Comparison

Procreate Pocket vs Adobe Capture

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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, rich paintings, gorgeous illustrations, and beautiful animations. Offering hundreds of handmade brushes, a suite of intuitive artistic tools, an advanced layer system, and the powerful Valkyrie graphics engine. Work on the couch, on the train, at the beach, or while waiting in line for coffee. It’s a complete art studio in the palm of your hand. Highlights: • High resolution canvases — up to 16k by 4k on compatible devices • Intuitive Dark Mode interface made for iPhone • Revolutionary QuickShape feature for perfect shapes • Smooth and responsive smudge sampling • Powered by Valkyrie, the lightning-fast 64-bit painting engine • Create art in stunning 64-bit color • 250 levels of undo and redo • Continuous auto-save — never lose work again Breakthrough brushes: • Packed with 100s of beautifully crafted brushes • Brush sets keep your painting, sketching, and drawing brushes organized • Over 100 customizable settings for every brush • Brush Studio — design custom brushes • 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 and Clipping Masks for non-destructive editing • Stay organized by combining layers into groups • Transform objects simultaneously across multiple layers • Access over 25 layer blend modes for industry-grade compositing Color without compromise: • Fill your line work with ColorDrop • Disc, Classic, Harmony, Value, and Palette color panels • Import color profiles for color matching • Assign Color Dynamics to any brush Precision design tools: • 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 smooths your strokes for beautiful lettering and expert inking Animation Assist: • Easy frame-by-frame animation with customizable onion skinning • Create storyboards, GIFs, animatics, and simple animations • Export your animations in the full resolution of your canvas Dramatic finishing effects: • Gradient Map — remap your image’s colors with a customizable gradient • Glitch, Chromatic Aberration, Glow, and Halftone to 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 celebrated Time-lapse Replay • Export your Time-lapse recording in 4K for high-end video production • Share a short, 30-second version of your 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 images files such as JPG, PNG, and TIFF • Drag and drop artworks, brushes, palettes, and fonts between applications• Export to AirDrop, iCloud Drive, Photos, iTunes, Dropbox, Google Drive, Facebook, X (formerly Twitter), Instagram, TikTok, Weibo, Mail, and more • Share your art as PDF, JPEG, PNG, TIFF, GIF, HEVC, or MP4 files

About

Adobe Capture

Transform your surroundings into design assets like color palettes, vectors, fonts, and brushes. Seamlessly integrate these creations into Adobe apps for graphic design, illustration, and video projects.

Highlights
  • Remove background from images
  • Vectorize images into scalable graphics
  • Identify and find fonts
  • Create color themes and gradients
  • Build custom digital brushes
  • Generate patterns and 3D textures
  • Capture light and color for grading
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"Adobe Capture transforms your images into beautiful color palettes, vectors, fonts, patterns and more. Imagine looking through your camera to see patterns, vectors, and even fonts. Now imagine turning those visions into design materials to immediately use in apps like Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Premiere Pro, and Adobe Fresco. The power to transform the world around you into creative assets to build your projects is in the palm of your hands. The creation of graphic design elements is now just a camera click away. Remove Background from Images Take your photo inspiration and transform the background to use in your design projects. Create high-quality graphics to use in your projects. Vectorize on the Go Create vectors instantly with Shapes. Turn images into smooth, detailed, scalable vectors with 1-32 colors, for use in logos, illustration, animation, and more. Point and shoot at your drawing or upload a photo and watch it magically transform into clean, crisp lines. Voice or Audio to text Record your voice to see it transform in text. Replace and add text in your speech directly by editing the transcript. This new audio recording feature is easy to use and will enhance your audio creations. Import audio files to different Adobe apps or download them to your device as WAV files. Identify Typography Find your perfect font using Adobe Capture. Take a photo of the type you like (in a magazine, on a label, a sign, anywhere!) and watch a list of similar Adobe Fonts magically appear. Create Color Themes and Gradients Looking for customized color palettes? Find an inspiring gradient? Find color by number or hex? Aim your camera at the scene that has the colors you want and capture them to use in your artwork. Build Beautiful Digital Brushes Can’t find the right brush to paint? Take a photo or use an image to create digital brushes that match your creative vision. Use your brushes in Photoshop, Illustrator, or Fresco for rich painterly effects. Craft Intricate Patterns Capture inspiring images and generate patterns with ease. Create beautiful, colorful patterns that fit with your creative projects by using your vector shapes with our precision pattern builder. Generate 3D Textures Generate realistic PBR materials for use in 3D design straight from the camera. Modify your materials for even more texture or blend the edges for seamless repeat tiling on your 3D objects. Capture Light and Color Collect light and hue to turn into beautiful color grading profiles for your images and videos with Looks. Record the magic of sunset and transfer that feel to use in your photos and video projects. Seamlessly Sync Creative Elements All of your assets save to Adobe Creative Cloud Libraries. Instantly access your digital elements from your Creative Cloud account in all compatible applications. Compatible Adobe Apps and Programs for Creative Assets Photoshop, Photoshop for iPad, Adobe Fresco, Premiere Pro, Illustrator, Illustrator for iPad, InDesign, Dimension, After Effects, Dreamweaver, Animate, Substance 3D Apps, and Adobe Express. 2GB FILE STORAGE The free, basic Creative Cloud membership includes 2GB of complimentary storage for file syncing and sharing. MORE STORAGE (Optional in-app purchase) You can purchase an additional 20GB for $1.99 (US dollars) of Creative Cloud file storage per month. You must be 13 or older and agree to Adobe’s terms and privacy policy, viewable at: http://www.adobe.com/privacy/policy-linkfree.html http://www.adobe.com/special/misc/terms.html"

Screenshots

Procreate Pocket4 screens
Adobe Capture4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Adobe Capture at Free against Procreate Pocket's $5.99. Adobe Capture also leads on rating (4.8 vs 3.8) and update cadence (monthly vs every 3 months). Procreate Pocket's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and chart position (#1 vs unranked). On ratings volume, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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

Adobe Capture is free to download; Procreate Pocket costs $5.99 up front. Adobe Capture sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $1.99 per month. Procreate Pocket asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Adobe Capture holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 13K and 24K respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 61% of Procreate Pocket's written reviews are positive against 74% of Adobe Capture's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Procreate Pocket ships an update every 3 months, Adobe Capture monthly. Both last shipped on September 25, 2026.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
Procreate Pocket versus Adobe Capture: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterProcreate PocketAdobe Capture
Price$5.99Free — better
Rating3.8 (13K ratings)4.8 (24K ratings) — better
Positive reviews61.1% of reviews74.2% of reviews — better
Number of ratings13K24K — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsMonthly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
Best chart rank#1 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS15.4.114.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size372 MB367 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSavage Interactive Pty LtdAdobe Inc.

Customer experience

Procreate Pocket

All ratings12,700 ratings
Positive69.3%
Neutral8.3%
Negative22.4%
Written reviews2,073 reviews
Positive61.1%
Neutral13.7%
Negative25.2%

Adobe Capture

All ratings24,270 ratings
Positive96.5%
Neutral1.9%
Negative1.6%
Written reviews581 reviews
Positive74.2%
Neutral6.5%
Negative19.3%

User reviews

Procreate Pocket

From 13K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Excellent drawing app for iPhone
  • 👍 Customizable brushes and palettes
  • 👍 Convenient for on-the-go sketching
  • 👍 Affordable price point
  • 👍 Seamless integration with iPad version

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Frequent crashes and bugs
  • 🔍 Limited features compared to iPad version
  • 🔍 Lack of undo/redo buttons
  • 🔍 Pixelated output when transforming layers
  • 🔍 Difficult to draw precise lines and shapes

Adobe Capture

From 24K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Great for converting Procreate files to vector
  • 👍 Easy to use and powerful tool
  • 💡 Useful for digitizing art and creating patterns
  • 🎨 Helpful for color and material capture
  • ⚡️ Quick and efficient workflow

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Crashes and freezes frequently
  • 🔒 Privacy concerns around data usage
  • 🔍 Buggy and glitchy at times
  • 🔧 Complex and difficult to use in newer versions
  • 📁 Difficulty accessing and managing saved files

Bugs and 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

Adobe Capture

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Frequent crashes when using certain features
  • Inability to log in or access the app on some devices
  • Issues with image tracing and vector conversion
  • Syncing problems and lost files in Creative Cloud
  • Unreliable text recognition and font matching

Requested features

5 requests
  • Ability to select and export multiple shapes/patterns at once
  • Improved image export quality and resolution
  • More control over vector smoothing and cleanup
  • Offline functionality and reduced reliance on Creative Cloud
  • Better integration with other Adobe apps and services

In-app purchases

None

Procreate Pocket

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Adobe Capture

Subscriptions1
  • CC Storage (20 GB)$1.991 Month

Questions

Is Procreate Pocket free?
Procreate Pocket costs $5.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Adobe Capture free?
Adobe Capture is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Procreate Pocket or Adobe Capture?
Adobe Capture is rated higher. Procreate Pocket averages 3.8 out of 5 from 13K ratings, while Adobe Capture averages 4.8 from 24K ratings.
Do Procreate Pocket or Adobe Capture have ads?
Neither Procreate Pocket nor Adobe Capture shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Procreate Pocket or Adobe Capture?
Procreate Pocket ships an update every 3 months, and Adobe Capture monthly. Most recently, Procreate Pocket was updated on September 25, 2026 and Adobe Capture on September 25, 2026.

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