Microsoft Paint Alternatives for Mac

Microsoft Paint is not available for Mac but there are plenty of alternatives that runs on macOS with similar functionality. The best Mac alternative is Krita, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 100 alternatives to Microsoft Paint and many of them are available for Mac so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Mac alternatives to Microsoft Paint are Pinta, MyPaint, Clip Studio Paint and Photoscape.

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  1. Patina icon
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    Patina is a drawing app for Mac. Patina echoes the simplicity of Microsoft Paint, the go-to drawing tool for generations of Windows users, and goes further with a more visually appealing interface and additional functionality.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
     
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    Everyday drawing There are hundreds of painting and drawing apps on the App Store. This one is a bit different. It doesn’t want to grow up to be Photoshop, Illustrator, or Draw Anything the Next Generation. It’s not intended for professional artists.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  3. Draw icon
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    Draw is a graphics painting app to draw, color, or edit pictures. You can use Draw like a digital sketchpad to make simple pictures, creative projects, or to add text and designs to other pictures, such as those taken with your digital camera.

    106 Draw alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  4. InfiniPaint icon
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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).

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Online
     
  5. QAquarelle icon
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    Qaquarelle is a very young opensource Qt4-based painting application that is supposed to provide a native way of painting with emulated traditional instruments, including watercolor simulation, full support for tablets and OpenGL-based processing in GPU.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  6. CinePaint icon
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    CinePaint is a deep paint application that edits EXR, DPX, 16-bit TIFF, JPEG, PNG and many other types of image files. CinePaint is available as a native application for Linux, Mac OS X, and BSD.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
     
  7. PhotoStyler icon
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    PhotoStyler is the easiest way to style your digital photos with your Mac. This simple, fast and accurate native solution combines the powers of Apple’s core technologies with the flexibility and efficiency of proprietary application-specific modules.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  8. Fotowall icon
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    Fotowall is an opensource creative tool that lets you play with your pixels as you've ever wanted! Make the perfect arrangement with your photos, add text, live video from your webcam and the best internet pictures.

    42 Fotowall alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  9. Rita icon
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    Probably the most simple paint program for OS X. Mac users alternative to Microsoft Paint.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
     
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