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Alternatives

The best Procreate alternatives

Pay-once digital painting and illustration app for iPad with brushes, layers and animation, with Pocket for iPhone. If it is not working for you, here are 8 apps that do the same job, closest match first.

Built from official pricing pages and app store listings, prices checked 2026-11-01. Not paid to be here.

At a glance

AppPricePlatformsPick it if
Procreate (the app you have)Procreate $12.99 one-time. Pay once, no subscription. Procreate Pocket and Procreate Dreams sold separatelyApple-
Procreate Pocket$5.99 one-timeAppleyou want a close match
Simply DrawFreeAppleyou want it free
ibis Paint XFree downloadAppleyou want a free plan to start
Drawing Pad -Free downloadAppleyou want a free plan to start
ArtraceFreeAppleyou want it free
Adobe FrescoFreeAppleyou want it free
PicTrace®FreeAppleyou want it free
Tayasui SketchesFree downloadAppleyou want a free plan to start
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ibis Paint X

Free download; paid upgrades in the app
ibis Paint X screenshot from the App Store

Full-featured drawing and animation app with lots of brushes.

Pick it if you want a free plan to start.

Free planiPhone

We matched these apps to Procreate by what they are for, who they suit and where they run, using our research on each app's official website and app store listing. We have not tested them hands-on for this page. Check the price on each app's own site before you buy.

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