Procreate is the better app overall, scoring 9.4 to 8.4. Procreate wins on 5 of the 5 scores, Framer on 0.
Illustrators, letterers and hobby painters who draw on an iPad with Apple Pencil
Designers, startups and freelancers who want a polished marketing site without code
Score by score
The details
| Feature | Procreate | Framer |
|---|---|---|
| Category | Design & Creativity | Design & Creativity |
| Category rank | #1 of 10 | #8 of 10 |
| Developer | Savage Interactive | Framer B.V. |
| Pricing | Paid | Free + paid plans |
| Usable for free | No | Yes |
| iPhone & iPad | ✓ | — |
| Mac | — | ✓ |
| Windows | — | ✓ |
| Web | — | ✓ |
Common questions
Is Procreate better than Framer?
Procreate is the better app overall, scoring 9.4 to 8.4. Procreate wins on 5 of the 5 scores, Framer on 0.
Which is cheaper, Procreate or Framer?
Procreate: $12.99 once on the App Store; the iPhone version, Procreate Pocket, is $5.99. Framer: Free plan on a Framer domain; Basic, with a custom domain, starts at $10 a month. On value for money, Procreate scores higher.
Do Procreate and Framer work on the same devices?
Only Procreate runs on iPhone & iPad. Only Framer runs on Web, Mac, Windows.
Which is more private, Procreate or Framer?
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
Framer
- Publish polished sites without writing code
- Hosting and CMS built in, nothing to set up
- Free plan to build and test before paying
- Extra editors cost $20 a month each
- Usage overages for bandwidth, pages and CMS
- No mobile apps for editing on the go
Framer lets you design a website on a canvas, much like Figma, then publish it straight to built-in hosting on a global CDN. A CMS, localization, staging, A/B tests and an AI agent handle jobs that usually need a developer. The free plan is fine for trying it on a Framer subdomain. Costs climb with extra editors and usage overages, so price it out before you commit.
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