Comparison

PicMix 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

PicMix

Easily blend photos into unique artwork by selectively removing or adding parts of images with intuitive brush tools. Create stunning montages, replace backgrounds, or combine pictures with multi-layer support and advanced editing options.

Highlights
  • Photo blending
  • Selective image editing
  • Brush tools for precise control
  • Multi-layer support
  • Save and reuse cutouts
  • Color-sensitive edge detection
Features
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Blend your photos together into an amazing work of art! With this app you have complete freedom over which parts of the photos you want to keep. You can remove (or re-add) parts of the images with your fingers, like painting. Change the settings of the brush for fine-tuning. With this technique you can create montages, replace backgrounds or combine pictures any possible way you can imagine. You can also create semi-transparent layers of photos. Multi-layer support to manipulate multiple layers separately, similar to professional desktop photo editing applications. Color-sensitive brush follows the edges automatically when cutting out shapes. You can also store the cutouts you made, so they can be reused for different montages.

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.

Screenshots

PicMix4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: PicMix at $1.99 against Procreate Dreams's $12.99. PicMix also leads on rating (4.7 vs 3.9) and update cadence (weekly vs monthly). On ratings volume, ads 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

PicMix costs $1.99 and Procreate Dreams $12.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

PicMix holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.9. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1.1K and 537 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 62% of PicMix's written reviews are positive against 41% of Procreate Dreams's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

PicMix ships an update weekly, Procreate Dreams monthly. Both last shipped on October 15, 2026.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
PicMix versus Procreate Dreams: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPicMixProcreate Dreams
Price$1.99 — better$12.99
Rating4.7 (1.1K ratings) — better3.9 (537 ratings)
Positive reviews62.3% of reviews — better41.0% of reviews
Number of ratings1.1K — better537
Update frequencyWeekly — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPad
Requires iOS8.0 — better16.3
Further details — not scored
Size12 MB1.7 GB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperVoxeloid Kft.Savage Interactive Pty Ltd

Customer experience

PicMix

All ratings1,123 ratings
Positive93.9%
Neutral2.4%
Negative3.7%
Written reviews138 reviews
Positive62.3%
Neutral8.7%
Negative29.0%

Procreate Dreams

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

User reviews

PicMix

From 1.1K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Easy to use
  • 👍 Fun and versatile
  • 🚀 Simple and straightforward
  • 👍 Great for creating memes and edits
  • 🚀 Efficient photo layering and blending

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Crashes and bugs after updates
  • 🐛 Saving issues and loss of progress
  • 🐛 Quality reduction in exported images
  • 🐛 Compatibility issues with newer devices
  • 🐛 Unreliable performance and stability

Procreate Dreams

From 537 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Smooth animation experience
  • 🚀 Intuitive interface
  • 💡 Potential for great app
  • 🚀 Powerful animation tools
  • 👍 Clean and simple UI

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Frequent crashes and freezes
  • 🔍 Missing key features like lasso tool and layer management
  • 🔍 Lack of brush customization and import options
  • 🔍 Clunky timeline and onion skin functionality
  • 🔍 Unintuitive navigation and hidden features

Bugs and requests

PicMix

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Crashes on launch
  • Inability to edit layers
  • Distorted or slanted image loading
  • Saved projects not loading properly
  • Unresponsive touch controls

Requested features

5 requests
  • Transparent PNG support
  • Undo/redo functionality
  • Advanced editing tools (hue, tint, brightness)
  • Layer management and organization
  • High-resolution export options

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

PicMix

No in-app purchases

None

Procreate Dreams

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is PicMix free?
PicMix costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Procreate Dreams free?
Procreate Dreams costs $12.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, PicMix or Procreate Dreams?
PicMix is rated higher. PicMix averages 4.7 out of 5 from 1.1K ratings, while Procreate Dreams averages 3.9 from 537 ratings.
Do PicMix or Procreate Dreams have ads?
Neither PicMix nor Procreate Dreams shows ads.
Which is updated more often, PicMix or Procreate Dreams?
PicMix ships an update weekly, and Procreate Dreams monthly. Most recently, PicMix was updated on October 15, 2026 and Procreate Dreams on October 15, 2026.

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