“used to be so good, but everything got locked behind premium. I've had this app for years and it was great. whatever new update happened, deleted hours of my work after I re-opened an artwork after artwork. hours of hard work just gone.”
Independent automated assessment · 3 signal sources · 460 reviews scanned · analyzed 2026-10-04.
Tayasui Sketches
Tayasui SketchesBecause beautiful tools make beautiful drawings, Sketches has the most beauti…
3.7 ★78,468 ratings
10M+Downloads
4+Age rating
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Free · In-app purchasesIn-app purchases
About this app
Because beautiful tools make beautiful drawings, Sketches has the most beautiful brushes ever seen in an Android App. Sketches is the drawing application with the most realistic tools, enhanced with a large number of advanced functions and a minimalist and intuitive interface.
Available with Pro options: many tool variants, layers and dozens of additional features.
- Over 20 ultra realistic tools - Layers - Import photos - Incredibly realistic watercolor wet brush - Brushes Editor - Color Eyedropper - Advanced sharing and export functions - Layers - Use layers to simplify your task - Stylus support
The brushes have been designed so that each stroke behaves vividly and truly like a brush on paper, adapting the pressure, angle, and width to your movements.
List of tools…
Preview
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Independent evidence report
Evidence and review signals
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Which version this describes
When we ran this analysis, and what the store lists now.
This analysis describes version 1.5.43 of the app, analyzed 2026-10-04 . The app may have changed since.
The store currently lists version 1.5.43, updated 2026-09-22.
What we measured
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Developer replies to reviews
Replies to fewer than 1 review in 20
Price in the store description
States no price and billing period
Cancelling, in the store description
Says how to cancel
Themes reported by reviewers
1 theme reported
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Five-star share of ratings
Under 65% five-star
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In the package we scanned
No package has been scanned for this app, so nothing is published about what it ships. That is an absence of evidence about the app, not a finding about it.
Graded bands · predicate set 1.4 · how these are measured
What the analysis found
App-specific findings, grouped by what each one rests on. How they are graded lives on its own page.
Positive evidence 1
Things this app does right, published at the same strengths as the catch list.
Developer says data deletion can be requested
The developer's data-safety disclosure on the store states that users can request deletion of their data, or the app's own text offers a way to delete the account. This restates what the developer declares; it is not a test of whether deletion works. Apple publishes no equivalent disclosure, so on an Apple-only listing only the app's own text can support it.
What we saw: The developer's store data-safety disclosure states that data deletion can be requested; we have not seen a deletion control in the app's own text
One source only — shown, not confirmed 1
A single kind of evidence. We publish these because withholding them would be the bigger distortion, and we do not treat any of them as a finding we stand behind.
Reported by users: Paywall blocks the basics
The core of the app — not extras — sits behind payment, or previously-free function moved behind a paywall.
What we saw: Paywall blocks the basics: raised by 19 distinct reviewers (4.1% of 460 reviews scanned)
Highlighted reviews
Representative public review excerpts shown as user reports, not Appworthy audit evidence.
“I used to really love drawing in this app, mainly on my tablet, but also on my phone. I had not used it for a while only to come back to almost every brush and tool that used to be free is now behind a paywall. Safe to say I'll probably…”
“The free version of the app is really limiting but the available pens are functional enough for the app to be good for doodling or sketching. My main problem with the app is that it doesn't save my progress and deletes my drawings and…”
Assessment & version history
App changes and Appworthy events in one timeline.
Store listing updated to version 1.5.43.
What this app sells
Useful store-disclosed pricing, kept below the app listing.
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