Alternatives to Affinity Designer

  • Inkscape

    An Open Source vector graphics editor, with capabilities similar to Illustrator, CorelDraw, or Xara X, using the W3C standard Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) file format.

    Free XQuartz MacPorts X11 BSD Windows S Linux Mac PortableApps.com Windows

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  • Adobe Illustrator CC

    Design quickly and confidently with Adobe Illustrator software. Sophisticated tools for drawing and typography, along with advanced color controls and creative effects, provide a comprehensive vector graphics environment. Explore more efficient ways…

    Commercial Mac Windows

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  • Vectornator

    Vectornator is an intuitive software that empowers designers and gives them the ability to create stunning vector-based graphics. It's not just a drawing app, you can create sophisticated illustrations, beautiful designs, amazing layouts?—?all in on…

    Free iPad iPhone

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  • Sketch

    Sketch is a vector-based design tool for Mac with a focus on screen design. It’s used primarily by screen designers who create websites, icons, and user interfaces for desktop and mobile devices. For beginners and industry professionals alike, Sketc…

    Commercial Mac

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  • Pixelmator

    Pixelmator is a powerful, beautiful, and easy to use image editor. Featuring an elegant and streamlined single-window interface, it puts all the focus on the images you edit, rather than what's around them. Pixelmator lets you touch up and enhance i…

    Commercial Mac iPad iPhone

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  • CorelDRAW Graphics Suite

    With vector illustration, page layout, photo-editing and tracing software, CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X7 is ideal for professional and occasional designers tackling any type of graphics project. Precision design tools, market-leading file compatibilit…

    Commercial Mac Windows Web-Based

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  • Gravit Designer

    Gravit Designer is a feature-rich vector graphics tool. It is an installable desktop application. It is also a within-browser application for those who prefer this. It has every design feature this writer is aware of within Inkscape, without the rec…

    Freemium Chrome OS Linux Mac Windows Web-Based

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  • Vectr

    Free vector graphics software used to create graphics easily and intuitively. Vectr is a simple yet powerful cross-platform graphics editor to bring your designs into reality. Get started immediately without the massive learning curve. Whether you’r…

    Free Chrome OS Linux Windows Web-Based

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  • Adobe XD

    Adobe XD (Experience Design) is a vector-based tool developed and published by Adobe Inc for designing and prototyping user experience for web and mobile apps. Official description: Wireframe, design, prototype, present, and share amazing experience…

    Freemium Android Tablet Mac iPad iPhone Windows Android

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  • Adobe Fireworks

    Adobe Fireworks is a bitmap and vector graphics editor. Rapidly prototype websites and application interfaces with Adobe Fireworks CS4 software. Create and optimize images for the web more quickly and accurately than ever before with an enhanced too…

    Commercial Mac Windows

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  • Apache OpenOffice Draw

    Draw, part of the Apache OpenOffice suite, is a graphics editor that gives you the tools to communicate with visuals and diagrams. With a maximum page size of 300cm by 300cm, Draw is powerful tool for posters, graphs, charts, and more.

    Open Source Free Linux Mac Windows

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  • Boxy SVG

    Boxy SVG is a vector graphics editor simillar to Adobe Illustrator, Sketch and Inkscape. Made with and for the modern Web Platform. Can do illustrations, icons, banners, mockups, charts, buttons and more. Features Transforms - Move, resize, rotate a…

    Commercial Chrome OS Chrome Mac Windows

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  • Bloom

    Bloom is a fast, light-weight, cross-platform procedural graphics editor that lets you tweak any action you have ever performed - organized by layer. Bloom is the first editor to allow true non-destructive editing. Every filter, effect, brush stroke…

    Commercial Linux Mac Windows

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  • Autodesk Graphic

    Autodesk Graphic is a modern full-featured graphic design and illustration application, created specifically for Mac OS X. Packed with many powerful features, and designed to be easy to use, you can use Graphic to create everything from simple diagr…

    Commercial Mac iPad iPhone

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  • Dotgrid

    Dotgrid is a simple vector drawing application.Clicking on the canvas will insert control points, up to 3CPs. CPs can be moved with the arrows. Clicking one of the path icons, or pressing one of the shortcuts, will draw a stroke between them. The ne…

    Open Source Free Linux Mac Windows

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  • Alva

    Alva works with your production frontend components, adding up-to-date, responsive, and interactive designs to your living styleguide. You can start with a minimal set of components to sketch concepts and do fast iterations with your development tea…

    Open Source Free Linux Mac Windows

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  • Bez

    A vector graphics editor that makes it easy to create vector images on your iPad or iPad Pro. It has full support for Slide Over, Split View, Smart Keyboard and Apple Pencil.

    Freemium iPad

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  • Akira

    Akira is a native Linux Design application built in Vala and GTK. Akira focuses on offering a modern and fast approach to UI and UX Design, mainly targeting web designers and graphic designers. The main goal is to offer a valid and professional solu…

    Open Source Free GTK+ Linux

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  • Vector Paint

    Vector Paint is a drawing program, with a simple yet powerful interface, that lets you draw points, lines, curves and shapes. Features* Style text* Layer, grid and align objects* Freely export and import files in standard SVG format.* HTML5, JavaScr…

    Free Personal Windows RT Chrome OS Android Tablet Linux Mac iPad iPhone Windows Web-Based Android

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  • Inker

    Inker is a vector graphics editor designed to simplify sketch inking, logotype, comics, tribal or any other digital drawing. Images created with Inker can be exported to SVG and EPS and used anywhere in the web or imported into popular desktop graph…

    Freemium Chrome Web-Based Android

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