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, Fresh Paint and JS 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

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight
    2.  Minimalistic

    Features

    1.  Ad-free
    2.  Dark Mode
    3.  Remove Image Background
    4.  Support for Layers
    5.  No registration required
    6.  Text to Image Generation
    7.  Works Offline
    8.  Bundled with Windows
    9.  AI-Powered
    10.  Pixel Art

    Microsoft Paint VS Painty

     
    • 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 LightweightPainty 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

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • DE flagGermany
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad

    GCompris VS Painty

     
    • 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...

    42 Tux Paint alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • BSD
    • Haiku

    Tux Paint VS Painty

     
  4. 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 Painty

     
  5. 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.

    44 JS Paint alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Online

    Properties

    1.  Kid friendly

    Features

    1.  Texture painting
    2.  Drag and Drop
    3.  Browser-based
    4.  Web-Based
    5.  Support for Multiple Users

    JS Paint VS Painty

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

    • JS Paint is Free and Open SourcePainty is Free and Proprietary
  6. Kid Pix icon
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    Kid Pix is a bitmap drawing program aimed at children.

    7 Kid Pix alternatives

    License model

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Mac

    Kid Pix VS Painty

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

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

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  8. 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...

    35 Paintbrush alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Country of Origin

    • International

    Platforms

    • Mac

    Paintbrush VS Painty

     
  9. 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 Painty

     
  10. 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

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

    13 Childsplay alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    Discontinued

    It was last updated in 2018.

    Childsplay VS Painty

     
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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!

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    TuxMath (Tux of Math Command) VS Painty

     
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