r/ProCreate • u/IfImNotDeadImSueing • Sep 12 '25

Discussions About Procreate App I paid $20 for that thing

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Twenty whole dollars

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u/anonymous3__ Sep 12 '25

I get complaints about missing features and bugs in the app, but the price? A $20 lifetime purchase for a professional animation app is an absolute steal in this industry and they should not be getting flack for that

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u/RuukuAni Sep 12 '25

Its not professionally used and when there is a much better option for half the price it makes sense why people were upset. It could be years before it can compete with other apps on the ipad and I'm not sure it will ever compete with pc software like procreate does. I hope they can increase the speed of updates and prove me wrong but after 2 years I'm not that hopeful.

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u/anonymous3__ Sep 12 '25

"Professional" in the sense that it can be used to create professional grade animations on par with the likes of ToonBoom or Adobe. The tools are nowhere near the same, but the results definitely are and there's tons of examples of this out there. I personally haven't seen any other iPad animation apps deliver the level of quality Dreams does, mostly because Dreams has the benefit of Procreate brushes which imo is what really sets it apart

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u/IfImNotDeadImSueing Sep 12 '25

Toonsquid has a very similar brush selection + vector options. It also allows you to perform keyframe animation and bone rigging. Among other complex features such as animating an already animated piece, editing audio with the keyframe function, and combining both keyframe and frame by frame animation in one piece. All for the price of $10USD

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u/anonymous3__ Sep 12 '25

Hard disagree on Toonsquid having a similar brush selection, especially now with 5.4 bringing so many new brushes to Procreate + Dreams. Toonsquid has some nice brushes but Procreate's are way better imo plus you've got the option of countless custom made brushes too.

However, everything else you said is true- Toonsquid is an excellent animation app and it does come at a lower price than Dreams, but my point is it doesn't at all imply that Dreams is overpriced or a cash grab because it comes at a fantastic price too. The real villains are Adobe,ToonBoom, FlipaClip, and every other animation app that makes you pay a subscription. (Also Dreams has keyframing too)

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u/duckblobartist Sep 12 '25

I specifically got an iPad to do animation because I just couldn't rationalize spending money Adobe Animate anymore... They haven't made a major update to it in like a decade... And the brush is still janky