Brushstroke Reviews

I’ve been a professional photographer since the mid-60s. (Remember Nikons, Leicas, and Hasselblads?) Since so-called retirement I have dabbled with image manipulation having determined that absolute reality was highly overrated. So far I have been displeased with what was available. The discovery of this app was a revelation. Brushstroke is exactly what I have been looking for. I can recommend it unreservedly to anyone looking to see the world in different, and exciting, new ways. The customer service is also outstanding and very quick. If you have a problem or a question about Brushstroke they are on it right away. You are missing something if you don’t have it.

This application would be great. It does a pretty good job turning photos into paintings. But the process of importing photos is clunky; the user interface controls that it uses are non-standard. Its photo picker doesn’t deal with nested albums. And I can’t search for photos by name or title or face. It should just use the normal Photos picker, which would be able to handle all those things. It’s difficult finding the photo that I want to use in the application. It also doesn’t have an action extension and it doesn’t handle drag and drop. Because of this, if I have an photo open in Photos, I can’t open it in this app. We have to go hunt for it in this app’s clunky nonstandard slow UI. It also resets its settings (like filter and canvas texture) every time I reopen the application. It also is difficult to switch between the filters I want, since there are so many filters (dozens), and I use only a few of them. I should be able to save my favorite filters, instead of having to scroll through a dozen filters every time we reopen the application.

(Updated to say it’s exactly what the developer said it was. Simple fix, all is well.)
I’ve always loved Brushstroke for so many reasons, but recently there has been a glitch in the near center of every uploaded image that looks like a white scratch. Close up it looks like a line and two dots. It appears on any image I upload and stays there saved to my camera roll. I have to take my finished image to another app to erase the glitch. I hope it can be fixed.

It’s a good app in almost every way except that it refuses to allow the user the choice of not using the camera. Why is that a problem? It’s a huge problem when the camera turns on and is live either looking in my room or at me. I only wanted to use my Photo library. It wouldn’t let me. I’m not happy about this because so many off the apps I’m interested in are made by one owner. Now, if I were to purchase one, I have to wait until I’ve paid to find out if the rest are like this app. Yes, I saw those icons. Each time I touched Photo Library, I was taken to Camera. Didn’t work . It’s not that I can’t figure out how to use Brushstroke . Maybe it just got stuck on Choose Camera. That’s possible. Brushstroke works for others.

In another review a user complaint about the access to the camera, which has to be given. Otherwise tje app will not function properly. The developers statements could be interpreted that user / iphone has an issue (please reboot and reinstall). This statement is misleading. Brushstroke asks once for accessing the camera (true) but asks again (!) to get access if you want to only allow access to the photo library („Camera and Photos Access is required“). Furthermore it says: „To take photos and access existing once, Brushstroke needs permission...“.
So, the reviewer was correct on his statement. A functional bug

I made a cool version of a photo within 5 clicks when I first opened Brushstroke. Very pleased with how it turned out. I decided to order a canvas print, but found I was able to order it from the same printer for 1/2 price by ordering directly from the printers website instead of thru Brushstroke . We are very pleased with the print hanging on our wall and we get lots of comments on it every time we have visitors. So, to recap, Brushstroke is cool but the printing option from within Brushstroke is too expensive. Save the artwork and upload it for printing via the web for discounts.

Brushstroke is so much better than the real thing because you don’t have to worry about making a mess and having to clean it up and I love the fact that I don’t have to worry about spending an arm and a leg on the real thing and I would strongly recommend Brushstroke to anyone who likes to use their iDevice as a painting area and not have to worry about getting your clothes all dirty. Don’t listen to those naysayers who give you bad ratings because Brushstroke is so awesome and way cool. 👩‍🎨

I bought this exceedingly cool app several years ago! But I haven’t used it in some time. (I Love photo apps). I do remember it fondly.

I just tried it! This most creative app still works as well as it always did! The developers are not dangling carrots in front of your nose., trying to line their pockets.

Rather they are providing an attractive app which is sure to serve as a muse for all sorts of creative endeavors. You’ll feel revived, enthused and raring to go. There are oh so many possibilities to help you make some of your prettiest photos into colorful paintings.

Certainly I’m going to add the reasonable packages. It’s the least I can do for the developers that could inspire turning your photos into your own Monets, Manets, Degas and all the other Impressionists!

Take a photo and GO CREATIVE!

I took a picture of my wife while drifting down the Missouri River. The picture was ok but after working with Brushstrokes I created a very nice painting. Floating the rivers in Montana is a favorite pastime for us so this celebrates those events. This was a Christmas gift to my wife and I had it printed on canvas. It came out great and now hangs in our bedroom.
Their customer service was great and very responsive! Over all I received a great painting and good service I’m very pleased.

This is an excellent artistic app. It is easy to master by experimenting with each setting. I discovered the way to vary the intensity or degree of each is accomplished simply by sliding my forefinger from left to right across the image and back and forth until you like the effect.
Brushstroke signs the photo with your name by default. You can pick the color or remove it entirely.
I would recommend this wonderful app to my Flickr friends.

This is such a cool concept. I can take any picture and turn it into a painting with full control over every detail. So much potential! Then I have the option to sign it, share it via social media, or actually have it printed, framed, and sent to my house. Outstanding! Brushstroke has become a major tool for my decorating as well as gift giving. I love it! I'm working on my 7th picture now! Update..... still great! Loving it!

This program is for anyone who ever felt powerless paying a so called artist to create your vision only to find yourself with less money and no realization of the vision. You don’t need to pay anyone. You are creative already, you were just lacking the tools for success. Do this, you will thank me later.

There are a couple better traditional style painting filters available in Brushstroke store. It is disappointing that there is almost no ability to control brush marks. You are stuck with Brushstroke presets and changing gimmicky things like canvas texture and hue. Getting something that actually looks like like paint and works with your image is almost impossible. If you are an experienced artist this will probably disappoint, I suspect the many positive reviews are from hobbyists. The lack of a free demo or high res sample gallery on their website makes me feel mislead and I've requested a refund.

I originally found Brushstroke to be a bit confusing, I am an artist/designer and have tried lots of paint apps that I could use professionally and quickly add well thought out filters. I do use photoshop almost exclusively and get great results but was looking for something that would quickly and easily give me a painterly result. I love Brushstroke and highly recommend it. The tech support responded quickly and solved my question with precise instructions.

I have recently started painting. I am decent at painting a realistic painting from a picture but have always love abstract art better. I couldn’t figure out how to learn to do it. Brushstroke helps me turn my photos into abstract art so I can use them to learn, and gives me interesting photos to post on social media. Cool all the way around and easy to navigate.

This is such an amazing app. I have tons of flower and landscape photos and Brushstroke turns them into works of art. I can’t wait to have one printed.

I have a question though. I have albums from my Mac loaded to my IPad. Can those album names be sorted alphabetically when trying to find a photo to use? That would help tremendously.

Thank you.

I love all that I can do with Brushstroke as long as I print it myself...I ordered a picture that I had converted to a painting...so disappointed...the color was way off and now I paid for something that will never see the light of day...learned my lesson...only order from the best sites...this isn’t one of them

Having trouble figuring out how to navigate the Ap.

I first expressed my frustration and then I received n
A message from the developer. Wow. They do take pride in their Ap and are concerned about users. With the instructions I received all is going Wonderfully Well. I thanked them and then got even more information. My new recommendation is GET A COPY FOR YOURSELF

Not many offerings at Brushstroke Store rate five stars; this is one of them. I did the math once, and seem to remember something like over seven thousand permutations possible per picture. Some might not like the occasional rendered result, so move on to the next and you most probably will be pleased with the results. In short: Worthy Shtuffe!😎

I really like Brushstroke and all its painting filters. But I think it’d better if Brushstroke does not automatically applies a filter when importing the photo, because that way we can see a contrast between the original and the effect afterwards. Hope to see such improvement on the next update. :)