Comparison

Procreate Dreams vs BLOOMIN8

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

BLOOMIN8

Transform your wall into a dynamic display with this app. Upload personal photos, browse curated art, or generate new images with AI. Schedule content to change throughout the day and integrate with smart home devices.

Highlights
  • Upload and edit personal photos
  • Browse public domain art and artist collaborations
  • AI image generation
  • Customizable schedules and playlists
  • Multi-user and multi-device management
  • Integrates with Google Photos and iCloud
  • Display widgets like calendar and weather
Features
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Meet BLOOMIN8 E-ink Canvas — the world's first smart colour e-ink frame. This is the companion app for your Canvas. It's how you get photos from your phone to your wall, without printing, without waiting. What you can do: Display What You Love Upload your own photos, browse 10,000+ public domain classics, discover pieces from our collaborated artists, or create something new with AI. Edit and crop right in the app before sending. Your wall, your choice. Schedules & Playlists Set up time-based scenes — calendar in the morning, family photos by evening. Or create playlists that rotate your favourites throughout the day. Schedule birthday surprises weeks ahead; they'll appear right on time. Manage Users & Devices One phone can control multiple frames around the house. Or invite family members so everyone can send photos to the same frame. Grandma gets pictures of the kids without needing to figure out anything. Rich Widgets Calendar, weather, to-dos, reminders, smart home status — all at a glance. Your frame becomes a gentle dashboard when you need it, then fades back to photos when you don't. Google Photos & iCloud Integration Connect your existing photo libraries and access your albums directly from the app. Future-Proof & Secure Your Canvas works even without us. We offer a desktop app, Home Assistant integration, and RESTful APIs — so your device keeps running no matter what. It's the peace of mind that comes with truly owning your hardware. Privacy policy: https://www.bloomin8.com/legal/privacy Terms of use: https://www.bloomin8.com/legal/terms Download BLOOMIN8. A gentle canvas where all your stories live.

Screenshots

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Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: BLOOMIN8 at Free against Procreate Dreams's $12.99. BLOOMIN8 also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.3). Procreate Dreams's advantage is rating (3.9 vs 3.1) and in-app purchases (none vs 1). On update cadence 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

BLOOMIN8 is free to download; Procreate Dreams costs $12.99 up front. BLOOMIN8 sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $9.99 per month. 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 3.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Procreate Dreams has 537 ratings behind it against 13, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 41% of Procreate Dreams's written reviews are positive against 20% of BLOOMIN8's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Procreate Dreams ships an update monthly, BLOOMIN8 every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard9 real differences · 1 level
Procreate Dreams versus BLOOMIN8: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterProcreate DreamsBLOOMIN8
Price$12.99Free — better
Rating3.9 (537 ratings) — better3.1 (13 ratings)
Positive reviews41.0% of reviews — better20.0% of reviews
Number of ratings537 — better13
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.313.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size1.7 GB77 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSavage Interactive Pty LtdArpobot Pty Ltd

Customer experience

Procreate Dreams

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

BLOOMIN8

All ratings13 ratings
Positive46.2%
Neutral7.7%
Negative46.2%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive20.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative80.0%

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

BLOOMIN8

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Procreate Dreams

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

BLOOMIN8

Subscriptions1
  • BLOOMIN8 Premium1 Month trial$9.991 Month

Questions

Is Procreate Dreams free?
Procreate Dreams costs $12.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is BLOOMIN8 free?
BLOOMIN8 is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Procreate Dreams or BLOOMIN8?
Procreate Dreams is rated higher. Procreate Dreams averages 3.9 out of 5 from 537 ratings, while BLOOMIN8 averages 3.1 from 13 ratings.
Do Procreate Dreams or BLOOMIN8 have ads?
BLOOMIN8 shows ads; Procreate Dreams does not.
Which is updated more often, Procreate Dreams or BLOOMIN8?
Procreate Dreams ships an update monthly, and BLOOMIN8 every 3 weeks. Most recently, Procreate Dreams was updated on October 15, 2026 and BLOOMIN8 on October 5, 2026.

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