Free Procreate Alternatives for iPad

There are many alternatives to Procreate for iPad if you are looking for a replacement. The best free iPad alternative is MediBang Paint. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to Procreate and many of them are free and available for iPad so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting free iPad alternatives to Procreate are ibis Paint X, Infinite Painter, Concepts and Tayasui Sketches.

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Procreate alternatives are mainly Digital Painting Tools, but if you're looking for Image Editors or Color Picker Tools you can filter on that. Other popular filters include iPhone, Android, Free, Windows, Windows + Free, Free + Sketching and Windows + Image Editors. These are just examples - use the filter bar below to find more specific alternatives to Procreate.

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Procreate alternatives page was last updated Mar 12, 2025

MediBang Paint
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MediBang Paint is a lightweight software for illustration and making comic books on Windows and Mac OS.
79 MediBang Paint alternatives
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Japan
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Top Positive Comment
uhada
Sep 21, 2019
9
You get a classic interface with a lot of the painting and editing tools you know from Photoshop. Some limitations, but it's free (with a few ads in the menu). Personally I use Affinity Designer and Photo that are not free, but very powerful!
Top Negative Comment
Guest
Oct 22, 2020
5
Medibang has very limited brushed and other ways to draw and I find it quite clunky.
Review by a new / low-activity user.
Guest
Positive commentApr 18, 2019
-4
because is not difficult like procreate
Review by a new / low-activity user.
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MediBang Paint is Freemium and ProprietaryProcreate is Paid and Proprietary
ibis Paint X
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ibis Paint is an easy yet powerful drawing app made with tools for sketching manga right at your fingertips.
59 ibis Paint X alternatives
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Digital Painting
Image Editor
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Japan
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Windows
Android
iPhone
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iPad
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ibis Paint X vs Procreate Comments

Top Positive Comment
Guest
Jul 21, 2020
8
i like it a lot and have been using it since i was ten, im twelve now.
Review by a new / low-activity user.
Anipe
Positive commentApr 22, 2022
0
Its a good program at its core but it suffers from low performance on low end devices
Guest
Positive commentMar 29, 2021
0
I like Ibis as an alternative because I have an android tablet and Procreate is unsupported. I don't want to get an Ipad because of the great features android comes with.
Review by a new / low-activity user.
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ibis Paint X is Freemium and ProprietaryProcreate is Paid and Proprietary
Infinite Painter
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Infinite Painter is an advanced painting app created for mobile with natural brushes, realistic blending, and an unparalleled toolset.
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Digital Painting
Origin
United States
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Android
iPhone
Android Tablet
iPad
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Guest
Positive commentMay 9, 2020
4
Infinite Painter can do basically everything that Procreate can. But it's more affordable. It has a large variety of brushes. I think it is a really great alternative.
Review by a new / low-activity user.
Infinite Painter is Freemium and ProprietaryProcreate is Paid and Proprietary
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Unlock creativity with a massive brush collection and real-time effects. Blend oils, paint with vibrant watercolors, and enjoy vector and raster brushes on stylus-ready devices. Ideal for artists of all levels.

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Concepts
32 likes
Concepts is the digital design sketchbook of the future. It’s powerful, flexible and smart, so you can go from quick sketches to beautiful and precise illustrations in a single app. Enhance your creative capabilities with our infinite canvas, flexible multi-touch shape guides...
47 Concepts alternatives
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Digital Painting
Vector Graphic
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United States
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Windows
Android
iPhone
Chrome OS
Android Tablet
iPad
+5
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Guest
Positive commentMay 24, 2022
0
Concepts is the closest alternative to Procreate, it allows fluid and intuitive workflow. It's intended for pen devices like Surface Pro or iPad, and is crossplatform.
Review by a new / low-activity user.
Guest
Negative commentNov 29, 2020
0
Missing functions like "fill" and "keep transparency"
Review by a new / low-activity user.
Concepts is Freemium and ProprietaryProcreate is Paid and Proprietary
Tayasui Sketches
26 likes
Sketches is a perfect mix of beauty, simplicity and power, a truly unique combination you won't find anywhere else.
78 Tayasui Sketches alternatives
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France
EU
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Mac
Android
iPhone
Android Tablet
iPad
+7
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Tayasui Sketches vs Procreate Comments

Paul
Positive commentApr 2, 2020
0
Great app if you want to draw on your iPad. There are many tools and the interface is really nice. Overall, it's a good alternative to Procreate for iPhone/iPad.
colindickinson
Positive commentJul 16, 2017
1
I find the app to be ideal for working on iphone
Tayasui Sketches is Freemium and ProprietaryProcreate is Paid and Proprietary
Adobe Fresco
7 likes
Unlock creativity with a massive brush collection and real-time effects. Blend oils, paint with vibrant watercolors, and enjoy vector and raster brushes on stylus-ready devices. Ideal for artists of all levels.
21 Adobe Fresco alternatives
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Proprietary
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Digital Painting
Origin
United States
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Windows
iPhone
iPad
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Pastela
5 likes
Pastela is a drawing app designed around the motto: "Draw out your creativity for the world."
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Freemium
Proprietary
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Digital Painting
Image Editor
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Japan
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iPad
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HEAVYPAINT
7 likes
A simple yet secretly powerful painting app! Focus on pure colors and shapes with a streamlined interface. Ideal for plein air painting, color notes, sketches and studies.
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Freemium
Proprietary
Application type
Digital Painting
Origin
United States
Platforms
Mac
Windows
Linux
Android
iPhone
Android Tablet
iPad
+1
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iArtBook
4 likes
Professional painting app, based on Unlimited Layers with Blend Modes and Masks. Brushes, finger gestures, time-lapse video recording. Free alternative to Procreate.
Cost / License
Freemium
Proprietary
Origin
Russia
Platforms
iPhone
iPad
+7
Is iArtBook a good alternative to Procreate?
HiPaint
5 likes
HiPaint is a professional integrated drawing and coloring software specially designed for digital drawing creators. The intuitive and simple interface allows for easy and intelligent operation even for a newbie with a medium- or small-sized screen of a mobile device.
Cost / License
Freemium
Proprietary
Application types
Digital Painting
Color Picker
Origin
China
Platforms
Mac
Android
iPhone
iPad
+9
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HiPaint vs Procreate Comments

cel
Positive commentMay 25, 2024
0
HiPaint is often considered as "Procreate-clone." While the app lacks some features, it nailed the basic layout and functionalities.
HiPaint is Freemium and ProprietaryProcreate is Paid and Proprietary
Mental Canvas
2 likes
Mental Canvas Draw re-imagines drawing for the digital age by augmenting it with spatial strokes, 3D navigation, and animations — all drawn with ease of pencil and paper.
19 Mental Canvas alternatives
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Freemium
Proprietary
Application type
Digital Painting
Origin
United States
Platforms
Windows
iPad
+4
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Tayasui Sketches School
4 likes
Because beautiful tools make beautiful drawings, we endlessly refined Sketches brushes to create the most realistic drawing tools.
Cost / License
Free
Proprietary
Application type
Digital Painting
Platforms
iPad
Is this a good alternative to Procreate?

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Concepts

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