A nearly perfect painting app for iPhone and iPad, Brushes manages to be both beginner-friendly and robust enough for serious artists. Hell, it's been used to make eight New Yorker covers. It comes with 19 adjustable brushes, and each work can be rendered with up to six compositional layers on the iPad.
WIRED Animate your sessions with video replay. Set brush size or opacity to vary with swipe speed.
TIRED No blend or smudge tools. Pricier than competing titles.