Free Procreate Alternatives for Android, Windows and iPad

Krita is a full painting program made by the Krita Foundation. It is free and open source. It has strong brush engines, stabilizers for inking, perspective assistants, animation with onion skinning and PSD support. You can also buy it on Steam, the Microsoft Store, Epic or the Mac App Store. That copy is the same app with automatic updates, and the money funds development.

The Android build is labelled beta on Google Play. The developers say it is made for tablets and Chromebooks and is not offered for phones yet. There is no iPad or iPhone version.

What you lose vs Procreate: the polished touch-first interface. Krita is built for a desktop with a pen tablet, and the Android beta is not meant for serious work yet.

ibisPaint X is free on Android, iPhone and iPad. The App Store listing mentions more than 130,000 brushes, 30,000 materials and frame-by-frame animation. PSD import and export is part of the free app. The free version shows ads. You can remove them once for $15.99, or subscribe to Premium, which adds 20 GB of cloud storage, extra filters, CMYK export and more.

The Windows version is different. It runs in a free demo mode for one hour a day, with ads. A Pro upgrade is $62.99 one-time.

What you lose vs Procreate: a clean, ad-free workspace in the free version. Several filters and CMYK export sit behind Premium.

MediBang Paint is free on every major platform. The Android listing says it includes more than 180 brushes, comic panel and screen tone tools, over 60 fonts and PSD and CMYK support. Cloud sync lets you move a file between your tablet and PC. The free app shows ads.

MediBang Premium is a yearly plan. It removes ads and adds 700 or more extra brushes and more cloud storage. On desktop there is also a paid MediBang Paint for Desktop edition ($49.99 on Steam) with extras like onion skin and gradient maps.

What you lose vs Procreate: the free version has ads, and many of the best brushes need Premium.

Infinite Painter is built for tablets and styluses, so it feels closer to Procreate than most apps here. It has hundreds of brushes, 30 blend modes, clipping masks, perspective guides and PSD import. You get a 7-day trial of everything. After that, some tools lock unless you make a one-time purchase. There are no ads on the Play listing.

The developer says there is no dedicated Windows version.

What you lose vs Procreate: it is not fully free. After the trial, only basic tools stay unlocked until you pay once.

Autodesk dropped Sketchbook in 2021, but the app did not die. It spun out into Sketchbook, Inc., which still updates it. The Android app was last updated in May 2026.

The mobile app is free with no ads on its Play listing. The free version has customizable brushes, layers with blend modes, guides and rulers. A $2.99 one-time Premium Bundle adds brush creation, clipping masks, layer groups and PDF export. On desktop, Sketchbook Pro is a paid app. It costs $24.99 on the Mac App Store and is sold on the Microsoft Store with a free trial.

What you lose vs Procreate: fewer advanced effects and a smaller brush engine. The desktop version is no longer free.

Adobe made Fresco completely free in October 2024. Brushes, fonts and custom brush import that once needed a paid plan are now open to everyone. It has vector and pixel brushes, live oil and watercolor brushes, unlimited layers and animation. It links well with Photoshop and Illustrator, and you can export to PSD.

You sign in with an Adobe account, and files are cloud documents by default. You can work offline and it syncs later. There is no Android version.

What you lose vs Procreate: a local-first, no-account workflow. Fresco leans on Adobe's cloud and does not run on Android.

Clip Studio Paint is the tool many comic and manga artists use. Version 5.0 launched in March 2026. On Windows and Mac you can buy PRO for $63 once, or EX for $277 once. On iPad, Android, Galaxy and Chromebook it runs on a subscription, with a free trial first.

The free part is on phones. The iPhone, Galaxy and Android phone versions give you 30 hours a month of full EX features for free. The timer resets on the first of each month.

What you lose vs Procreate: a simple one-time price on tablets. On an iPad or Android tablet, Clip Studio is a subscription after the trial.

Concepts is a vector-based sketching app with an infinite canvas. It suits designers, architects and note-takers more than painters. The free tier gives you a set of brushes, COPIC, HSL and RGB color wheels, five layers, unlimited drawings and JPG export.

Pro costs $4.99 a month or $29.99 a year and covers every platform. You can instead buy one-time add-ons for things like selection tools, unlimited layers and PNG, PSD, SVG and DXF export. Those one-time purchases only work on the platform where you bought them.

What you lose vs Procreate: painterly brushes and texture. The free tier caps you at five layers and JPG export.