I bought this pen for my husband, a retired art teacher. He has an ipad and after reading about the new Hockney exhibition and that he used an app called brushes, we downloaded it. Working by finger did not work so I started looked as stylus and at once thought the alu pen looked the best. Whilst looking at reviews we found that in fact Hockney uses the same pen, there is even a YouTube of him working. My husband has already turned out some fantastic paintings and just loves his pen. It is an artists tool and the soft nib just flows over the screen. It may look a bit fat but it fits into the hand a dream. It feels solid and well made and comes with its own little leather bag. You can buy cheaper butI doubt you can buy better.