Microsoft Paint Alternatives

Microsoft Paint is described as 'Basic, ad-free editor bundled with Windows for bitmap, JPEG, GIF, PNG, and TIFF files. Features AI powered features, layer support, offline use, and no registration' and is a very popular digital painting tool in the photos & graphics category. There are more than 100 alternatives to Microsoft Paint for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Linux, Web-based and Android apps. The best Microsoft Paint alternative is Krita, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Microsoft Paint are Paint.NET, Pinta, Photopea and MyPaint.

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Microsoft Paint alternatives are mainly Image Editors, but if you're looking for Digital Painting Tools or Photo Editors you can filter on that. Other popular filters include Digital Painting, iPhone, Mac, Kindle Fire, Chrome OS, iPad and Online. You can also filter by region, for example EU-based alternatives if you prefer software developed in the European Union. These are just examples - use the filter bar below to find more specific alternatives to Microsoft Paint.
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    ChibiPaint

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    ChibiPaint is an open source oekaki applet, a software that allows people to draw and paint online and share the result with other art enthusiasts.

    • Filter, Tablet Pressure, Multiple Layers, Rotating Canvas, High-Quality Brushes...
    • Open Source.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    ChibiPaint SS1
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  2. Inspire Pro icon

    Inspire Pro

     3 likes

    Inspire Pro delivers an incredibly fast and realistic painting, drawing and sketching experience that you can take with you wherever you go and use whenever inspiration strikes.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • iPhone
    Inspire Pro screenshot 1
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  4. SoftColor PhotoEQ icon

    SoftColor PhotoEQ

     2 likes

    SoftColor PhotoEQ makes color correction, image editing and color management tasks simpler. Just drag and drop image files or folders to PhotoEQ and you are ready to start improving your images. PhotoEQ's todo queue helps you to organize and complete image editing tasks...

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
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    • European Union flagEU
    SoftColor PhotoEQ screenshot 1
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    PhotoPad icon
    PhotoPad

    PhotoPad picture editor is the fastest and most fun way to edit your digital photos. PhotoPad is one of the most stable, easy-to-use, and comprehensive photo editors available.

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    NPS Image Editor

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    NPS Image Editor features a user interface resembling the "classic" version of Microsoft Paint with small system footprint.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Editing a multi-layer image
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  7. Growly Draw icon

    Growly Draw

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    Everyday drawing There are hundreds of painting and drawing apps on the App Store. This one is a bit different. It doesn’t want to grow up to be Photoshop, Illustrator, or Draw Anything the Next Generation. It’s not intended for professional artists.

    125 Growly Draw alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • US flagUnited States
    Growly Draw screenshot 1
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  9. Serif PhotoPlus icon

    Serif PhotoPlus

     17 likes

    PhotoPlus is the free, feature-restricted image editing software by Serif that enables you to fix and enhance your digital photos; paint and blend with brushes; and export you photos for print, email, and the web.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • GB flagUnited Kingdom
    Serif PhotoPlus screenshot 1
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  10. imEditor icon

    imEditor

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    ImEditor is a simple image editor, supporting PNG, JPEG, WEBP, BMP, and ICO file types. It offers several tools to easily modify an image.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
    imEditor screenshot 1
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  12. JugiPaint icon

    JugiPaint

     8 likes

    JugiPaint is a painting software with diverse sets of tools for various types of illustration work. It provides many standard digital painting features like layers, brushes, selections, transformations, etc., as well as some less often like guide layers and panels.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • FI flagFinland
    • European Union flagEU
    JugiPaint screenshot 1
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  13. Fotografix icon

    Fotografix

     19 likes

    In addition to being totally portable, Fotografix has a ridiculously small footprint. Its a 370Kb download and about 700Kb once extracted. Despite its size, most of the features I rely on in Photoshop are available.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • PortableApps.com
    • IN flagIndia
    Fotografix screenshot 1
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  14. Dibuja icon

    Dibuja

     5 likes

    Easily create drawings and edit images. Add arrows, text, and effects to your drawings and pictures, or crop and resize your images.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
    Dibuja screenshot 1
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    vPaint App

     2 likes

    MS-Paint alternative written in V.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    Main
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