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About Procreate
Procreate is a drawing and painting app built for the iPad, aimed at both professional illustrators and people learning digital art. The developer describes it as a complete art studio in one app.
It is sold for a single payment with no subscription. The same company makes Procreate Pocket, a version for iPhone, and Procreate Dreams, a separate app for animation. A beginners series and classroom lesson ideas are available on the developer's site for new users and teachers.
Strengths
- Pay once, no subscription
- Designed around the iPad and touch drawing
- Free learning material for beginners and classrooms
Limitations
- Only available on iPad, with a separate iPhone version
- No Windows, macOS or Android version
Details
- Pricing
- PaidOne-time purchase with no subscription.
- License
- Proprietary
- Developer
- Procreate
- Platforms
- iOS
- How it runs
- Downloadable app
- Best suited for
- Artists who draw and paint on an iPad
- Categories
- Image editors
- Last verified
- Added
- Provenance
- Facts checked against the developer's own pages and store listings, 1 sources on file.
Alternatives to Procreate
Compare allSoftware that can replace Procreate for an important use case, and what changes if you switch.
Clip Studio Paint
A commercial drawing and painting app for illustration, comics and animation across desktop and mobile.
Clip Studio Paint runs on Windows, macOS, Android and iOS with comic and animation tools, but it is paid after a trial rather than a one-time iPad purchase.
Adobe Fresco
Adobe's free drawing and painting app for iPad and iPhone, built for stylus and touch.
Adobe Fresco is a free iPad and iPhone painting app with thousands of brushes and animation tools, replacing Procreate's one-time purchase with no cost.
Krita
A free digital painting program built for illustrators, with over a hundred brushes ready to use.
Krita is a free, open-source painting program for Windows, macOS and Linux desktops, so moving from Procreate means drawing with a tablet on a computer instead of an iPad.
ibisPaint
A mobile drawing and painting app for illustration, manga and animation, with an online gallery.
ibisPaint is a freemium Android and iOS drawing app aimed at illustration, manga and animation, with an online gallery and tutorials.
Infinite Painter
A painting and sketching app for Android and iOS with natural brushes and realistic blending.
Infinite Painter is a freemium painting app with natural brushes on both Android and iOS, extending beyond Procreate's Apple-only availability.
ArtRage
A natural-media painting program with realistic paint blending and textures for desktop, tablet and phone.
ArtRage is a paid natural-media painting program on Windows, macOS, Android and iOS, emphasizing realistic oil and watercolor blending.
Rebelle
Painting software for Windows and Mac that simulates real color mixing, wet diffusion and drying.
Rebelle is paid Windows and Mac software simulating wet paint mixing and drying, with no iPad or mobile version.
Corel Painter
A digital painting program from Corel that simulates natural media brushes for illustration and photo painting.
Corel Painter is paid natural-media painting software for Windows and macOS, with no iPad version and a current release dating from 2023.
Similar software
Related functionality, not necessarily a direct replacement.
Pixelmator Pro
Apple's image editor for Mac and iPad with nondestructive layers, vector tools and AI features.
Amadine
A vector graphics and illustration app for Mac, iPad and iPhone with a lifetime license option.
Linearity Curve
Apple-first vector design app with a fast, free-to-start workflow.
Kleki
A free painting tool that runs in the web browser for quick sketches and drawings.
MyPaint
A distraction-free painting app for graphics tablets, with an infinite canvas and deeply configurable brushes.
