Plumbago Alternatives

Plumbago is described as 'reimagines the notebook! Plumbago is a digital notebook with handwriting smoothing, realistic ink, and paper, and more. Features include:' and is a digital painting tool in the backup & sync category. There are more than 10 alternatives to Plumbago for a variety of platforms, including iPad, Windows, iPhone, Android Tablet and Mac apps. The best Plumbago alternative is MyPaint, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Plumbago are Tayasui Sketches, Concepts, Pixia and Charcoal.

Plumbago alternatives are mainly Digital Painting Tools but may also be Image Editors or Note-taking Tools. Filter by these if you want a narrower list of alternatives or looking for a specific functionality of Plumbago.

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MyPaint
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Free • Open Source
Digital Painting Tool
Image Editor
Photo Editor
Mac
Windows
Linux
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127 MyPaint alternatives
MyPaint is a fast painting program with an emphasis on full-screen use. It lets you focus on the art instead of the program. You work on your canvas with minimum distractions, bringing up the interface only when you need it.
- - MyPaint is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to Plumbago.
- - MyPaint is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Plumbago.
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MyPaint Features
1. Support for LayersMyPaint supports the organization of elements through a hierarchical order that can be manipulated/viewed independently.
2. Distraction-freeMyPaint has a distraction-free mode for when you need to focus.
3. Drawing Tablet SupportMyPaint supports the use of external drawing tablets as input devices.
4. PortableMyPaint can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation.
5. Custom BrushesYou can use modified/custom brushes in MyPaint.
6. Ad-freeMyPaint doesn't contain any form of external advertising.
Sketching
Infinite canvas
Fullscreen support
Color blending
Tayasui Sketches
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Freemium • Proprietary
Mac
Android
iPhone
Android Tablet
iPad
71 Tayasui Sketches alternatives
Sketches is a perfect mix of beauty, simplicity and power, a truly unique combination you won't find anywhere else.
- - Tayasui Sketches is the most popular Android, iPhone, iPad & Android Tablet alternative to Plumbago.
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Tayasui Sketches Features
1. Distraction-freeTayasui Sketches has a distraction-free mode for when you need to focus.
2. Drawing Tablet SupportTayasui Sketches supports the use of external drawing tablets as input devices.
3. Support for LayersTayasui Sketches supports the organization of elements through a hierarchical order that can be manipulated/viewed independently.
4. Custom BrushesYou can use modified/custom brushes in Tayasui Sketches.
Apple Pencil support
Automatic brightness dimming
Open PSD files
Support for styluses
Color blending
Sketching
Concepts
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Freemium • Proprietary
Digital Painting Tool
Vector Graphic App
Windows
Android
iPhone
Chrome OS
Android Tablet
iPad
24 Concepts alternatives
Concepts is the digital design sketchbook of the future. It’s powerful, flexible and smart, so you can go from quick sketches to beautiful and precise illustrations in a single app. Enhance your creative capabilities with our infinite canvas, flexible multi-touch shape guides...
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Concepts Features
1. Custom BrushesYou can use modified/custom brushes in Concepts.
2. Support for LayersConcepts supports the organization of elements through a hierarchical order that can be manipulated/viewed independently.
3. No registration requiredYou can use most of the features in Concepts without registration.
4. Ad-freeConcepts doesn't contain any form of external advertising.
Vector strokes
Infinite canvas
Smooth lines
Sketching
Support for styluses
Image and PDF export
Gallery management
Apple Pencil support
Customizable
Auto Correction
Pixia
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Free • Proprietary
Digital Painting Tool
Windows
48 Pixia alternatives
Pixia is a freeware bitmap graphics editor program for Windows, created by Isao Maruoka. It was originally designed for the anime/manga community but has also been used in other branches of art.
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Pixia Features
1. Extensible by Plugins/ExtensionsPixia can be extended with add-ons, plugins and extensions.
2. Support for LayersPixia supports the organization of elements through a hierarchical order that can be manipulated/viewed independently.
3. Custom BrushesYou can use modified/custom brushes in Pixia.
4. Drawing Tablet SupportPixia supports the use of external drawing tablets as input devices.
Sketch
Sketching
Charcoal
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Free • Proprietary
Digital Painting Tool
iPhone
iPad
67 Charcoal alternatives
- Charcoal is incredibly easy to use: Just create or open a sketch and start drawing. There are no layers, properties panels or confusing settings. Instead, Charcoal features rich tools and beautiful color palettes.
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Charcoal Features
Sketching
Sketch
SmoothDraw
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Free • Proprietary
Digital Painting Tool
Windows
16 SmoothDraw alternatives
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...
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SmoothDraw Features
Support for Android Things
Sketching
Tablet support
Tayasui Sketches School
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Free • Proprietary
Digital Painting Tool
iPad
66 Tayasui Sketches School alternatives
Because beautiful tools make beautiful drawings, we endlessly refined Sketches brushes to create the most realistic drawing tools.
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Tayasui Sketches School Features
Watercolor
Sketch
Zen Brush
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Paid • Proprietary
Digital Painting Tool
Android
iPhone
Android Tablet
iPad
Kindle Fire
Apple Messages
58 Zen Brush alternatives
Zen Brush is an app that allows you to easily enjoy the feeling of using an ink brush to write or to paint. It allows anyone to easily perform fluent strokes while not compromising on the fascinating texture of a real ink brush.
- - Zen Brush is the most popular commercial alternative to Plumbago.
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Zen Brush Features
1. Support for GesturesZen Brush supports touch or mouse gestures and interactions.
Support for styluses
Finger pressure simulation
Apple Pencil support
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Bamboo Paper
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Freemium • Proprietary
Note-taking Tool
Digital Painting Tool
Windows
Android Tablet
iPad
21 Bamboo Paper alternatives
Bamboo Paper, a seriously fun new app from Wacom, provides you with the ability to create virtual notebooks for your tablet, letting you share your ideas visually with handwritten notes, sketches or doodles.
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Bamboo Paper Features
1. Handwritten NotesBamboo Paper supports writing by hand (or a stylus) and your text will be converted to text.
2. Drawing Tablet SupportBamboo Paper supports the use of external drawing tablets as input devices.
Notebook
Tablet support
Sketching
Draw
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Paid • Proprietary
Image Editor
Digital Painting Tool
Mac
120 Draw alternatives
Draw is a graphics painting app to draw, color, or edit pictures. You can use Draw like a digital sketchpad to make simple pictures, creative projects, or to add text and designs to other pictures, such as those taken with your digital camera.
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Doodle Buddy
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Free • Proprietary
Digital Painting Tool
iPhone
iPad
117 Doodle Buddy alternatives
Just Doodle as a pastime.
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Doodle Buddy Features
Drawing 2D
Corel Painter Sketch Pad
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Paid • Proprietary
Digital Painting Tool
Mac
Windows
26 Corel Painter Sketch Pad alternatives
Pen-based sketching software.

Corel® Painter™ Sketch Pad is your first step in creating digital art. Designed to leverage the natural flow of a drawing tablet, Sketch Pad helps you sketch, organize and share your creative ideas.

Lay the base for amazing designs with this.
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Sketching
Discontinued
The product is no longer available on the Corel website.
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