Ultimate Pen AlternativesDigital Painting Tools and other similar apps like Ultimate Pen

Ultimate Pen is described as 'Software only solution which creates a full screen, transparent window, allowing you to draw on top of most applications. Think of Ultimate Pen as an incredibly easy way to doodle on your computer screen' and is a digital painting tool in the office & productivity category. There are more than 10 alternatives to Ultimate Pen for Windows, Linux, Mac, Python and Ubuntu. The best Ultimate Pen alternative is Epic Pen, which is free. Other great apps like Ultimate Pen are Screen Marker and Recorder, Crealesson, ScreenBrush and Wayscriber.

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  1. Epic Pen icon

    Epic Pen

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    Turn your desktop into a workspace with Epic pen's intuitive drawing tools, enabling free-hand annotation over any app. Supports Windows platform with lightweight features, offline usability, screenshot capture, and comprehensive hotkey functionalities for seamless interaction.

    24 Epic Pen alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
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    • Epic Pen is the most popular Windows alternative to Ultimate Pen.

    • Epic Pen is the most popular free alternative to Ultimate Pen.

    • Epic Pen is Freemium and ProprietaryUltimate Pen is Paid and Proprietary
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  2. Screen Marker and Recorder icon

    Screen Marker and Recorder

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    This app allows you live drawing and taking notes over desktop applications. There are also tools for screen recording and making screenshots. It is great tool for creating presentations, tutorials, manuals, animations, video or streaming.

    25 Screen Marker and Recorder alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  4. Crealesson icon

    Crealesson

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    Multiboard Draw On Screen, Marker, Mouse & Keyboard On Screen Display. All inclusive Kit for video tutors, Youtubers, Digital Video Teachers, Educators serving for Kindergartens, Universities.

    A must be app for digital teachers.

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
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    ScreenBrush

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    Quick and useful way to demonstrate something on the screen by drawing.

    24 ScreenBrush alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
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    • ScreenBrush is the most popular Mac alternative to Ultimate Pen.

    • ScreenBrush is Freemium and ProprietaryUltimate Pen is Paid and Proprietary
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    Wayscriber

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    Live overlay for drawing, annotating, hiding text, and capturing screenshots on Linux. Can be used as whiteboard or blackboard. Highly customisable.

    12 Wayscriber alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Linux
     

    • Wayscriber is the most popular Linux alternative to Ultimate Pen.

    • Wayscriber is the most popular Open Source alternative to Ultimate Pen.

    • Wayscriber is Free and Open SourceUltimate Pen is Paid and Proprietary
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    Pointofix

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    Every screen content can be made available as a digital drawing area so that you can mark and highlight important things. Thus Pointofix is ideal for you as a teacher or IT trainer to support your lectures, training courses and presentations.

    18 Pointofix alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  10. Gromit-MPX icon

    Gromit-MPX

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    Gromit-MPX is an on-screen annotation tool that works with any Unix desktop environment under X11 as well as Wayland.

    15 Gromit-MPX alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Ubuntu
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    Ardesia

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    Ardesia is an usefull software for use your desktop as a Sketchpad. You can write, markup and erase, also, of course, you can use your desktop as normal desktop.

    9 Ardesia alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
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  12. Pylote

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    Pylote is a software making it possible to draw on the screen of the computer, like handling various instruments of geometry.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Python
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    ScreenPen

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    Screen annotation software which allows drawing directly on the screen. It is an open source and multiplatform (all systems that support Python) alternative to tools such as Epic Pen.

    Cost / License

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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    Desktop Board

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    Desktop Board allows you to draw on your desktop. Just click Turn On and you are ready to draw. Its the perfect app to do sketches or you can leave your kids to have some fun drawing.

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
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    • Desktop Board is the most popular commercial alternative to Ultimate Pen.

    • Desktop Board is Paid and ProprietaryUltimate Pen is also Paid and Proprietary
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