Painty AlternativesDigital Painting Tools and other similar apps like Painty

Painty is described as 'Kid, if you have a dream to paint the best picture in the whole world, this is the place to start practicing (at least one of the places :))' and is a digital painting tool in the photos & graphics category. There are more than 10 alternatives to Painty for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Linux, Web-based and Android apps. The best Painty alternative is Microsoft Paint, which is free. Other great apps like Painty are GCompris, Tux Paint, JS Paint and Fresh Paint.

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  1. Microsoft Paint icon
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    Windows-bundled image editor for basic painting and raster editing tasks, supporting bitmap, JPEG, GIF, PNG, and TIFF. Offers layer support, offline access, no registration, and dark mode. Lightweight and ad-free, ensuring minimal resource use.

    124 Microsoft Paint alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
    • Microsoft Paint is the most popular Windows alternative to Painty.

    • Microsoft Paint is the most popular free alternative to Painty.

    • Microsoft Paint is Free and ProprietaryPainty is also Free and Proprietary
    • Microsoft Paint is Lightweight and MinimalisticPainty is not according to our users
  2. GCompris icon
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    GCompris is a high quality educational software suite, including a large number of activities for children aged 2 to 10. Some of the activities are game orientated, but nonetheless still educational.

    14 GCompris alternatives

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • F-Droid
    • KDE Plasma
     
    • GCompris is the most popular Android, Mac, iPhone, Linux, iPad & Android Tablet alternative to Painty.

    • GCompris is the most popular Open Source alternative to Painty.

    • GCompris is Free and Open SourcePainty is Free and Proprietary
  3. Tux Paint icon
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    Tux Paint is a free, award-winning drawing program for children ages 3 to 12 (for example, preschool and K-6). Tux Paint is used in schools around the world as a computer literacy drawing activity. It combines an easy-to-use interface, fun sound effects, and an encouraging...

    40 Tux Paint alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • BSD
    • Haiku
     
  4. JS Paint icon
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    JSPaint is a free web-based remake of Microsoft Paint , a basic but popular image editor for the Windows operating system.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Online
     
    • JS Paint is the most popular Web-based alternative to Painty.

    • JS Paint is Free and Open SourcePainty is Free and Proprietary
  5. 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.

    53 Fresh Paint alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Windows Phone
     
  6. Kid Pix icon
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    Kid Pix is a bitmap drawing program aimed at children.

    7 Kid Pix alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
    • Kid Pix is the most popular commercial alternative to Painty.

    • Kid Pix is Paid and ProprietaryPainty is Free and Proprietary
  7. 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.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
     
  8. 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

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  9. Childsplay icon
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    Childsplay is a collection of educational activities for young children and runs on Windows, OSX, and Linux.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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    Tux, of Math Command, AKA TuxMath, lets kids hone their arithmetic skills while they defend penguins from incoming comets, or offers them a chance to explore the asteroid belt with only their factoring abilities to bring them through safely!

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  11. Paintbrush icon
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    Paintbrush is a 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...

    33 Paintbrush alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  12. 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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
     
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