Microsoft Paint AlternativesOnly apps categorised as Image Editors for Mac
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Microsoft Paint alternatives are mainly Image Editors but may also be Digital Painting Tools or Photo Editors. Filter by these or use the filter bar below if you want a narrower list of alternatives or looking for a specific functionality of Microsoft Paint.- Image Editor
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148 Krita alternativesKrita is a professional Free and open source (FOSS) painting program. It is made by artists that want to see affordable art tools for everyone within concept art, texture and matte painters, illustrations and comics.
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application types
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Android Tablet
- Epic Games Store
- PortableApps.com
- Steam
Top Krita Features
- Digital Drawing
- Digital Painting
- Blending brushes
- Keyframe Animation
- Drawing 2D
- Advanced brush settings
- Lightweight
- Drawing Tablet Support
- Digital-painting focused
- Color blending
- Sketching
- Support for Layers
Krita VS Microsoft Paint
Is Krita a good alternative to Microsoft Paint?
106 Pinta alternativesPinta is a free, open source drawing/editing program modeled after Paint.NET . Its goal is to provide users with a simple yet powerful way to draw and manipulate images on Linux, Mac, and Windows.
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application types
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- BSD
- Mono
- Flathub
Top Pinta Features
- Lightweight
- Digital Painting
- Support for Layers
- Works Offline
- Ad-free
- Non Destructive Editing
- Dark Mode
- No registration required
- Color Picker
- No Tracking
- Multiple languages
- Color correction
Pinta VS Microsoft Paint
Is Pinta a good alternative to Microsoft Paint?Comments about Pinta as an Alternative to Microsoft Paint
Simple interface with powerful tools
2This app uses similar features like MS Paint, but there’s one thing that’s missing. The Grid Lines. Needs an Update.
0Similar options like mspaint. If you come from windows, install and work.
0Pinta Has all the tool necessary for a quick manipulation, like paste screenshots, cut, paste, resize, etc...
0Is simple and have all the tools of Microsoft Paint
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75 MediBang Paint alternativesMediBang Paint is a lightweight software for illustration and making comic books on Windows and Mac OS.
License model
- Freemium • Proprietary
Application types
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Android
- iPhone
- Android Tablet
- iPad
Top MediBang Paint Features
- Multi-choice brushes
- Pressure Sensitivity
- Digital-painting focused
- Color blending
- Pen Stabilization
- Keyframe Animation
- Dark Mode
- Support for Layers
- Drawing Tablet Support
- Custom Brushes
- Lightweight
- Category Filters
MediBang Paint VS Microsoft Paint
Is MediBang Paint a good alternative to Microsoft Paint?Comments about MediBang Paint as an Alternative to Microsoft Paint
While a lot more complicated than Paint, it has everything you need to create a Paint image; line tools, shape tools, airbrush, pixel brush, bucket tool (that can fill without white spaces by expanding!) Not to mention more advanced tools and layer options, for more complicated drawings and even professional artists’ needs.
3Microsoft Paint is far smaller than MediBang Paint. While MediBang Paint can do anything Microsoft Paint can do, it can do much more than Microsoft paint. So, using it as an alternative is rather unwieldy.
0It is a great program I have been using it for years and it's very easy to use
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104 Clip Studio Paint alternativesClip Studio Paint, previously Manga Studio or ComicStudio in Japan, is a family of software applications for Mac OS X and Microsoft Windows used for the digital creation of comics and manga.
License model
- Paid • Proprietary
Application types
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Android
- iPhone
- Chrome OS
- Android Tablet
- iPad
- Samsung Galaxy Store
Top Clip Studio Paint Features
- Digital Painting
- Optimal performance
- Support for Layers
- Pressure Sensitivity
- Texture for brushes
- Customizable
- Lightweight
- Keyframe Animation
- Cloud Sync
- Drawing Tablet Support
- Open PSD files
- Tablet support
Clip Studio Paint VS Microsoft Paint
Is Clip Studio Paint a good alternative to Microsoft Paint?
42 LazPaint alternativesRaster & vector graphic editor with many tools and filters, written in Lazarus (Free Pascal). Portable, 32bit (under 3mb) & 64bit (3.55mb) versions, ORA format & 16384x16384 image support. In app 3D import & rendering.
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application types
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- BSD
- PortableApps.com
LazPaint Features
- Lightweight
- Support for Layers
- Reads PDN Format
- Transparent images
- Portable
- Pixel accuracy
- Debian package
- Support for SVG
- Export to SVG
LazPaint VS Microsoft Paint
Is LazPaint a good alternative to Microsoft Paint?Comments about LazPaint as an Alternative to Microsoft Paint
Really lightweight and fast, has a lot of additional features but is neat, making it powerful but not complicated (looking at you, Gimp).
It would count closer to a Paint.NET replacement in my opinion. Though if you have this why would you ever want a normal MS Paint clone?
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134 FireAlpaca alternativesFireAlpaca is the image editor that can be used readily and easily. We made it possible to provide the completely free download, in order for our products to be experienced by more users from all over the world. It is available for both Mac and Windows users!
License model
- Free • Proprietary
Application types
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
FireAlpaca Features
- Support for Layers
- Smooth lines
- Digital Drawing
- User friendly
- Blending brushes
- Multi-choice brushes
- Tablet support
- Drawing Board
FireAlpaca VS Microsoft Paint
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121 Pixelitor alternativesPixelitor is an open source image editor with an intuitive interface and with a special emphasis on non-destructive editing.
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application types
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
Top Pixelitor Features
- Works Offline
- Ad-free
- Support for Layers
- Lightweight
- Image Filters
- Photo effects
- Image Processing
- Retouch photos
- Photographic filters
- Java based
- Sketching
Pixelitor VS Microsoft Paint
Is Pixelitor a good alternative to Microsoft Paint?
Comments about Krita as an Alternative to Microsoft Paint
I was looking for a program that could convert a .JPG file into .ico,and Krita did just that.
Krita is free. It has a lot of features - somewhat similar to Photoshop. It is better than Paint because it has lots of different brushes and allows some brush customization. You can work with layers, which is a feature that MS Paint lacks. The app is worth a try. There's nothing to lose.
Krita is probably a great program for those that need the extra functionality, but those looking for an alternative to the extremely basic MS Paint don't need that, and it will be far more complicated to use. Even more importantly, though, is that even on my high-end system, it takes minimum several seconds to start, and sometimes around half a minute or longer, and that's just too long for doing basic tasks that would be done in Paint.
When you are looking for something that is alternative to something, you are looking for something that is similar. All the programs you list are not close to ms paint. Though they all are similar to each other in being over complicated compared to ms paint.
krita's too big and feature-rich of a program to be substitute for ms paint