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Brushes Redux

by Christoffer Hoel

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Appeye score 72 out of 100, from 272 reviews (moderate confidence)

272 reviews analysed · 6 Nov 2014 – 10 Aug 2026 · scored 29 Sep 2026

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Based on 272 reviews from 6 Nov 2014 - 10 Aug 2026.

Overview

Appeye score
72/100moderate confidence
Category rank
#1635 of 2,703Entertainment
Reviews analysed
272Scored reviews from the App Store.
Sentiment trend
Trending upIts trend signals are moving in a positive direction.
App Store
3.5

303 ratings

Review sentiment

73
App nameBrushes Redux
SellerChristoffer Hoel
GenreEntertainment
Version3.2
Content rating4+
Requires iOS8.0
Size15 MB
Released31 Oct 2014
Current version7 Apr 2016
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App description

Brushes Redux is a painting app designed exclusively for iOS. Rewritten from the ground up, Brushes Redux is universal — the same version runs on both your iPhone and your iPad. Move paintings between your devices and keep working wherever you go. An accelerated OpenGL-based painting engine makes painting smooth and responsive — even with huge brush sizes. Brushes also records every step in your painting. Show off your creative process by replaying your paintings directly on your device. General Features: – Create paintings with dimensions up to 4096x4096 – Full support for all Retina devices – Background autosave – Unlimited undo and redo – Simple and approachable interface Painting: – Full screen painting – Record and replay paintings – Ultrafast OpenGL-based painting engine – Huge brush sizes up to 512x512 pixels – Simulated pressure – 64-bit painting on the latest hardware – 14 parameterized brush shapes – Adjustable brush settings (spacing, jitter, scatter, etc.) – Adjustable color opacity – Invert color and desaturate – Flip and arbitrarily transform layers – Adjustable color balance (iPad only) – Adjustable hue, saturation and brightness (iPad only) Layers: – Create up to 10 layers – Lock and hide layers – Lock layer transparency – Adjust layer opacity – Duplicate, rearrange, and merge layers – Change blending modes: normal, multiply, screen, exclude Import and Export: – Integrated with Dropbox – Import native Brushes 3 files, JPEG, and PNG files – Export as native Brushes 3 files, JPEG, PNG, and Photoshop files (with layers) – Place images from your photo album into paintings – Copy paintings to the pasteboard Gestures: – Zoom with two finger pinch – Zoom in with two finger double tap – Zoom to fit with two finger double tap – Toggle interface visibility with a single tap (this can be changed to a two finger tap in the app settings) – Tap and hold to access eyedropper tool Screenshot credit: "Portrait of Ally" by John Bavaro (http://johnbavaro.com)

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