Linea Sketch 4.4
May 2026

Support for iOS 26 / Liquid Glass, redesigned transformation controls, the ability to skew ZipShapes, selections and text annotations, a new brush size hover state, crash fixes plus much more.

NEW FEATURES

- Linea's user interface has been updated for iOS 26 / Liquid Glass
- Apple Pencil shows the size of the selected drawing tool on hover
- Hardware support for the SonarPen 2 corded stylus

• ZipShapes / Transformation
  - Transformation handles have been redesigned for clarity
  - It's now more discoverable how to rotate / scale a selection
  - ZipShapes now support creating left, right and equilateral triangles
  - ZipSquare corner radius controls have greater flexibility & precision 

• Skewing
  - Tap and drag the center side handles of a shape
  - Drag horizontally or vertically to skew along that axis
  - Skew ZipShapes, lassoed selections and even text annotations
  - Skew freely or in 15º increments when snapping is enabled/toggled

IMPROVEMENTS

- Importing from the photo library is now faster with fewer permissions
- Improvements to how Apple Pencil pressure & tilt render ZipLines and ZipShapes
- Apple Pencil double-tap actions are now disabled by default to avoid confusion
- Added "undo" as an option for Apple Pencil double-tap actions
- Added the ability to export debug logs to assist in troubleshooting 
- Tapping a sketch from the Files app launches Linea & displays the sketch
- Added periodic reminders to subscribe and support development!
- 'Set Canvas as Default' now includes the canvas's size and orientation when saving, plus canvas info is listed and a confirmation dialog is presented to cancel if needed
- Added Settings > Canvas > New Sketch Defaults where you can see current canvas defaults and/or reset them

BUG & CRASH FIXES

- Bug fixes and improvements to the in-app purchasing system
- Several important iCloud bug fixes and improvements 
- Fixed a bug causing an incorrect layer icon state to be displayed
- Fixed a bug where the share extension wouldn't work properly
- Fixed a rotation bug that always triggered snapping even when off
- Fixed incorrect rotation when importing a portrait image via the share sheet
- Fixed a bug where Apple Pencil Pro haptics would trigger incorrectly
- Fixed a problem causing incorrect canvas sizes on some devices
- Fixed a low memory crash in the smudge tool
- Fixed a crash when reordering collections
- Fixed a crash at launch with collections that had a cloud conflict
- Fixed a crash that could happen when iCloud Drive access changed
- Fixed a crash with file access errors when creating / deleting a project
- Fixed some crashes that could occur when picking colors
- Fixed crashes that could occur trying to create an impossible ZipShape
- Fixed a potential crash if a sketch was closed and re-opened quickly
- Fixed a crash when a shape or text was deselected mid-drag
- Fixed a potential ZipShape crash when creating ellipses 
- Fixed a crash when reordering a project's sketches while syncing w/ iCloud
- Fixed a bug that allowed you to open two project folders at the same time if you tapped carefully and quickly enough
- Removed the "Show transform handles for ZipShape" setting