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If you previously purchased Inkpad and are seeing “Restore Unsuccessful - No prior purchases found for your account” this was not intentional. Please update to Inkpad 3.3.9 or later.
I am very sorry that this happened.
Apple’s receipt validation service went down on February 07, 2023 (see https://isdown.app/integrations/apple-developer/incidents/173465-outage-in-app-store-receipt-verification). The service has now been restored but the outage had long term effects in the receipt for app purchases stored on devices.
Again, I apologise for the inconvenience.
Thank you,
Derek
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Drawings created with real world units are now exported with metadata showing they have a resolution of 300 PPI/DPI. Drawings created in pixels or points are still exported with metadata for 72 PPI/DPI. This affects JPG and PNG images.
Nothing has changed about the pixel dimensions or quality of the images exported because Inkpad has always exported at 300 PPI, but now they will show as 300 PPI when opened in other apps such as Photoshop.
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Inkpad now supports fonts installed using profiles in iPadOS 14.
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Added support for double-tap on the Apple Pencil (2nd generation).
Double-tap to:
- Switch to the erase and back again,
- Switch between the current and previous tools or,
- Open the colour palette.
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Added support for the new iPad Pro (11 inch and 12.9 inch).
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SVG export improvements for improved compatibility with Inkscape.
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Improvements to exporting drawings to PDF which contain shadows.
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Minor fixes and enhancements.
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Inkpad now has an optional tip jar. We’ve never charged for a new version so any additional support will be gratefully received. All functionality is always unlocked, the tip jar is there as a way for you to show your appreciation and support for new updates.
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Numerous improvements and minor fixes including:
- Gallery sort improved when moving drawings.
- Theme change update when returning to gallery.
- SVG import improvements.
- Prevent unsupported file types being selected for import.
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Improvements to exporting drawings to PDF with gradients containing alpha (transparency) while preserving path resolution independence.
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Improvements include precise rotation control, a docked tools palette and easier sub-tool access.
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Inkpad now imports and exports multiple files from iCloud Drive, Google Drive, Microsoft OneDrive, Dropbox, Box and all cloud providers supporting the Apple Files app.
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Based on feedback from our users, I’ve added a refinement to the snapping and dynamic guides workflow.

Added
- Single setting to enable or disable all snapping. Rather than having to turn off all snapping options to carry out a freehand operation and then turn them back on again, this single setting can be used instead.
Fixes:
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Added:
- Added duplicate drawing action to the gallery.
Fixes:
- Minor fixes and enhancements.
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- In addition to left aligning, right aligning and centering your text, you can now set it as justified - like in a printed publication such as a newspaper.
- Added links to the Inkpad website and YouTube channel where you can find a wide range of tutorials, feature details, artist features and news updates.
- Minor fixes and enhancements.

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Added:
- Added gallery folders - Now you can organize your gallery by selecting drawings and moving them into and out of folders.
- New gallery layout - Cleaner appearance with larger, crisper drawing thumbnails.
- New drawing and folder renaming user interface.
- Russian language translation generously contributed by Alexander Deplov of Pleeq Software.
Fixes:
- Fix to the Color Balance and Hue & Saturation windows.
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Please note the Apple Pencil sensitivity setting has moved. It can now be accessed from inside a drawing, under the Preferences tab located in the Settings menu. For more information see post Inkpad 2.0
Added:
- Enhanced Apple Pencil support with sensitivity setting.
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Added:
- Gallery sort options. Sort drawings by name, modified date or created date.
- Hungarian translation contributed by Gábor L Ugray.
- Italian translation improvements contributed by Carlo Gandolfi.
Fixed:
- Selection icon visibility after actions.
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App Store preview video for Inkpad 1.9.0 on the iPad.
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Added:
- Color wheel. HSB color control with hue ring and saturation/brightness square.
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Added:
- Color component value inputs. Each of the RGBA or HSBA values can be specified using a numeric keypad.
- Hexadecimal color value input. The color value can be entered as a hexadecimal using an alphanumeric keypad to match existing artwork values.
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App Store preview video for Inkpad 1.8.0 on the iPad.
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Hello, my name is Lindsay and together with my husband Derek we maintain the vector art app Inkpad for iPad, iPad Pro and iPad Mini.
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Added:
- Drawings in the gallery are now sorted by modification date so your most recently edited drawings will appear at the top of the gallery.
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Version 1.7.2 (Jan 10, 2016)
Fixed:
- Missing layer thumbnails.
- Artefacts in iPad Pro icon.
- Minor issues.
Fixed:
- Missing layer thumbnails.
- Artefacts in iPad Pro icon.
- Minor issues.
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Added:
- Enhanced for iPad Pro.
- Main menu with about, feedback and help options.