Krita Alternatives

One of the most popular alternatives to Krita is GIMP, which is free and open source. Other popular alternatives are Adobe Photoshop, Paint.NET, Affinity and Photopea. There's no shortage of Digital Painting Tools like Krita, with more than 100 alternatives for Windows, Mac, Linux, iPad and Android.

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  1. PaintStar icon

    PaintStar

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    PaintStar is a versatile digital image processing software suitable for such tasks as retouching of photographs, composing and authoring images, image morphing, screen capture, and displaying image thumbnail in Windows Explorer context menu.

    117 PaintStar alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Windows
    • CN flagChina
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  4. Charcoal icon

    Charcoal

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    • 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

    Platforms

    • iPhone
    • iPad
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    Fotor

    Comprehensive online editor offering filters, frames, text, stickers, collage creation, graphic design, templates for social media, batch editing, photo retouching, mobile and desktop access, regular updates, and direct sharing t...

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    VanceAI

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    VanceAI provides AI enhancing, upscaling, sharpening, denoising, background removing, and more, with only one click to free your hands from complicated photo processing. All AI tools are available across Windows, macOS, Android, and iOS.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
    • CN flagChina
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  7. imEditor icon

    imEditor

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    ImEditor is a simple image editor, supporting PNG, JPEG, WEBP, BMP, and ICO file types. It offers several tools to easily modify an image.

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
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  9. Pixel•OnlineCreation icon

    Pixel•OnlineCreation

     3 likes

    Pixel•OnlineCreation is a unique website where you can edit and create anything as easily as clicking on buttons.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • FR flagFrance
    • European Union flagEU
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  11. GoPaint icon

    GoPaint

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    This app was jointly developed by Huawei and the China Academy of Art (CAA), and provides an immersive digital painting experience, with expressive brush strokes to reproduce a pen-on-paper effect on screen.

    13 GoPaint alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • HUAWEI AppGallery
    • CN flagChina
    GoPaint screenshot 1
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  13. Paint 3D Official icon

    Paint 3D Official

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    Paint 3D is a free, beginner-friendly 2D and 3D design app for Windows 10 and 11, originally developed by Microsoft. It lets you create 2D drawings and 3D models using brushes, shapes, stickers, textures, and a built-in 3D model library — all without needing design experience.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • US flagUnited States
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  14. EbSynth icon

    EbSynth

     5 likes

    EbSynth brings art to life with 2D motion capture. It's a tool for converting video footage into stylised 'motion paintings'.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • CZ flagCzechia
    • European Union flagEU
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  15. Luminance Studio icon

    Luminance Studio

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    Luminance Studio is a Pixarra product in the Studio series with a focus on painting with luminance for both natural media and design style of artwork.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • US flagUnited States
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