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Adobe Photoshop vs Procreate Comparison (2026)

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Overview

Adobe Photoshop is an image editing and graphic designing software that helps businesses streamline photo editing and compositing processes and create digital paintings and animations. The artificial-intelligence (AI)-enabled platform lets designers invite external stakeholders to edit documents and share projects via live streaming functionality.

Procreate is a graphic designing software that provides creative professionals with tools to design digital sketches, paintings, and illustrations on a centralized platform. Artists can create new brushes or utilize the built-in library of brushes to customize textures, compression, and effects according to requirements.

  • Platforms supported
  • Web-based
  • iPhone app
  • Android app
  • Windows Phone app
  • Typical customers
  • Freelancers
  • Small businesses
  • Mid size businesses
  • Large enterprises
  • Customer support
  • Phone
  • Online
  • Knowledge base
  • Video tutorials
  • Platforms supported
  • Web-based
  • iPhone app
  • Android app
  • Windows Phone app
  • Typical customers
  • Freelancers
  • Small businesses
  • Mid size businesses
  • Large enterprises
  • Customer support
  • Phone
  • Online
  • Knowledge base
  • Video tutorials

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Pricing

Starting from

19.99

  • Free trial available
  • Credit cardless trial
  • Free account
  • Subscription based

Starting from

9.99

One-time payment

  • Free trial available
  • Credit cardless trial
  • Free account
  • Subscription based

User reviews

4.8

2.4K

5

4

3

2

1

2K

420

40

9

5

  • Value for money
  • Ease of use
  • Features
  • Customer support
83%
would recommend this app

4.8

130

5

4

3

2

1

112

16

1

1

0

  • Value for money
  • Ease of use
  • Features
  • Customer support
93%
would recommend this app

Pros

“The 'Generative Fill' feature enables me to extend backgrounds and remove intricate objects within seconds, which previously required me to spend hours on manual cloning work.”
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Enguerran M.

Fullstack Developer

“The power of new tools driven by generative artificial intelligence (generative fill, object removal) enables complex retouching work in record time”
RG

Romain G.

Freelance Photographer

“Furthermore, having used tools like the Magic Eraser long before mobile devices popularized automated background removal, the platform's ability to seamlessly isolate, mask, and manipulate specific elements of an image remains unmatched in my daily workflow.”
CH

Charlie H.

Owner

Pros

“It's great tool for quick skechers and full illustrations with an extension brush library, built-in time lapse feature and file management system.”
YM

Yogesh M.

Game Artist

“The different brushes allow you to create alot of textures as well as the ability to create your own brushes.”
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Alize B.

Artist

“Many of its tools (such as selection, color fill, and brush smoothing) work much better than expensive PC programs.”
VD

Void D.

Freelance Artist

Cons

“The biggest drawback of Adobe Photoshop is its rigid lack of mobile optimization and its high hardware performance threshold. While Adobe is clearly attempting to target the smartphone market, the application heavily relies on desktop-class processing power and fails to scale down effectively for lower-spec mobile devices.”
CH

Charlie H.

Owner

“Some thing are labelled weirdly, the default keybinds don't always make sense, and sometimes even making a simple retouch can have you go through too many steps for what it is.”
EC

Etân C.

Developer

“Memory management is basically absent leading to constant out of memory errors even on 64 GIG machines while processing rather small files.”
SH

Sven H.

Private

Cons

“My least favorite thing about the program is the way pixels are obliterated by rotating and moving.”
JG

Jakkie G.

Freelancer

“I find the learning curve sometimes a little steep, especially with layers and masks. If I don't use the programme again in a while sometimes I will forget how to do some things. ”
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Amber L.

People Reporting and Communications Officer

“This can be hard when moving onto industry standard software and having no clue because procreate never had them.”
RC

Razaanah C.

Artist

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Key features

  • Total features27
  • 3D Digital Asset Management
  • CAD Tools
  • Collaboration Tools
  • Content Import/Export
  • Content Library
  • Content Management
  • Content Sharing
  • Custom Brushes
  • Custom Fonts
  • Data Storage Management
  • Design Management
  • Design Templates
  • Drag & Drop
  • File Management
  • Generative AI
  • Image Editing
  • Image Library
  • Interactive Content
  • Mobile App
  • Pattern, Color & Art Storage
  • Pre-built Templates
  • Preview Functionality
  • Project Management
  • Real Time Editing
  • Search/Filter
  • Text Editing
  • Video Editing
  • Watermarking
  • Workflow Management
  • Total features9
  • 3D Digital Asset Management
  • CAD Tools
  • Collaboration Tools
  • Content Import/Export
  • Content Library
  • Content Management
  • Content Sharing
  • Custom Brushes
  • Custom Fonts
  • Data Storage Management
  • Design Management
  • Design Templates
  • Drag & Drop
  • File Management
  • Generative AI
  • Image Editing
  • Image Library
  • Interactive Content
  • Mobile App
  • Pattern, Color & Art Storage
  • Pre-built Templates
  • Preview Functionality
  • Project Management
  • Real Time Editing
  • Search/Filter
  • Text Editing
  • Video Editing
  • Watermarking
  • Workflow Management

Integrations

  • Total integrations10
  • Adobe Acrobat Reader
  • Adobe After Effects
  • Adobe Bridge
  • Adobe Creative Cloud
  • Adobe Illustrator
  • Adobe InDesign
  • Adobe Lightroom
  • Adobe Premiere Pro
  • Canva
  • CorelDRAW
  • Total integrationsN/A
  • Adobe Acrobat Reader
  • Adobe After Effects
  • Adobe Bridge
  • Adobe Creative Cloud
  • Adobe Illustrator
  • Adobe InDesign
  • Adobe Lightroom
  • Adobe Premiere Pro
  • Canva
  • CorelDRAW