Illustrator Alternatives for Mac

There are many alternatives to Adobe Illustrator for Mac if you are looking for a replacement. The best Mac alternative is Inkscape, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to Adobe Illustrator and many of them are available for Mac so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Mac alternatives to Adobe Illustrator are Affinity Designer, Linearity Curve, Figma and CorelDRAW Graphics Suite.

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Adobe Illustrator alternatives are mainly Vector Graphic Apps, but if you're looking for Digital Painting Tools or Image Editors you can filter on that. Other popular filters include Open Source, Android, Mac, Linux, Free, iPad and Online + Free. You can also filter by region, for example EU-based alternatives if you prefer software developed in the European Union. These are just examples - use the filter bar below to find more specific alternatives to Adobe Illustrator.
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  1. Amadine icon
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    Amadine is a macOS vector graphics app designed for both beginners and pros, offering a user-friendly interface, precision design tools, multiple layers, and a seamless workflow. It's developed by BeLight Software, emphasizing intuitive use and versatile creativity.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • iPhone
    • iPad
     
  2. VectorStyler icon
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    VectorStyler (for Mac) is an advanced vector graphics and illustration software, with a competitive feature set, and several new features and workflow enhancements. VectorStyler is developed with the goal of providing all the capabilities, designers and illustrators are familiar...

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
     
  3. Adobe FreeHand icon
     20 likes

    Adobe FreeHand is a computer application for creating two-dimensional vector graphics (use of geometrical primitives such as points, lines, curves, and polygons to represent images, also known as geometric modeling), oriented to the professional desktop publishing market.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
     
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    Comments about Adobe FreeHand as an Alternative to Adobe Illustrator
    Guest
    Positive
    0

    Freehand was and is great would still be using it if it would work with updated os but again Adobe buys out another great company

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    Adobe FreeHand icon
    Adobe FreeHand icon
    • Adobe FreeHand is Paid and ProprietaryAdobe Illustrator is also Paid and Proprietary
  4. Super Vectorizer Pro is a professional image vector tracing converter on Mac & Win that automatically traces image lines and converts bitmap images like JPEG, GIF and PNG to clean, scalable vector graphic of Ai, SVG, DXF and PDF.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
     
  5. Repath Studio icon
     3 likes

    A cross platform vector graphics editor, that combines procedural tooling with traditional design workflows. It includes an interactive shell, which allows evaluating code to generate shapes, or even extend the editor on the fly.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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    Comments about Repath Studio as an Alternative to Adobe Illustrator
    erayzesen
    Positive
    0

    It have a good potential. But it's under the development.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    Repath Studio icon
    • Repath Studio is Free and Open SourceAdobe Illustrator is Paid and Proprietary
    • Repath Studio is Privacy focusedAdobe Illustrator is not according to our users
  6. Omber icon
     6 likes

    Omber is a new type of vector design program that lets you use color in new ways in your vector drawings. With Omber's advanced soft shading tools, you can easily make dramatic color blends or subtle color gradients in your art.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Chrome OS
    • iPad
     
  7. iVinci icon
     8 likes

    iVinci is a new starting point in vector design industry. It's just incredibly easy, and incredibly fast, for both beginners and experts.

    Notable features: -Use SVG as native file format. You can use files created by iVinci directly in may other Apps. -Powerful Bezier path e.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  8. Sketsa is a cross platform vector drawing application based on Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG). The visual design tools allows designer to select, draw, and edit objects easily, while the integrated SVG XML source editor allows them to hand edit SVG source code for greater...

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  9. Artboard icon
     7 likes

    Artboard vector drawing software for everyone. Simple. Powerful. Fun.

    Artboard is simple to use to get you going fast, yet powerful enough to meet your everyday drawing needs.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  10. ProtoSketch icon
     23 likes

    ProtoSketch is a desktop-class illustration tool for mobile devices to let you easily create vector designs on the go. Supercharged with icons, fonts, ui elements, basic and complex drag and drop shapes. It is easy to design anything from logo and icon to website and mobile app .

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • iPad
     
  11. QueekyPaint icon
     11 likes

    QueekyPaint is a unique browser-based drawing tool for creating animated drawings online. Visit the massive gallerys and learn drawing by watching the process of your favourite artists. QueekyPaint is free and simple to use.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Online
     
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