Photoshop Alternatives

Adobe Photoshop is described as 'Raster graphics editor developed and published by Adobe for Windows and macOS. It was originally created in 1987 by Thomas and John Knoll. Since then, the software has become the most used tool for professional digital art, especially in raster graphics' and is a leading digital painting tool in the photos & graphics category. There are more than 100 alternatives to Adobe Photoshop for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, iPhone, iPad and Android apps. The best Adobe Photoshop alternative is GIMP, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Adobe Photoshop are Affinity Photo, Krita, Paint.NET and Photopea.

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Adobe Photoshop alternatives are mainly Image Editors, but if you're looking for Photo Editors or Digital Painting Tools you can filter on that. 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 Photoshop.
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Adobe Photoshop is a raster graphics editor developed and published by Adobe for Windows and macOS. It was originally created in 1987 by Thomas and John Knoll. Since then, the software has become the most used tool for...

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Adobe Photoshop alternatives page was last updated Jun 4, 2025
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  1. Photomator icon

    Photomator

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    Photomator is the most powerful photo editing app ever designed for a mobile device. It features over 30 desktop-class color adjustments, support for over 600 RAW image formats, including Apple ProRAW, deep integration with the Photos app and iCloud Photos, tools powered by...

    60 Photomator alternatives

    License model

    • Freemium • Proprietary

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • LT flagLithuania
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • iPhone
    • iPad
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    Top Photomator Features

    1.  RAW Photo Editors
    2.  Dark Mode
    3.  Batch Editing
    4.  Drawing Tablet Support
    5.  Support for Layers
    6.  Custom Brushes
    7.  AI-Powered
    8.  Photo effects
    9.  Presets
    10.  Color correction
    11.  Batch image manipulation
    12.  Remove Unwanted Objects

    Photomator VS Adobe Photoshop

     
  2. Gimp Paint Studio icon

    Gimp Paint Studio

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    GPS (aka Gimp Paint Studio) is a collection of brushes, patterns, color gradients, accompanying tool presets and dynamics. Tool presets are a simply saved tool options, highly useful feature of the GIMP.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • ES flagSpain
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • GIMP
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    Discontinued

    The project seems to be no longer developed. Last version, 2.0, released in August 2013, can be still downloaded from GitHub.

    Gimp Paint Studio Features

    1.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
    2.  Categories

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  4. AVCLabs PhotoPro AI icon

    AVCLabs PhotoPro AI

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    Experience advanced photo editing with AI technology, enabling quality enhancement, removal of unwanted elements, portrait retouching, image resolution increase, and creative styling with filters and effects for social media or high-quality prints.

    License model

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • CN flagChina

    Platforms

    • Windows
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    AVCLabs PhotoPro AI Features

    1.  Dark Mode
    2.  Custom Brushes
    3.  Live Preview
    4.  Facial Recognition
    5.  Support for 4K
    6.  Ad-free
    7.  Works Offline
    8.  Non Destructive Editing
    9.  AI-Powered

    AVCLabs PhotoPro AI VS Adobe Photoshop

     
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    VistaCreate

    An intuitive online design tool offering advanced features like animation, video editing, and over 150,000 templates. Access a library of 70 million+ assets including vectors, photos, and sounds. Ideal for social media, marketing...

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    Artweaver

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    Artweaver is a simple Freeware program for creative painting, i.e. Artweaver offers you all artistic effects which you need for your work.

    License model

    • Freemium • Proprietary

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • DE flagGermany
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Artweaver screenshot 1

    Artweaver Features

    1.  Portable

    Artweaver VS Adobe Photoshop

     
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    Photo Variants

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    Photo Variants is innovative photo editing software for Windows.

    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Main window

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  RAW Photo Editors
    2.  No registration required
    3.  Works Offline
    4.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
    5.  Hardware Accelerated
    6.  Drawing Tablet Support
    7.  Live Preview
    8.  Custom Brushes
    9.  Ad-free
    10.  Dark Mode
    11.  Non Destructive Editing
    12.  Photographic filters

    Photo Variants VS Adobe Photoshop

     
  8. Photo Raster icon

    Photo Raster

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    The Photo Raster is online photo editor with advanced features for photo editing and painting. The Photo Raster is powered by WebGL technology which provides performance never seen before in online applications.

    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Online

    Photo Raster Features

    1.  Image Filters

    Photo Raster VS Adobe Photoshop

     
  10. Seashore icon

    Seashore

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    Seashore is an open source image editor for Mac OS. It features gradients, textures and anti-aliasing for both text and brush strokes. It supports multiple layers and alpha channel editing. It is based around the GIMPs technology and uses the same native file format.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • International

    Platforms

    • Mac
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    Seashore Features

    1.  Real time collaboration
    2.  Crop images

    Seashore VS Adobe Photoshop

     
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