# Procreate Pocket — Sketch and Paint on iPhone.

> Feature-packed art app for sketching, painting, and animation on iPhone. (iPhone/iPad app by Savage Interactive Pty Ltd.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/procreate-pocket/id916366645 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Savage Interactive Pty Ltd](https://appshunter.io/developer/363433636)
- Category: Graphics & Design, Productivity
- Price: $5.99
- Rating: 3.80/5 from 12,648 App Store ratings · 2,052 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 15.4.1 · 372 MB
- Languages: Australian English, Arabic, French (France), German (Germany), Hindi, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Malay and 8 more
- Released: 2014-12-17
- Data updated: 2026-08-28
- Monetization: paid
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/procreate-pocket/id916366645/reviews.md

## What is Procreate Pocket?

App of the Year winner Procreate Pocket is the most feature-packed and versatile art app ever designed for iPhone. 

Procreate Pocket has everything you need to create expressive sketches, rich paintings, gorgeous illustrations, and beautiful animations. Offering hundreds of handmade brushes, a suite of intuitive artistic tools, an advanced layer system, and the powerful Valkyrie graphics engine. Work on the couch, on the train, at the beach, or while waiting in line for coffee. 

It’s a complete art studio in the palm of your hand.

Highlights:
• High resolution canvases — up to 16k by 4k on compatible devices
• Intuitive Dark Mode interface made for iPhone
• Revolutionary QuickShape feature for perfect shapes
• Smooth and responsive smudge sampling
• Powered by Valkyrie, the lightning-fast 64-bit painting engine 
• Create art in stunning 64-bit color
• 250 levels of undo and redo
• Continuous auto-save — never lose work again

Breakthrough brushes:
• Packed with 100s of beautifully crafted brushes
• Brush sets keep your painting, sketching, and drawing brushes organized
• Over 100 customizable settings for every brush
• Brush Studio — design custom brushes
• Import and export custom Procreate brushes
• Import Adobe® Photoshop® brushes, and run them faster than Photoshop®

Full-featured layering system:
• Layer your art for precise control over details and composition
• Create Layer and Clipping Masks for non-destructive editing
• Stay organized by combining layers into groups
• Transform objects simultaneously across multiple layers
• Access over 25 layer blend modes for industry-grade compositing

Color without compromise:
• Fill your line work with ColorDrop
• Disc, Classic, Harmony, Value, and Palette color panels
• Import color profiles for color matching
• Assign Color Dynamics to any brush

Precision design tools:
• Add vector text to your illustrations
• Easily import all your favorite fonts
• Crop and resize your canvas for perfect composition
• Perspective, isometric, 2D, and symmetry visual guides
• Drawing Assist perfects your strokes in real time
• StreamLine smooths your strokes for beautiful lettering and expert inking

Animation Assist: 
• Easy frame-by-frame animation with customizable onion skinning
• Create storyboards, GIFs, animatics, and simple animations
• Export your animations in the full resolution of your canvas

 Dramatic finishing effects:
• Gradient Map — remap your image’s colors with a customizable gradient
• Glitch, Chromatic Aberration, Glow, and Halftone to add new dimensions to your work
• Gaussian and Motion Blur filters for depth and movement, or use Sharpen for perfect clarity
• Advanced Noise filter gives you more control for a classic, retro look
• Adjust Hue, Saturation, or Brightness in real time
• Powerful image adjustments including Color Balance, Curves, and HSB
• Bring your art to life with the fun, intuitive, and creative Warp, Symmetry, and Liquify Dynamics 

Time-lapse replay:
• Relive your creative journey with Procreate's celebrated Time-lapse Replay
• Export your Time-lapse recording in 4K for high-end video production
• Share a short, 30-second version of your Time-lapse on your socials

Reference Companion:
• Keep a full canvas or reference image with you at all times 
• Paint on your face with AR
• Color-pick right from the reference window

Import assets and share your creations:
• Import or export your art as Adobe® Photoshop® PSD files
• Import Adobe® ASE and ACO Color Palettes
• Import images files such as JPG, PNG, and TIFF
• Drag and drop artworks, brushes, palettes, and fonts between applications• Export to AirDrop, iCloud Drive, Photos, iTunes, Dropbox, Google Drive, Facebook, X (formerly Twitter), Instagram, TikTok, Weibo, Mail, and more
• Share your art as PDF, JPEG, PNG, TIFF, GIF, HEVC, or MP4 files

## Key features

- Hundreds of handmade brushes
- Advanced layer system
- High resolution canvases
- Revolutionary QuickShape feature
- Frame-by-frame animation
- Customizable brush studio

## Chart rankings

- #1 in Top Paid · Graphics & Design (US App Store)
- #14 in Top Paid (US App Store)
- #62 in Top Grossing · Graphics & Design (US App Store)

## What do users think of Procreate Pocket?

Overall sentiment: neutral

**Pros**

- 🚀 Excellent drawing app for iPhone
- 👍 Customizable brushes and palettes
- 👍 Convenient for on-the-go sketching
- 👍 Affordable price point
- 👍 Seamless integration with iPad version

**Cons**

- 🐛 Frequent crashes and bugs
- 🔍 Limited features compared to iPad version
- 🔍 Lack of undo/redo buttons
- 🔍 Pixelated output when transforming layers
- 🔍 Difficult to draw precise lines and shapes

**Commonly reported bugs**

- Imported images/brushes not showing up
- Layers merging unexpectedly
- Color issues when tracing or filling
- Navigation bar disappearing during use

**Most requested features**

- Add blending and smudge tools
- Increase layer limit and canvas size
- Implement dark mode option
- Add text and fill tools
- Improve undo/redo functionality

## Recent user reviews (10 of 2,052)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/procreate-pocket/id916366645/reviews.md

### 3/5 — Need More Stuff

*2026-08-25, version 4.0.18*

It’s fine we need 2 updates.
1: we need to redo and undo button
Reason: it would just be so much easier and plus almost every single drawing and an animation app has one
2: key frames
Reason: it would just be a better animation app

### 4/5 — PRESSURE SENSITIVITY. PLEASE.

*2026-08-25, version 4.0.18*

I absolutely love this app, however I wish there was an option for pressure sensitivity. I’m aware that there’s an option to slide the pressure slider while making a stroke, but it is extremely difficult to have one finger sliding up and down on the screen while trying to draw with another at the same time, so I don’t even bother with it. There HAS TO BE another much easier method to imitate pressure sensitivity on the iPhone. Please consider!

### 3/5 — Needs some work

*2026-08-24, version 4.0.18*

Works great for sketching but Can you guys make it to where you can zoom into the reference please?

### 1/5 — Cod

*2026-08-24, version 4.0.18*

Ibis paint es mejor

### 5/5 — I would rate this at the bottom! (If  you count from the bottom)

*2026-08-22, version 4.0.18*

Thiiiis isss the Best!!!! Thankkkyor making this app!   
Pls buy this app people! It’s so fun to create funny gifs, memes,
Etc.

### 1/5 — Refund please

*2026-08-21, version 4.0.18*

I need a refund

### 4/5 — 浪浪

*2026-08-20, version 4.0.18*

很好用 但是有时候会很卡 也可能是我手机的问题吧 而且双指撤回不灵 要么就是卡住不动 过好久会把你的作品全撤回了 恢复又全回来了 撤回能一口气撤好几笔 然后图层也是 有些图层丢失、找不到 但撤回后又回来了 然后另一个图层又找不到了 我不知道你这是怎么了画个画给我画的非常火大！😡😡😡

### 2/5 — I can’t do this anymore

*2026-08-18, version 4.0.18*

I love drawing on my iPad! but on my phone…

### 1/5 — I can’t draw😔

*2026-08-14, version 4.0.18*

Pensioner

### 3/5 — I hate how it isn’t like the original procreate it’s a good app but please add

*2026-08-14, version 4.0.18*

PLEASE ADD

* 🔲 Resizable reference window
* ↔️ Adjustable size for the side controls, the black control looks big and out of place on screen on the side
* 🎨 More of the original Procreate brushes/features like on the iPad to iPhone 
* ⚙️ An option to customize the interface.
* 📱 A “compact controls” mode for smaller screens
* 🖥️ An option to make the interface look much closer to the iPad version, It isn’t fair how we don’t have these kinda things in the app.

## Frequently asked questions about Procreate Pocket

### What can I create with Procreate Pocket?

You can create expressive sketches, rich paintings, gorgeous illustrations, and beautiful animations. The app provides a complete art studio experience with a wide array of tools and brushes.

### What are the key features of Procreate Pocket?

Key features include hundreds of handmade brushes, an advanced layer system, high-resolution canvases up to 16k by 4k, the QuickShape feature for perfect shapes, and frame-by-frame animation tools. It also boasts a powerful graphics engine for smooth performance.

### How much does Procreate Pocket cost?

Procreate Pocket is a paid application. The price is a one-time purchase, and there are no in-app purchases or subscriptions required to access its full functionality.

### What devices is Procreate Pocket compatible with?

Procreate Pocket is designed for iPhone. Specific compatibility may depend on your iOS version and device model, but it is optimized for the iPhone experience.

### Can I import brushes into Procreate Pocket?

Yes, you can import custom Procreate brushes and even Adobe® Photoshop® brushes. The app is designed to be compatible with brushes from other popular art software, often running them faster.

## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 4.0.18 — 2026-07-28

This update includes fixes and improvements to keep Pocket running smoothly.

### 4.0.17 — 2026-07-27

This update includes fixes and improvements to keep Pocket running smoothly.

### 4.0.16 — 2026-03-29

This update has compatibility for the newest devices and 25 new fonts for customising your text, including brand new choices for Arabic, Hindi, Thai, and Japanese. 

The fonts Eina and Jack Armstrong BB are no longer available, but you can continue to edit your image layers, or rasterise your text layer to keep your exact design. You can also choose to replace these fonts with a similar option.

Did you know you can import your own fonts into Procreate Pocket? Tap the + button on the text Edit Style keyboard, drag and drop, or place them into your On My iPhone → Pocket → Fonts folder.

### 4.0.15 — 2025-09-27

This is a compatibility update to get you ready for everything new coming your way.

### 4.0.14 — 2025-04-13

This update to Procreate Pocket introduces fixes and improvements.

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## More apps by Savage Interactive Pty Ltd

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All apps by Savage Interactive Pty Ltd: https://appshunter.io/developer/363433636

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