Procreate, affinity designer, clip studio(full desktop app) or sketchbook is free. Paintstirm has amazing brushes and is great for painting. There are many drawing apps. Procreates been around the longest and is well kept up on. It’s a one time buy also

Procreate, linea my most used ones

Procreate, costs $10.

I have absolutely no artistic skills at all, but I still bought Procreate and it's been the app I've used the most on my new Pro. I find myself doodling for hours, producing absolutely nothing of value or interest and yet it doesn't feel like wasted time at all.

There is freeform, but if you want a nice high quality app I recommend Procreate. It’s only 10 dollars afaik and it has many options for brushes, erasers, layers, etc.

my nephew and niece ( 5 and 7 respectively ) learned how to use procreate at a pretty quick pace, i think its pretty kid friendly ! procreate also has stamps that you can add as brushes to help them get creative, seen my nephew use my space stamps a lot haha. the app is one time purchase and pretty good for its price too

ibis paint x i think its free

I built Kidz Fun Art over the last few of years. My kids were 3 and 5 when I started, and are 6 & 8 now, and they've loved it all along. Many of the ideas in it were theirs, and they use it daily.

You can use it directly on any browser at https://kidzfun.art . Just add it to the home screen on any iPad or Android tablet and it works just like an app.

You can also download it as an iPad app from https://apps.apple.com/us/app/kidz-fun-art/id6443621939 , and as a app for a Microsoft device from https://apps.microsoft.com/detail/9npwjmg2ps51

Artstudio Pro. Its fantastic!

I’m going to agree with procreate for freehand, but I’d like to add affinity design if you’re looking for an Adobe illustrator alternative. Personally, I’m not good at freehand but I like to design in 2d for things I might eventually 3D print.

Definitely Procreate!

Procreate has become the standard

ProCreate hands down.

Procreate already mentioned. There’s also Infinite Painter, Tayasui Sketches and Sketchbook. I switch between them now and then. Sketchbook is free AFAIR.

Procreate. One time purchase of 9.99 I believe. And you can find a bunch of free brushes online.

Although I never had the chance to use it I've heard that many artist enjoy procreate. It should be only a one time payment of around 15$.

Procreate is excellent and affordable. In terms of drawing tools and accessibility it's much better than Photoshop (imo)

I’ve downloaded almost all the art apps that aren’t subscriptions. Procreate is hands down the best and most intuitive to use.

The best part is that it’s also compatible with some Photoshop brushes.

Procreate is all you need.

Procreate for sure

Procreate is very beginner-friendly, cheap, and there are thousands of tutorials everywhere, so you can't go wrong with that one.

Ima keep a tab on this….. phones kinda too small but im gonna be getting a new one here soonish. I wanna be able to sketch out a random idea when it pops in!

I think you can get procreate, swear an artist i follow uses it on an ipad.

Not on iOS that I know of, but if you have a Nintendo 3DS you can get a game called Art Academy. It teaches you how to draw and paint. It’s a very good app, and you can use the touchscreen on the 3DS to draw with a stylus.

https://www.nintendo.com/games/detail/art-academy-lessons-for-everyone-3ds/

I really wish they would release art academy for iOS. It would be amazing with the Apple Pencil. So far though I have heard nothing about it.

You can get a refurbished 3DS system from Nintendo:

https://store.nintendo.com/ng3/browse/subcategory.jsp;jsessionid=Vy3N95U0uPqM1IcYq8PeWYeT7SI5PirXOfphP6MDD4TdDdowhVkp!-1393103538?categoryId=cat50006

But my favorite is a refurbished N3DS in the Black Mario style I got from GameStop, I love it as its smaller and lighter than the XL models:

https://m.gamestop.com/product/nintendo-3ds/consoles/nintendo-new-3ds-system-super-mario-black-recharged-refurbished/149282

ShadowDraw on iOS.

Go on YouTube and watch proko and Phil's design corner.

!remindme 10 days

Try SketchAR: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/sketchar-learn-how-to-draw/id1221482822?mt=8

Go for Adobe Fresco. Completely Free.

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Procreate is fantastic but it does cost money ibis paint is good as well and it's free with some pay to unlock features if I remember correctly but you don't need to to be able to use it

Procreate the goat

Sketchbook

It is free and really good.

Try them all definitely, but procreate wins hands down as a combo of ease of use, features and power. Photoshop, Illustrator and Fresco can be useful if you’re already an Adobe CC user.

Clip studio and fresco are pretty good but procreate it’s still better to me

clip studio paint, you can make and download a bunch of custom brushes, there are 3D models you can use, the setup is very customizable, and you can animate!!! the only thing is that the more affordable option is $24 a year

People buy iPads, because of ProCreate and you’re asking us about other ones? ☠️

Surprised nobody mentioned Affinity Photo/Designer.

Edit: I use the suite and am a fan.

Affinity designer

HiPaint is a new one I came across recently, also available on Android... https://apps.apple.com/us/app/hipaint/id1664391616