Comparison

iPastels vs Brushes for Procreate Art

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

Head to head
About

iPastels

This app offers a realistic digital painting experience with lifelike pastel simulation and interactive textures. It allows for precise color blending and adjustable stroke sizes, catering to both beginners and experienced artists. Explore your creativity without the cost of traditional art supplies.

Highlights
  • Lifelike pastel simulation
  • Realistic paper/canvas textures
  • Precise color blending
  • Fingertip stroke size adjustment
  • Left-handed toolbar option
  • Live parameter changes
  • Multiple layers
Features
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A painting app for all artists, whether you’re experienced or just starting out. Perfect for creating beautiful works of art or a quick sketch whenever and wherever you have a burst of inspiration. You can also try out ideas and compositions before starting on a new painting in real life, or practise and refine your skills, all without the added cost of art supplies. • LIFELIKE PASTEL SIMULATION • The app features live-calculated brushes and strokes, making a realistic pastel simulation possible. Painting tools include soft pastels, oil pastels, pastel pencils, smudge tool, and more. • REALISTIC PAPER/CANVAS TEXTURES • When creating a new picture, a unique, non-repeating paper texture is generated that will interact in real-time with the live-calculated strokes you paint. You can change the default-generated texture to, for example, canvas, which goes great with oil pastels! • PRECISE COLOR BLENDING • When painting, especially with soft pastels, use Smudge or the Cotton Swab to blend and smoothen the colors right on the paper, as you would in real life. With oil pastels, in addition to smudging, the blending is often done by the pastel sticks themselves (for best results, reduce the force or use a similar or lighter color). If you use an Apple Pencil, it will feel incredibly realistic if you use the stylus to draw and use your finger to Smudge (assigned as a 2nd tool)! • FINGERTIP = STROKE SIZE • When you paint, the app measures how much of your finger is touching the screen and changes the stroke size accordingly. Apply just the corner of your fingertip for a thin line, or the whole fingerprint area for a broad stroke. A 2nd tool assigned to your finger will still use this feature, so don’t ignore it just because you have an Apple Pencil! • LEFT-HANDED? • Just swipe the toolbar over to the other side! • PARAMETERS CAN BE CHANGED LIVE • Use any buttons or controls to change/adjust color, size, force, simultaneously while painting. • UNIVERSAL PURCHASE • If you choose to buy the Pro upgrade, this one-time in-app purchase will unlock all Pro features in the app on all available platforms (iPad-iPhone-Mac)! • METAL • The engine is based on Metal, with 128-bit color and floating-point arithmetic. • SWIFT • The app was developed entirely using Swift (earlier versions used C++). • APPLE PENCIL SUPPORT • FULL SCREEN PAINTING • SEAMLESS PATTERN EDITING MODE • • DARK MODE • LANDSCAPE • PORTRAIT • WIDE COLOR • • MULTIPLE LAYERS • PHOTO TRACING MODE (Pro feature) •

About

Brushes for Procreate Art

Access a vast library of over 2000 professional-grade brushes, fonts, textures, palettes, and 3D models for Procreate. Easily install content with one click and enhance your digital artwork for both iPad and iPhone. Updates are provided weekly.

Highlights
  • Over 2000 trendy brushes for Procreate
  • Fonts, textures, palettes, and 3D models
  • Weekly content updates
  • One-click installation
  • Works with Procreate for iPad and iPhone
  • Commercial use of created work allowed
  • Brush previews available
Features
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Get over 2000 trendy brushes for Procreate. We’ve collected a tremendous amount of brushes, fonts, textures, palettes and 3D models created by professional artists in ONE APP. We update our brushes every week. Don't forget to check it out! Install whichever content with just one click. It works for both Procreate for iPad and Procreate Pocket for iPhone. We create brushes that are perfect for creative people. Whether you're a professional artist or a beginner, you're sure to find the right tool for you. Your work created with our content may be used commercially! We make a preview of each brush so you can quickly see whether if it's a good fit for you. With our Brushes for Procreate app, your illustrations will get better than ever! - BRUSHES, BRUSH SETS, COLLECTIONS for PROCREATE: Trendy brushes for Procreate iPad and Procreate Pocket iPhone. The collection of over 1000 brushes was created by professional artists and is updated weekly. Easy 1-click installation and it's ready to use in PROCREATE right out of the box - FONTS compatible with PROCREATE Forget about standard fonts that everyone is sick of. Here you will find only the newest and trending content that will help you improve your art. - PROCREATE Compatible Textures Choose a background that will change your work beyond recognition. So easy and amazing! - 3D Models: Discover the world of 3D models and expand the scope of your creativity. Color them or apply them in any way you can imagine. - Palettes: Choosing a palette is always a challenging and time-consuming task. We have compiled dozens of palettes with hand-picked shades for your unique arts Download our app and unravel the frame of your art! Privacy policy: https://pages.flycricket.io/brushes-for-art/privacy.html Terms & Conditions: https://pages.flycricket.io/brushes-for-art/terms.html Our app is not connected with Procreate. The app must not be regarded as an app made by Procreate team. Apps are different and must be regarded as such. To use brushes you need to install procreate by Savage LTD

Screenshots

iPastels4 screens
Brushes for Procreate Art4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: iPastels at 82% against Brushes for Procreate Art's 28%. iPastels also leads on rating (4.7 vs 4.1) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 14.0). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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

Both are free to download. iPastels sells 6 one-off in-app purchases and Brushes for Procreate Art sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

iPastels holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2.1K and 775 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 82% of iPastels's written reviews are positive against 28% of Brushes for Procreate Art's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

iPastels ships an update every 6 weeks, Brushes for Procreate Art every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 25, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
iPastels versus Brushes for Procreate Art: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameteriPastelsBrushes for Procreate Art
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (2.1K ratings) — better4.1 (775 ratings)
Positive reviews81.7% of reviews — better27.7% of reviews
Number of ratings2.1K — better775
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeks — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better14.0
Further details — not scored
Size24 MB208 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNorbyteMykola Goncharov

Customer experience

iPastels

All ratings2,142 ratings
Positive91.6%
Neutral4.3%
Negative4.1%
Written reviews229 reviews
Positive81.7%
Neutral7.4%
Negative10.9%

Brushes for Procreate Art

All ratings775 ratings
Positive74.7%
Neutral5.4%
Negative19.9%
Written reviews47 reviews
Positive27.7%
Neutral2.1%
Negative70.2%

User reviews

iPastels

From 2.1K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Easy to use
  • 🎨 Realistic pastel simulation
  • 💡 Useful for beginners and professionals
  • 🌈 Wide range of colors and shades
  • 🔍 Good blending and smudging tools

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Occasional crashes or glitches
  • 🔒 Limited free features, need to pay for more
  • 🔍 Lack of zoom or detailed control
  • 🎨 Difficulty finding/reusing specific colors
  • 🔀 Confusing layer management

Brushes for Procreate Art

From 775 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 User interface
  • 💡 Awesome brushes
  • 🚀 Quick and painless to use

Room to improve

  • 🚫 Nothing is free
  • 💰 Premium features required
  • 🤔 Misleading marketing
  • 🐛 Bugs and crashes
  • 🤯 Confusing and frustrating

Bugs and requests

iPastels

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Crashes when importing images
  • Layers sometimes disappear or get lost
  • Undo button deletes entire drawing sections

Requested features

6 requests
  • Add color picker tool
  • Improve layer management and visibility
  • Implement pressure-sensitive brush support
  • Provide more paper/canvas texture options
  • Allow saving and recalling custom palettes
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  • Add undo/redo functionality for individual strokes

Brushes for Procreate Art

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Black screen issues
  • Unresponsive categories

Requested features

2 requests
  • More free brushes and content
  • Better pricing model

In-app purchases

6 purchases

iPastels

One-time6
  • Tip Jar: Smallest Tip$1.00
  • Tip Jar: Small Tip$2.00
  • Tip Jar: Medium Tip$5.00
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  • Pro Upgrade$7.00
  • Tip Jar: Big Tip$10.00
  • Tip Jar: Biggest Tip$25.00
2 purchases

Brushes for Procreate Art

Subscriptions2
  • Brushes for Procreate, Pocket3 Days trial2 variants$4.997 Days
  • Brushes for Procreate, Pocket2 variants$29.991 Year

Questions

Is iPastels free?
iPastels is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Brushes for Procreate Art free?
Brushes for Procreate Art is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, iPastels or Brushes for Procreate Art?
iPastels is rated higher. iPastels averages 4.7 out of 5 from 2.1K ratings, while Brushes for Procreate Art averages 4.1 from 775 ratings.
Do iPastels or Brushes for Procreate Art have ads?
Neither iPastels nor Brushes for Procreate Art shows ads.
Which is updated more often, iPastels or Brushes for Procreate Art?
iPastels ships an update every 6 weeks, and Brushes for Procreate Art every 2 months. Most recently, iPastels was updated on September 25, 2026 and Brushes for Procreate Art on September 22, 2026.

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