Adobe InDesign Alternatives for iPad

Adobe InDesign is not available for iPad but there are a few alternatives with similar functionality. The best iPad alternative is Affinity Publisher. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try Canva or Desygner. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to Adobe InDesign and four of them are available for iPad so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement.

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  1. Affinity Publisher icon

    Affinity Publisher

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    Affinity's professional desktop publishing software offers seamless integration with the Affinity suite, live document views, cloud collaboration, and advanced typography tools, providing users a flexible editing experience with support for large files, preflight tools, customizable UI color management features.

    26 Affinity Publisher alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • iPad
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    Top Positive Comment
    Paul
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    Until now, QuarkXPress was the only professional alternative to InDesign, but there's now a new contender: Affinity Publisher. I was already using Affinity Designer and Affinity Photo, and it's an essential addition to the suite. Really great to see new professional products breaking the Adobe monopoly.

    Noah
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    It has the same features as InDesign and a much friendlier financing model without a horrendously expensive subscription and the more intuitive UI im my opinion.

    ashf
    Positive
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    Fast, flexible with designing

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    • Almost everyone thinks Affinity Publisher is a great Adobe InDesign alternative.

    • Affinity Publisher is the most popular iPad alternative to Adobe InDesign.

    • Affinity Publisher is the most popular commercial alternative to Adobe InDesign.

    • Affinity Publisher is Paid and ProprietaryAdobe InDesign is also Paid and Proprietary
  2. Canva icon

    Canva

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    A comprehensive design application combining innovative photo and video editing with advanced AI capabilities to streamline creating designs. Users can produce unique graphics, engaging social media content using customizable templates and thousands of images, videos, and fonts accessible through its vast library.

    85 Canva alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
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    Top Positive Comment
    DalsPhotography
    1

    Canva has now purchased all the Affinity company. Yet, you can still use them as separate software, but I don't know for how long!

    Top Negative Comment
    Guest
    11

    Canva is a good layout but has none of the advanced text editing functionality that InDesign has.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    Guest
    Negative
    1

    Canva is not made for layouts

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • Some users think Canva is a great Adobe InDesign alternative, some don't.

    • Canva is the most popular Web-based, Android, iPhone, SaaS & Android Tablet alternative to Adobe InDesign.

    • Canva is Freemium and ProprietaryAdobe InDesign is Paid and Proprietary
    • Canva is Privacy focused and LightweightAdobe InDesign is not according to our users
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    Desygner

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    Desygner is an online and mobile design solution, which offers a simpler alternative to expensive and complicated design suites.

    176 Desygner alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
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    Osiris Berbesia
    Negative
    3

    No similar at all to indesign

    Guest
    Negative
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    It simply doesn't offer file upload. I'm looking for a online solution to edit my .indd files...

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • Some users think Desygner is a great Adobe InDesign alternative, some don't.

    • Desygner is Freemium and ProprietaryAdobe InDesign is Paid and Proprietary
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    1invites

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    Make beautiful invitations with ease using an invitation maker app. Customize ready-to-print invitation templates and save yourself valuable time. No need for design skills as this app is quick and simple to use.

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • iPad
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