iPad Air 2020 (artist review) 

I had a 10th gen iPad ru-vid.comUgkxUGaHtKW8MwCql2fPyIm9-ftTqSMzKFFA . Felt it getting pretty slow at times even after doing a reset. So I am using that as a tablet for my 5 year old son and got this 9th gen version. MUCH faster, a little slimmer, smaller bezels, all around a leap forward. Plus, for the price that’s about $130-$150 cheaper than a current new model this is a nice deal. I look forward to the M-series CPUs coming into iPads which will really help future proof these tablets better but these latest CPUs are pretty strong and should do better to last several years with no compromises.

You're hands down the best reviewer. Every detail, with timestamps, straightforward, no time waste!

One thing to watch out for with Procreate (or any drawing/painting app for that matter) is True Tone, especially if you intend to print your image or export it to view on another device. TT shifts the screen tint to make it look "natural", but the graphics app does not, so what might look like the right color on screen will not be the same color the app is registering. For example, if True Tone happens to be tinting your screen with a slight blue, your drawing painting result will tend to look warmer (orange-ish) when viewing it on another device. Likewise, if TT is tinting your screen orange, the actual result will tend to look colder (blue-ish). Basically, because your screen is tinted and you as artist are basing your color choices off of what you see, the tint of the screen is offsetting what you are actually painting in the app. This is akin to doing a physical painting while being lit with colored lights or tinted glasses. For a more consistent experience with any color-oriented app I would recommend disabling True Tone.

I always look forward to your reviews. Just honest opinions without trying to push or sell anything. I appreciate you sir.

Latest Procreate update now allows 57 layers on iPad Air 4 at A4, 300dpi (have just checked it). Yay!

Matte screen protector is a must if you hate fingerprints all over your device. Also improves the drawing experience 10 fold especially if you are coming from traditional media art tools

i was gonna ghet the ipad pro, but honestly after this, I think id be good with the air. saved me a lot of money :)

That's a very good review: going into details, without unnecessary comparing it with other iPads. It's real hands-on kind of review. Thank you.

Your reviews are very helpful, as someone who’s always stuck to apple I didn’t want to make a bad decision in terms of art quality. Your video was very helpful,on topic and straightforward which I find I really like. On a side note, your art is very beautiful.

As someone looking into drawing tablets, I love your reviews, really get a sense of the experience of using the device and you don't seem to have any favourite companies. I like your natural drawing style, too!

This channel was proposed to me by YT and I'm glad I step in. Very comprehensive review. Thank you. I also liked the written review.

Excellent review - comprehensive, straight to the point, and incredibly useful. Thank you for taking the time to make this. I've just bought the iPad Air 4 and your review sealed the deal. Cheers! (P.S. so lovely to see scenes from gorgeous Singapore!)

Thank you for this I definitely know what I want for my birthday now! I’m so excited to start digital art 😁

finally found an amazing review mentioning all the important stuff not focused on the processors and such because I don't care. Normal people want to know how it works. totally gonna subscribe :)

It's nice seeing this from artists' perspective wow rly nice!

Thank you for this review. I'm planning to upgrade from a laptop to an iPad and this video is really helpful from an artist's point of view.

Love your reviews! Discovered you because I was looking for watercolor reviews :D yours is the best. I binged your videos ever since 😆

Thanks for the TIMESTAMP on the description. Very handy to be honest!

Knocked it out of the park as always! It’s interesting to see how so many of the latest generations of ipads have more in common and serve artists basically the same way once you strip away all the bells and whistles. Thanks Teoh!

The level of detail in this review. Wow! Good job!

This was a amazing review! thanks to your review I decided to get the air and I Love it so much! And I manly use it fOr drawing and I DEFINITELY recommend this to someone who uses procreate and for others uses like face timing and txting. Awesome review! And awesome IPad!

Very good review. I just bought an iPad air 2020. I’m a wacom Cintiq user and I really can not draw well because the screen is very slippery. I bought a paper feel screen protector and the change for drawing and sketching was amazing. As you say you lose a little screen quality (but get used to it very fast) but the feeling using the pen is much much better. It also reduces reflections and fingerprints. I really recommend to use it. I bought a normal one. I didn’t buy any specific brand.

I find your review very useful and detailed, helped me greatly on making decision! Thank you for the great video.

Thank you for the great review! It was also nice to see your beautiful sketches of my favorite parts of Singapore 👌

I got an Apple Pencil series 2 over the holidays. Was super excited to use it. . .but then I realized that it didn't work with my older iPad Pro. I almost exchanged it for an Apple Pencil series1 before realizing that my older iPad would most likely stop working in a year or so. I spent a ton of time deciding whether to get a new iPad or to just exchange the pencil. This really helped me out, thank you so much.

finally🤘🏻that detail review is so🔥

At last! Thank you for this much-needed review!

Thank you for the review! I’m finally going in to buy an iPad to start digital art / drawing. You answered many of my questions (especially on screen latency). =] it’s really about price / storage now so off to do research!

Simply excellent review with timestamps to get right to the point and real world demo.

Thank you so much for the review! This is really helpful

Easy to follow. Great teacher! I enjoyed watching.

I'm definitely saving my money to buy this ipad air, thanks for your review sir

Your voice is so soothing I had to lay down. 😌

I showed this review to my parents and now they are getting me one yay! Thank you so much! 🤩 also I love your drawing style. 😊

Thanks for the great review Teoh. Really enjoyed it

Finally i got thinnest iPad for my hobby

Wow finally, was waiting for your video on air 4.

Love your details. It makes our purchase choice easier.

Looking to buy the iPad Air for starting some digital art. Appreciate the review👍🏾

Wow u covered a lot of things thank u so much. I enjoyed this video review a lot

I like the part when you show it the maximum layer on procreate and comparison to the others ipad! Thank you for the review

excellent review, exactly what i was looking for. thank you!

Cool video! I do like that you take your time to work with these devices and give a thorough review instead of just rushing a unboxing video out to catch on the trends. I don't regret my iPad Pro purchase, but from this video I too would recommend an iPad Air 4 to anyone who wants the iPad Pro feel within a more modest budget.

Finally got some information about layer limits.. thank you for your review, I always look forward to them 💕

This is the perfect device for you college thank you for the review I kept alternating between this and the pro but I didn' think it was worth the extra money and seeing how there is a sale on this

I just love your review videos keep up the good work 👍

It is a very informative review ! The size and spec comparison between the iPad Pro 11 and iPad air 4 , and the difference in the number of layers in procreate are interesting to me.

I love your reviews so much! What I love about your reviews the most is that you seem really down to earth and frankly, just honest! I watched a lot of your videos even though I'm not an artist at all, but I'd love to be someday. I need (or probably just want) an iPad for University, and really wanted to finally get into digital art with it as well, so your reviews have all been a godsend. I admit, I am pretty sure a regular iPad 8.gen or maybe even 7.gen would be good enough for my usecase, which is taking lots and lots of notes and starting to draw. But my eye is constantly looking over to the air 4 and being jealous of it's more modern design, better processor and more ram. The most inexpensive option would actually be a used tab s6 lite, but while most apps are ok-good, none seem to be as feature complete as the apps on iPad. I also own a macbook, so compatibility between iPad and Mac would be nice to have as well. I am really conflicted at the moment and don't really know which to get.

I was thinking on starting digital art...and then I saw this video...and this iPad air..has the functions I'd need for practising digital art🤸✨!!

I'm so broke to buy one for now XD but this is the perfect review for artists! Thank you! gonna save up for Christmas :S

Glad I got the Ipad Air. I just ordered mine off my carrier's online shop and waiting for it ! I'm excited to draw with it, as it's the main reason I got it. aaaaa thanks for the detailed review, makes me feel secure in my purchase lol

Thank you so much!! Seriously your review really helpful. I think I just going to go for 10.2 ipad since I'm a beginner😁

owww very good review and interesting device since I have seen in networks that many illustrators use an ipad to draw and paint. Thank you for telling us more about these models because perhaps in the future it may be within my reach. I remember that a distant relative told me that an iPad would help me draw and it is very different from the traditional graphics tablet that I have. What I see as useful is the memory and storage capacity for files as if it were a mini computer. Thanks for the video!! :)

Thank you so much for this! You made a really informative video that answers all of the questions for artists! Best one yet! And I'm also glad you actually made firm recommendations in the end. Other RU-vidrs don't really recommend one or the other, they just ask you "What do YOU think is the best for you? Comment below". I mean, that's why potential buyers are reading reviews because they want to know what the reviewer's opinion is, right? I've never owned an iPad before, but I've been a user of Wacom tablets. I'll probably use the iPad for sketching and drawing, so I will most likely get a refurbished/used iPad Pro 2018 because of the bigger layer capacity. Again, thanks for this! Really helped me!

Amazing video! Masterpiece!! You're very talented! Stay connected and stay safe!! Thank you so much for sharing your wonderful video. And I will continue to support you.

Excellent review bro! Thanks!

This was incredibly helpful. Thank you.

Thank you so much for this review!

I appreciate the detailed review!

i love your review thank you so much!!!!

Best review! Keep it up!!

OMG Thank you so much for showing and giving me an idea how 64gb would look for me and my usage. I will upload all photos and videos of iPad Pro to google photos, won't store any movies, not a heavy gamer either so I guess 64gb will be enough for me. I have iCloud storage specially to use for procreate arts.

Very informative. I will consider getting it even if Procreate updates. Thanks 🙏🏾

I have been watching this for the third time and I think I am ready to make a decision. Thanks for the review! :D

Definitely my dream tablet🥺🥺

perfect review, congrats!

Great review, Many thanks

this was sooo helpful, I am currently still using the original ipad pro and have been thinking of upgrading to a smaller lighter model for some time. When I saw the ipad air 4, I was like wow that could be it. Only now, knowing that my files will be that much smaller for layers when working in procreate, not so much. Like I said, so helpful, thank you for talking about what this version is capable of doing when creating the documents for drawing

Good review... Super helpful. Thanks

thank you for your review!

Can u make comparisons between ipadpro, 8th gen & ipad air ! Btw love you videos! Thank you for sharing this with us.

Appreciate the time stamps n review

I'm so broke... haha! I love watching your reviews, btw.

Thank you this help me made my decision and also save up some money.. ty

Great sketching Skills and Great voice as well!

I really like your art style

Great video thank u!

I had an Ipad Pro 11 that I mostly use for Procreate. I traded it in for an Ipad Mini, which didn't like because the screen was too small So I traded that in foe and air 4 which I am quite happy with. I put a glass screen protector on it which I like better that the matte. Of course I wasted a lot of money doing these trades when it was all said and done, but not that bad. Your video recommends the 10.2 if you need more storage. Right now I have about 27gb free. So for now I'm good. I back up my procreate files to iCloud. I then move those files to my PC (which I back up to external drives weekly), and delete them from iCloud. I have not used iCloud to back up my Ipad because I use iTunes for that. I like that I can draw on my Air using it hand help easier than my iPad Pro. Your video was well done and yes it was long, but I watched it all. I may try looking at other videos of yours' . So it was worth my time. I feel even more now that I have the right iPad which will give me several years of usage fwfore I have to go through this again. LOL. Nice art work by the way.

Hi Teoh, thank you for your good work and reviews! Can you tell me how many layers are available in Procreate, on the iPad Air 2020, for an A3 file at 300 dpi? Thanks in advance

An excellent video, thank you very much for sharing. Does the performance get worse or do brushes start to lag as the file size increases in Procreate? Thank you :)

Hey! Really enjoyed this video as I am a fellow designer myself and feeling very conflicted on whether i should get the iPad Air or the Pro for sketching. I was wondering if you're based in Singapore cuz of the way you speak and then I saw the sketches haha! Singaporean here too

Very helpful, thank you.

Hi great review as always! Will you review with other drawing apps like affinity,clip studio, ibis paint, vectornator etc?

awesome review!

Great video, Teoh!! And you are a great teacher, too! Please consider doing actual teaching videos!!

I will buy one soon. Space grey edition.

Great video! Thanks!

How scratched is your iPad after drawing? What screen protector would you recommend?

Master please teach us water colour in procreat please please xx

Missed you, came back after a year or sk

Yes beautiful VW I love great lesson for us all!

Thanks for information ✨😊

So when you said beginner, did you mean using the iPad for drawing or if you’re starting out as an artist? Because I’ve been using the Wacom cintiq for a while now and improved my drawing skills little by little

That's really helpful.

I bought this one yesterday instead of Samsung Tab S7. I have stated time and time again how I hate Apple, and recommended Samsung's to others, but with Samsung copying the BAD aspects of Apple more than the good ones, I thought I should just save the hassle and buy the real thing. This version of Air is the tipping point. Over 50% faster chip than Samsung's and better software support. File system is still shit, but having USB-C is the great compensator - just copy files to a USB-C thumbdrive then copy again into other devices. Granted, Apple didnt implement USB-C willingly(thanks, European Union lawmakers), but the end result is all that matters. Your review and what you showed with the 60Hz display influenced me a lot. I do notice that the strokes are trailing a few mm away from the pencil point when I want to make very quick lines, but the difference is so negligible, everything else about Air 202 makes up for it.

This iPad seems to have all the functions I'd ever need for art, I was gonna get the base model, but my family insists on buying that one. As much as I love the design and the fact it's got laminated screen I'm still not sure if it's actually worth all the money though?

Thanks for the review. I accidentally shattered my uninsured iPad Pro and I don’t have the money to replace it :( I got the air instead and don’t feel as bad about it after watching this review

i have the same stand from parblo i love it perfect for drawing on the ipad

Great vid but I have a question, can I use Adobe Photoshop and AI on iPad air 4 as well? :)

nice video, miss the days in SIngapore