Concepts
The facts below are what the maker publishes about Concepts, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.
Plans and prices
From Concepts's own pricing page, checked 23 Sep 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Basic | — | Five layers |
| Pro monthly subscription | $4.99 a month | Subscription access to Pro features and services · billed monthly |
| Pro yearly subscription | $29.99 a year | Subscription access to Pro features and services · billed annually |
| Teams self-service monthly | $10 a month | Regular updates · Priority support · Self-service billing · Re-assignable licenses · Multiple admins · billed monthly |
| Teams self-service yearly | $100 a year | Regular updates · Priority support · Self-service billing · Re-assignable licenses · Multiple admins · billed annually |
| Education | Free | Teacher and student licenses for qualifying schools · Free for qualifying institutions |
| Basics | Free | Infinite canvas · unlimited drawings and folders · five layers · grids, snap, scale and measure · JPG exports |
| Pro subscription | $4.99 a month | Every feature across platforms · all brush and object packs · infinite layers · PDF import/export · seven-day trial · $4.99 / month |
| Teams self-service | $10 a month | Every tool and feature · priority support · cross-platform licenses · self-service billing · re-assignable licenses · $10 / month per teammate |
| Pro subscription | $29.99 a year | Every feature across platforms · all brush and object packs · infinite layers · PDF import/export · seven-day trial · $29.99 / year |
| Essentials | $39.99, paid once | Single platform · selection and editing tools · infinite layers · advanced transforms · shape guides · powerful exports · $39.99 one-time purchase |
| Teams self-service | $100 a year | Every tool and feature · priority support · cross-platform licenses · self-service billing · re-assignable licenses · $100 / year per teammate |
| Enterprise | Priced on request | Dedicated account manager · manual billing · security audits · special services · Customized for your business; business page says plans from $200 |
The facts
Each one read from Concepts's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Brush engine
- Pens, pencils, markers, airbrushes and watercolor tools support pressure, tilt, velocity and live smoothing.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Cloud and file integrations
- The feature table lists iCloud Drive backup on Apple devices, configurable cloud solutions on Windows and Google Drive backup on Android/ChromeOS.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Documentation
- The official manual provides a quick-start guide plus detailed explanations of canvas gestures, tools, layers, objects, importing and exporting.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Editable vectors
- Every stroke is editable and can be moved, resized, recolored or otherwise adjusted without redrawing.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Funding
- LinkedIn shows two funding rounds, including a US$500,000 seed round dated September 22, 2016, with Superhero Capital listed as an investor.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Google Play data safety
- Google Play reports no third-party data sharing, possible collection of personal and financial information, encryption in transit and user-requested deletion.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Illustration tools
- Yeschecked 23 Sep 2026
- Import and export
- Supported workflows include PDF, JPG, PNG, PSD, SVG and DXF export, with PDF and image importing.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Infinite canvas
- The canvas supports zooming, movable artboards and working at multiple levels of detail.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Layers
- The app provides automatic and manual layering, with infinite layers available as a paid feature.checked 15 Oct 2026
- License model
- Concepts itself is proprietary; its license page lists third-party open-source components under licenses including Apache 2.0, MIT, BSD, CDDL, CPOL, CC0, zlib and Unlicense.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Limit: desktop input
- Windows Central reports that touch-oriented selection and lasso workflows can be limiting or unresponsive on non-touch PCs.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Limit: paywall
- Windows Central criticizes the paywall because importing images, infinite layers and standard exports are restricted in the free version.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Object libraries
- Users can drag reusable objects onto a canvas, create their own objects and use professional object packs.checked 15 Oct 2026
The company
- Company size and headquarters
- LinkedIn lists TopHatch as a privately held 11–50 employee company headquartered in San Carlos, California.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Founded
- LinkedIn lists TopHatch as founded in 2012.checked 15 Oct 2026
Where it runs
- Cross-platform file limitation
- iOS uses .concept files while Windows, Android and ChromeOS use .concepts files, and the two formats are not yet compatible.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Desktop app
- Yeschecked 23 Sep 2026
- Limit: Android complaints
- Google Play reviewers complain about missing Android color palettes or shape recognition without a subscription, purchase/account problems and Samsung DeX drawing failures.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Limit: platform parity
- Parka Blogs reports that Android and Windows historically lacked several iPad capabilities and used incompatible file formats.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Mobile app
- Yeschecked 23 Sep 2026
- Notable news: Android release
- Google Play lists the 2026.9 update as improving sign-in, purchases, folders and object creation while adding per-app language settings.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Notable news: iOS release
- The Apple listing records Concepts version 6.36 on September 30, 2026, adding Apple Image Playground import, zoom and rotation toggles and stability work.checked 15 Oct 2026
Money
- Free plan
- Yeschecked 23 Sep 2026
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