Comparison

Procreate Dreams vs Cura Display

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

Head to head
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.

About

Cura Display

Transform your devices into dynamic displays for your photos and digital art. Easily manage and schedule image collections to suit your mood or audience, making any occasion more engaging. Connect your Google Photos or upload your own images to create personalized visual experiences.

Highlights
  • Dynamic image display management
  • Schedule collections by mood or audience
  • Connect Google Photos
  • Create custom image collections
  • Manage multiple displays
  • Access via web browser
Features
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Your photos & videos, on every screen you own. Have fun with your photos, videos and digital art! Change what's on screen at will, on a schedule, or to match your mood or who's home — it even makes date night a little more interesting. CURA turns your iPhone, iPad and TVs into a connected set of smart displays. Sync straight from your iCloud photo library, organize everything into Collections, and show them on the screens around your home or workspace — one collection per room, or many at once. Use your iPhone or iPad as a display itself, or send ordered collections to your TV. WHAT YOU CAN DO • Sync your iCloud photo albums — including iCloud Shared Albums — kept up to date automatically • Upload photos and videos straight from your device library • Connect Flickr to bring in your favorites and albums • Organize everything into Collections and assign them to any display • Run multiple displays, each matched to its own collections • Use this iPhone or iPad as a Cura smart frame • Manage it all from the app — or from any browser at curapp.io • Sign in fast with Apple, Google or Facebook GET STARTED 1. Open CURA and register this device to your account (create one for free if you don't have one). You'll see the CURA Welcome collection appear. 2. Add media: use Sync Albums to keep an iCloud album updated automatically, or Upload Photos to send images and videos from your library. 3. Optionally connect Flickr to pull in your Flickr favorites and albums. 4. Create Collections and assign them to your displays — this device, or your TV. 5. Press Start to play, or turn on Auto Start so your display comes to life on its own. Manage your account, multiple displays, collections and media from this app — or from any browser on a computer or phone at https://curapp.io. Getting started is free — 4 of your phones and 1 display are included. Help and how-to videos: https://curatortec.com/support Questions: info@curatortec.com · Support: support@curatortec.com

Screenshots

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Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Cura Display at Free against Procreate Dreams's $12.99. Cura Display also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.9) and device support (3 vs 1). Procreate Dreams's advantage is ratings volume (537 vs 2). On update cadence, ads, in-app purchases 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

Cura Display 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

Cura Display 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 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 26, 2026 and August 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Procreate Dreams versus Cura Display: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterProcreate DreamsCura Display
Price$12.99Free — better
Rating3.9 (537 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews40.8% of reviews—
Number of ratings537 — better2
Update frequencyMonthlyMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPadiPhone, iPad, Apple TV — better
Requires iOS16.316.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size1.7 GB58 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperSavage Interactive Pty LtdCurator Technologies Inc

Customer experience

Procreate Dreams

All ratings537 ratings
Positive71.9%
Neutral10.8%
Negative17.3%
Written reviews2,194 reviews
Positive40.8%
Neutral24.5%
Negative34.7%

Cura Display

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and 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

Cura Display

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Procreate Dreams

No in-app purchases

None

Cura Display

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Procreate Dreams free?
Procreate Dreams costs $12.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Cura Display free?
Cura Display is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Procreate Dreams or Cura Display?
Cura Display is rated higher. Procreate Dreams averages 3.9 out of 5 from 537 ratings, while Cura Display averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Procreate Dreams or Cura Display have ads?
Neither Procreate Dreams nor Cura Display shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Procreate Dreams or Cura Display?
Procreate Dreams ships an update monthly, and Cura Display monthly. Most recently, Procreate Dreams was updated on September 26, 2026 and Cura Display on August 8, 2026.

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