>>3707854My experience has basically been
>main Sai on PC>Switch to Procreate on iPad>Finally try out CSP on PC and iPadI had pirated CSP for a while but never got around to trying it out fully as it just felt like a more complicated Sai.
Anyway, Procreate's main issue is that its GUI makes it look less capable than it is. I learned to love how out of the way the gui is. I customized the hotkey button on the side to bring up a menu, but I mostly just use gestures for things like un/redo.
Procreate is a program that does its job and does it well. Yes it still lacks in certain features, but it's slowly been adding them over the past few years. It's a very small team (Like 10 people maybe?) and they're focusing it on being a good illustration program. So it's lagging behind on some features they consider not critical. This is why the latest update introduced clipping masks and not text.
As for CSP. The gui is a bit repelling and reminds me of my 12 year old self barely figuring out photoshop. I do like how it feels though. A lot of the brushes feel more like Sai right out of the gate. The way things are done feel a lot less intuitive though. I feel like I need to go through more steps to get things done. I may be biased however as I'm still not used to it.
What CSP has on Procreate is its line smoothing. I've heard they use different ways to get this done, and CSP feels like what you'd expect. Procreate, is said to be more fit for smoothing out calligraphy. In practice, using Procreate's smoothing works for line art. But on the caveat that you must learn to actually have a steady hand. If you use max stability as a crutch on Sai and CSP, you'll have issues in Procreate as their max level barely feels like midway in those other programs.
As for price, a one time 10 payment that I'm still getting updates seems way better than a costly subscription for something that frequently goes on sale on desktop for $25.