Wacom Cintiq Pro vs iPad Pro - A Graphic Designers Comparison

Question: Which drawing tablet do you prefer the Wacom or ipad?

Great video. I’m an illustrator and have been doing digital illustration since the early 2000’s when I was in art school. I currently have a Cintiq 13HD and a Cintiq 24 Pro Touch. I also have an iPad Pro. In my long career, I’ve owned other tablets like the surface pro and XP Pen. Anyhow, if I had to choose my tool of choice, I’ll pick the Cintiq all day long. While the iPad is portable, I’ve never done a full illustration outside my studio. I do sketch ideas here and there, but my creative zone is at my desk behind the cintiq. The iPad is such a powerful tool to own and I use it religiously. Can’t go wrong with either. If you are a serious artist, invest in both and use them to compliment your workflow. Cheers!

Nice vid, thnx, I'm currently looking into just beginning digitally and this really helped out. I'm also interested in traveling a lot more so the Ipad Pro will most likely be by go to for now and see where that goes...appreciate the time you took for the info...

Thanks for this video Definitely helped me decide which way to go best for me right now and later I can always get the Wacom but I think the iPad one is my best route especially for color and of course mobility and just seems easier at this point since I'm a beginner.

Can't believe I got a whole video in response to my question, thanks a lot Adrian! Btw I've chosen the iPad, mobility and standalone is what I need. Wish you all the best with the channel mate, your videos are really high quality 💯

Hi Adrian! Thanks for the informative video! I've been doing cartoons on paper for years and would like to shift to digital design for my t-shirt business. Thinking of getting a Cintiq Pro. May I ask: Once an image is created in Cintiq, do we upload to another software on our PC, such as Photoshop, Affinity, or similar? For years I've been strictly using Canva, yet I REALLY want to hand-draw my own images. Your advice is greatly appreciated!! 👍

Great stuff, researching for my grandaughter so this was very helpful.....subscribed.

Thank you for the video ! Very clearly compared.

Why does everyone make it seem that procreate is the only iPad app for drawing? There are so many to choose from like full fledged Clip Studio Paint, Affinity Designer, ArtStudio Pro, and ibs Paint.

Thank you for this very informative video. Regarding color gamut, if work involves primarily graphic design for print materials rather than web graphics or animation, does it matter that the Wacom Cintiq has a smaller gamut than the iPad's? ie why do I need a Retina display if my final product is CMYK? Recently, I purchased a new MacBook Pro with liquid retina XDR, only to find that I need to tune downfall that beautiful color since it wouldn't be a fair representation of how my work would end up looking in published materials. I had to" change reference mode :"Use this mode for graphic design, printing, and publishing workflows. This mode uses wide color P3 primaries for a wider color gamut than a typical sRGB display. Instead of D65, it uses the D50 whitepoint typically used to evaluate the color of printed output in line with ISO 3664:2009 and ISO 12646:2015 specifications.") I suppose my question is, do you know if Wacoms with screens have color gamuts more in line with graphics for print versus graphics for screens? Or do they have options for setting/calibrating their screens like laptops do?

Which one detects better different pressures and angles, without ghosting or strange effects and without lag?

you can buy paperlike screen cover for the ipad to give it that same feel as the Cintiq.

Hello I'm a abstractionist I draw in pen and ink what type of tablet do I need and can I transfer my art to a large format printer love the details you give on tablets

Thank you for the video, Adrian!

1:57 Huh? Just received my MBP M1 Max and I am in the market for a replacement of my trusty old Wacom. I don't want my Wacom or an iPad to mirror. And I don't want to use the apps/ios of the iPad: I want to use my tablet (be it Wacom or iPad) as an extended display. You say that the Cintiq Pro 16 only mirrors... Is that true? Even my UX21 is an extended display the way I hooked it up with the standard Wacom driver... And with 3rd party apps like Duet, the iPad functions like an extended desktop/pen tablet too... Or am I missing something?

Ooh, that's a tough question. I think I would prefer the Wacom.

hello, interesting review, thanks as always, when you say that you use it as a graphic tablet, the pencil button that can increase or decrease the volume and transparency in Photoshop can be activated or only line and the parallax looks like what graphic tablet you have, I have experience on an intus pro, kamvas 22 rds

Can you suggest which is the best drawing app for Wacom?

I am a graphic designer. I’m considering one atm. Does it matter if all my gadgets are Apple? Is it better to stick with all Apple products? I’m not a regular artist but very occasional. I might use it more later since I’m studying fashion design part time. My teacher in the class is using centiq16. He is persuading us to get centiq16. He didn’t mention iPad Pro at all until my friend asked me about iPad Pro.

what camera did you use for b roll?