Procreate

Procreate is the definitive digital painting and illustration app for iPad, harnessing the device's touch interface and Apple Pencil to create an unparalleled natural drawing experience. It is a powerhouse for artists, illustrators, and lettering artists, offering an astonishing array of customizable brushes, advanced layer blending modes, and animation assist features—all for a single, low one-time fee. Its performance is optimized for iPad, allowing for massive canvases with hundreds of layers. While it is a raster-based app and not suited for vector logo design or multi-page layout, its role in the graphic design ecosystem is vital for creating original artwork, textures, and hand-drawn elements that can be exported and incorporated into larger projects in Photoshop, Affinity, or other desktop software.

It has fundamentally changed how many illustrators work, offering professional-grade tools in a portable format.