Square Sketch

Square Sketch is a professional tool for visualizing your ideas on a square grid.

It combines the simplicity of pen and paper with the advantages of a vector drawing app and is thus a kind of digital graph paper.

Features:

- Pen & paper UI: The window shows only the drawing area and, like a sheet of paper, has no toolbar, no options bar, and no shapes palette to avoid distractions. The draw tool with a pen-shaped pointer is active by default so you can start drawing right away.

- New interaction concept: With the removal of the toolbar comes a new interaction concept that minimizes the number of tools and the need to switch between them. The draw tool recognizes from the gesture whether a line or a circle should be drawn, or the cursor should be placed for text, without requiring a tool change.

- Flow & focus: The remaining tools for moving, selecting, and deleting are activated via modifier keys, on which the second hand can rest. This allows for quick access and the development of muscle memory, so that the tool change happens unconsciously and focus remains uninterrupted on the draft.

- Less is more: There is a deliberate focus on essential features and a style that is ideal for drafts: one font size, two pen colors, and two stroke widths.

- Flexible: On the unlimited drawing area, you can start anywhere and expand your draft in any direction. Even after drawing, all objects remain fully editable.

- Clean & precise: Typed text instead of handwriting, exact geometric shapes, grid with three levels of detail, and automatic snapping.

- Adaptive colors: Colors can be individually set for the drawing area in light and dark mode, as well as for export and print, and change according to the situation.

- Auditory feedback: The lack of haptic feedback, as with real pen and paper, is replaced by auditory feedback, creating a similarly immersive experience.

- Offline storage: The drawings are saved locally in an XML format.

- Export & Print: PNG and SVG files can be created directly using the export function. PDFs can be generated using the print function and the operating system.

- Native implementation: SwiftUI and AppKit are used for optimal integration into macOS.

- One-time purchase: Support a small indie studio with your purchase.