What's New

- Performance improvements
- Improved compatibility with Luna Display

App Description

Use your iPad to draw on your Mac! Astropad allows you to use your iPad to draw directly into Photoshop and any other Mac creative tools, including: Photoshop, Illustrator, Lightroom, Affinity, Corel Painter, Manga Studio, Pixelmator, Mischief and any other Mac app you like!

With Astropad, you get the high-end experience of a Wacom pen display at a fraction of the price. Connect wirelessly or over USB for complete creative freedom.  

** Requires a Mac **
The Mac companion app is free and is available on http://astropad.com.

Watch our demo video at: http://astropad.com

Astropad Standard will remain free after purchase, with continual updates to improve performance.

Features:
• Provides a natural drawing experience
• Works with any Mac app
• Delivers unprecedented image quality, no compression artifacts
• Blazing fast, keeps up with your drawing
• Bursts to 60 FPS even over Wi-Fi
• Works wirelessly or over USB
• Supports Apple Pencil
• Pressure sensitive
• Customizable shortcuts
• True Retina resolution
• Accurate palm rejection
• Pinch to zoom and pan in your Mac apps

Great for:
• Illustration
• Sketching
• Painting
• Animation
• Photo

Supported Styluses:
• Apple Pencil

• "In short: it actually works." - The Verge
• "If you're a digital artist with an iPad, you need to give Astropad a try." - iMore
• "I found performance instantaneous with no lag time whatsoever." - The Next Web
• "Astropad's execution is much better...mirroring the display with zero lag and total reliability." - Gizmodo
• "Somebody should really go to Wacom HQ and make sure everyone's okay." - Uncrate

Creating Astropad required innovative new technology we call LIQUID. We tried existing technologies but none of them delivered the performance we demanded. So we developed LIQUID and we are now able to deliver incredible performance and image quality well beyond existing tools.

Powered by LIQUID technology
• 2x faster than AirPlay
• Better than the highest quality JPEG
• Designed specifically for Wi-Fi

Devices supported:
• iPad iOS 9.1 or later: iPad Mini 2 (2013+), iPad Air (2013+), iPad Pro (2016+), iPad 5th generation (2017+)
• All Macs with 10.11 or later

What our users are saying:

“I was debating on whether or not to get a Cintiq and decided to go with Astropad/ iPad Pro. Couldn't be happier!” Dante Terzigni, illustrator

“I love Astropad – it completely benched my Wacom tablet. The Wacom is forgotten in my bottom drawer and hasn’t seen the light of day since I installed Astropad.” Erkki Alvenmod, photographer

"Great, great, great. Need I say more?" - Sherri Nielsen

“It’s a go! The latency is nonexistent compared to a Cintiq. It’s much better in so many ways and your pockets will be much happier.” Dave Garcia, photographer

"It's completely revolutionized the way I animate in Flash and Photoshop." - Ronny K.

"I levitated out of my seat when I saw Astropad, having frequently lusted after a Wacom Cintiq for years but unable to afford it. Thank you much for developing this breakthrough app." - Mark G.

"OHMYGODILOVEYOU!" - Wayne Johnson

Get in touch:
· Support: [email protected]
· Instagram: @astropadco
· Twitter: @astropad
· Facebook: facebook.com/astropadco

iPad Screenshots

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Astropad Standard screenshot 1 Astropad Standard screenshot 2 Astropad Standard screenshot 3 Astropad Standard screenshot 4 Astropad Standard screenshot 5

App Changes

  • February 19, 2015 Initial release
  • March 28, 2015 New version 1.0.1
  • April 27, 2015 New version 1.1
  • April 27, 2015 Price increase: FREE! -> $24.99
  • May 14, 2015 New version 1.2
  • May 26, 2015 New version 1.2.1
  • June 11, 2015 Price increase: $24.99 -> $29.99
  • June 24, 2015 Price decrease: $29.99 -> $24.99
  • July 02, 2015 Price increase: $24.99 -> $29.99
  • July 10, 2015 Price decrease: $29.99 -> $19.99
  • August 13, 2015 Price increase: $19.99 -> $29.99
  • August 27, 2015 New version 1.2.2
  • August 27, 2015 Price decrease: $29.99 -> $19.99
  • September 19, 2015 New version 1.2.3
  • October 20, 2015 Price increase: $19.99 -> $49.99
  • October 23, 2015 Price decrease: $49.99 -> $39.99
  • October 31, 2015 New version 1.2.4
  • November 03, 2015 Price decrease: $39.99 -> $19.99
  • November 09, 2015 New version 1.2.5
  • December 21, 2015 New version 1.3
  • January 19, 2016 Price decrease: $19.99 -> $9.99
  • January 31, 2016 Price increase: $9.99 -> $19.99
  • March 18, 2016 New version 1.4
  • March 19, 2016 New version 1.4.1
  • June 23, 2016 New version 1.4.4
  • June 23, 2016 Price increase: $19.99 -> $29.99
  • August 04, 2016 New version 2.0
  • November 02, 2016 New version 2.0.4
  • December 30, 2016 New version 2.1
  • May 12, 2017 New version 2.2
  • November 01, 2017 New version 2.2.5
  • April 09, 2019 New version 3.0
  • June 13, 2019 New version 3.2
  • September 11, 2019 New version 3.3
  • July 14, 2020 New version 3.4
  • October 23, 2020 New version 3.4.3
  • August 05, 2021 New version 3.7.0

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