Comparison

MovieMarkup 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

MovieMarkup

Easily add annotations to your videos with various tools like handwriting, text, images, and shapes. Control their appearance, timing, and even animate them. Share your creations with others.

Highlights
  • Handwritten annotations with multiple pen styles and colors
  • Text annotations with customizable fonts, colors, and sizes
  • Import and overlay images or other videos
  • Record and overlay custom sound tracks
  • Add shapes and arrows with style options
  • Animated ink effect for annotations
  • Timeline for precise annotation timing
Features
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MovieMarkup is a great new app which lets you add annotation to your movies. Just import the movie, adjust the timeline and add the annotation - it is that easy. Add one or many annotations, then share the annotated movie. Features: Handwritten annotations - a combination of 8 different pen styles, and a huge range of colours, thicknesses and opacities; (1 for free, 7 more as in-app purchase). Text annotation(*) - fully attributed text allowing a mixture of fonts, colours and sizes. Images(*) - import images as annotations and position them over the movie at a size and position of your choosing. Movies(*) - import other movies and overlay them on the main movie at any scale and rotation. This includes the ability to define a transparent colour in the overlayed movie. Sounds(*) - record your own sound track which will overlay (or) overwrite the original movie audio. Shapes - Free-hand or polygonal shapes can be used as annotations, with options to control colour, opacity and border styles. Magnified areas - Use shapes to magnify specific areas of the movie to highlight important details. Arrows - options to control colour, arrow styles, taper and labels. Annotation Options - each annotation has options to control how it is displayed including an 'animated ink' option which makes the annotation appear as if it is being written or typed into the movie in real time. Timeline - this lets you accurately position annotations at the correct movie frame, and also lets you preview the result in real time. You can transform an annotation so that it moves, scales or rotates in the annotated movie. The app has support for many electronic styluses including Apple Pencil, Wacom and Adonit. (*) In app purchase required to allow these features in an exported annotated movie.

About

Procreate Dreams

Create stunning 2D animations, expressive videos, and captivating stories with powerful, user-friendly tools. This app offers a rich brush library, multi-track timeline, and keyframe animation for dynamic motion and effects. Seamlessly integrate video, audio, and text to bring your creative visions to life.

Highlights
  • Frame-by-frame animation tools
  • Multi-track timeline
  • Keyframes for motion and effects
  • Over 300 textured brushes
  • Video, photo, and audio import/editing
  • Real-time rendering engine
  • Customizable onion skins
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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

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Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: MovieMarkup at Free against Procreate Dreams's $12.99. MovieMarkup also leads on device support (3 vs 1). Procreate Dreams's advantage is rating (3.9 vs 2.9) and in-app purchases (none vs 6). On review sentiment, update cadence, ads and iOS requirement 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

MovieMarkup is free to download; Procreate Dreams costs $12.99 up front. MovieMarkup sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. Procreate Dreams asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Procreate Dreams holds the better App Store score, 3.9 against 2.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Procreate Dreams has 596 ratings behind it against 39, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 35% of MovieMarkup's written reviews are positive against 41% of Procreate Dreams's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

MovieMarkup ships an update every 3 weeks, Procreate Dreams every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
MovieMarkup versus Procreate Dreams: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMovieMarkupProcreate Dreams
PriceFree — better$12.99
Rating2.9 (39 ratings)3.9 (596 ratings) — better
Positive reviews35.5% of reviews41.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings39596 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 5 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPad
Requires iOS15.6 — better16.3
Further details — not scored
Size175 MB1.7 GB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperDeliverance Software LtdSavage Interactive Pty Ltd

Customer experience

MovieMarkup

All ratings39 ratings
Positive43.6%
Neutral7.7%
Negative48.7%
Written reviews31 reviews
Positive35.5%
Neutral16.1%
Negative48.4%

Procreate Dreams

All ratings595 ratings
Positive70.4%
Neutral11.4%
Negative18.2%
Written reviews2,226 reviews
Positive41.0%
Neutral24.4%
Negative34.6%

Bugs and requests

MovieMarkup

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

6 purchases

MovieMarkup

One-time6
  • Sounds$0.99
  • Text$1.99
  • Full Export$1.99
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  • Images$1.99
  • All Pens$2.99
  • All features$4.99
None

Procreate Dreams

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is MovieMarkup free?
MovieMarkup is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Procreate Dreams free?
Procreate Dreams costs $12.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, MovieMarkup or Procreate Dreams?
Procreate Dreams is rated higher. MovieMarkup averages 2.9 out of 5 from 39 ratings, while Procreate Dreams averages 3.9 from 596 ratings.
Do MovieMarkup or Procreate Dreams have ads?
Neither MovieMarkup nor Procreate Dreams shows ads.
Which is updated more often, MovieMarkup or Procreate Dreams?
MovieMarkup ships an update every 3 weeks, and Procreate Dreams every 5 weeks. Most recently, MovieMarkup was updated on November 6, 2026 and Procreate Dreams on November 10, 2026.

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