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Tayasui Sketches

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What it is

Tayasui Sketches is a digital drawing app for Android, iOS, and macOS, designed to make drawing resemble work on paper. Brushes include pencil, acrylic, watercolor, airbrush, ink, and smudge, with many tools responding to Apple Pencil pressure, speed, orientation, and tilt. The app also offers color mixing, gradients, patterns, canvas rotation, guides, and an iPad sidebar. Pro features add unlimited layers, extra tool variations, an extended brush editor, wet watercolor, palettes, and extra rulers. Cloud Sync backs up drawings to iCloud and synchronizes them between devices; the FAQ says this sync cannot be disabled. Pro enables PNG and layered PSD export to other apps. On iPad, two apps can be opened together and layers or documents dragged between them. The free version costs nothing; Pro is a separate one-time purchase with no listed price. Each platform version requires a separate purchase, and drawings cannot sync across versions.

Spec sheet

Purpose
Sketches is a digital drawing app designed to make drawing feel like working on paper.Read 11 Oct 2026 · tayasui.com
Audience
Tayasui describes Sketches as serving casual and professional graphic artists who want a powerful drawing tool with an easy-to-grasp interface.Read 11 Oct 2026 · tayasui.com
Security
The FAQ says iCloud sync cannot be disabled as a measure to prevent loss of drawings.Read 11 Oct 2026 · tayasui.com
Support
Users can report bugs by emailing [email protected] with a screenshot or recording and reproduction steps where possible.Read 11 Oct 2026 · tayasui.com
Founded
2008Read 28 Sep 2026 · tayasui.com
Android limits
Rulers are not available in the Android version, and drawing orientation cannot be changed there.Read 11 Oct 2026 · tayasui.com
Apple Pencil
Many tools adapt to Apple Pencil pressure, speed, orientation, and tilt.Read 11 Oct 2026 · tayasui.com
Brush tools
The app offers realistic drawing tools including pencil, acrylic, watercolor, airbrush, ink, and smudge brushes.Read 11 Oct 2026 · tayasui.com
Canvas limit
The FAQ states that document size is limited to 12 MB, equivalent to 6000×2000 pixels.Read 11 Oct 2026 · tayasui.com
Cloud sync
Cloud Sync backs up drawings to iCloud and synchronizes them between devices.Read 11 Oct 2026 · tayasui.com
Commercial use
Tayasui says users may use creations made with Sketches as they wish.Read 11 Oct 2026 · tayasui.com
Device purchase limits
The iOS, Mac, and Android versions are separate apps and require separate purchases; drawings cannot be synced from one version to another.Read 11 Oct 2026 · tayasui.com
Export and integration
With a Pro purchase, drawings can be exported to other apps as PNG or layered PSD files.Read 11 Oct 2026 · tayasui.com
iPad workflow
On iPad, multitasking supports opening two apps and dragging layers and documents between them.Read 11 Oct 2026 · tayasui.com
Layers
The Pro features include unlimited layers for creating and editing complex drawings.Read 11 Oct 2026 · tayasui.com
Other features
The app includes color mixing, gradients, patterns, canvas rotation, guides, and an iPad sidebar for organizing drawings.Read 11 Oct 2026 · tayasui.com

Plans and prices

Sketches Free Free Free version; Pro features are available by separate purchase Read 11 Oct 2026 · tayasui.com
Sketches Pro features Price not published One-time purchase with no time limit Unlimited layers · extra tool variations · extended brush editor · wet watercolor · gradients and patterns · color mix · iCloud sync · color palettes · extra rulers Read 11 Oct 2026 · tayasui.com

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Strong points and limits

Strong points

  • Realistic pencil, paint, ink, and smudge brushes
  • Apple Pencil pressure and tilt response
  • Unlimited layers with Pro
  • PNG and layered PSD export
  • iCloud backup and synchronization

Limits

  • Separate purchases for each platform version
  • Drawings cannot sync between versions
  • Documents limited to 12 MB
  • Android lacks rulers and orientation changes

Who it suits

Sketches suits casual and professional graphic artists seeking a drawing tool with an easy-to-grasp interface. It supports Apple Pencil workflows and users working across supported Apple devices.

Verdict

Sketches offers paper-like drawing tools across Android, iOS, and macOS, with a free version and separately purchased Pro features. Platform separation and the 12 MB document limit are important constraints.

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