Pixlr vs. Procreate

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Pixlr
Score 6.2 out of 10
N/A
Pixlr is a photo editing tool formerly part of the Autodesk suite of products, now from 123RF from the Inmagine Group (acquired 2017).
$0.99
per month
Procreate
Score 9.4 out of 10
N/A
Savage, headquartered in North Hobart, Tasmania, is dedicated to making exceptional creative tools. They are the creators of Procreate, a digital art and illustration app for iPad. Offering 100s of handmade brushes, a suite of artistic tools, advanced layer system, and its Valkyrie graphics engine — Procreate is designed to enable the creation of expressive sketches, rich paintings, gorgeous illustrations and beautiful animations.N/A
Pricing
PixlrProcreate
Editions & Modules
Plus - paid yearly
$0.99
per month
Plus
$1.99
per month
Premium - paid yearly
$4.90
per month
Premium
$7.99
per month
Team - paid yearly
$9.91
per month
Team
$12.99
per month
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
PixlrProcreate
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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User Ratings
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User Testimonials
PixlrProcreate
Likelihood to Recommend
Pixlr is well suited if you need to design graphics quickly, and using foreign languages. The fact that even if you use a non-Roman script (in our case, Khmer) but can still design things beautifully, is a huge value add for our team. It is less well suited for absolute beginners to graphic design, who can find the myriad tools and functions overwhelming or confusing
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Procreate is well-suited for any illustrator, whether they're a beginner or an expert. It offers a vast range of features that will allow anyone with an artistic inclination to start creating right away. It's also appropriate for budding designers, artists, and animators. While the animation options offered aren't super premium, it is a good place to start learning about animating in layers, e.g., in Photoshop. Procreate isn't suitable for people who want to illustrate vector-based images. The app currently only supports raster images that can't be scaled up.
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Pros
  • It offers a broad range of editing options.
  • The ability to "save" your work history within the browser but also to a file.
  • Has a large database of copyright free images for background use.
  • Has a great selection of fonts.
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  • Easy-To-Understand Interface
  • Wide Range of Brushes
  • Custom Asset Sizes
  • Animation Options
  • Intuitive Design
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Cons
  • The previous version of Pixlr, albeit more basic, was a lot easier to use
  • Would be good to have pop up labels explaining what different tools are for
  • More videos and resources showing how to do the basics would be helpful
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  • More animation support
  • Vector Illustrations
  • Cross Platform Functionality
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Alternatives Considered
Canva is a similar program using for creating content. I've tried out their suite as well but always end up coming back to Pixlr because of ease of use, and my familiarity with the product. They continue to make upgrades to the product and have always had what we feel we need to make top-notch looking graphics for our organization.
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Procreate is the easiest to understand out of all this software. I use it on my iPad, and I find that drawing with the Apple Pencil straight on Procreate is intuitive and simple, unlike using the complicated pen tool on Adobe Illustrator. As I've mentioned earlier, Procreate is a great app for beginners, whereas both Illustrator and Photoshop have steep learning curves. If you want to dive into designing right away, Procreate is your best option!
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Return on Investment
  • Pixlr offers something new and relatively easy to use that does not require excellent knowledge. In the case of professionals can make adjustments and artistic retouching of great value and excellent quality.
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  • Positive impact on delivery times
  • Positive impact on creative to designer communication
  • Positive impact on team to client communication through detailed mockups
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