Frequently Asked Questions

Since Procreate 5.3 we no longer support third-party styli. Apple Pencil just keeps getting better and other stylus providers have critically scaled back their production and maintenance. As we're unable to provide a quality experience for these styli we'll be removing support in this update.

The Logitech Crayon is designed using Apple Pencil technology and performs many of the same tasks, except registering pressure sensitivity. Logitech Crayon is compatible with all iPads released in 2018 or later.

3D Touch technology, built into the screens of certain iPhone models, allows you to work with pressure sensitivity in Procreate Pocket using your finger and any non-Bluetooth stylus. All supported iPhone models before the iPhone XR can use 3D Touch.

If your iPhone doesn’t offer 3D Touch, you can select from a range of active styli currently supported by Procreate Pocket. These supported styli will allow you to work with pressure sensitivity:

• Adonit - Jot Touch 4, Jot Touch Pixelpoint, Jot Script, Jot Script 2, Pixel
• Wacom - Intuos Creative Stylus 1 & 2, Bamboo Fineline 1, 2, & 3, Bamboo Sketch

The iPhone 11 Pro, iPhone 11 Pro Max and later do not officially support any third-party styli. Due to the changed OLED screen technology we haven’t found a stylus that delivers a good user experience with any of these iPhones. You can still connect your stylus, but you may run into performance issues. This is why we introduced the pressure slider, which allows your bottom brush slider to be moved while making a stroke on your canvas. This helps adjust the opacity or size of your brush depending on the brush settings when using your finger or a passive stylus.

On certain iPhone models Procreate Pocket can connect the following styli:

• Adonit - Jot Touch 4, Jot Touch Pixelpoint, Jot Script, Jot Script 2, Pixel
• Wacom - Intuos Creative Stylus 1 & 2, Bamboo Fineline 1, 2, & 3, Bamboo Sketch

iPhone 11 Pro and iPhone 11 Pro Max and later no longer support any third party styli. They can still be connected, however we can't guarantee a good user experience as the styli developers have not updated them to work with newer iPhone models.