PenGo Paint App Review for the iPad

Recently I received a stylus from PenGo Creative, BrushPen Creative Tool System, which included a QR code and information for their creative app called PenGo Paint for the iPad. I reviewed the BrushPen Creative Tool System and decided to give PenGo Paint a whirl.

PenGo's Paint  is limiting when it comes to marks.

Like most creative apps PenGo Paint has several brushes for you access, layers, a color editing tool, etc, but that app itself does little to sets it apart from the competition. The app comes with five different brushes with different marks under each brush, but most of the marks are grainy or come out looking like rough 8-bit NES graphics. The line quality is pretty much the same from brush to brush so regardless if you are using the pen tool or the brush tool you will not be able to tell much difference.

PenGo Paint has layers, a basic color selector tool that comes standard with most sketching or digital painting apps and

Now to be fair it is a free program geared at promoting its' stylus rather than a cutting edge sketching app so you get what you pay for. It doesn't stack up with apps like ProCreate or Sketchbook Pro, but as far as free apps go it is not bad.

Pros and Cons for PenGo Paint...

Pros

PenGo Paint does let you export as a PSD file.

• Yep, you guessed it. It is free!
• When I went into the save option PenGo Paint does allow you to export your images as a PNG or a PSD file which is more then apps like Sketchbook Pro does and that is a $4.99 app.
• PenGo Paint has most of the bells and whistles that most standard sketching apps have without using an advertising bar at the bottom of the screen to help keep it free.

Cons

• The biggest con is the the brushes themselves. The app even gives you tools in the brushes to adjust things like radius, opacity, tapper and edge each brush feels very much the same and can be come frustrating to those artists who are looking for variety in the mark making.

Over all not bad as far as free apps go and being able to export your work as a PNG or a PSD file is pretty awesome, but the lack of mark making options makes me want to delete this app from my iPad ASAP.

I give PenGo Paint for the iPad...

1 out of 5 stars