Affinity Photo
Professional photo editing without subscription costs
- Also known as
- affinity-photo
Available worldwide
What is Affinity Photo?
A free, feature-rich photo editor with non-destructive editing, RAW processing, advanced retouching tools, batch automation, and layer compositing.
Affinity Photo pricing
Plans, per-tier features and add-ons, dated and linked to live pricing. Pricing changes often; always verify at source before you rely on it.
Completely free
Affinity Photo
Free- Non-destructive editing
- RAW development with lens correction and noise reduction
- Layer compositing
- Advanced retouching and frequency separation
- Liquify tools
- HDR Merge, Focus Merge, Astrophotography Stacking
- Batch processing
- Macros
- Unlimited layers
- PSD import with layer fidelity
- Live filters and instant previews
- Brush library
- Fine selection tools
What Affinity Photo does
The capabilities that matter for design & creative software, normalised so it lines up with every alternative. “-” means we haven't confirmed it, not that it's missing.
- Raster / photo editing
- ✓
- Vector illustration
- -
- DTP / page layout
- -
- Digital painting
- ✓
- Platform breadth
- macOS, Windows, iOS
- CMYK / print production
- -
- PSD / AI import
- ✓
- Real-time collaboration / cloud
- -
- Generative AI features
- -
- Plugin / template ecosystem
- -
- Pricing model
- -
- Free / open-source available
- ✓
Platform & deployment
Independently observed- iOS
- macOS
- Windows
Affinity Photo alternatives
Other design & creative software we track, ranked by the same independent score.
- Affinity DesignerCross-platform design application for vector and raster graphicslow · 38%
- Affinity PublisherPage layout application combining typography, image editing, and vector graphics capabilitieslow · 4%
- CanvaAn online tool for creating and publishing visual designs without requiring specialized design skillsmedium · 73%
- darktablemedium · 60%
- PhotopeaBrowser-based image editor that processes files locally without uploadsmedium · 52%
- KritaFree and open-source digital painting software designed for professional and amateur artistshigh · 76%
Compare Affinity Photo
Side by side against other design & creative software, attribute by attribute, with a source on every value.
The Vioscale score: one lens on the evidence
Not user reviews and not a paid placement: a confidence-weighted blend of the independent signals below (adoption, activity, security posture, and more), which you can sort and re-weight yourself. Vendors can correct their listing but can never move their rank, and stars are weighted low as a vanity metric. It is one way to read the evidence for Affinity Photo, not the verdict.
| Signal | Score | Weight | Contribution | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pricing transparency | 80 | 0.08 | 6.7 | ✓ |
| Price level | 100 | 0.05 | 5.2 | ✓ |
| Capabilities | 67 | 0.04 | 2.7 | ✓ |
| Reliability | 0 | 0.06 | 0.0 | - |
| Integrations | 0 | 0.05 | 0.0 | - |
| Security posture | 5 | 0.06 | 0.0 | - |
Computed . Re-weight it by intent, or see the full method.
All data & sourcesshow ↓
Every value we hold, with its source, retrieval date, and confidence. This is the evidence behind the score: don't trust it, verify it.
Features
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Capabilities | Psd ai import: Yes · Free available: Yes · Raster editing: Yes · Digital painting: Yes · Platform breadth: macOS, Windows, iOS | mediumsource · 2026-08-16 · 60% |
Market
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Availability | HqCountry: GB · PrimaryMarkets: … · AvailabilityScope: global · AvailableCountries: … · NotAvailableCountries: … | highsource · 2026-08-16 · 75% |
Pricing
Security
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gdpr | Yes | highsource · 2026-08-16 · 75% |