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Blender Prepares Full-Fledged iPad Pro App With Touch and Pencil Support

The open-source 3D tool is revising its interface to accommodate multitouch with stylus workflows ahead of a live SIGGRAPH 2025 demonstration

Mockup of the iPad app. Image: Blender
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Overview

  • Developers are building the iPad Pro port in a separate branch featuring floating panels, contextual overlays and a single-window workflow tailored for Apple Pencil and finger input.
  • The first version will focus exclusively on core modeling, sculpting and basic object manipulation rather than a simplified mobile variant.
  • Blender has put out a call for iOS developers to help refine touch gestures and integrate iCloud syncing into the tablet interface.
  • A hands-on tech demonstration of Blender running natively on iPad Pro is scheduled for SIGGRAPH in Vancouver from August 10 to 14.
  • After the SIGGRAPH showcase, the team will host design workshops in Amsterdam and live demos at the Blender Conference before extending the app to Android and other pen-enabled tablets.