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. DrawPad icon
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    DrawPad Graphic Design and Drawing software is an easy-to-use image composition and manipulation program, an essential tool for all types of graphic design projects. Easily draw and create graphic images.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
     
  2. SVG Splash is a beautifully simple SVG painting application for coloring SVGs. No account required or settings to configure. Open and get started immediately.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
     
  3. Intaglio icon
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    Intaglio is traditional Mac drawing with the power of Mac OS X.

    Since the early days of MacDraw, Macintosh has always had powerful and easy to use drawing software. With the introduction of Mac OS X, the graphics capabilities of the Mac expanded considerably. Intaglio carries th.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
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    Intaglio is just doing vector graphics similar to AI and that is what I am using AI for, no other bells and whistles. Intaglio is doing a good job however its UI could get a fresher look.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • Intaglio is Paid and ProprietaryAdobe Illustrator is also Paid and Proprietary
  4. Bluetail icon
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    Bluetail is a beautifully designed easy to use vector drawing application to help you create inspiring vector graphics.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  5. Torapp guilloche designer is a full-featured web-based vector graphic editor for security printing. It runs in Chrome on all major OSes including linux, OSX and all versions of windows, and is the most innovative and flexible tool available to design guilloche patterns against...

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    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Windows Mobile
     
  6. Pro Paint icon
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    Pro Paint for Mac is the realistic full-featured digital art software that is used for painting, image editing, vector drawing, free-form transformation, cropping, alpha channel editing, and more specialized tasks.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  7. DrawBerry icon
     6 likes

    All the features of other vector editing applications such as Adobe Illustrator or Inkscape, in a free, easy to use, powerful application.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  8. Draw icon
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    Draw is a graphics painting app to draw, color, or edit pictures. You can use Draw like a digital sketchpad to make simple pictures, creative projects, or to add text and designs to other pictures, such as those taken with your digital camera.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  9. DragPotrace icon
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    A GUI for potrace using Objective-C for OS X 10.11.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • potrace
     
  10. Drama icon
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    A design tool to draw user interfaces, create interactive prototypes and make animations.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • iPhone
    • iPad
     
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