Comparison

Procreate Dreams vs Real.Photos

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

Real.Photos

Capture authentic photographs with a focus on reality, not AI generation. This app verifies your images at the point of capture, embedding a 'proof of reality' stamp with location and timestamp in the metadata. Once minted, you can easily list your verified photos for sale in a dedicated marketplace.

Highlights
  • Capture real photos, not AI
  • Verify photos at point of capture
  • Embed 'proof of reality' stamp
  • Include location and timestamp metadata
  • Mint photos as NFTs
  • List photos for sale in marketplace
Features
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Real.Photos mobile app is the easiest way for photographers to take photos, mint them as nfts, and list them for sale. We've built an app exclusively for photographers. You take photos that are verified as real, not AI, at the point of capture. Each photo is certified with a 'proof of reality' stamp in the metadata along with the location and timestamp. Once minted, you can list photos for sale in the Real.Photos marketplace. Humanity is less than 2 years away from not being able to tell which photos are real and which aren't. And soon there will be be more AI generated content than human generated. Real.Photos is a way to push back against the blurring of reality that's coming. We hope you like it.

Screenshots

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Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Real.Photos at 100% against Procreate Dreams's 41%. Real.Photos also leads on price (Free vs $12.99) and rating (5.0 vs 3.9). Procreate Dreams's advantage is ratings volume (590 vs 4). On 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

Real.Photos 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

Real.Photos holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Procreate Dreams has 590 ratings behind it against 4, 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 100% of Real.Photos's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Procreate Dreams ships an update monthly, Real.Photos weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Procreate Dreams versus Real.Photos: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterProcreate DreamsReal.Photos
Price$12.99Free — better
Rating3.9 (590 ratings)5.0 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews41.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings590 — better4
Update frequencyMonthlyWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.316 — better
Further details — not scored
Size1.7 GB117 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperSavage Interactive Pty LtdBogdan Gusiev

Customer experience

Procreate Dreams

All ratings537 ratings
Positive71.9%
Neutral10.8%
Negative17.3%
Written reviews2,226 reviews
Positive41.0%
Neutral24.4%
Negative34.6%

Real.Photos

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
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

Real.Photos

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Procreate Dreams

No in-app purchases

None

Real.Photos

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Procreate Dreams free?
Procreate Dreams costs $12.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Real.Photos free?
Real.Photos is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Procreate Dreams or Real.Photos?
Real.Photos is rated higher. Procreate Dreams averages 3.9 out of 5 from 590 ratings, while Real.Photos averages 5.0 from 4 ratings.
Do Procreate Dreams or Real.Photos have ads?
Neither Procreate Dreams nor Real.Photos shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Procreate Dreams or Real.Photos?
Procreate Dreams ships an update monthly, and Real.Photos weekly. Most recently, Procreate Dreams was updated on November 3, 2026 and Real.Photos on October 30, 2026.

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