Comparison

Creatic vs Adobe Express

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

Head to head
About

Creatic

Create professional-quality graphics for social media, marketing, and personal use. This app offers a wide range of templates, photo editing tools, vector creation, and drawing capabilities with unlimited layers. Organize your assets with a robust folder system for efficient design workflows.

Highlights
  • Stunning templates for social media and marketing
  • Advanced photo editing with background remover
  • Vector art creation with pen and shape tools
  • Precise drawing with custom brushes
  • Unlimited layers with blend modes
  • Organized asset management with folders
Features
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Creatic is an easy-to-use and powerful graphic design editor, perfect for anyone looking to create stunning social media posts, flyers, collages, logos, wallpapers, and more. Whether you're selling online, marketing digitally, or sharing on social media, Creatic has you covered. Get your design superpowers today! Amazing Templates • Make stunning designs with one click. • Use high-quality templates for Instagram posts, Facebook posts, Insta layouts, IG Story, phone wallpapers, and more. • Grow your business by using professional cards, invitations, banners, flyers, logos, and profile pictures. Create custom wallpapers and contact posters to enhance your social media presence. • Access elements like filters, fonts, stickers, shapes, vectors, brushes, color palettes, and gradients. Photo Editor • Use fabulous effects and filters to enhance your photos. • Utilize features like background remover, transform, perspective, and shadows for professional-quality edits. • Extract an element from a photo and save it as a shape for future use. • Edit with advanced tools like Selective Color, Curves, Color Balance, and Color Tint. • Adjust brightness, contrast, film grain, vibrance, shadows/highlights, blur, and more. • Enjoy an ad-free and watermark-free editing experience. Vector, Text, and Logo Maker • Create illustrations with pen, node, and smart shape tools to make stunning vector art. • Organize custom color palettes and gradients in folders. • Add and edit text with custom fonts, color palettes, or gradients, and use curved text to match any shape. • Easily import/export SVG files for seamless vector graphic work. • Save vector shapes and organize them in folders for easy access. • Mask with brushes any part of the shapes to create unique designs. Powerful Drawing • Draw using custom brushes and color palettes for personalized artwork. • Utilize the Predictive Brush to assist you while drawing. • Use the VectorPaint tool to create highly precise drawings. • Save highly customizable brushes and organize them in folders. • Load your own brush shapes and textures to add a personal touch. • Fill your line work with ColorFill for vibrant illustrations. Unlimited Layers • Add unlimited layers with blend modes and opacity for complex designs. • Use clipping masks for non-destructive editing. • Mask with brushes for every layer to achieve detailed effects. • Merge, duplicate, hide/show layers, and more options for flexible editing. • Import layers from other templates to build intricate designs. Colors and Folders • Manage templates, images, brushes, vectors, fonts, gradients, and color palettes with the Folder Manager. • Import/export, arrange, duplicate, delete, and rename your content effortlessly. • Use the colors manager to import and export color palettes and gradient palettes. • Edit colors with the color wheel, square, and values. • Utilize the classic gradient manager with palettes for smooth gradients. • Guides, rulers, and grid to assist in real-time design work. Social Media • Create unique profile pictures and collages for Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, Facebook, Snapchat, Twitter, LinkedIn, Pinterest, and more. • Design high-quality aesthetic videos in one tap with our new animator tool. With Creatic, you can seamlessly merge creativity and functionality. Whether you need a poster maker, flyer maker, wallpaper creator, or logo maker, Creatic provides all the tools you need to bring your vision to life. Create stickers, design custom wallpapers, and make professional contact posters with ease. Draw, edit, and customize your art with advanced vector and text tools, making Creatic your go-to art editor for all graphic design needs. Terms Of Use: https://creaticapp.com/privacy-policy/ Privacy Policy: https://creaticapp.com/term-of-use/ If you have any questions or suggestions, please contact us: support@creaticapp.com

About

Adobe Express

Create professional marketing and business materials with ease. This app offers intuitive tools for video editing, photo enhancement, background removal, and QR code generation. Maintain brand consistency with customizable templates and brand kits.

Highlights
  • Video editing with templates, music, and effects
  • AI-powered photo editing and object manipulation
  • One-tap background removal for photos and videos
  • Branded QR code generation
  • Brand kit for consistent visuals
  • PDF editing and conversion
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Adobe Express is the quick and easy app to create on-brand content that helps your business stand out and make an impact. Whether you're a beginner or a seasoned creator, Adobe Express empowers you and your team to make high-quality marketing and business materials while maintaining brand consistency. VIDEO MADE EASY Looking for the best free video editor? Adobe Express makes video editing simple. Use customizable templates, upload clips from your camera roll, trim and combine footage, add text, music, transitions, and sound effects. Automatically add captions, reframe for social channels, and remove background noise -- all in one place. PHOTO EDITING FOR EVERYONE Adobe Express is the best free photo editor for beginners, offering intuitive tools to enhance your images. Use AI to add or remove objects, apply Photoshop-powered filters, and instantly generate stunning photo art with our AI photo generator. BYE-BYE BACKGROUNDS Need the best app to remove photo backgrounds? Adobe Express makes it effortless. With Quick Actions, remove backgrounds from photos or videos in seconds, convert images to GIFs, and resize content with a single tap. QR CODE GENERATION MADE SIMPLE Create stylish, branded QR codes with ease. Adobe Express is your best QR code generator online, offering customizable styles and colors to match your brand. STAYING ON BRAND MADE EASY With brand kits, keep your fonts, colors, and logos ready to drop into any design. Apply your brand across all your content with a tap. Maintain a cohesive look with Generate Similar and refine designs. EDIT PDFs QUICKLY Update content, swap images, refine layouts, or add your brand’s colors, fonts, and visuals, all in just a few clicks. You can even convert files to PDF or export PDFs to share with your team or audience instantly. QUICK ACTION TOOLS · Trim & resize designs for any channel · Crop photos & convert image files · Convert to GIF from images & videos · Animate a character with your voice · Import PDF Some features are not currently supported on all devices, but good things are coming. Support for more devices is rolling out over time. QUESTIONS? Your feedback and engagement will help us make Adobe Express better for everyone. Join our Discord community [https://discord.gg/adobeexpress] to share your thoughts, connect with the community and get involved with creative challenges Visit Uservoice [https://adobeexpress.uservoice.com/forums/951181-adobe-express] to request new features Let us know about any bugs or issues you encounter in our Adobe Community Forum [https://community.adobe.com/t5/adobe-express/ct-p/ct-adobe-express] PREMIUM MEMBERSHIP Your Adobe Express Premium membership unlocks access to Premium features: · Over 200M royalty-free Adobe Stock photos, videos, music tracks, design elements and fonts · 250 generative credits to generate images, videos, templates and more · Remove Video Background, One-click Resize for multiple channels, brand kits and more Use your Adobe Express Premium plan across your desktop browser and mobile phone. Also includes Adobe Photoshop Express on mobile. Please refer to our full terms of service for more details. [http://www.adobe.com/go/terms_linkfree_en] Terms and conditions: Your use of this Adobe application is governed by the Adobe General Terms of Use http://www.adobe.com/go/terms_linkfree_en, and Adobe Privacy Policy http://www.adobe.com/go/privacy_policy_linkfree_en and any successor versions thereto. Do not sell or share my personal information: www.adobe.com/go/ca-rights-linkfree All trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

Screenshots

Creatic4 screens
Adobe Express4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ratings volume: Adobe Express at 367K against Creatic's 3.4K. Adobe Express also leads on rating (4.8 vs 4.6) and chart position (#11 vs #49). Creatic's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 18.0). On price, review sentiment, 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. Creatic sells 15 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and Adobe Express sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Adobe Express holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Adobe Express has 367K ratings behind it against 3.4K, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 59% and 58% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Creatic ships an update every 2 weeks, Adobe Express every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on September 24, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences · 7 level
Creatic versus Adobe Express: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCreaticAdobe Express
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (3.4K ratings)4.8 (367K ratings) — better
Positive reviews58.6% of reviews — better58.0% of reviews
Number of ratings3.4K367K — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank#49#11 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size218 MB188 MB
Age rating9+12+
DeveloperDELIX SOFTWARE SH.P.KAdobe Inc.

Customer experience

Creatic

All ratings3,354 ratings
Positive89.8%
Neutral3.7%
Negative6.5%
Written reviews495 reviews
Positive58.6%
Neutral9.1%
Negative32.3%

Adobe Express

All ratings366,940 ratings
Positive96.2%
Neutral1.9%
Negative2.0%
Written reviews3,156 reviews
Positive58.0%
Neutral6.6%
Negative35.4%

User reviews

Creatic

From 3.4K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Easy to use
  • 👍 Fantastic templates
  • 🎨 Creative design tools
  • 💡 Innovative features
  • 🔥 Awesome graphics

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Frequent crashes
  • 🤯 Complicated interface
  • 💰 Paywall for basic features
  • ⏱️ Slow performance
  • 📚 Lack of tutorials

Adobe Express

From 367K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Easy to use
  • 🚀 Quick and efficient
  • 💡 Vast collection of templates and design options
  • 👍 Intuitive interface
  • 🚀 Seamless cross-platform sync

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Frequent crashes and bugs
  • 🔒 Subscription model limits free features
  • 🔒 Watermark issues with free version
  • 🐛 Syncing and file management problems
  • 👎 Cluttered and confusing UI after recent update

Bugs and requests

Creatic

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Images not saving properly
  • Layers disappearing during editing
  • Zoom function not working as expected
  • Freezing issues when loading projects
  • Inconsistent app behavior

Requested features

5 requests
  • Undo/redo functionality
  • More customization options
  • Improved text editing tools
  • Ability to create custom templates
  • Better layer management

Adobe Express

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Crashes and freezes when using certain features
  • Disappearing fonts and design elements
  • Issues with exporting high-quality images
  • Inconsistent behavior across mobile and desktop versions

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add more customization options for text, shapes, and layouts
  • Improve alignment and resizing tools
  • Introduce a search function for templates and design elements
  • Allow offline editing and local file storage
  • Provide better organization and management of projects and assets

In-app purchases

15 purchases

Creatic

Subscriptions4
  • Monthly Premium Access$4.991 Month
  • Weekly Premium Access$4.997 Days
  • Monthly Premium Access$7.991 Month
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  • Yearly Premium Access$19.991 Year
One-time11
  • 100 Coins Pack$0.99
  • 200 Coins Pack$1.99
  • Remove Video Watermark$2.99
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  • 500 Coins Pack$4.99
  • 1000 Coins Pack$9.99
  • 1500 Coins Pack$14.99
  • 2000 Coins Pack$19.99
  • 5000 Coins Pack$49.99
  • 10000 Coins Pack$99.99
  • 15000 Coins Pack$149.99
  • 25000 Coins Pack$249.99
10 purchases

Adobe Express

Subscriptions10
  • Adobe Express Mobile14 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • Express Subscription - Monthly$9.991 Month
  • Adobe Express Monthly14 Days trial$9.991 Month
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  • Adobe Express Monthly$9.991 Month
  • Adobe Design Mobile : Monthly1 Month trial$14.991 Month
  • Adobe Express Mobile - Yearly14 Days trial$49.991 Year
  • Adobe Express - Yearly14 Days trial$99.991 Year
  • Adobe Express Yearly14 Days trial$99.991 Year
  • Adobe Express Premium - Annual$99.991 Month
  • Adobe Design Mobile: Yearly1 Month trial$149.991 Year

Questions

Is Creatic free?
Creatic is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Adobe Express free?
Adobe Express is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Creatic or Adobe Express?
Adobe Express is rated higher. Creatic averages 4.6 out of 5 from 3.4K ratings, while Adobe Express averages 4.8 from 367K ratings.
Do Creatic or Adobe Express have ads?
Neither Creatic nor Adobe Express shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Creatic or Adobe Express?
Creatic ships an update every 2 weeks, and Adobe Express every 3 weeks. Most recently, Creatic was updated on September 24, 2026 and Adobe Express on September 24, 2026.
Which is more popular, Creatic or Adobe Express?
Creatic currently peaks at #49 in the App Store charts, and Adobe Express at #11. Chart position reflects recent download velocity rather than total install base.

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