Procreate Pocket
Savage Interactive Pty Ltd
About
Procreate Pocket is a full-featured digital art app for iPhone with hundreds of handmade brushes, an advanced layer system, and the Valkyrie graphics engine. Create expressive sketches, paintings, illustrations, and animations with support for high-resolution canvases up to 16K by 4K, 64-bit color, 250 undo levels, and continuous auto-save. The app includes precision design tools like vector text, perspective guides, drawing assist, and animation frame-by-frame capabilities with onion skinning. Import Adobe Photoshop brushes and PSD files, apply dramatic finishing effects like gradient maps and blur filters, and export to multiple formats including 4K time-lapse recordings.
Highlights
- High-resolution canvases up to 16K by 4K with 64-bit color depth
- 100s of handmade brushes with 100+ customizable settings per brush, plus Brush Studio for custom designs
- Advanced layer system with layer masks, clipping masks, blend modes, and layer groups
- Frame-by-frame animation with customizable onion skinning and 4K time-lapse export
- Import and export Adobe Photoshop PSD files, brushes, and color palettes
- Precision tools including vector text, perspective guides, drawing assist, and symmetry guides
Best for
Digital artists and illustrators working on iPhone who need professional-grade painting and animation tools. Suitable for creating sketches, paintings, illustrations, and animations anywhere—on the couch, commute, or while traveling.
At a glance
Procreate Pocket is available on iOS — all free to download.
It is developed by Savage Interactive Pty Ltd.
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Frequently Asked Questions
- Is Procreate Pocket free?
- Yes — Procreate Pocket is free to download on iOS.
- What platforms is Procreate Pocket available on?
- Procreate Pocket is available on iOS.
- What is Procreate Pocket?
- Procreate Pocket is a digital art studio for iPhone featuring hundreds of handmade brushes, an advanced layer system, animation capabilities, and the Valkyrie graphics engine. It supports high-resolution canvases up to 16K by 4K and 64-bit color for professional-grade digital painting and illustration.
- Can I import Photoshop brushes and files?
- Yes. Procreate Pocket imports Adobe Photoshop brushes and runs them faster than Photoshop. You can also import and export PSD files, ASE and ACO color palettes, and image files like JPG, PNG, and TIFF.
- Does Procreate Pocket support animation?
- Yes. Animation Assist enables frame-by-frame animation with customizable onion skinning. You can create storyboards, GIFs, animatics, and simple animations, then export them in full canvas resolution or as 4K time-lapse recordings.
- What happens if I lose my work?
- Procreate Pocket includes continuous auto-save to prevent data loss, plus 250 levels of undo and redo for full editing flexibility.
- What are the alternatives to Procreate Pocket?
- Procreate Pocket is similar to Affinity Publisher, Affinity Photo, Affinity Designer, and Pixelmator Pro. Browse related apps by tag: design, creative tools, ai art, and animation.



