Sketch Grid vs Procreate Pocket
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Sketch Grid
This app helps artists accurately reproduce, scale, or adjust reference images using various grid types. It allows customization of grid size, color, and thickness, and can convert images to sketches for easier line identification. Users can export their adjusted compositions in original resolution.
- Grid method for image reproduction and scaling
- Adjust image proportions
- Square, proportional, and triangular grids
- Customizable grid size, color, and thickness
- Convert image to sketch view
- Full-screen composition view
- Export in original resolution
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Draw anything with a grid The Grid method is the easiest way for artists to reproduce, scale up or scale down a reference image you want to transfer to a canvas. With a grid you can also adjust a reference image to a different format with different proportions. Using a drawing grid anytime when you sketch or paint something that requires accuracy, for example still life or a portrait, will sharpen your art skills. Select any area of your image as your composition Switch between different types of grids: squares, proportional or triangular Choose your optimal grid size, colour and thickness Convert your image to a sketch to highlight where the lines are Hide the controls for a clean full-screen view of your composition with the grid on it Share or export your adjusted picture in the original resolution Get it now, unleash your creativity
Procreate Pocket
Create expressive sketches, rich paintings, and beautiful illustrations on your iPhone. This app offers a complete art studio with hundreds of brushes, advanced layering, and powerful design tools.
- Hundreds of handmade brushes
- Advanced layer system
- High resolution canvases
- Revolutionary QuickShape feature
- Frame-by-frame animation
- Customizable brush studio
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App of the Year winner Procreate Pocket is the most feature-packed and versatile art app ever designed for iPhone. Procreate Pocket has everything you need to create expressive sketches, gorgeous illustrations, design concepts, enhanced photos, and beautiful animations. Offering hundreds of handmade brushes, a suite of intuitive artistic tools, and an advanced layer system. Work on the couch, on the train, at the beach, or while waiting in line for coffee. It’s a creative companion in the palm of your hand. Highlights: • Sketch ideas when inspiration strikes • Create engaging photo collages and draw-overs • Add filters and captivating effects to your images • Mark-up documents and give feedback on the fly Breakthrough brushes: • Packed with hundreds of beautifully crafted brushes • Organize your brushes into sets and libraries • Over 100 customizable settings for every brush • Import and export custom Procreate brushes • Import Adobe® Photoshop® brushes, and run them faster than Photoshop® Full-featured layering system: • Layer your art for precise control over details and composition • Create Layer Masks and Clipping Masks for non-destructive editing • Stay organized by combining layers into Groups • Select multiple layers to move or Transform objects simultaneously • Access over 25 layer blend modes for industry-grade compositing Color without compromise: • Fill your line work with ColorDrop and SwatchDrop • Disc, Classic, Harmony, Value, and Palette color panels • Import color profiles for color matching • Assign Color Dynamics to any brush Precision design tools: • Revolutionary QuickShape feature for perfect shapes • Add vector text to your illustrations • Easily import all your favorite fonts • Crop and resize your canvas for perfect composition • Perspective, Isometric, 2D, and Symmetry visual guides • Drawing Assist perfects your strokes in real time • StreamLine and stabilization smooths strokes for beautiful calligraphy and expert inking Animation and Page Assist • Easy frame-by-frame animation with customizable onion skinning • Create storyboards, GIFs, animatics, and simple animations • Sketch page-by-page concepts, or begin a comic, with Page Assist • Import, edit, and share PDFs Dramatic finishing effects: • Gradient Map — remap your image’s colors with a customizable gradient • Glitch, Chromatic Aberration, Glow, and Halftone add new dimensions to your work • Gaussian and Motion Blur filters for depth and movement, or use Sharpen for perfect clarity • Advanced Noise filter gives you more control for a classic, retro look • Adjust Hue, Saturation, or Brightness in real time • Powerful image adjustments including Color Balance, Curves, and HSB • Bring your art to life with the fun, intuitive, and creative Warp, Symmetry, and Liquify Dynamics Time-lapse replay • Relive your creative journey with Procreate’s Time-lapse Replay • Export your Time-lapse recording in 4K for high-quality video production • Share a shorter 30-second Time-lapse on your socials Reference Companion: • Keep a full canvas or reference image with you at all times • Paint on your face with AR • Color-pick right from the reference window Import assets and share your creations: • Import or export your art as Adobe® Photoshop® PSD files • Import Adobe® ASE and ACO Color Palettes • Import image files such as JPG, PNG, and TIFF • Export your working files in layered .procreate or PSD file formats • Share your art as TIFF, transparent PNG, multi-page PDF, web-ready JPEG, and animated GIFs, PNGs, and MP4s Accessibility • Global stroke stabilization, Dynamic Type, VoiceOver, and color naming
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Sketch Grid at 4.4 against Procreate Pocket's 3.8. Sketch Grid also leads on price ($2.99 vs $5.99) and device support (3 vs 1). Procreate Pocket's advantage is ratings volume (13K vs 32) and update cadence (every 3 months vs every 11 months). On ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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
Sketch Grid costs $2.99 and Procreate Pocket $5.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Sketch Grid holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Procreate Pocket has 13K ratings behind it against 32, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 42% of Sketch Grid's written reviews are positive against 60% of Procreate Pocket's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Sketch Grid ships an update every 11 months, Procreate Pocket every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Sketch Grid | Procreate Pocket |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 — better | $5.99 |
| Rating | 4.4 (32 ratings) — better | 3.8 (13K ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 42.1% of reviews | 60.2% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 32 | 13K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 11 months | Every 3 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Best chart rank | #21 | #1 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 29 MB | 1.1 GB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | supple software ltd | Savage Interactive Pty Ltd |
Customer experience
Sketch Grid
Procreate Pocket
Bugs and requests
Sketch Grid
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Procreate Pocket
Reported bugs
4 issues- Imported images/brushes not showing up
- Layers merging unexpectedly
- Color issues when tracing or filling
- Navigation bar disappearing during use
Requested features
5 requests- Add blending and smudge tools
- Increase layer limit and canvas size
- Implement dark mode option
- Add text and fill tools
- Improve undo/redo functionality
In-app purchases
Sketch Grid
No in-app purchases
Procreate Pocket
No in-app purchases
Questions
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