PicMix vs Procreate Dreams
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Photo blending
- Selective image editing
- Brush tools for precise control
- Multi-layer support
- Save and reuse cutouts
- Color-sensitive edge detection
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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.
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.
- 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.
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Verdict
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
PicMix costs $1.99 and Procreate Dreams $12.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
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.
PicMix ships an update weekly, Procreate Dreams monthly. Both last shipped on October 15, 2026.
| Parameter | PicMix | Procreate Dreams |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 — better | $12.99 |
| Rating | 4.7 (1.1K ratings) — better | 3.9 (537 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 62.3% of reviews — better | 41.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1.1K — better | 537 |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPad |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 16.3 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 12 MB | 1.7 GB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Voxeloid Kft. | Savage Interactive Pty Ltd |
Customer experience
PicMix
Procreate Dreams
User reviews
PicMix
From 1.1K App Store ratingsWhat 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 ratingsWhat 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
PicMix
No in-app purchases
Procreate Dreams
No in-app purchases
Questions
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