Ipad 5th generation does not support Ipencil for AF

[Velvet Steele]

I have only been able to find the last post dated from july 30/18 on the subject,  at that time mentions no other stylus's work with AF. Is there an update to that and a stylus that will now work with Affinity Photo on my 5th gen Ipad? Any help would be greatly appreciated. :-)

[DM1]

The Adonit (capacitive type) stylus should work on any iPad. https://www.adonit.net/jot/pro/

[Alfred]

17 minutes ago, DM1 said:

The Adonit (capacitive type) stylus should work on any iPad.

Any capacitive stylus will give you basic functionality on any iPad. Your finger is a capacitive stylus!

I use a Meko stylus on my iPad Air 2. https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B01CKC79O0

[Velvet Steele]

Thanks dolls!! so appreciate the help!! The folks at Apple weren't all that helpful aside from trying to upsell me to an Ipad Pro and the Ipencil!! :-(

 

This is great! :-)

[v_kyr]

19 minutes ago, Velvet Steele said:

The folks at Apple weren't all that helpful aside from trying to upsell me to an Ipad Pro and the Ipencil!

Business as usual, why offer a cheap solution when we can possibly sell new expensive hardware and make a good margin then.

[Sara72]

HI,

I asked about this a while back: Affinity designer stylus pen for mac I have the Wacom Bamboo Sketch stylus on my iPad 9.7” 2017, which is supported and works great with all the drawing apps i have except the Affinity apps, looks like they only support the Apple pencil and no third party styluses. I believe the new iPad 9.7" 2018 does work with the Apple pencil and a cheaper upgrade than getting the ipad pro.

[Alfred]

2 hours ago, summersara said:

I have the Wacom Bamboo Sketch stylus on my iPad 9.7” 2017, which is supported and works great with all the drawing apps i have except the Affinity apps

I think that’s a different issue, Sara. The other thread seems to be about Bluetooth pairing, not about capacitive stylus functionality: I can’t pair my finger with any Bluetooth-enabled devices! 

[v_kyr]

2 hours ago, summersara said:

I believe the new iPad 9.7" 2018 does work with the Apple pencil and a cheaper upgrade than getting the ipad pro.

Yes the plain iPad 2018 model does but needs the first generation Pencil 1 here.

[Sara72]

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I think that’s a different issue, Sara. The other thread seems to be about Bluetooth pairing, not about capacitive stylus functionality: I can’t pair my finger with any Bluetooth-enabled devices! 

 

Sorry, i thought part of the question asked was what styluses 'might' work similar to the Apple pencil (pressure sensitive/bluetooth) on an ipad that's not compatible with the ipencil but can run the Affinity apps? Ignore my reply and link if it's not relevant.

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Yes the plain iPad 2018 model does but needs the first generation Pencil 1 here.

 

Thanks for that V_kyr, helpful to know is i decide to trade up  

[DM1]

I think this is Adonit's version of the Apple Pencil. Bluetooth, more features. I wonder if it works with AP and AD?

https://www.adonit.net/pixel-pro/

[Velvet Steele]

On 2/1/2019 at 9:21 AM, v_kyr said:

Business as usual, why offer a cheap solution when we can possibly sell new expensive hardware and make a good margin then.

yup so true! as I looked into his "deer into the headlight eyes" as I asked about it! Get this.... my ipad I bought last year, will only get a $137 trade in, shouldI consider the new Ipad Pro! WTF!!!