developer gets a larger payment upfront. But he wants none of that, he wants you to pay him approximately $415 per year, full stop. Absurdly expensive, no matter how great the app is. Instead of getting a subscriber to his app, Mr. Kunchevsky lost my subs to his email newsletter and his YouTube channel. When will developers learn that reasonably priced subscription-based apps, or even better, apps you can just purchase like you used to be able to buy software would be more lucrative because more people would be willing to part with their hard-earned money?

The app is very straightforward and easy to use! The practice is easy to do with an Apple Pencil or finger, and I love that the lessons show you how to easily sketch out your shapes, teaching you how to branch out and draw more independently in the future. I am currently using the free trial and love sketching while watching tv. It is quite relaxing, and there’s a good amount of fun characters to choose from! I have just a few suggestions for some future updates; 1. Most importantly, please add more info about what the subscription includes. As the app is new, it isn’t quite clear if the weekly charge only includes access to the current pro selections, or if new content will be added on a regular interval. I’d also love more options for payment intervals, ie weekly, annual, biannual, etc. 2. Development of the points system further to gamify drawing. Currently when you first log in and complete a drawing, you can see how many points you earn. However, it’s not easy to find what those points mean. How many points are possible? It would be fun to unlock new things, profile avatars, and other perks as you earn points. 3. Common drawing features in other apps would be great! Things like holding the pencil down will cause a line to snap straight, or holding to draw a circle. Integrating these features that we often use in drawing apps would make this a really valuable teaching tool. All of that said, this app is just days old at this point and is a great start! Looking forward to seeing where it goes!