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, Free, Android, Windows, Windows + Free, Android Tablet and Free + Sketching. These are just examples - use the filter bar below to find more specific alternatives to Procreate.
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  1. MediBang Paint icon

    MediBang Paint

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    MediBang Paint is a lightweight software for illustration and making comic books on Windows and Mac OS.

    75 MediBang Paint alternatives

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    You can do almost everything with it that you'd do with Procreate. However shading is a little harder, but you can do it after some practice.

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    Medibang has very limited brushed and other ways to draw and I find it quite clunky.

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    uhada
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    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!

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    • Most users think MediBang Paint is a great Procreate alternative.

    • MediBang Paint is the most popular Android, iPhone & iPad alternative to Procreate.

    • MediBang Paint is Freemium and ProprietaryProcreate is Paid and Proprietary
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    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.

    56 ibis Paint X alternatives

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    • Windows
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    Comment summary: Procreate is well-regarded for its feature set but may have performance issues on low-end devices. ibis Paint X is praised for its ease of use and similarity to Procreate, offering great utility on Android devices unsupported by Procreate. Some users prefer ibis Paint X for its brush variety and convenient ad-based brush unlock feature.
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    i like it a lot and have been using it since i was ten, im twelve now.

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    Its a good program at its core but it suffers from low performance on low end devices

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    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.

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    • Almost everyone thinks ibis Paint X is a great Procreate alternative.

    • ibis Paint X is Freemium and ProprietaryProcreate is Paid and Proprietary
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    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.

    27 Infinite Painter alternatives

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    • Freemium (Pay once)
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    • Android
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    • Android Tablet
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    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.

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    • Almost everyone thinks Infinite Painter is a great Procreate alternative.

    • Infinite Painter is Freemium and ProprietaryProcreate is Paid and Proprietary
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    Adobe Fresco

    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

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    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...

    42 Concepts alternatives

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    • Freemium (Pay once)
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    • Windows
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    • iPhone
    • Chrome OS
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    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.

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    Missing functions like "fill" and "keep transparency"

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    • Most users think Concepts is a great Procreate alternative.

    • Concepts is Freemium and ProprietaryProcreate is Paid and Proprietary
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    Tayasui Sketches

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    Sketches is a perfect mix of beauty, simplicity and power, a truly unique combination you won't find anywhere else.

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    • Freemium (Pay once)
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    • Mac
    • Android
    • iPhone
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    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.

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    I find the app to be ideal for working on iphone

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    • Almost everyone thinks Tayasui Sketches is a great Procreate alternative.

    • Tayasui Sketches is Freemium and ProprietaryProcreate is Paid and Proprietary
  8. Adobe Fresco icon

    Adobe Fresco

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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.

    20 Adobe Fresco alternatives

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    Pastela

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    Pastela is a drawing app designed around the motto: "Draw out your creativity for the world."

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    HiPaint

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    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.

    32 HiPaint alternatives

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    HiPaint is often considered as "Procreate-clone." While the app lacks some features, it nailed the basic layout and functionalities.

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    HEAVYPAINT

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    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.

    32 HEAVYPAINT alternatives

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    iArtBook

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    Professional painting app, based on Unlimited Layers with Blend Modes and Masks. Brushes, finger gestures, time-lapse video recording. Free alternative to Procreate.

    7 iArtBook alternatives

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    • Freemium (Pay once)
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    • iPhone
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    Mental Canvas

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    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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