Alternatives to Adobe Fresco

Adobe's free drawing and painting app for iPad and iPhone, built for stylus and touch. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.

  • Adobe Fresco

    Adobe's free drawing and painting app for iPad and iPhone, built for stylus and touch.

    FreeProprietaryiOS

Replacements

Listings that take over the same core job as Adobe Fresco.

  • Procreate

    A digital painting and illustration app for iPad, sold as a one-time purchase.

    PaidProprietaryiOS

    Procreate also targets iPad painting but is a one-time purchase instead of free, with a separate iPhone version and free learning material for beginners and classrooms.

  • Clip Studio Paint

    A commercial drawing and painting app for illustration, comics and animation across desktop and mobile.

    PaidProprietaryWindowsmacOSAndroidiOS

    Clip Studio Paint is paid after a trial but adds Windows, macOS, Android and Chromebook versions, plus dedicated comic and animation tools alongside illustration.

  • ibisPaint

    A mobile drawing and painting app for illustration, manga and animation, with an online gallery.

    FreemiumProprietaryAndroidiOS

    ibisPaint is a freemium app that adds Android to iOS, aimed at illustration, manga and animation, with an online gallery and tutorials on its website.

  • Sketchbook

    Drawing and painting app for sketching and illustration on macOS, Windows, Android and iOS.

    FreemiumProprietaryWindowsmacOSAndroidiOS

    Sketchbook runs on Windows, macOS, Android and iOS with customizable brushes and guides, though desktop and mobile versions are separate products.

  • Infinite Painter

    A painting and sketching app for Android and iOS with natural brushes and realistic blending.

    FreemiumProprietaryAndroidiOS

    Infinite Painter is freemium and runs on both Android and iOS, offering natural brushes and realistic blending plus a community site for sharing artwork.

  • Tayasui Sketches

    A drawing and painting app with realistic brushes for iPad, iPhone, Mac and Android.

    FreemiumProprietarymacOSAndroidiOS

    Tayasui Sketches adds macOS and Android with realistic watercolor brushes and iCloud sync between Apple devices, using a freemium model.

  • MediBang Paint

    A free painting and comic creation app for desktop, tablet and phone.

    FreeProprietaryWindowsmacOSAndroidiOS

    MediBang Paint stays free and adds Windows, macOS and Android, with tools aimed at comic and manga creation.

  • Krita

    A free digital painting program built for illustrators, with over a hundred brushes ready to use.

    FreeOpen sourceWindowsmacOSLinux

    Krita is free and open source under GPL-3.0 but runs on Windows, macOS and Linux desktops rather than iPad, with over 100 brushes and comic panel tools.

Similar software

Related functionality, not a direct replacement.