Is Blender available for iPad?
Summary
Q.Is Blender available for iPad?
A.Not yet — there is no official Blender app on the iPad App Store as of December 5, 2025, but the Blender Foundation announced a native iPad build in mid‑2025 and is actively developing tablet support with demos and early builds available to testers.
More info
Short answer: No — Blender is not currently available as a finished App Store app for iPad, though the Blender Foundation officially announced a tablet/iPad effort in July 2025 and is actively developing a native iPad edition. The team created an iOS/tablet development branch and showcased early mockups and a technical preview as part of their ‘Beyond Mouse & Keyboard’ work, but a public App Store release date has not been published. See the Blender developer announcement for details. Blender developer post and coverage of the announcement are available. MacRumors report.
What you can do today: you can’t simply download a finished iPad Blender from the App Store yet, but there are practical workarounds and testing paths. The Blender team says you can build test versions yourself from the new branch, and many users run full desktop Blender on iPads via cloud/streaming or remote desktop services. Options include:
- building and sideloading experimental builds (developer‑level, per the Blender forum);
- running Blender on a remote PC or cloud workstation and streaming the UI to an iPad (cloud/stream solutions). Aristeem/cloud guide and press coverage outline these approaches.
In short: an official iPad version is in development (sculpting/object workflows first), but as of Dec 5, 2025 you’ll need a workaround or to wait for the Foundation’s app release and App Store distribution details.
