MyPaint Alternatives

One of the most popular alternatives to MyPaint is GIMP, which is free and open source. Other popular alternatives are Krita, Adobe Photoshop, Paint.NET and Affinity. Digital Painting Tools like MyPaint are a crowded field, with more than 100 alternatives for Windows, Mac, Linux, the web and iPad.

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  1. PixelStyle icon

    PixelStyle

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    PixelStyle Photo Editor for Mac is an all-in-one photo editing and graphic design software, providing professional high-quality photo processing tools to edit the photos, enhance and touch up photos on Mac OS X.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • CN flagChina
    PixelStyle Photo Editor for Mac
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  2. DPaint JS icon

    DPaint JS

     5 likes

    Webbased image editor modeled after the legendary Deluxe Paint with a focus on retro Amiga file formats.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • BE flagBelgium
    • European Union flagEU
    DPaint JS screenshot 1
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    Corel Painter

    Corel Painter offers realistic traditional media simulation with features like customizable brushes, extensive format support, layering, blending tools, and more, tailored for professional artists working in drawing, painting, an...

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    PixaFlux

     12 likes

    PixaFlux is a node based image processing application. PixaFlux creates and edits images in a non destructive way, using a node graph to organize the workflow without restrictions of size, position or color mode.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    PixaFlux converting an image to Lab color mode and applying a curve adjustment node.
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  7. SmoothDraw icon

    SmoothDraw

     7 likes

    SmoothDraw is an easy natural painting and digital free-hand drawing software that can produce high quality pictures. Support many kinds of brushes (pen, pencil, dry media, airbrush, bristle brush, image hose, etc.), retouch tools, layers, image adjustment, and many effects...

    16 SmoothDraw alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • CN flagChina
    SmoothDraw screenshot 1
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  9. ArtDesignStudio icon

    ArtDesignStudio

     2 likes

    An image and stencil editor for artists. Work with layers, remove backgrounds, use a gallery, pressure-sensitive drawing, customize colors/effects, and edit offline for full creative control.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    ArtDesignStudio screenshot 1
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  10. MyBrushes icon

    MyBrushes

     22 likes

    MyBrushes Paint for Mac app allows you to paint on infinite canvas and PLAYBACK whole drawing.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • iPhone
    • iPad
    • US flagUnited States
    MyBrushes screenshot 1
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  11. Pro Paint icon

    Pro Paint

     2 likes

    Pro Paint for Mac is the realistic full-featured digital art software that is used for painting, image editing, vector drawing, free-form transformation, cropping, alpha channel editing, and more specialized tasks.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    Pro Paint for Mac
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  12. Paint Studio icon

    Paint Studio

     2 likes

    Paint Studio is a product born from TwistedBrush Pro Studio but with a focus on natural media painting and drawing with a simpler, streamlined interface.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • US flagUnited States
    Paint Studio screenshot 1
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  13. Fresh Paint icon

    Fresh Paint

     13 likes

    Unleash your inner creative with Fresh Paint – the ultimate canvas for your big ideas. Fresh Paint is a fun and easy to use painting app with the right tools for artists of all ages. We believe that brilliant, creative ideas can come from anyone, anytime.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Windows Phone
    • US flagUnited States
    Fresh Paint screenshot 1
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  14. Drawing icon

    Drawing

     12 likes

    This application is a basic image editor, similar to Microsoft Paint, but aiming at the GNOME desktop.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Linux Mobile
    • Flathub
    • GNOME
    • FR flagFrance
    • European Union flagEU
    Drawing screenshot 1
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  15. Sketchable icon

    Sketchable

     3 likes

    Seamlessly fusing the freedom and romance of your physical notebook with the power and flexibility of the digital world, Sketchable provides the best creative experience on the market.

    89 Sketchable alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • US flagUnited States
    Sketchable screenshot 1
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