Instead of Affinity Photo, try one of these 5.
Every alternative is lined up against Affinity Photo on what people actually switch for: price, open source, self-hosting, offline use and platforms. Affinity Photo sits in the first row, so you can see what you give up.
How to read this. “Yes” means fully supported by the maker. “Partial” means it works with caveats. Likes reflect community popularity; vendors can’t pay for them or for placement. How we compare.
Affinity Photo alternatives at a glance
Affinity Photo is a paid design app ($70 once). We compared 5 alternatives: 2 are open source, 3 are completely free, 0 can be self-hosted and 4 work fully offline. The most popular is GIMP, with 3.1k likes.
Free, open-source image editor with layers, masks and plugins.
Free · Open source · Works offlineOpen-source digital painting studio made by artists.
Free · Open source · Works offlineLightweight free image editor for Windows with layers.
Free · Works offline