GIMP AlternativesOnly apps categorised as Digital Painting Tools - Page 4

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

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Advanced image manipulation tool offering comprehensive tools for photo retouching, composition, and batch processing in a free package.

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GIMP alternatives page was last updated Mar 20, 2025
  1. Gimp Paint Studio icon
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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.

    72 Gimp Paint Studio alternatives
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    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • GIMP

    Gimp Paint Studio Features

    1.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
    2.  Categories
    Discontinued

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

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  2. PhotoDemon icon
     31 likes

    PhotoDemon provides a comprehensive selection of photo editing tools in an 8 MB download. It runs on any Windows machine (XP through Win 10) and does not require installation. It can easily be run from a USB stick or SD card.

    21 PhotoDemon alternatives
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    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Top PhotoDemon Features

    1.  Portable
    2.  Retouch photos
    3.  Support for Layers
    4.  Color correction
    5.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
    6.  RAW Photo Editors
    7.  Dark Mode
    8.  Works Offline
    9.  Non Destructive Editing
    10.  Custom Brushes
    11.  Ad-free
    12.  Batch Editing
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  3. Flame Painter icon
     7 likes

    Flame Painter is a unique paint program that lets you create original artworks with flame brushes.

    75 Flame Painter alternatives
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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • iPhone
    • iPad
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  4. Paintstorm icon
     21 likes

    Paintstorm Studio is created for professional digital painting. And a major role in this program play the brushes. We did our best so that you can easily and quickly adjust the brushes suitable for your painting style.

    38 Paintstorm alternatives
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    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • iPad

    Paintstorm Features

    1.  Multi-choice brushes
    2. Google Drive icon  Google Drive integration
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  5. AzPainter icon
     19 likes

    AzPainter is a full color painting program for Linux. It's a lightweight tool with tablet pressure support, and provides basic functions such as selection, layers, filters. you can use it for painting, image editing, or pixel art making.

    31 AzPainter alternatives
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    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Linux

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Support for Layers
    2.  Drawing Tablet Support
    3.  Tablet support
    4.  Sketching
    5.  Texture for brushes
    6.  Texture painting
    7.  Pixel Art
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    Comments about AzPainter as an Alternative to GIMP
     
    ADRIANO DUARTE

    Lightweight, powerful and simple.

    Positive commentJan 5, 2017
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    • AzPainter is Free and Open SourceGIMP is also Free and Open Source
    • AzPainter is LightweightGIMP is not according to our users
  6. Pixen icon
     15 likes

    Pixen is a pixel art editor designed for working with low-resolution raster art, such as those 8-bit sprites found in old-school video games. With innovative features like a color palette system, patterns, and high-zoom support, Pixen packs all the tools pixel artists need in an...

    68 Pixen alternatives
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    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • iPad

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Ad-free
    2.  Support for Layers
    3.  Pixel Art
    4.  Cloud Sync
    5.  No registration required
    6.  Works Offline
    7.  Dark Mode
    8.  Drawing Tablet Support
    9.  Onion skinning
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  7. Sumo Paint icon
     73 likes

    Sumo Paint is a powerful image editor with a long-standing history as a fully capable Photoshop clone in the browser. Being designed for the browser, it's accessible on practically any system and loads much faster than most comparable desktop tools while still providing core...

    107 Sumo Paint alternatives
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    License model

    • FreemiumProprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
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    Comments about Sumo Paint as an Alternative to GIMP
     
    Guest

    At least with GIMP I can readily save my work anytime and be assured I can access it post-2020; with Sumo Paint, though I can blend better, it feels a little like I have to rush because, flash app (though there's a new plug-in-free version online now).

    Negative commentMay 11, 2020
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    • Sumo Paint is Freemium and ProprietaryGIMP is Free and Open Source
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