In short. Smudjo is free to download, with every brush and tool. Smudjo Unlocked is one purchase, paid once, that lifts the free version’s limits on iPhone, iPad and Mac together. Unlock it in Settings, or when you reach a limit. Joining someone’s session is free.
What it adds
| Free | Smudjo Unlocked | |
|---|---|---|
| Brushes, smudge, fill, selections, symmetry | All twelve brushes, every tool | The same |
| Infinite canvas, undo, history, time-lapse | All of it | The same |
| Paintings kept | 5 | As many as you like |
| Layers in a painting | 5 | As many as you like |
| Pictures brought into a painting | 1 | As many as you like |
| Export a picture | 1080 pixels on the long side | Full resolution |
| Join a session and paint in it | Yes, with everything unlocked | The same |
| Host a session | With one guest | Up to seven guests |
| Keep a copy of a painting from someone else’s session | No | Yes |
There’s no mark on your paintings in either version. Everything you’ve already painted stays yours, unlocked or not.
Painting together is free to join
Joining a session asks for nothing: a guest paints with every brush and tool and no limit on layers, in the free version too. Only the host needs Smudjo Unlocked to bring in more than one guest, and a guest needs it to keep a copy of the painting when the session ends. See Paint Together.
Unlock it
Open Settings (the gear on the home screen; Smudjo › Settings on a Mac) and tap Unlock, with its price in your currency. When you reach one of the limits, Smudjo also says which one and offers it there; Not Now goes back to your painting.
One purchase covers iPhone, iPad and Mac, on every device signed in to the same Apple Account, and it’s shared with your family through Family Sharing.
Restore a purchase
On a new device, or if Smudjo Unlocked doesn’t show, open Settings and tap Restore Purchase. Smudjo asks the App Store again for what you’ve bought. Unlocked. Thank you! in Settings says it’s there.
Still not there? Write to [email protected] and tell us which devices you use.