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 Programs	Notes
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/apps	F, 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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