Regardless of missing functionality, though, the low price makes it an absolute bargain. It will work best on later generation iPads, and indeed some tools – specifically some of the photo retouching tools such as Heal – weren't initially available on third generation iPads or earlier (this has been fixed as of version 1.0.1).
Like its Mac brethren, Pixelmator for iPad effortlessly takes on Photoshop and offers all the key functionality you need – direct from your tablet.
It finally sees the iPad come of age as a true image-editing tool.
Pixelmator for iPad is, quite simply, stunning. And now, an iPad-friendly version has been released. It's not as powerful or as feature-packed as Adobe's landmark app, but it is available at a fraction of the costs and includes more well designed features than most people will have need for. Pixelmator on the Mac can be thought of as Photoshop for the masses. Few live up to expectation, and to some extent it is unfair comparison to make, particularly when you're talking about image editing on the iPad. Any image editor has to endure comparison with Photoshop - it is par for the course.