Procreate vs. QuarkXPress

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Procreate
Score 8.9 out of 10
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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
QuarkXPress
Score 9.0 out of 10
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QuarkXPress from Quark Software headquartered in Denver introduces modern responsive web design with Flex Layouts, reimagined Tables, and productivity-boosting design features.
$279
per year
Pricing
ProcreateQuarkXPress
Editions & Modules
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QuarkXPress Subscription License
$279
per year
QuarkXPress Perpetual License
$629
one-time fee
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
ProcreateQuarkXPress
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
ProcreateQuarkXPress
Considered Both Products
Procreate
Chose Procreate
We broadly use the Adobe suite for other applications, so as Adobe tools have advanced, it is difficult to have an outlier in the toolkit, but Procreate still offers a lot of ease of use and competes with more formal Illustrator tools. We use Illustrator a lot for general …
Chose Procreate
Procreate is great for more free-form, digital art. Miro is more constrained, but better for collaborative brainstorms and hosting different media. Illustrated is more technical, but better for more structured visual designs.
Chose Procreate
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 …
QuarkXPress
Chose QuarkXPress
QuarkXPress has more user-friendly features compared to Adobe InDesign where we can set up the page layout for any sort of medium. We can compress the pdf size here as per the requirement. Also, we can export pdf in a quicker manner by choosing it as a default output format.
Chose QuarkXPress
QuarkXPress simply blew the competition out of the water when it came to pricing and scalability in our business. Every employee that uses Quark always speaks very highly about using the software. We are not a large company but, the amount of money saved on the cost of each …
Chose QuarkXPress
My preference has always been QuarkXPress because I have more experience. InDesign is a similar program, just used differently for our journal layout design.
Chose QuarkXPress
InDesign is also very strong and the industry standard. However, Quark does retain:
1 The older format of page layout programs, which is a bridge for new and older employees.
2. Is less expensive.
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Score 7.5 out of 10
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Medium-sized Companies
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Score 7.9 out of 10
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Score 7.9 out of 10
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User Ratings
ProcreateQuarkXPress
Likelihood to Recommend
7.1
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Usability
7.7
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10.0
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User Testimonials
ProcreateQuarkXPress
Likelihood to Recommend
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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If you are looking for a great design solution that does not break the bank then QuarkXPress is the way to go. We use Quark not only due to the low cost but, the customer support is amazing and every year you get a new release with updates that you never knew you needed. Quark's development team takes on suggestions and often will implement some of them if the need is great enough. I cannot express the saving of time and money enough when it comes to using QuarkXPress.
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Pros
  • Great brush library and third party brush market
  • Great for hand lettering
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  • Excellent project conversion into PDFs and digital formats.
  • Incredibly user friendly and intuitive to use.
  • Works seamlessly with our Adobe Suite of programs.
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Cons
  • Masking and more complex applications and alterations.
  • Vector creation.
  • File management.
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  • Currently does not have a way to open really old archived QuarkXPress files.
  • Text manipulation could be expanded upon (ie be able to warp or distort text).
  • Be able to output files in InDesign format.
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Usability
Lots of features - largely intuitive, but can take some practice and getting used to.
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This is an industry standard. It is intuitive and pretty simple. I have been using it for 40 years and by no means do I use its potential, rather it does just what I want it to do.
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Alternatives Considered
We broadly use the Adobe suite for other applications, so as Adobe tools have advanced, it is difficult to have an outlier in the toolkit, but Procreate still offers a lot of ease of use and competes with more formal Illustrator tools. We use Illustrator a lot for general design work once they pass initial concepting.
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QuarkXPress has more user-friendly features compared to Adobe InDesign where we can set up the page layout for any sort of medium. We can compress the pdf size here as per the requirement. Also, we can export pdf in a quicker manner by choosing it as a default output format.
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Return on Investment
  • No hard numbers, but the visuals have made a huge impact on how people experience our products and workshops. People have commented on how immersive and impactful they are.
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  • We've been able to design modern print materials.
  • Easy to convert projects from other formats.
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ScreenShots

QuarkXPress Screenshots

Screenshot of QuarkXPress 2026 is compatible with the latest macOS® 26.x (Tahoe), macOS® 15.x (Sequoia), macOS® 14.x (Sonoma).Screenshot of the Welcome Screen in QuarkXPress 2026, which has had a fresh redesign. Here, users can create new projects, find ready-to-use project size presets, use customized workspaces and quickly access built-in tutorials and useful resources.Screenshot of where to adjust typography with Variable Fonts in QuarkXPress 2026 to enhance creative freedom. With a single font file, users can adjust font characteristics like weight, width, slant, and more with sliders.Screenshot of the Paste Into feature. Users can display content creatively by masking images or grouping items through placing them inside container shapes.Screenshot of built-in support for LaTeX and MathML, so that there's no need for external tools or plugins for advanced mathematical equations. This is ideal while working in STEM or Academia, as it enables quick and accurate editing of math equations across print and digital formats.