Paintbrush Alternatives

Paintbrush is described as 'Simple paint program for Mac OS X, reminiscent of Microsoft Paint and Apple’s own now-defunct MacPaint. It provides users with a means to make simple images quickly, something which has been noticeably absent from the Mac for' and is a digital painting tool in the photos & graphics category. There are more than 25 alternatives to Paintbrush for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Linux, Web-based and Android apps. The best Paintbrush alternative is GIMP, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Paintbrush are Adobe Illustrator, MyPaint, Microsoft Paint and FireAlpaca.

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Paintbrush alternatives page was last updated Jul 7, 2024
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  1. Fresh Paint icon
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    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.

    54 Fresh Paint alternatives

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Windows Phone

    Fresh Paint Features

    1.  Infinite canvas

    Fresh Paint VS Paintbrush

     
  2. PaintStar icon
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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.

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • CN flagChina

    Platforms

    • Windows

    PaintStar Features

    1.  Image Morphing

    PaintStar VS Paintbrush

     
  3. 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.

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    Discontinued

    Latest vsersion: 0.0.4 from 2010-02-09. See https://sourceforge.net/projects/qaquarelle/files/

    QAquarelle Features

    1.  Watercolor

    QAquarelle VS Paintbrush

     
  4. Pixi Paint icon
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    Pixi Paint is an open source, donation-optional pixel editor.

    Our primary focus is on ease of use and simplicity. Pixi Paint is fun for beginners and experts alike to explore limited palette pixel art.

    FEATURES

    • Brushes and Shapes
    • Color Picker
    • Line Tool
    • Total Palette Con.

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Online

    Pixi Paint Features

    1.  Pixel Art

    Pixi Paint VS Paintbrush

     
  5. XGimp icon
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    XGimp is a version of gimp that works on a mobile. It can be used as a paint program, image editor or a photo retouching program.

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Country of Origin

    • ES flagSpain
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • iPhone
    • iPad

    XGimp Features

    XGimp VS Paintbrush

     
    • XGimp is the most popular iPhone alternative to Paintbrush.

    • XGimp is Free and Open SourcePaintbrush is also Free and Open Source
  6. Wizardbrush icon
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    Wizardbrush is a natural media painting software which has a lot of brushes and paper with realism style. You can create realistic picture with it. You can not only use it to paint pictures, but also handle your digital photos, even use it to teach digital painting and image...

    License model

    Country of Origin

    • GB flagUnited Kingdom

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Discontinued

    Last version, 6.7.7.6, was released on November 2011.

    Wizardbrush VS Paintbrush

     
  7. Gpaint icon
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    gpaint (aka GNU Paint), a small-scale painting program for GNOME, the GNU Desktop Environment. gpaint does not attempt to compete with GIMP, it is just a simple drawing package based on xpaint, along the lines of Microsoft Paint.

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD

    Gpaint Features

    1.  Image Processing
    2.  Drawing 2D

    Gpaint VS Paintbrush

     
  8. Vara icon
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    Drawing and digital painting application with pressure-sensitive brushes. It belongs to the group of applications like Krita and MyPaint, but with a limited number of features. The main focus is on simplicity.

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • IN flagIndia

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak

    Vara VS Paintbrush

     
  9. Leonardo icon
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    We believe artists deserve the best possible tools and we are determined to give it to them. The goal with Leonardo is to make the best painting application ever.

    License model

    Country of Origin

    • SE flagSweden
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Leonardo Features

    1.  Support for Layers
    2.  Pressure Sensitivity
    3.  Drawing Tablet Support
    4.  Infinite canvas
    5.  Sketching
    6.  Tablet support
    7.  Image Processing

    Leonardo VS Paintbrush

     
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    Standalone old MS Paint program that allows you to get your old XP Paint interface in Windows 7.

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Paint XP for Windows 7 VS Paintbrush

     
  11. DrawPad icon
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    DrawPad Graphic Design and Drawing software is an easy-to-use image composition and manipulation program, an essential tool for all types of graphic design projects. Easily draw and create graphic images.

    License model

    • FreemiumProprietary

    Country of Origin

    • AU flagAustralia

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows

    DrawPad Features

    1.  Non Destructive Editing
    2.  Sketching

    DrawPad VS Paintbrush

     
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    Blazing fast Free online image editor tool to adjust brightness, contrast, hue, saturation, gamma etc. Drop your image in tool and start editing using image filter controls. No signup and no restriction to use this tool.

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Online

    Image Online Editor VS Paintbrush

     
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