ArtStation App vs Procreate Dreams
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ArtStation App
Explore a vast collection of digital art from top professionals in the game, film, and entertainment industries. Discover and engage with stunning images, videos, and interactive 3D models created by talented artists worldwide. Follow your favorites and stay inspired by the latest trends.
- Discover top game, film, and entertainment artists
- Browse thousands of artworks
- View images, videos, and 3D models
- Like artworks
- Follow favorite artists
- Native multi-media support
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ArtStation is the showcase platform for game, film, media & entertainment artists. https://www.artstation.com DISCOVER THE WORLD'S BEST GAME, FILM, MEDIA & ENTERTAINMENT ARTISTS The ArtStation App provides an awesome browsing and discovery experience, enabling you to view thousands of artworks by the world's best artists. Like artworks, and follow your favourite artists. SUPPORT FOR IMAGES, VIDEOS AND 3D! The ArtStation App provides native support for multiple and mixed media per artwork, displaying process images, videos and even 3D models.
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: ArtStation App at Free against Procreate Dreams's $12.99. ArtStation App also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 16.3). Procreate Dreams's advantage is rating (3.9 vs 3.5). On review sentiment, 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
ArtStation App is free to download; Procreate Dreams costs $12.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Procreate Dreams holds the better App Store score, 3.9 against 3.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 809 and 537 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 35% of ArtStation App's written reviews are positive against 41% of Procreate Dreams's.
ArtStation App ships an update every 6 weeks, Procreate Dreams monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ArtStation App | Procreate Dreams |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $12.99 |
| Rating | 3.5 (809 ratings) | 3.9 (537 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 35.0% of reviews | 40.8% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 809 — better | 537 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPad |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 16.3 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 95 MB | 1.7 GB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Epic Games ArtStation Inc. | Savage Interactive Pty Ltd |
Customer experience
ArtStation App
Procreate Dreams
User reviews
ArtStation App
From 809 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Great browsing experience
- 🌟 Amazing art community
- 👍 Intuitive interface
- 💡 Useful for artists and non-artists
Room to improve
- 🐛 Frequent crashes and freezes
- 🔍 Difficult to navigate and find content
- 📥 Unreliable upload and sharing features
- 🔒 Overly restrictive account verification
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
ArtStation App
Reported bugs
4 issues- Notifications not working properly
- Inconsistent behavior when rotating device
- Inability to delete account
- Incompatibility issues on newer devices
Requested features
4 requests- Add feed for followed artists
- Improve portfolio management tools
- Implement search and filtering options
- Allow offline viewing of artworks
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
ArtStation App
No in-app purchases
Procreate Dreams
No in-app purchases
Questions
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