Clip Studio Paint AlternativesOnly apps categorised as Digital Painting Tools - Page 5

The best Digital Painting alternative to Clip Studio Paint is Krita, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 100 alternatives to Clip Studio Paint and loads of them are Digital Painting Tools so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Digital Painting Tool alternatives to Clip Studio Paint are Adobe Photoshop, Photopea, PhotoSplice and MyPaint.

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  1. Sketchable icon
     3 likes

    Seamlessly fusing the freedom and romance of your physical notebook with the power and flexibility of the digital world, Sketchable provides the best creative experience on the market.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2016

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  2. Charcoal icon
     6 likes
    • Charcoal is incredibly easy to use: Just create or open a sketch and start drawing. There are no layers, properties panels or confusing settings. Instead, Charcoal features rich tools and beautiful color palettes.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2020

    Platforms

    • iPhone
    • iPad
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  3. Pro Paint icon
     2 likes

    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

    Since

    • Since 2016

    Platforms

    • Mac
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  4. With Canvas Max, not only can you sketch, illustrate, and design on an infinite canvas, but you also have the power to zoom infinitely.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2025

    Platforms

    • iPhone
    • iPad
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  5. BitMappery icon
     3 likes

    A photo editing tool running inside your web browser.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2021

    Platforms

    • Online
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  6. JugiPaint icon
     8 likes

    JugiPaint is a painting software with diverse sets of tools for various types of illustration work. It provides many standard digital painting features like layers, brushes, selections, transformations, etc., as well as some less often like guide layers and panels.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2016

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  7. Ruwa icon
     3 likes

    Ruwa is a free and open-source desktop application for digital painting and illustration on Windows. It combines a focused, customizable interface with a flexible brush system designed for both simple sketching and more detailed artwork.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2026

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  8. Liquid Studio is a product born from TwistedBrush Pro Studio but with a focus on creation of individual objects with liquid paints.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2019

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  9.  1 like

    This software is very similar to FireAlpaca, but only available in Japanese. It is the original distribution or the software by the developers, whereas FireAlpaca is the distribution through another company.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2015

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  10. Kala Paint icon
     3 likes

    Kala Paint is a powerful new painting software built to fully replace old subscription programs.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Since

    • New

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
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  11. Paint a File icon
     3 likes

    Paint and export your drawings as GIF, Video, Image, PDF, SVG, DOCX, PPTX.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2024

    Platforms

    • Online
    Good alternative?
     
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