When the Pencil came out there was a bunch of neat coloring apps. All free or cheap purchases IIRC. I kept a folder of them, but didn’t use any of them over the long term. New Pencil, and I figured I would give them another look. From my folder of apps, the apps either didn’t survive or went subscription based (and not cheap). Not something I want a subscription for, but would pay for a one time purchase.
Are there any good non-sub coloring apps?
I was looking for the same thing a year or so ago, and ran into the same problem. Either they’re cheap and require IAPs for more pages, or they just have a flat-rate sub that’s like $70/year or something that seems a touch crazy.
I’ve looked for the same thing for my kids and always was disappointed with how much they want for the apps. I think there is a Disney one on the Arcade but don’t quote me on that. I ended up just finding coloring pages online and saving them as PDFs and putting them in Notes.
I’m not sure if this works for you, but I had the same issue for my kids when they were younger. So, I went searching for coloring pages and then just downloaded and added them to GoodNotes notebooks. Rolled my own coloring books form them. I found plenty of material freely available.
I still use Procreate for coloring. Got a lot of drawings from a Humble books bundle some time back.
Disney Coloring World+ is the included in Apple Arcade, but unfortunately it’s the only one.
I’ve been using Lake, but it is one of the ones that has become horrible expensive. My go to now is Zen: coloring book for adults which is $8.99 one-time, and $9.99 for the Mac (in case you have a Wacom or the aforementioned Astropad Slate)
Late to the game, but if anyone is still looking for a cheaper coloring app for iPad, I can recommend Zenful Coloring for Adults. The yearly plan is ~$44.99, but there is a 30% discount for new users, so you end up paying $31.49 for the first year. You can also try the app for free for 7 days.