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What is the best software for photo retouching: as of 6 Oct 2026 the top 4 by fit per dollar are Affinity, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Lightroom and Photopea, with Affinity scoring 0.850.

Top 4 / Painting and photo editors

What is the best software for photo retouching?

Computed on from capability fit and cheapest monthly cost. No manual overrides.

Affinity

Canva
#1
Fit
0.85
Cost
free
free plan qualifies
Value
0.850

Best fit per dollar of the 12 tools ranked for this job.

Facts verified

Adobe Photoshop

#2
Fit
1.00
Cost
$19.99/mo
Value
0.677
Facts verified

Adobe Lightroom

#3
Fit
0.85
Cost
$12.50/mo
Value
0.629
Facts verified

Photopea

#4
Fit
0.55
Cost
free
Value
0.550
Facts verified

Full ranking

# Tool Fit Cost Value Facts verified
1 Affinity 0.85 free 0.850
2 Adobe Photoshop 1.00 $19.99/mo 0.677
3 Adobe Lightroom 0.85 $12.50/mo 0.629
4 Photopea 0.55 free 0.550
5 darktable 0.50 free 0.500
6 Krita 0.50 free 0.500
7 Capture One Pro 0.65 $17.99/mo 0.449
8 Clip Studio Paint 0.45 $1.39/mo 0.426
9 GIMP 0.42 free 0.425
10 Procreate 0.30 $0.36/mo 0.295
11 CorelDRAW Graphics Suite 0.15 $15.25/mo 0.107
12 Adobe InDesign 0.15 $21.99/mo 0.100

Weights used

  • Layers and masks Required
  • Content-aware removal
  • RAW photo editing
  • Generative fill

Capability support behind the scores

Capability support for the top 4
Capability AffinityAdobe PhotoshopAdobe LightroomPhotopea
Layers and masks
Content-aware removal
RAW photo editing
Generative fill