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Procreate Pocket

A full painting and animation app for iPhone

iPhoneiPad3.813K ratings$5.99 once

The verdict

If you sketch on the train or in a waiting room, this is the closest thing to real Procreate on an iPhone, with hundreds of brushes, layers with 25+ blend modes and frame-by-frame animation. QuickShape cleans up a wobbly circle or line when you hold the stroke, and it costs $5.99 once with no data collected. A phone screen is still cramped for detailed work, so iPad owners should spend $12.99 on full Procreate instead.

Get it if

You draw on the go and want proper brushes and layers on your iPhone, not a doodle app.

Skip it if

You own an iPad and an Apple Pencil, where the $12.99 Procreate gives you a far bigger canvas.

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What it helps you do

  • Sketch and paint on your iPhone anywhere
  • Turn shaky lines into clean shapes
  • Make short frame-by-frame animations and GIFs
  • Share a time-lapse of how you drew it

What changed

  1. Version 5.0.2

    Great things come to those who wait. There's a fresh new look and so many features in Procreate Pocket 5, including brush libraries, Page Assist, and exciting hardware compatibility, that we better get into it. New Brushes There's over 150 new brushes in the Procreate Library created by our in-house Brush Developer Kyle T. Webster. It’s like being handed the keys to your own fully stocked art store; one that’s…

  2. Added to The Useful Apps

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The details

Runs on
iPhone, iPad
Requires
iOS 26.0 or later
Version
5.0.2
Size
1.2 GB
Made by
Savage Interactive Pty Ltd
Rating
3.8 from 13K ratings on the App Store
Privacy
Collects no data, per its App Store label
Family Sharing
1 purchase for the family

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