Is Illustrator for iPad even alive?
The iPad version of Photoshop and Fresco are being updated to new major releases almost every year but Illustrator has been stuck on version 3.0 since October 2022 only getting minor 3.0.x bug fix updates. The feature set is absolutely bare compared to the desktop version:
- No RTL text support
- No tabbed interface support (if Safari is able to handle 500 tabs, Illustrator can also handle 10 tabs)
- No anchor point setting (for alignment and transform)
- No mesh tool
- No effects
- No appearance panel
- No generative fill
- No measure tool
- Pretty bare bones pen tool. Ever tried to reverse a stroke profile?
- No isolation mode
- No 3D grid
- No envelope distort
- No artistic brushes
- No import/create brushes
- No patterns
- No proper gradient tool
- No multiple format export
- No offset path
- No width tool
- No advanced align to key object
- ...
I'm afraid this amazing app has entered maintenance mode
