Inkpad

Right off the bat I loved this app. Inkpad is one of those apps that makes you say, “Wow, why can’t all apps be this well thought out?” Being a recent addition to the vector drawing app party, Inkpad has much to offer in the functionality and UI department. Inkpad truly feels like an Adobe Illustrator Lite. It has many of the same functions as Adobe's offering. Inkpad has the ability to draw vectors, add anchor points to vectors, add shapes and pictures, and even has a dropper tool. However, the real story here is how Inkpad manipulates what you add to the canvas. Here you can group objects, align them to a location on the canvas, flip objects around, and mask objects. The app also has the best implementation of layers that I have seen on the iPad. Now of course, other apps have some of these features as well, but the ease of accessing the listed functions is easier in Inkpad than in any competing app. Finally, after you are done with your drawing, you can export it to Dropbox. Overall, Inkpad is the app to get if you are looking for a vector drawing app. That being said, one thing that I would like to see added is the ability to change unit scales (inches, px, feet, etc.), but other than that, it is near perfect, and at $2 you truly can’t go wrong.