Sketchpad

Name: Sketchpad
Author: Sketchpad

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What Sketchpad is

Sketchpad is a browser-based drawing and design tool for graphics, infographics, drawings, school projects, presentations, and artwork. Its canvas includes 18 brushes, including Tile, Mirror, Crayon, and Calligraphy, plus line and path tools. You can use 14 customizable shapes, more than 800 Google fonts, and over 5,000 vector clipart images described as open source for professional and commercial artwork. Vector or raster images can be dragged into a project. Sketchpad is available on the web, Android, iOS, macOS, and Windows, with desktop and mobile apps. The web app has a free, ad-free plan. The desktop plan costs $4.99 a month for one PC and one Mac. Documents stay on your computer by default; Google Drive storage is optional. Sharing uploads a document to a US-based AWS data center at a unique URL, with server data encrypted in transit and at rest. Teachers can share images and templates with students. Drawing tablets and pen-pressure sensitivity are not yet supported.

Who it suits

Sketchpad suits beginners, professional artists, educators, and students making visual projects. It also fits classroom sharing and users who want local default document storage.

What it does well

18 brushes plus line and path tools
Over 5,000 vector clipart images
More than 800 Google fonts
Web, desktop, and mobile access
Free ad-free web plan

What to know first

Pen-pressure sensitivity is unsupported
Desktop plan costs 4.99 USD monthly
Shared files upload to a US AWS data center

Plans

Plan	Billed and limits	Price
Web-Based App	Browser-based drawing and design · No advertisements	On request
Web app	Free online use · no advertisements	Free
Desktop app	one-time fee · Offline file saving and use · license allows installation on one PC and one Mac	$4.99, paid once

As sketchpad.app lists them, read 20 Sept 2026. The maker's own page has the final word.

Verdict

Sketchpad offers broad drawing, typography, clipart, and platform coverage, including a free web option. Tablet users needing pen-pressure controls should note the stated limitation.

Facts from Sketchpad's own pages

Audience: The FAQ describes Sketchpad as suitable for beginners, professional artists, educators, and students. · beta.sketchpad.app, 11 Oct 2026
Clipart: Sketchpad provides more than 5,000 vector clipart images, described as open source and available for professional and commercial artwork. · sketch.io, 11 Oct 2026
Compliance: The privacy policy says the hosting provider’s data centers maintain ISO/IEC 27001:2013 compliance, PCI certification, and SOC reports. · sketch.io, 11 Oct 2026
Data storage: Documents are stored on the user's computer by default and are not uploaded to Sketchpad’s servers unless explicitly shared. · sketch.io, 11 Oct 2026
Desktop app: Yes · beta.sketchpad.app, 20 Sept 2026
Drawing tools: The product page lists 18 brushes, including Tile, Mirror, Crayon, and Calligraphy brushes, along with line and path tools. · sketch.io, 11 Oct 2026
Education: The privacy policy says teachers can share images and templates with students through Sketchpad’s built-in sharing feature and that the product is used for classroom learning. · sketch.io, 11 Oct 2026
Free plan: Yes · beta.sketchpad.app, 20 Sept 2026
Google Drive: The privacy policy says users can turn on Google Drive for file storage. · sketch.io, 11 Oct 2026
Headquarters: Portland, Oregon, United States · sketchpad.app, 28 Sept 2026
Illustration tools: Yes · beta.sketchpad.app, 20 Sept 2026
Importing: Users can add their own vector or raster images by dragging and dropping them into Sketchpad. · sketch.io, 11 Oct 2026
Mobile app: Yes · beta.sketchpad.app, 20 Sept 2026
Notable limitation: The FAQ says drawing tablets and pen pressure sensitivity are not yet supported. · beta.sketchpad.app, 11 Oct 2026
Presentation design: Yes · beta.sketchpad.app, 20 Sept 2026
Security: The privacy policy says data on Sketchpad’s servers, storage, backups, replicas, and snapshots is encrypted at rest and in transit. · sketch.io, 11 Oct 2026
Shapes and fonts: The feature page lists 14 customizable shapes and access to Google’s font library, with more than 800 fonts. · sketch.io, 11 Oct 2026
Shared files: Shared documents are uploaded to a US-based AWS data center and made available at a unique URL that the policy says cannot be guessed easily. · sketch.io, 11 Oct 2026
Support: Users can request deletion of a shared image by emailing its URL, and Sketch.IO says it will review and respond within 72 hours. · sketch.io, 11 Oct 2026
Template library: Yes · beta.sketchpad.app, 20 Sept 2026
What it does: Sketchpad is a browser-based drawing and design tool for making graphics, infographics, drawings, school projects, and artwork. · beta.sketchpad.app, 11 Oct 2026