Gen AI Alternates

Common Programs provide GenAI services and/or regularly scrape content made with their program to train GenAI. Alternative Programs have either announced that they don’t do either, or don’t appear to do so (as of June 2026). $1 indicates a one time purchase option, $S indicates a subscription option and F indicats a free option. * indicates a special note about important details unique to that program.

Common Programs Alternative ProgramsNotes
Adobe Photoshop (painting, illustration)Clip Studio Paint https://www.clipstudio.net/ja/$1, $S, Windows, macOS, Galaxy, iPad, Android, iPhone, Chromebook
Gimp https://www.gimp.org/ F, Linux, Windows, macOS
Krita https://krita.org/en/ F, Windows, macOS, Linux
My Paint https://www.mypaint.app/en/F, Linux, macOS, Windows
Sketchbook https://www.sketchbook.com/appsF, iPhone, iPad, macOS, Windows, GooglePlay
Fire Alpaca https://firealpaca.com/ F, Windows macOS
Paintstorm https://paintstormstudio.com/index.html$1, iPad, Windows, macOS, Linux
Escape Motions Rebelle https://www.escapemotions.com/products/rebelle/about$1, Windows, macOS
Adobe Photoshop (graphic design, photo manipulation)Affinity https://www.affinity.studio/photo-editing-software F, macOS, Windows
Adobe Photoshop (pixel art)Aseprite https://www.aseprite.org/$1, Windows, macOS, Steam
Pixelorama https://orama-interactive.itch.io/pixelorama F, Windows, Linux, macOS
Pixel Studio https://store.steampowered.com/app/1204050/Pixel_Studio__pixel_art_editor/F, Windows, Steam
Adobe Animate/Adobe Photoshop (2D animation)

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