Top4Art tracks 9 painting and photo editors as of 6 Oct 2026; 4 have a free plan, ranked across 5 use cases.
Painting and photo editors
Rankings
Comics and manga
What is the best software for drawing comics and manga?
Digital painting
What is the best app for digital painting?
2D frame animation
What is the best drawing app for 2D frame-by-frame animation?
Photo retouching
What is the best software for photo retouching?
RAW photo editing
What is the best software for editing RAW photos?
Tools
Adobe Lightroom
From $12.50/mo
Adobe Photoshop
From $19.99/mo
Capture One Pro
From $17.99/mo
Clip Studio Paint
CELSYSFrom $1.39/mo
darktable
From Free
GIMP
From Free
Krita
From Free
Photopea
From $4.17/mo
Procreate
Savage InteractiveFrom $0.36/mo