Procreate AlternativesOnly Free apps categorised as Photo Editors for Windows

Procreate is not available for Windows but there are a few alternatives that runs on Windows with similar functionality. The best free Windows Photo Editor alternative is Krita, which is also Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to Procreate and four of them are free and Photo Editors available for Windows so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting free Windows Photo Editor alternatives to Procreate are MediBang Paint, GIMP and PhoXo.

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Multi-award winning app offers professional tools and flexibility for creative illustration on iPad and iPhone with features like layering and brushes.

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  1. Krita icon
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    Krita

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    Krita is a professional Free and open source (FOSS) painting program. It is made by artists that want to see affordable art tools for everyone within concept art, texture and matte painters, illustrations and comics.

    150 Krita alternatives
    Main Window

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android Tablet
    • Epic Games Store
    • PortableApps.com
    • Steam
    Startup page with news
    Brush editor
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    Gamut Mask editor

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Digital Drawing
    2.  Blending brushes
    3.  Keyframe Animation
    4.  Drawing 2D
    5.  Advanced brush settings
    6.  Drawing Tablet Support
    7.  Digital-painting focused
    8.  Sketching
    9.  Color blending
    10.  Support for Layers
    11.  Dark Mode
    12.  Cross-Platform
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    Comment summary: Krita is highly appreciated as a capable, free alternative to Procreate, often praised for its comprehensive features and strong community support. However, users highlight that it remains a desktop application, with no support for iPad. Krita is noted for its ease of use, versatility, and compatibility with various drawing tablets. It is considered one of the best open-source illustration tools, providing a similar experience to Procreate across different platforms.
    Paul

    Awesome tool! Probably the best free and open-source software to make digital drawing and painting. It's not available on iPhone/iPad though.

    Top positive comment •Apr 2, 2020
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    Guest

    it's not working on the iPad

    Top negative comment •Dec 11, 2018
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    Anipe

    isnt an alternative for ipad

    Positive comment •Apr 22, 2022
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    • Most users think Krita is a great Procreate alternative.

    • Krita is the most popular Windows, Mac, Linux & Android Tablet alternative to Procreate.

    • Krita is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Procreate.

    • Krita is Free and Open SourceProcreate is Paid and Proprietary
    • Krita is LightweightProcreate is not according to our users
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    MediBang Paint

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    MediBang Paint is a lightweight software for illustration and making comic books on Windows and Mac OS.

    74 MediBang Paint alternatives
    Great for anime or comics

    License model

    • Freemium • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    Good simple!! And like Adobe
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    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Multi-choice brushes
    2.  Pressure Sensitivity
    3.  Digital-painting focused
    4.  Color blending
    5.  Pen Stabilization
    6.  Keyframe Animation
    7.  Support for Layers
    8.  Dark Mode
    9.  Drawing Tablet Support
    10.  Custom Brushes
    11.  Category Filters
    12.  Texture for brushes
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    Guest

    You can do almost everything with it that you'd do with Procreate. However shading is a little harder, but you can do it after some practice.

    Top positive comment •Sep 29, 2017
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    Guest

    Medibang has very limited brushed and other ways to draw and I find it quite clunky.

    Top negative comment •Oct 22, 2020
    5
    uhada

    You get a classic interface with a lot of the painting and editing tools you know from Photoshop. Some limitations, but it's free (with a few ads in the menu). Personally I use Affinity Designer and Photo that are not free, but very powerful!

    Positive comment •Sep 21, 2019
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    • Most users think MediBang Paint is a great Procreate alternative.

    • MediBang Paint is Freemium and ProprietaryProcreate is Paid and Proprietary
    • MediBang Paint is LightweightProcreate is not according to our users
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    GIMP

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    GIMP delivers powerful functionalities for photo retouching, image composition, and format conversion. As a versatile tool, it serves as both a simple paint program and a high-end retouching suite, and offers batch processing for mass image tasks in an accessible open-source platform.

    201 GIMP alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Snapcraft
    • Flathub
    • PortableApps.com
    • Haiku
    • Flatpak
    • AmigaOS
    GIMP 2.99.18 on Windows, non-default theme.
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    Properties

    1.  Customizable

    Features

    1.  Support for Layers
    2.  Photo effects
    3.  DRM Free
    4.  Ad-free
    5.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
    6.  High-resolution images
    7.  Retouch photos
    8.  Open PSD files
    9.  Image Processing
    10.  Dark Mode
    11.  Color to Alpha
    12.  Works Offline
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    PhoXo

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    PhoXo is small and free image editing application. It's tiny, fast, easy to use, can be treated as a mini PhotoShop. Its features include layers, undo, over 50 special effects, batch processing, and a wide variety of useful and powerful tools for selecting, crop, painting...

    93 PhoXo alternatives
    PhoXo screenshot 1

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
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    Discontinued

    No updates since 2019, and isn't fully Open Source (only the kernel is).

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