Sketch, plan, edit and share all your big ideas.
Concepts is a flexible space to think, plan and create. Every beautiful stroke on the infinite canvas is an editable vector, which makes copying, tweaking, and sharing fast and fluid. It's like pencil and paper, only better.
Download it on your favorite app store now.Sketch and explore your ideas on an infinite canvas. Zoom with clarity, apply moveable artboards, and share just what you need.
Draw with realistic pencils, pens, wire, custom brush libraries1 and more in designer COPIC colors licensed by Too Corporation.
An automatic Presentation Mode1 lets you sketch live with your team or clients, or whiteboard virtually with apps like Zoom.
Adjustable vectors let you iterate and change elements of your sketch without having to redraw anything.
Use infinite layers for as many iterations as you need to make your client happy. Quickly toggle between alternatives.
Drag+drop images and PDFs, sign documents, mark up client or teammate files and send them back fresh.
Design tools like Grids, Line Smoothing, Live Snap and Shape Guides help you draw fast designs with Real-World Scale and Measurement.
Drag+drop professional objects or create your own for fast design work, graphic sharing and client presentations.
Export files to PDF, PNG, PSD, SVG, DXF (AutoCAD) and other file types for flexible workflows across apps.
1 iOS only features. Platform parity between iOS, Windows, Android & ChromeOS is in progress with updates measured in weeks. See the full list of features for more detail.
"I use Concepts to sketch quick and loose diagrams that develop into floorplans and sections, then into final renderings. The design process is incredibly important when producing a finished project, and Concepts helps me with that. It always amazes me when I’m looking back at how one simple sketch develops into an entire finished project. Seeing that whole process helps me improve for my next project."
Maha Alamri, Student Architect & Illustrator
"Concepts has fundamentally changed my workflow. Now both the initial sketches and the more polished products live side-by-side in the same documents, and I can go back and forth from freehand to highly technical drawings without even switching to a new document."
Craig Burns, Architect
"The app can be used for quick layout testing, proportion studies in elevation facade design, detailing termination for construction, marking up shop drawing PDFs from the contractor, and many more. Basically, it helps me a lot to study out a 1:100 scale plan drawing into 1:5 detail drawings. It’s a faster process to sketch and share with the team, and it’s easy to record it properly into the cloud/server for future reference."
Amin Zakaria, Architect
"What I like about the Concepts app is the ability to scale. What I used to do with a sketch paper and pen, I can now create digitally anywhere. [...] Many are looking for exactly the functions which the Concepts app offers. Especially those who used to use pen and paper are now delighted with the app and the many ways they can use it."
Jessika Wendel, Interior Architect
"The flexibility of using PDF files along with real material photos makes it very easy and quick to create a full render in Concepts. Concepts’ abilities to turn a traditional PDF into a transparent PDF, to import objects with transparent backgrounds, and to easily skew images with the control points make it simple to render any design."
Osama Elfar, Architect
"I love the line Nudge tool. If the line gets a little messy, you can easily rein in the odd misbehaving line!"
Mel Northover, Artist & Creative Director
"Concepts makes it so simple to drop reference images in and craft vehicles, explore palettes and sketch styles. Working in the app just feels so comfortable and smooth."
Bart Massee, Creative Director at HP
"Although I use other raster-based programs for finishing my work, I’ve found Concepts to be the best for laying out designs and storyboards. It takes the perks of vector program functionality and pairs it with an intuitive UX and a clean UI."
Mimi Chao, Illustrator
"I knew that the art was going to be printed and applied over a massive vehicle exterior, so I decided that I would create the artwork digitally. I didn’t know which tram model my art would be placed on if I won, so I chose Concepts because I needed the result to be reasonably resolution-independent and easily modifiable."
Nyein Chan Aung, Industrial Designer
"Amazing app, great for note taking · As soon as I started using this app, I fell in love. I have been using this for college note taking for about a month now and it is a joy to use. It’s ability to export to PDF is also very convenient, along with its ability to import PDF. Overall, solid experience."
@ethan_robot
"For me, Concepts App is an epic way to translate a bunch of any knowledge into visual vector-based summaries."
Göksel Gürsel, Designer
"The best thing about my iPad Pro! · I am an engineering student who has been using Concepts for the last two years. It is the primary instrument in almost all of my academic work. I use it during class, to complete and submit assignments, and as a calendar, a planner, and a binder. I download class documents and mark them up, using the infinite canvas to connect key information in ways that supersede pen and paper. I am able to transfer my textbooks as PDFs into Concepts where I can arrange them into various projects and drawings, allowing me the awesome ability to read and annotate and to take notes in unbounded ways. Concepts is ridiculously useful and a new and wonderful way to study!"
Jubal Odie
"Concepts allows our students to quickly create ideas, it allows our staff to sketch with them to help develop their work, and finally it allows them to export to other Apps where they can 3D print or laser cut their outcomes. The simplicity of the App has allowed our students to develop confidence when sketching, whereas some other Apps we trialed had too much going on."
Damian Parker, Apple Distinguished Educator
"With Concepts, I can combine the power of vector illustration with the look and feel of traditional drawing. Other digital illustration tools have forced me to choose one of these goals over the other. In Concepts, I draw traditionally and then can scale and fine-tune a line afterward. The ability to manipulate my lines and change the brush, at any time, is magical. Concepts is the best of both worlds, traditional and digital."
Andy McNally, Illustrator
"Vectors free you from worrying about mistakes because you can adjust them at any time. You can make decisions as you go and pick things apart. When you enter that flow state, you’re free to focus on the problems you’re solving."
Lasse Pekkala, Industrial Designer
"I use Concepts App for hand sketching and pattern making. For hand sketching, it’s super easy to import a croquis to draw over to ensure uniform basic sketches, and the layers make it easy to separate the outline sketch from the colors, rendering and shadowing. It’s way less messy than pens and markers, and so much easier to ’erase’ and revise sketches."
Emily Keller, Knitwear Designer
"I really like how in Concepts, you can bring thumbnails in and then sketch right around them. It allows me to ideate right beside the real products, imagining new ideas in context. [...] I used some ink pens, transparent fills and pencils in Concepts to quickly lay down some bottle architectures and shapes. Using Concepts’ tools and layers works dreams to get a very efficient flow. I especially love the automatic sorting of layers."
Bart Massee, Creative Director at HP
"The best tool in my designer toolbox is without a doubt the iPad Pro with Concepts. I have not used a piece of paper to design on for over two years, and the ability to be able to create something quickly and add images, color, client logos, figures and my own logos for presentation sheets is just amazing."
Charles Freestone, Retail Designer
"Ever since finding Concepts, I’ve moved all my wireframing process to digital. This makes it way more convenient to share with my remote team. [...] The app has also been a time-saver for me, as it has a lot of tools that make wireframing a breeze and I can just export and share them with no issues. Features like having guides and lock options, an extended brush variety, and being able to bring in my custom assets simply sets Concepts apart from all the other apps I’ve tried."
Aral Tasher, Front End Engineer
Want to try it? Download Concepts now.
Not everyone may be comfortable sharing visually, but since sketching is shown to increase engagement and understanding of core problems, we've made a drawing course that’s helpful for beginners.
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Our goal for 2024 is a cross-platform sketching experience for iOS, Windows, Android & ChromeOS.
Infinite Sketchbook
An assortment of hand-crafted vector-hybrid brushes + tools, COPIC / HSL / RGB color wheels, five layers, our infinite canvas, unlimited drawings, all of our paper + grid types, and basic JPG exports. At its best when paired with a stylus.
It’s the perfect digital sketchbook.
Free
Available free in the App Store, the Play Store, and the Microsoft Store.
Infinite Flexibility
A monthly or yearly license gets you access to over 200 libraries, services and features in Concepts across iOS, Android, ChromeOS, and Windows, with new updates arriving all the time.
$4.99 / mo or $29.99 / yr 1
Start with a free 30-day trial in the App Store, the Play Store, or the Microsoft Store, or see the full feature list here.
Or buy the Essentials for life and unlock selection & editing tools, infinite layers, shape guides, custom brushes1, custom grids, and exports to PNG / PSD / SVG / DXF. Limited to the platform you purchase on. Brush packs, objects1 and PDF sold separately.
$1.99 - $39.99 ea 1
Pick it up now in the App Store, the Play Store, and the Microsoft Store.
Business & Organization Licensing
Unlock Concepts Pro for your entire team. Includes regular updates, priority support, self-service billing, re-assignable licenses, and support for multiple admins.
$10 / mo or $100 / yr per license 1
Deploy to users via direct download, BYOD, or managed distribution (e.g MDM) through the various app stores.
Special considerations for large teams, including manual billing, security audits, special services, and personalized support.
Get free licenses for your entire school.
Free for qualifying institutions
i For more detail about what's included in each plan, click here.
1 iOS only features. Platform parity between iOS, Windows, Android & ChromeOS is in progress with updates measured in weeks. See the full list of features for more detail.
Concepts is the best place to sketch, plan and design your ideas. It’s free to start, so let’s dive in!
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