I figured that Procreate was the best digital drawing app out there, and since I found myself comfortable with my workflow, there was no sense in changing.

For this reason, I’ll admit that I was slow to adopt Adobe Fresco.

If you download Fresco for Windows, the Creative Cloud app will also be downloaded automatically, even if you only get the free version.ĭownload: Adobe Fresco for iOS or iPadOS (Free, subscription for $9.99/month or $9.As a professional lettering artist and designer, I’ve been using Procreate for over 3 years now on my iPad Pro. If you have an all apps Creative Cloud account, Adobe Design Mobile Bundle plan, or an Adobe Photoshop Single Plan, Adobe Fresco premium is included with it.

Fresco Premium also entitles you to Photoshop for the iPad within the same purchase. Alongside the free version of Fresco, there is also a premium version available.Īdobe Fresco premium costs between $9.99/month and $9.99/year (depending on the platform) and offers 100GB storage, a larger brush library, and increased font options. You can download and use Adobe Fresco for free from the App Store or directly from Adobe. However, the app offers a lot for a very reasonable price.ĭownload: Procreate Pocket for iOS ($4.99) Adobe Fresco There is, unfortunately, no free trial for either Procreate app. If you own an Android, there are some great alternatives to Procreate for Android that you can check out. Procreate Pocket cannot be used with an Apple Pencil since the pencil is not yet compatible with the iPhone. Procreate Pocket is slightly different from Procreate due to screen real estate space, but it largely boasts most of the same features. Procreate also offers Procreate Pocket designed for iPhones. Procreate will work on iPads running iPadOS 14.4 or later, and you can use either the 1st Generation Apple Pencil or the 2nd Generation Apple Pencil, depending on which your iPad is compatible with. It isn’t available for other tablets, which means it harnesses a lot of abilities from the iPad’s technological advances-including the Valkaryie engine power. They are largely competing with each other, but each has individual options that the other doesn't offer. Procreate and Fresco are known mostly as tablet drawing apps, but there are other available platforms.

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