The short answer: No. The original Adobe Photoshop Touch (PS Touch) does not run natively or stably on Android 14 (Upside Down Cake) .
At best, you get force closes. At worst, you infect your device with malware designed to exploit abandoned code. Updated March 2026 – tested on Pixel 8 Pro (Android 14 QPR3), Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra (One UI 6.1), and Nothing Phone 2. ps touch for android 14 upd
But before you give up, let’s explore it fails, hacks that might partially work, and—most importantly— what you should install instead on your Android 14 device. Part 1: Why Adobe Photoshop Touch Refuses to Open on Android 14 Adobe officially pulled Photoshop Touch from the Play Store in 2015, replacing it with the subscription-based Photoshop Express and Photoshop Mix. However, sideloading the old .apk worked for years on Android 5–13. The short answer: No
For digital artists clinging to the legendary lightweight editing app, the upgrade to Android 14 marks a painful end. Google’s increasingly strict security requirements (target API level 23+) and 64-bit-only mandates have finally broken the beloved 2011-era APK. At worst, you infect your device with malware
Until then, the Android 14 era says goodbye to the little app that taught millions of us about layers. | If you own... | Do this | |---------------|---------| | Android 14 phone (no root) | Install Infinite Painter or Krita. Never look back. | | Android 14 tablet (stylus) | Buy Clip Studio Paint – it’s better than PS Touch ever was. | | A secondary Android 10 device | Keep PS Touch there, use Nearby Share to transfer PSDs. | | A Windows/Mac PC | Use Photopea.com (free Photoshop in browser) – opens PS Touch PSDs perfectly. |
However, a new open-source project called aims to rebuild a lightweight PSD editor with PS Touch’s exact workflow, targeting Android 15. Early betas exist on GitHub, but they are crash-prone on Android 14.