Digital painting and illustration app for iPad
Procreate is a raster painting app built for iPad and Apple Pencil, used by illustrators, comic artists, letterers and hobbyists. It offers many customizable brushes, layers and blend modes, time-lapse recording of each artwork and Animation Assist for simple frame-by-frame animation. It is sold as a one-time purchase, and its developer has committed to keeping generative AI out of the app.
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- Oct 12, 2026
Features
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Pros
- Responsive brush engine built for Apple Pencil
- One-time purchase with no subscription
- Time-lapse recording and Animation Assist built in
Cons
- Limited to iPad and iPhone, with no desktop version
- No vector tools for scalable artwork
Editorial assessment by the Alternatives.tools team, based on what the product is known for. Not a user review.
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