Tushar Mehta / Android Authority
Drawing is the oldest form of human expression, dating back to a time far older than writing. I, as a visual learner, rely heavily on illustrations or sketching out things like a prospective DIY furniture project or even cable management under my desk to visualize better. And there are a few incredible apps that help me achieve that.
While Procreate is the most recommended drawing app for iPad, there is little unanimity on the Android side. Since I belong to the latter group and happily use my Android tablet — a OnePlus Pad 2 — extensively, I can recommend my favorite apps that I use not just for drawing, but essentially for all forms of scribbling. All of these vary in utility, and you don’t need to stick to just one.
Most importantly, all the apps I have covered offer the mentioned functionalities in their free versions, giving you a lot to experience before you may choose to pay. Here is the list of drawing apps that I recommend, starting with the one I use the most.
Which of the following drawing or note-taking apps have you used? 5 votes May: Beautiful Bullet Journal 0 % Sketchbook 80 % Concepts 0 % Notewise 0 % Microsoft OneNote 20 % Other (let me know in the comments) 0 %
May: Beautiful Bullet Journal
Tushar Mehta / Android Authority
What if I told you that the app I use most frequently to draw is not, in fact, a drawing app? While its unassuming name doesn’t justify its beauty, May is the app I turn to daily to doodle, both to loosen up and to ensure my day goes as planned. If the name and the picture above do not make it immediately apparent, May is a daily planner app, with an expandable canvas for daily scribbles.
Because I love to use a stylus or a pencil while also ensuring all my musings are not siloed in physical notebooks, I rely on May to do more than just jotting my to-dos. Besides its time-blocking features, May lets me track my mood daily simply by choosing the most fitting emoji. While I have never been the kind to embellish my journal with stickers — or even have a daily journal, except for one where I dump sporadic thoughts — I enjoy the fact that May integrates my daily doodles so seamlessly.
On days when I don’t feel like doing much, the app doesn’t force me to enter something. I can scribble vacuously, add a picture or meme, or type out my notes using the keyboard. It’s this simplicity and effortlessness of using the app that makes me come back to it repeatedly.
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