Comparison

Tools for Procreate vs Sketch Pro

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

Head to head
About

Tools for Procreate

This app provides a comprehensive toolkit for Procreate users, offering a vast collection of brushes, fonts, 3D models, and design assets. Enhance your digital art with one-tap installation of unique brushes, AI-generated references, and curated color palettes. Elevate your illustrations and creative projects with professional-grade tools.

Highlights
  • 120+ handmade Procreate brushes
  • AI-generated art references
  • Curated color palettes
  • Unique fonts for Procreate
  • Digital fashion and stickers
  • 3D models and textures
  • AI soundscapes for focus
Features
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Meet Brushes, Fonts, Digital Fashion, Stickers, Textures, 3D Models, Academy, Color Palettes, Tools Sound, AI References, and Anime brush sets for Procreate in ONE APP. ONE TAP install for ALL of this for Procreate for iPad and for Procreate Pocket! Perfect for creative professionals and aspiring artists, we make best-in-class tools for the amazing Procreate, the leading creative application made for iPad. Offering more than 120 handmade brushes, a toolbox of innovative tools we create the essential and best-in-class toolbox for Procreate. Your Procreate illustrations will be absolutely gorgeous with the Tools for Procreate app. - BRUSHES for PROCREATE Unique brushes for Procreate for iPad and Procreate Pocket for iPhone. With our brushes for Procreate, you will be able to make outstanding illustrations in Procreate app! Brushes were created by professional designers and categorized into sets, and compatible with Procreate app. Just tap on the brush and it will be installed in the Brush Library in Procreate app. - AI References With our AI References, you'll be able to quickly and easily find the perfect inspiration for your next masterpiece, whether you're creating stunning digital paintings, eye-catching graphics, or intricate illustrations. Our advanced algorithms ensure that you always have access to the highest-quality images and resources, so you can focus on unleashing your creativity and bringing your vision to life. - AI Sound Our music is carefully curated by experts in the field, combining soothing sounds, relaxing melodies, and energizing rhythms to help you find the perfect balance between relaxation and focus. Whether you're working on a creative project, studying for an exam, or simply trying to stay productive throughout the day, our AI Sound music will help you stay in the zone and achieve your goals. - Anime With our Anime brush sets, you'll be able to create stunning artwork that captures the essence of your favorite anime characters and worlds. Our brushes are carefully designed to mimic the strokes and textures of traditional anime art, allowing you to create artwork that's both authentic and breathtaking. - FONTS compatible with PROCREATE Every line of each letter was drawn so many times to create the perfect shape. Only unique and bewildering fonts to use in your gorgeous artworks - STICKERS perfect for Procreate Perfect for social media. Add a little charm with a drag-and-drop PNG sticker created by our team. Perfect for stories and exceptional for posts. - TEXTURES amazing for Procreate Perfect background for your illustration is our job and we have plenty of them. - COLOR PALETTES: Procreate essentials As illustrators, we know how extremely exhausting is the process of matching colors. So we did this job and created hand-picked color palettes for your unique atmosphere in the artwork. Just use and install them easily! Download Tools for Procreate and make your illustrations bewildering! Privacy policy: https://www.notion.so/Privacy-Policy-d1a93af3066a4d7c831cee767eabaa89 Terms & Conditions: https://www.notion.so/Terms-Conditions-c9f974f537cc4eef86b7ba0478a36e95 Our app is not connected with Procreate. The app must not be regarded as an app made by Procreate team. Apps are different and must be regarded as such. To use brushes you need to install procreate by Savage LTD.

About

Sketch Pro

This professional art app offers advanced AI tools for digital painting, illustration, and animation. Create stunning artwork with custom brushes, text-to-image generation, and intelligent editing features. It's designed to streamline your creative workflow on iPads and iPhones.

Highlights
  • Customizable brushes
  • Text to Image AI
  • Sketch to Image AI
  • Magic Edit AI
  • Auto-Coloring AI
  • Animation Assist
  • Advanced Layer System
Features
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SketchPro, a professional art app available for iPads and iPhones, crafted with love by the Drawing Desk Team SketchPro is perfect for creative professional digital artists, including graphic designers, illustrators, comic, anime & manga book artists with a range of Drawing & painting tools to upgrade their creative workflow SketchPro tools and features: Powerful Custom Brushes -A range of free specialized brush sets for sketching, painting, doodling, drawing and more. -Customisable brushes with adjustable radius, opacity, texture and more -Create brush sets -Maintain a list of your favorite brushes -Free Roller Brush with 100+ patterns Animation Assist -Powerful interface and essential tools for creating impressive animations (Only for iPads). -Wide range of tools, including onion-skinning, instant playback, a visual timeline, and more. Essentials to accelerate the Creative Process -Smart Shapes feature for instant shape drawing -Free Symmetry Tool for easier drawing -Powerful Gradient tool with Linear and Radial options -Layer Transform Tool with Freeform, Uniform, Distort and Warp options -Magic Eraser -Assisted Drawing -Synchronization between iPad and iPhone Advanced Layer System -Free unlimited layers -Rasterize, Duplicate and Merge layers -Fill, Color Invert, Lock Alpha and Lock Layer options Advance Text Tool -Select from a full list of fonts or import your own -Customize fonts -Apply solid and gradient colors to text -A range colored font patterns, textures and designs Complete Color Palette -Full Color Wheel with adjustable color values and shades -Create unique themed color palettes for your drawing -Import colors from photos and images Extensive Shapes Library -15+ categories of free shapes, signs, and symbols -Favorites section for keeping track of frequently used shapes Other Essential Tools -Smudge Tool -Fill Bucket with solid colors -Filter options including Gaussian Blur, Motion Blur, Perspective Blur and more. -Convenient Cutter Tool -Import and Export functions -Custom Canvas option -AR Facepaint Organize and Save Your Work -Save every drawing automatically -Rename each saved artwork -Create folders for storing drawings methodically -Cloud syncing to secure and access artworks anywhere -Duplicate and Delete projects at any time -Time Lapse Playback -Dark Mode Unlimited access to all premium features & daily content updates during the subscription period Premium subscriptions with 1 week trial -Annual for 39.99/year You may cancel a subscription or free-trial anytime via the subscription setting through your iTunes account. This must be done 24 hours before the end of the free trial or subscription period to avoid being charged. The subscription will automatically renew unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. No cancellation of the current subscription is allowed during the active subscription period. Any unused portion of a free trial period will be forfeited when the user purchases a SketchPro Unlimited subscription. Terms & Conditions : https://4axis.com/terms-of-use Privacy Policy : https://4axis.com/privacy-policy Reach us: hello@4axis

Screenshots

Tools for Procreate4 screens
Sketch Pro4 screens

Verdict

The call

Tools for Procreate and Sketch Pro both sit at 4.6 stars, but that hides the real split: 81% of Sketch Pro's written reviews are positive against 24% of Tools for Procreate's. Sketch Pro also leads on device support (4 vs 2). Tools for Procreate's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (weekly vs every 3 weeks). On price, rating, ratings volume and in-app purchases 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

Both are free to download. Tools for Procreate sells 19 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per 7 days and Sketch Pro sells 16 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for Tools for Procreate against 4.7 for Sketch Pro. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 16K and 12K respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 24% of Tools for Procreate's written reviews are positive against 81% of Sketch Pro's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Tools for Procreate ships an update weekly, Sketch Pro every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on October 14, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Tools for Procreate versus Sketch Pro: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTools for ProcreateSketch Pro
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (16K ratings)4.7 (12K ratings) — better
Positive reviews23.7% of reviews80.7% of reviews — better
Number of ratings16K — better12K
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod, Vision Pro — better
Requires iOS16.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size143 MB319 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTools Products FZ-LLC4Axis Technologies Pte Ltd

Customer experience

Tools for Procreate

All ratings16,318 ratings
Positive88.3%
Neutral4.1%
Negative7.6%
Written reviews727 reviews
Positive23.7%
Neutral8.3%
Negative68.1%

Sketch Pro

All ratings11,556 ratings
Positive93.0%
Neutral3.4%
Negative3.6%
Written reviews690 reviews
Positive80.7%
Neutral5.8%
Negative13.5%

User reviews

Tools for Procreate

From 16K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🎉 Lots of brushes and tools
  • 🎨 Helpful for digital art
  • 💻 Works well with Procreate
  • 🤩 Amazing app

Room to improve

  • 💰 Everything is behind a paywall
  • 🙄 Subscription model is expensive
  • 🤔 Unclear what's free vs premium
  • 🐛 Bugs and crashes
  • 🤷‍♀️ Poor customer support

Sketch Pro

From 12K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Powerful drawing tools
  • 👍 Intuitive interface
  • 🎨 Extensive brush and material options
  • 💡 Customizable brushes
  • 🎨 Versatile for various art styles

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Frequent crashes and freezing issues
  • 🔒 Concerns about subscription model and lifetime access
  • 🔍 Difficulty finding and adjusting certain features
  • 🔍 Steep learning curve for some advanced tools
  • 💰 Subscription fees for full functionality

Bugs and requests

Tools for Procreate

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Brushes won't install properly
  • App crashes when trying to access content
  • Subscription issues and inability to cancel

Requested features

4 requests
  • More free brushes and tools
  • Better search and organization
  • Ability to create and share custom brushes
  • Lifetime purchase option instead of subscription

Sketch Pro

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Drawings randomly deleted or lost
  • Inability to load or access previous artwork
  • Crashes when trying to import photos

Requested features

6 requests
  • Add liquify tool
  • Improve layer management and manipulation
  • Provide more default brushes
  • Implement undo/redo functionality
  • Add shape tools for perfect geometric shapes
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  • Improve performance and stability

In-app purchases

19 purchases

Tools for Procreate

Subscriptions14
  • Tools Premium - Weekly$5.997 Days
  • Tools for Procreate Monthly$9.991 Month
  • Get 3k+ Brushes for Procreate$9.991 Month
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  • Tools for Procreate Weekly$9.997 Days
  • Tools Premium - 3 Months$12.493 Months
  • Premium Sound - Annual$14.991 Year
  • Premium Sound - Yearly3 Days trial$19.991 Year
  • Yearly Sale Offer$19.991 Year
  • Tools Annual Subscription$29.991 Year
  • Premium Annually Special Offer$34.991 Year
  • Unlimited Access to Tools7 Days trial$44.991 Year
  • Premium - Annually$44.991 Year
  • Brushes for Procreate3 Days trial$44.991 Year
  • Annual Unlimited Access$59.991 Year
One-time5
  • Tools 1 Conversion$0.99
  • Tools 1 Conversion$2.99
  • One Selected Challenge$4.99
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  • AI References 10 Requests$6.99
  • Tools Premium Lifetime$99.99
16 purchases

Sketch Pro

Subscriptions13
  • SketchPro Premium Weekly$0.997 Days
  • SketchPro Premium Monthly3 Months trial$1.991 Month
  • SketchPro Monthly Premium7 Days trial$4.991 Month
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  • SketchPro Premium Monthly7 Days trial$7.991 Month
  • SketchPro Premium Yearly7 Days trial$9.991 Year
  • SketchPro Yearly Premium$9.991 Year
  • SketchPro Premium1 Year trial$14.991 Year
  • SketchPro Yearly Premium7 Days trial$14.991 Year
  • SketchPro Yearly Premium$14.991 Year
  • SketchPro Premium Yearly7 Days trial$39.991 Year
  • SketchPro Premium Yearly1 Year trial$39.991 Year
  • SketchPro Yearly Premium7 Days trial$39.991 Year
  • SketchPro Premium Yearly7 Days trial$49.991 Year
One-time3
  • 100 Tokens$3.99
  • 200 Tokens$4.99
  • 500 Tokens$7.99

Questions

Is Tools for Procreate free?
Tools for Procreate is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Sketch Pro free?
Sketch Pro is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Tools for Procreate or Sketch Pro?
Sketch Pro is rated higher. Tools for Procreate averages 4.6 out of 5 from 16K ratings, while Sketch Pro averages 4.7 from 12K ratings.
Do Tools for Procreate or Sketch Pro have ads?
Sketch Pro shows ads; Tools for Procreate does not.
Which is updated more often, Tools for Procreate or Sketch Pro?
Tools for Procreate ships an update weekly, and Sketch Pro every 3 weeks. Most recently, Tools for Procreate was updated on October 14, 2026 and Sketch Pro on October 14, 2026.

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