Astropad for Mac
Turn your iPad into a graphics tablet.
Free
In English
Version 3.6.0When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission
Astropad overview
Astropad transforms your iPad into a professional graphics tablet for your Mac. Use your iPad to draw directly into Photoshop and any other Mac creative tools you know and love. Built for the needs of creative professionals, Astropad is true to your source material with color corrected output and Retina resolution. What you see on your iPad is the same as on your Mac. It features breakthrough network technology that keeps up with you even when wirelessly drawing. It really works, allowing you to work from your desk or the sofa. Finally, you can use your iPad as a drawing tablet for your favorite Mac tools including: Photoshop, Illustrator, Lightroom, Corel Painter, Manga Studio, Pixelmator, Mischief, and any other Mac app you like! Whether you are a professional digital artist or a hobbyist, Astropad offers the most powerful way to draw on your Mac using your iPad.
Powered by LIQUID
Creating Astropad required innovative new technology we call LIQUID. We tried existing technologies but none of them delivered the performance we demanded. So we developed LIQUID and we are now able to deliver incredible performance and image quality well beyond existing tools.
- 2x faster than AirPlay
- Better than the highest quality JPEG
- Designed specifically for Wi-Fi
Features
- Provides a natural drawing experience
- Works with any Mac app
- Delivers unprecedented image quality, no compression artifacts
- Blazing fast, keeps up with your drawing
- Bursts to 60 FPS even over Wi-Fi
- Works wirelessly or over USB
- Supports most iOS styluses
- Pressure sensitive
- Customizable shortcuts
- True Retina resolution
- Accurate palm rejection
- Pinch to zoom and pan in your Mac apps
Note: Requires iPad companion app ($29.99) or iPhone app (free)
What’s new in version 3.6.0
Version 3.6.0:
- Compatibility with Apple Silicon (M1) Macs
- Improved reliability
Astropad for Mac
Free
In English
Version 3.6.0
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Sep 7 2016
Version: 2.0.5
Amazing app! This is the best graphic tool I've seen. I enjoy it every single day, and..wow.. it's free. I think every artist would appreciate it in a great way.
Sep 4 2016
Version: 2.0.5
I have an iPad pro and bought this to use as an drawing tablet to my Macbook pro a Cinema display. I was planning to somehow export my drawings as files to my Mac but it seemed cumbersome and time consuming.
For about 20 minutes ago I stumbled upon Astropad here on MacUpdate and instantly knew that this is exactly what I need if it just works as intended. I downloaded Astropad here and put it in my application folder. Took maybe 4 minutes and then I went on to the astropad.com site.
It took me a few minutes to understand I needed the $25 app for my iPad pro and bought it on my iPad. It took another two minutes to follow the very simple instructions when i started the iPad app.
WOW… two minutes later I was drawing in my favorite Mac applications on my iPad pro.
My Mac keyboard and mouse working simultaneously on both my Mac and iPad as drawing with my finger or Apple Pencil.
Two minutes later I saved my first test drawing onto my Mac desktop. The interface works flawlessly and also all settings are very intuitive.
I was planning to drop my plans on using my iPad to make drawings to my web projects on my Mac as it seemed to cumbersome pulling the files back and forth between Mac and Ipad when making changes. With Astropad all has changed in 20 minutes - I now have the Ultimate tool to make all kind of sketches and drawings on my Mac with my iPad. The best of two worlds combined. The sun just started to shine outside my window!
Mar 19 2016
Version: 1.4
Congregations on the developer being open, up front and honest about the actual cost of the application in the description rather than hiding it as many others do by listing part of it here as "free" then getting an unpleasant surprise at the companion end of the real cost after taking the time to download and install the "free" part here, thinking it is actually free. I applaud the developer for full disclosure.
Feb 25 2016
Version: 1.3.4
Would be a lot more useful if OS X's Ink recognized your iOS device under Astropad as a graphics tablet so you could take advantage of handwriting recognition
Nov 28 2015
Version: 1.3.4
This only does screen mirroring, right? I'm currently using Duet because it allows the iPad to be a *separate* monitor while still being essentially the same as AstroPad.
