Selection of the best mobile apps for designers

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In recent years, the number of apps available and downloaded has continued to grow. From 140.7 billion in 2016, to more than 204 billion registered in 2019. Virtual stores are expanding by diversifying their target .

Nowadays, it is not unusual to find applications for doctors, engineers, lawyers, police officers and almost any profession imaginable. This is a trend that, of course, designers are not immune to .

Although there has traditionally been a perceived inherent association between this activity and computers, the truth is that mobile phones already offer valuable tools to reinforce design work on a timely basis .

For all these reasons, today at MÁSMÓVIL Negocios we are diving into the app stores to choose the most interesting options specialized in the world of design.

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The adobe package
The North American multinational has not been left out of either the digital transformation or market changes, and in recent years it has launched mobile apps for almost all of its famous editing programs .

In this sense, designers can acquire incredibly valuable australia number data tools when facing assignments away from the computer, or when reviewing certain works remotely. Most of them are free , although they are limited both in space and tools.

Whether or not to pay for them will depend on the professional's objectives and the performance they want to get from the app. But in any case, these amounts do not exceed $10 in any case .

Adobe Illustrator Raw
This is the pocket version of Illustrator . As with Photoshop Express , it is compatible with the original program and has the same functions as the latter, but housed in an adapted design and with possibilities consistent with mobile devices.

Adobe itself includes a step-by-step guide to learn how to use it, but in essence it is a portable workspace for artists and designers who are experts in drawing or manual retouching.

Start a new project.
Select the different brushes to make strokes and compose the drawing.
Move on to the color tools and operate from this spectrum.
Add patterns and shapes, and work with layers.
Save your project and share it.

It is not expressly mentioned, but to use this app it is recommended to have either a tablet or a mobile phone with a large screen, as well as to use an appropriate brush.

It can be downloaded on both Android and iOS .

Adobe Photoshop Express
This app is the pocket version of the well-known Photoshop . Taking this into account, the software offers almost all the basic and essential tools that any designer might need on their phone.

Modify lighting, formatting, add text, remove noise, make minor adjustments. “ Photoshop Express encourages creativity and makes it easy to edit and share photos so they stand out on social media and anywhere else ,” the official site says.


As stated, although Photoshop Express is compatible with Photoshop and allows you to share files and work, it is important to consider that the app is only designed to convert photographs into a format suitable for mobile devices.

It can be downloaded on both Android and iOS .

Adobe Comp
Continuing with the trend, this app is the pocket version of InDesign . It is used to create layouts in a wide variety of formats, and then share them with the desktop version of the program.

“ Comp turns bland shapes and lines into crisp graphics ,” the website says. “ Take advantage of vector shapes, images, colors, and text styles from your Adobe Creative Cloud Libraries , as well as professional fonts from Adobe Typekit .”