Mental Canvas AlternativesDigital Painting Tools and other similar apps like Mental Canvas

Mental Canvas is described as 'Draw re-imagines drawing for the digital age by augmenting it with spatial strokes, 3D navigation, and animations — all drawn with ease of pencil and paper' and is a digital painting tool in the photos & graphics category. There are more than 10 alternatives to Mental Canvas for a variety of platforms, including Android, iPhone, iPad, Android Tablet and Windows apps. The best Mental Canvas alternative is Procreate. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try Pocket Paint or ibis Paint X. Other great apps like Mental Canvas are Infinite Painter, Paper by WeTransfer, Artecture Draw, Sketch, Paint and HEAVYPAINT.

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  1. Procreate icon

    Procreate

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    Procreate is a versatile, award-winning app for creative digital drawing and painting on iOS. It delivers a robust, professional toolset with hundreds of configurable brushes, a powerful layering system, vector graphic tools, and comprehensive design capabilities, ensuring desktop-level flexibility and power.

    63 Procreate alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • iPhone
    • iPad
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    • Procreate is the most popular iPhone & iPad alternative to Mental Canvas.

    • Procreate is the most popular commercial alternative to Mental Canvas.

    • Procreate is Paid and ProprietaryMental Canvas is Freemium and Proprietary
    • Procreate is Lightweight and CustomizableMental Canvas is not according to our users
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    Pocket Paint

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    Pocket Paint is a paint editor that, among others, allows setting parts of pictures to transparent and zooming up to pixel level.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Android
    • F-Droid
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    • Pocket Paint is the most popular Android alternative to Mental Canvas.

    • Pocket Paint is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Mental Canvas.

    • Pocket Paint is Free and Open SourceMental Canvas is Freemium and Proprietary
    • Pocket Paint is Lightweight and Privacy focusedMental Canvas is not according to our users
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    ibis Paint X

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    ibis Paint is an easy yet powerful drawing app made with tools for sketching manga right at your fingertips.

    56 ibis Paint X alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once or Subscription)
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • HUAWEI AppGallery
    • iPad
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    • ibis Paint X is the most popular Windows & Android Tablet alternative to Mental Canvas.

    • ibis Paint X is Freemium and ProprietaryMental Canvas is also Freemium and Proprietary
  7. Artecture Draw, Sketch, Paint icon

    Artecture Draw, Sketch, Paint

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    Artecture enables you to sketch, draw and paint like never before. If you love to draw, regardless you are an amateur or a pro, this drawing app provides all the tools and brushes that you’d love.

    68 Artecture Draw, Sketch, Paint alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Android
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  9. HEAVYPAINT icon

    HEAVYPAINT

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    A simple yet secretly powerful painting app! Focus on pure colors and shapes with a streamlined interface. Ideal for plein air painting, color notes, sketches and studies.

    32 HEAVYPAINT alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
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    • HEAVYPAINT is the most popular Mac & Linux alternative to Mental Canvas.

    • HEAVYPAINT is Freemium and ProprietaryMental Canvas is also Freemium and Proprietary
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    Artflow Studio

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    Convert your tablet, Chromebook, or phone into digital sketchbook with more than 80 paint brushes, smudge, file and eraser tool. This fast and intuitive painting and drawing application will unlock full power of your imagination.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Android
    • Chrome OS
    • Android Tablet
    • Kindle Fire
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    InfiniPaint

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    InfiniPaint is a collaborative, infinite space, infinite zoom, canvas note-taking/drawing app. Unlike many other infinite canvas apps, although there is a specific zoom-in level limit, there is no zoom-out limit (at least up until the point your computer runs out of memory).

    48 InfiniPaint alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Online
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    • InfiniPaint is the most popular Web-based alternative to Mental Canvas.

    • InfiniPaint is Free and Open SourceMental Canvas is Freemium and Proprietary
    • InfiniPaint is Privacy focusedMental Canvas is not according to our users
  14. Flow by Moleskine icon

    Flow by Moleskine

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    Creating great drawings and getting your ideas down on digital paper is all about your headspace. Flow pages seamlessly expand as you draw and develop ideas, which means you keep your head in the clouds instead of managing documents.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • iPhone
    • iPad
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