Procreate is the better app overall, scoring 9.4 to 9.0. Procreate wins on 3 of the 5 scores, Figma on 1, with 1 tied.
Illustrators, letterers and hobby painters who draw on an iPad with Apple Pencil
Product designers and teams building apps and websites together
Score by score
The details
| Feature | Procreate | Figma |
|---|---|---|
| Category | Design & Creativity | Design & Creativity |
| Category rank | #1 of 10 | #3 of 10 |
| Developer | Savage Interactive | Figma, Inc. |
| Pricing | Paid | Free + paid plans |
| Usable for free | No | Yes |
| iPhone & iPad | ✓ | ✓ |
| Android | — | ✓ |
| Mac | — | ✓ |
| Windows | — | ✓ |
| Web | — | ✓ |
Common questions
Is Procreate better than Figma?
Procreate is the better app overall, scoring 9.4 to 9.0. Procreate wins on 3 of the 5 scores, Figma on 1, with 1 tied.
Which is cheaper, Procreate or Figma?
Procreate: $12.99 once on the App Store; the iPhone version, Procreate Pocket, is $5.99. Figma: Free Starter plan; Professional full seats are $16 a month billed yearly, or $20 monthly. On value for money, Procreate scores higher.
Do Procreate and Figma work on the same devices?
Only Figma runs on Web, Mac, Windows, Android.
Which is more private, Procreate or Figma?
Procreate scores higher on privacy (9.8/10). App Store label: Data Not Collected. There are no accounts and no tracking, and Procreate has publicly committed to keeping generative AI out of its apps.
Strengths and weaknesses
Procreate
- Pay $12.99 once, with no subscription
- No account, no tracking and no data collected
- Huge brush set plus tools to build your own
- iPad only, with no Mac, Windows or Android version
- No account means no built-in cloud backup
- Still no built-in gradient tool
Procreate turns an iPad and Apple Pencil into a serious sketchbook. You get hundreds of brushes, a Brush Studio for making your own, QuickShape and StreamLine for clean lines, Page Assist for comics and even painting on 3D models. You pay $12.99 once, there's no account, and Apple's label says it collects no data. The catch: it's iPad only, and there's still no built-in gradient tool.
Full Procreate review
Figma
- Everyone edits the same file live, right in a browser
- Free Starter plan with unlimited drafts
- Covers design, whiteboards, slides and dev handoff
- Mobile apps are mostly for viewing and commenting
- AI features run on monthly credits
- AI training on content is opt-out on smaller plans
Figma lets a whole team design, prototype and comment on the same file in a browser tab, with nothing to install. Around it sit FigJam whiteboards, Slides, Dev Mode for handing work to developers, Figma Make for turning prompts into apps, and an AI agent that went fully live in October 2026. The free Starter plan covers unlimited drafts. Watch the AI credits, and note that AI training on your content is on by default for smaller plans.
Full Figma review
