- Charcoal is incredibly easy to use: Just create or open a sketch and start drawing. There are no layers, properties panels or confusing settings. Instead, Charcoal features rich tools and beautiful color palettes.



Concepts is described as 'The digital design sketchbook of the future. It’s powerful, flexible and smart, so you can go from quick sketches to beautiful and precise illustrations in a single app. Enhance your creative capabilities with our infinite canvas, flexible multi-touch shape guides' and is a digital painting tool in the photos & graphics category. There are more than 25 alternatives to Concepts for a variety of platforms, including iPad, Mac, iPhone, Windows and Android apps. The best Concepts alternative is Inkscape, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Concepts are Krita, Microsoft OneNote, Affinity and Xournal++.



Plumbago reimagines the notebook! Plumbago is a digital notebook with handwriting smoothing, realistic ink, and paper, and more. Features include:




Experience the power of Memori Notes, the ultimate companion for content collectors and thought enthusiasts.



Inks and Pens is a natural media drawing app. It reproduces the feelings of drawing tools: B&W pencils, coloured pencils, felt-tip pens, ball-point pens, fountain pens, oil pastels, inks ans brushes ….




Draftify is a minimal note and journal app (Mac only). It's a place to quickly write ideas and to think.



