Manus vs Brushes for Procreate
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Manus
This app provides a 3D hand reference tool for artists. Easily create and customize an unlimited number of hand poses by rotating, bending, and adjusting fingers. Features male and female models with pre-made poses for quick access.
- 3D male and female hand models
- Customizable finger bending and rotation
- Pre-made hand poses
- Adjustable lighting
- Save and load custom poses
- Export poses as image files
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Need a hand on drawing human hand? This nifty little app is friend of anyone who struggles with drawing hands. With this handy tool you can make unlimited number of hand poses in just seconds. It is a must have hand reference tool for any artist’s. With Manus app you can rotate, bend and set distance of every finger to get that pose you are looking for. With flexible camera controls you can pan and rotate hand model freely to examine pose from any angle. App has male and female hand models and variety of pre-made hand poses to get started with. * 3D Male and female hands * Left and right hand * Pre-made poses * Freely rotate lights * Save and load hand poses * Save poses as image files to gallery * Pan and rotate camera Enjoy and become master of drawing human hands. Zoom camera in/out - Pinch gesture Rotate camera - Two finger drag Pan camera - Three finger drag Supported screen size: 4.7" and larger. iPad preferred. If there is any feature you would like to see in the app, please let us know! Website: http://codelunatics.com Twitter: @Codelunatics
Brushes for Procreate
Access a vast library of over 3855 professional-quality brushes, fonts, textures, and more for Procreate. Enhance your digital art with easy one-click installation and new content added weekly. Create stunning artwork for commercial use.
- 3855+ Procreate brushes
- Easy 1-click install
- New content weekly
- Fonts, textures, stickers
- 3D models and palettes
- Video tutorials
- Commercial usage allowed
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Get trendy brushes for Procreate. In collaboration with professional artists we made thousands top brushes that allow you to make fantastic works easily and take your art to the next level! Our Brushes, Fonts, Textures, Stickers, Collections, 3D Models & Palettes trusted by thousands of artists all over the world will help you! We've helped millions of artists improve their work and take it to the next level. Don't miss the new brushes that have been released EVERY Thursday FOR more than 4 YEARS. Don't miss it! Use any content with easy & fast 1 click install. It suits both Procreate for iPad and Procreate Pocket for iPhone. New content is available every week, at least 55 new Procreate brushes and sets per month! And also constant updates of textures, fonts, thematic collections, 3d models, stickers and video tutorials. Your works made with our content are allowed for commercial usage! Every single item is unique and illustrated by our artists, so you will know what you can do with it. And we know that every artist even Pro needs some good brushes to boost art and productivity. We spent thousands of hours working to make professional tools for you and save your time! Create gorgeous authentic digital paintings and drawings in Procreate with ease! -- Brushes, brush sets, collections: One of the largest brushes collections on the web. Only high quality brushes in big size for all the canvas sizes. 1500+ single brushes and sets with more than 3000+ brushes totally. 40-80 new brushes every month (uploaded weekly). Direct 1 click install to your Procreate Imported brushes folder. Crafted only for our app by top and high-paid artists with love and passion for detail. -- Fonts: Add a new stylish look for your texts. No boring regular fonts, only fresh, modern and trendy content. -- Textures: Transform your digital artwork in seconds with the textures. Use them like the bottom layer to make. Try to overlay it to make a new sharp look. Or just draw on them! -- Stickers: Download or copy stickers directly to your work. Or even Instagram Stories.Our gorgeous stickers will help you complete composition or just help you not to draw some things! -- 3D Models: A new dimension of art. Use your imagination with all sorts of 3D models that you can draw on. Create like never before. -- Palettes: Dozens of palettes with hand picked colors made by colorists will help you to rocket start your art with right colors. -- Video: Some video tutorials right in the app to help you make your works with our brushes (all the brushes are available to download below video). And some speedpaints for you inspiration! Our FREE VERSION Brushes app gives you the opportunity to unlimited downloads for free. You can download 495+ free brushes and get new free content EVERY WEEK. With any of SUBSCRIPTION option you can: - Get unlimited access to all 3000+ brushes, dozen fonts, textures, collections and so on. - Get additional premium brushes and brush sets every week. - Guarantee of quality and risk free refunds. You can choose one of the subscription options: - 1 months - 6 months - 12 months This app is not an official part of the Procreate app. This application is created by enthusiastic artists to create the largest and most affordable collection of brushes and other things for the amazing Procreate application. Payment will be charged to your Apple ID account at the time of purchase confirmation. Subscription renews automatically unless it is canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. You can manage and cancel your subscriptions by going to your account settings on the App Store after purchase.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Brushes for Procreate at Free against Manus's $1.99. Brushes for Procreate also leads on rating (4.7 vs 1.9) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 31 months). Manus's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 6) and chart position (#112 vs unranked). On ads and device support 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
Brushes for Procreate is free to download; Manus costs $1.99 up front. Brushes for Procreate sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Manus asks for nothing beyond the download.
Brushes for Procreate holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 1.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Brushes for Procreate has 20K ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 60% of Manus's written reviews are positive against 48% of Brushes for Procreate's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Manus ships an update every 31 months, Brushes for Procreate every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Manus | Brushes for Procreate |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 1.9 (7 ratings) | 4.7 (20K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 60.0% of reviews — better | 48.4% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 7 | 20K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 31 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Best chart rank | #112 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 84 MB | 29 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Tomi Nevalainen | Maria Puznaeva |
Customer experience
Manus
Brushes for Procreate
Bugs and requests
Manus
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Brushes for Procreate
Reported bugs
3 issues- Brushes not importing properly to Procreate
- App freezing when trying to download brushes
- Subscription issues and unable to cancel
Requested features
5 requests- Add a free brush filter
- Improve brush categorization
- Offer more free brushes
- Allow purchasing individual brush packs
- Improve brush previews
In-app purchases
Manus
No in-app purchases
Brushes for Procreate
- Brushes for Procreate & Pocket$9.991 Month
- Become Procreator with Brushes$19.991 Year
- 6 Months Subscription$29.996 Months
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- 12 Months Subscription - Sale$29.991 Year
- 12 Months Subscription$37.991 Year
- 试用有限优惠$37.991 Year
Questions
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