PaintTool SAI Alternatives for Mac

Very advanced program that is absolutely free, only downside is that it's not as lightweight as SAI

It has animation features, fullscreen support, and works well

Too glitchy and too hard to use. It will zoom in and out randomly making it hard to draw.

It has many capabilities, and I've seen people's work using this. It's amazing to work in and is good in animation features.

I realy like krita, it's a good alternative for paint tool sai even on windows, recomended!

I have an older version of Krita, and I love it! It offers more brushes and options than most programs but it can be overwhelming at first. I totally recommend it. But I'm so accustomed to it that the newer one is hard to figure out. It's closer to photoshop than paint tool sai.

lacks a lot of fuctions and runs really bad even on a mid high end pc.

I usually use it and I really like the way the lines look like. But now it's a little bit complicated to cope with all the brushes and drawing in digital programs.

it has features sai dosent have

the app is filled with a bunch of tools and not enough explaniton

I love the dark UI and how organized it is

Cause paint tool said is cool and now it's gonna be cooler

It is a mix of Photoshop and Paint Tool SAI. I really like that.

It has many great functions, you can share with others, and, it's just very very convenient and amazing.

FireAlpaca is good. Can be easier to draw with pentablet

Firealpaca is much easier to use! It's simpler to find your way around and it's completely free for mac and windows! It's also great because it has regular updates so you know it's always gonna get better. You can animate on it and use masks, references and palettes.

FireAlpaca is good, but it doesn't seem similar enough. Plus it has a weird Alpaca brush.

The tools are similar and the sensitivity to pressure brushes seems good as well. And it's free!

Antialiased lines almost as good as SAI and the best brush engine of all competitors regarding flexibility and edition through easy to learn scripting.

Has just about anything you could want, including pressure sensitivity, layers, and a variety of brushes. There's even an onion skin mode for animation! :D

easy to start, and very user friendly. It may not sync very well but very fun to play around with.

Photoshop is good. Because Photoshop can make an animation an we can draw an animate in this App

The simplicity is not here. Too many options which I don't use.

It isn't because it's not free.

Because it's better. Duh.

There aren't as many functions as PaintTool SAI

It has very smooth drawing

files don't seem compatible with posting to deviant art, has a bit of a learning curve

not only can both do illustration, but CSP can do comics with ease and finesse, seriously if you wanna make comics, get csp.

Tayasui Sketches is a great app for painting and drawing, but it doesn't have the animation features I was looking for.