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Apple App Store Inspire

snowCanoe

58
Reviews
4.5
Rating
May 14, 2009
Launch Date
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Available exclusively on the App Store, meticulously designed to be beautifully powerful, and painstakingly engineered for iPhone — Inspire delivers an incredibly fast and realistic painting, drawing, and sketching experience that you can take with you wherever you go and use whenever inspiration strikes.

Our proprietary painting engine Sorcery™ takes full advantage of the GPU to render brush strokes with brilliant 64-bit color, laser-sharp sub-pixel precision, and insanely fast speed. While the strokes of a wet oil paint brush look beautiful on their own, the breathtaking blending effects of a dry brush will absolutely stun you. Graze the canvas with just a bit of pressure to add a subtle blur to your artwork or use stronger pressure to actually mix existing colors on the canvas together to create new ones.

Whether you are a budding artist, seasoned professional, or somewhere in-between, you will enjoy the simplicity and power of the most intuitive and compelling illustration app for iPhone, Inspire.

Amazing Brushes
• 150 high-quality brushes to choose from, divided into 15 sets: Oil Paint, Airbrushes, Spray Paint, Paint Splatter, Graphite Pencils, Wax Crayons, Markers, Chalk, Charcoal, Pastels & Conté, Basic Shapes, Complex Shapes, Shape Outlines, Patterns, and Textures
• All brushes can be used as a Wet Brush, Dry Brush (Blending), or Eraser
• Over 20 different settings are available to customize brush strokes with powerful versatility and variation

The Best Painting App for iPhone
• Sorcery™, the fastest 64-bit painting engine on the App Store
• Create a canvas of any size up to 16K (64MP)
• Dual-texture brushes
• 64-bit color
• All device orientations are supported all the time — switch from portrait to landscape painting with ease
• 1000 levels of undo and redo are available
• Touch and slide hotspots can be used to quickly change brush size, opacity, and pressure without opening a menu
• The eyedropper tool can be used with a touch and hold gesture to select paint colors from the canvas
• The canvas can be moved around, rotated, and zoomed in and out up to 6400%

Canvas Playback Video Recording
• Brush strokes are automatically recorded as you paint without any delay
• You can play the video of your artwork being created stroke-by-stroke directly in the gallery
• Export high-quality videos of your artwork to your Photos

Full-Featured Color Picker
• Choose any paint color you can dream of with the intuitive color picker
• HSB and RGB sliders accompany a large color circle, color square, and opacity slider
• Your latest colors are saved to a palette automatically while you paint
• You can also save your favorite colors to a palette with drag and drop

Visit snowCanoe.com to check out more screenshots, videos, and artwork.

With no subscription fees or in-app purchases, you own Inspire and all future updates forever, with just one purchase!
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Deep-Dive FAQs

What is Inspire?
Inspire is a digital product or tool described as: snowCanoe
Where did Inspire originate?
Data for Inspire was aggregated directly from the Apple App Store community ecosystem, representing raw developer and early-adopter sentiment.
When was Inspire publicly launched?
The initial public indexing or launch date for Inspire within our tracked developer communities was recorded on May 14, 2009.
How popular is Inspire?
Inspire has achieved measurable traction, logging over 58 reviews and facilitating 4 recorded discussions or engagements.
Which technical categories define Inspire?
Based on metadata extraction, Inspire is categorized under topics such as: Graphics & Design.
Is Inspire recognized by media or academic researchers?
Yes. It has been covered by media outlets like Scientific American. This indicates the concept has reached a level of mainstream or scientific viability beyond just developer forums.
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How does the creator describe Inspire?
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Community Voice & Feedback

Mad-ninja Call-of-duty • Nov 12, 2025
This painting app is distinct from other apps, my favorite feature is the video progress. Where after you finish you can see the animation coming to life from simple lines and smudges to a castle. The painting itself is great, it takes some time to learn but it’s easy and fun.
iFyl2 • Sep 13, 2021
I’ve made some things on here that surprise myself. Great app.
TSAVORITE43 • Sep 5, 2021
I love this app. It feels like your finger is a brush and no mess at all. So much fun!
Spraycan p • Jan 14, 2021
This app is great! It has a great selection of Brushes to use and a lot more than most paint apps! great fun
15nieces & nephews • Sep 5, 2020
Very easy to navigate & be creative.
silentminja • Dec 14, 2019
While many apps out there essentially do the same thing with brush patterns (pro-create, etc) There is nothing that compares with the blending effect of wet-on-wet you get with this app. This is the app that I go to for that traditional oil painting look.
mariabgood • Jan 13, 2019
Great way to play with art
BigBoiDownUnder • Dec 29, 2018
Such an amazing app! I used to use the free version of ibis paint but when I really got into art I met complications along the way so I decided to change to a new art-making program and that puts me here. The first piece I made was two planets both with one moon in a galaxy and I have to say that the vast arrangement of tools Inspire offers made this quite easy while keeping it looking good and fresh!

You got a new user! -J
K0GGLE • Nov 8, 2018
DOESN'T SUPPORT MULTIPLE LAYERS
Hercules2513 • Oct 22, 2018
This app totally rocks
Dida61 • Aug 24, 2018
I have many painting apps - ArtStudio Pro, Affinity Designer, ArtRage, Paintstorm, Procreate - yes, I play with the big boys. But when I’m ready to settle down and get things done, Inspire Pro is my go- to painting app. Its ease-of-use is the primary reason but come on...look at all those brushes, and the blending capabilities are above an other app! You should really give this app a try if you’re serious about painting!
Loncfgdrgsfcdhjgj • Jul 11, 2018
This is my first art app and I love it so much and I thank you the creators
JCsReviews • Apr 22, 2018
Amazing app!! Very enjoyable. It blends old school artistic techniques and tools with new digital painting techniques and tools.
The recording of all brush strokes is the icing on the cake. It’s fun to watch the painting appear from a blank screen and it’s a great teaching tool.
Great job!! Love the app!! Thank you for creating it!!!
Adding layers would be awesome.
dustymom • Feb 14, 2018
Lots of fun! Makes an artist out of everyone. Easy to use. Addictive. Relaxing.
ShaineTm • Dec 18, 2017
Although, I wish they would add more brushes.

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