Comparison

ARC Pilot 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

ARC Pilot

Control your motion control rig using your iPad and a GameVice controller. This app connects to Dragonframe 4 to provide intuitive control over your animation setup.

Highlights
  • Connects to Dragonframe 4
  • Drives motion control rigs
  • Uses iPad with GameVice
  • Intuitive animation control
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Connect to Dragonframe 4 and drive your motion control rig via the iPad + GameVice. After connecting to Dragonframe, you can use your iPad + GameVice to drive your motion control system. Requires Dragonframe 4.2 or newer.

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.

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: ARC Pilot at Free against Procreate Dreams's $12.99. ARC Pilot also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.9) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 16.3). Procreate Dreams's advantage is ratings volume (537 vs 1). On ads, in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

ARC Pilot 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

ARC Pilot holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Procreate Dreams has 537 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
ARC Pilot versus Procreate Dreams: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterARC PilotProcreate Dreams
PriceFree — better$12.99
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better3.9 (537 ratings)
Positive reviews—41.0% of reviews
Number of ratings1537 — better
Update frequency—Monthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
DevicesiPadiPad
Requires iOS11.0 — better16.3
Further details — not scored
Size17 MB1.7 GB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDZED Systems LLCSavage Interactive Pty Ltd

Customer experience

ARC Pilot

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Procreate Dreams

All ratings537 ratings
Positive71.9%
Neutral10.8%
Negative17.3%
Written reviews2,212 reviews
Positive41.0%
Neutral24.4%
Negative34.6%

Bugs and requests

ARC Pilot

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

ARC Pilot

No in-app purchases

None

Procreate Dreams

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is ARC Pilot free?
ARC Pilot 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, ARC Pilot or Procreate Dreams?
ARC Pilot is rated higher. ARC Pilot averages 5.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Procreate Dreams averages 3.9 from 537 ratings.
Do ARC Pilot or Procreate Dreams have ads?
Neither ARC Pilot nor Procreate Dreams shows ads.

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