It appears that Sketches School has ended its era as a free app. As a result we are searching for something similar and I was wondering if anyone had any recommendations?
We use the drawing tools in Keynote, Freeform etc, and in Seesaw but they aren’t as extensive so don’t have the same application for art.
Is there anything out there that is still free, and as user friendly?
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Hi Sarah
I am going to check that out on our iPads and get back to you! Thanks for the heads up!
Our iPads are good as long as it has already been deployed or within the amount of licenses we have. However, teachers using their own IDs to download it for the first time have had issues.
Oh, this is so sad! It has/had some lovely textured brushes. I use the pro version and noticed the latest update had made some changes to that app as well - new name "Watercolor" and wanting me to purchase things I bought long ago. It has been my go to sketchnote app for years. Hope it's not getting messed up or going subscription. (sigh.....)
I have to admit, I was gutted when I saw this too because it rounds out our curated list of apps for Junior Primary and is heavily used in both art and out interdisciplinary subject. Our Senior Primary students use Procreate which is a paid tool, but fairly reasonable for use over several years.
Those that already have the app seem to still have unrestricted use which is lucky for our current Year 2 and above students. But anyone that has not installed the app get hit with the registration.
We are currently considering our options too….so interested to hear what others may have found to replace it. I like Freeform for a lot of uses but it doesn’t quite hit the way sketches school does with the little ones. Agree that apps like seesaw or Draw and Tell are suitable for the little ones but are not enough either.
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May 17, 2025
I don’t personally like it but a lot of our students come in used to ibis paint and look for that instead . Sketches school still seems free for existing users but not newer downloads
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