OpenToonz AlternativesOnly apps categorised as Digital Painting Tools

The best Digital Painting alternative to OpenToonz is Krita, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 25 alternatives to OpenToonz and 15 are Digital Painting Tools so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Digital Painting Tool alternatives to OpenToonz are Animation Desk, Clip Studio Paint, Pencil2D and Storyboarder.

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  1. Krita icon
     1493 likes

    Free, open-source painting software designed by artists for artists. Offers customizable UI, 9 brush engines, color management, tablet support, non-destructive editing, and privacy features. Portable and available on major platforms, supporting seamless texture creation.

    154 Krita alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android Tablet
    • KDE Plasma
    • Epic Games Store
    • PortableApps.com
    • F-Droid
    • Steam
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  2. Animation Desk icon
     180 likes

    Create frame-by-frame animation, sketches, and storyboard projects using multiple painting tools, pressure sensitivity, onion skinning, stamp features, layer support, dynamic backgrounds, and easy export to PDF or animatics for sharing or further creative use.

    94 Animation Desk alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
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  3. Professional software for comic and manga creation, optimized with panel layouts, perspective rulers, sketching, inking, toning, vector support, and 3D model import, suitable for artists seeking advanced drawing and coloring tools.

    109 Clip Studio Paint alternatives

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    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Chrome OS
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Samsung Galaxy Store
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  4. Pencil2D icon
     66 likes

    Pencil2D is an opensource animation/drawing software for Mac OS X, Windows, and Linux, based on old Pencil software. It lets you create traditional hand-drawn animation (cartoon) using both bitmap and vector graphics.

    48 Pencil2D alternatives

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • PortableApps.com
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  5. Storyboarder icon
     52 likes

    Storyboarder makes it easy to visualize a story as fast you can draw stick figures. Quickly draw to test if a story idea works. Create and show animatics to others. Express your story idea without making a movie.

    47 Storyboarder alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  6. TVP Animation is the leading paperless drawing and animation tool, able to imitate traditional techniques such as Pen Brush, Gouache, Watercolour, Pencil, Felt-tip and Airbrush, and animate them over frames.

    41 TVPaint Animation alternatives

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    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
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  7. FlipaClip icon
     19 likes

    Draw your cartoon using frame-by-frame animation. It works just like the old school flipbook but with a modern twist!

    41 FlipaClip alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
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  8. Callipeg icon
     4 likes

    Callipeg is a 2D hand-drawn animation app available on iPad, iPhone (Callipeg mini) and Android. It offers both frame-by-frame and keyframe animation tools in a workspace suitable for a range of projects, from simple scenes to complex sequences.

    22 Callipeg alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • iPad
    • Android
    • iPhone
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  9. Flipbook icon
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    Flipbook allows you to create hand-drawn animations with a simple, streamlined experience. It is designed to let you focus on your art. Colors are automatically saved inside the project and can be exported and imported to others. Images can be imported as frames into a project.

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    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
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  10. Celas Studio icon
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    Draw, rig, animate. All in one program. Celas Studio, your 2.5D animation studio. Smoothly control powerful vector lines with Action Bones, bring them to life with a dynamic skeleton system and wind physics. 3D camera system, traditional raster animation, and more...

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
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