Comparison

Lomo'Instant vs Procreate Dreams

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Lomo'Instant

Digitally capture your instant film photos with this app. Save them to your device, share them online, or create stop-motion videos. Join a community of photographers and find inspiration.

Highlights
  • Digitize instant film photos
  • Save photos to camera roll
  • Share photos online
  • Create stop-motion videos
  • Join photography community
  • Read photography stories
  • Enter competitions
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The Lomo’Instant App is the ultimate tool to share the joy of instant film photography! The perfect companion for your instant camera, take it with you wherever you’re shooting to spread the love — instantly! Hold your instant masterpiece in front of an iPhone to capture a perfectly centered digital version that you can save straight to your camera roll then connect with any other app to share online. You can even create a account with Lomography and upload direct from the app to join a community of over 1,000,000 people. Create fun stop motion videos when you’ve taken multiple pictures at once, adding a whole new dimension to your instants and bringing them to life. Try to capture your instant photographs in the same space where you shot them for an awesome background effect. The fun doesn’t stop there! Gain inspiration from the photography community and read up on instant news through the stories page or enter one of our many competitions to win brilliant prizes and to see how far your instant photographs can take you.

About

Procreate Dreams

Create stunning 2D animations, expressive videos, and captivating stories with powerful yet intuitive tools. This app offers a rich brush library, advanced frame-by-frame animation features, and seamless integration of video, audio, and text for professional-quality creations.

Highlights
  • Frame-by-frame animation tools
  • Multi-track timeline
  • Keyframe animation
  • 300+ textured brushes
  • Video, photo, and audio editing
  • Real-time rendering engine
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Procreate Dreams is an award-winning animation app, packed with powerful tools that anyone can use. Create rich 2D animations, expressive videos, and breathtaking stories on iPad. With over 300 beautifully textured Procreate brushes, Procreate Dreams is perfect for creating gorgeous hand drawn, frame-by-frame animations. Highlights: - Powerful frame-by-frame animation tools. - Responsive Multi-track timeline. - Keyframes for motion and cinematic animations. - Record motion or effects effortlessly through touch. - Handcrafted animation brush library. - Next generation, realtime rendering engine. Create frame-by-frame animations: - Explore over 300 beautifully textured brushes to bring artistic soul to your work. - Compatible with all Procreate brushes - Up to 16K resolution for drawings. - Paint outside your stage. - Customizable onion skins. - Automatic, freehand/lasso, and shape selections. - Permanently transform, warp and distort your drawings. - Blend modes and clipping, luminance, and layer masking - Apply permanent filters & adjustments. Compose video, photos, audio, and type: - Import, edit and trim video. - Draw-over your content. - Add voice-overs and music. - Craft titles, type and credits with typography styling, and design attributes. Add animated motion and effects: - Add keyframes to your content for precise transitions of motion and effects. - Modify easing to refine your timing. - Move, scale, rotate, warp & distort animations. - HSB, opacity, gaussian blur, lens blur, noise, and sharpen effects. - Group content to unlock the power of layered animations. Import existing assets and content: - Import video & photos in JPG, PNG, TGA, Procreate, MP4, GIF, and ProRes format. - Import audio in MP3, AIFF, WAV, FLAC, AAC, CAFF, M4A, AC3, and MP2 format. - Import custom and purchased Procreate brushes. - Import layered Procreate files. - Import Procreate Animation Assist as a Flipbook. Share your work with the world: - Export MP4s and MOVs in H264, HEVC, and ProRes codecs. - Export transparent video. - Export PNG sequences with transparency for professional pipelines. - Export your current frame as a transparent image. - Share your .drm files with your audio and video included. Next generation technology - Seamlessly mix drawing, frame-by-frame animation, keyframing, video editing, and compositing. - Real-time rendering makes waiting a thing of the past. - Never lose artwork again with continuous auto-save and undo history.

Screenshots

Lomo'Instant4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Lomo'Instant at Free against Procreate Dreams's $12.99. Lomo'Instant also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 16.3). Procreate Dreams's advantage is ratings volume (577 vs 10). On rating, review sentiment, update cadence and ads there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Lomo'Instant is free to download; Procreate Dreams costs $12.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Procreate Dreams holds the better App Store score, 3.9 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Procreate Dreams has 577 ratings behind it against 10, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 38% of Lomo'Instant's written reviews are positive against 41% of Procreate Dreams's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 5, 2026 and October 26, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Lomo'Instant versus Procreate Dreams: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLomo'InstantProcreate Dreams
PriceFree — better$12.99
Rating3.7 (10 ratings)3.9 (577 ratings) — better
Positive reviews37.5% of reviews41.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings10577 — better
Update frequencyMonthlyMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPad
Requires iOS9.0 — better16.3
Further details — not scored
Size67 MB1.7 GB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLomographySavage Interactive Pty Ltd

Customer experience

Lomo'Instant

All ratings10 ratings
Positive70.0%
Neutral10.0%
Negative20.0%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive37.5%
Neutral37.5%
Negative25.0%

Procreate Dreams

All ratings537 ratings
Positive71.9%
Neutral10.8%
Negative17.3%
Written reviews2,219 reviews
Positive41.0%
Neutral24.4%
Negative34.6%

Bugs and requests

Lomo'Instant

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Procreate Dreams

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Undo/redo issues, sometimes undoing more than intended
  • Crashes and freezes when working with complex animations
  • Inconsistent behavior when importing assets from Procreate

Requested features

6 requests
  • Lasso tool for selecting and transforming parts of drawings
  • Ability to merge, reorder, and manage layers
  • Custom brush creation and import options
  • Improved timeline controls and onion skin visibility
  • More intuitive UI and better discoverability of features
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  • Ability to set custom canvas size and frame rate

In-app purchases

None

Lomo'Instant

No in-app purchases

None

Procreate Dreams

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Lomo'Instant free?
Lomo'Instant is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Procreate Dreams free?
Procreate Dreams costs $12.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Lomo'Instant or Procreate Dreams?
Procreate Dreams is rated higher. Lomo'Instant averages 3.7 out of 5 from 10 ratings, while Procreate Dreams averages 3.9 from 577 ratings.
Do Lomo'Instant or Procreate Dreams have ads?
Neither Lomo'Instant nor Procreate Dreams shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Lomo'Instant or Procreate Dreams?
Lomo'Instant ships an update monthly, and Procreate Dreams monthly. Most recently, Lomo'Instant was updated on October 5, 2026 and Procreate Dreams on October 26, 2026.

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