Hi everyone, Matthaus and I are really excited to share our iPad app Exsto with you all! We hope that Exsto can inspire people to discover their artistic powers and help overcome the initial creative hesitance.

We are a small team of just two software developers based in New Zealand. We both love to sketch and paint, but often feel stuck when trying to plan our artworks in advance. We designed Exsto to help aspiring artists like ourselves overcome that challenge, and to help them immediately enjoy the process. Exsto users can discover their artworks while creating without overthinking, a bit like looking for imaginary shapes among the clouds in the sky.

I’m also really proud to have taken part in the Apple Entrepreneur Camp for female founders and developers this year where our team received a lot of great advice from Apple designers and engineers on how to take Exsto to the next level. Exsto version 2.0, that just went live on the App Store, incorporates much of our learnings, with a greater focus on spontaneous creativity with ready-to-use color sets, and simplified tools and settings. It also contains Exsto’s first Metal-powered implementation, bringing significant benefits of hardware-accelerated graphics. 

We really hope that you enjoy Exsto and that it can bring some joy and creative inspiration in your lives. And we are always looking for feedback on how we can improve Exsto further.