Artstudio Pro vs InkForge
Artstudio Pro
luckyclan.com
InkForge
inkforge.ilans.netSide by side
| Figure | Artstudio Pro | InkForge |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $0.42/mo | Free |
| Free plan | — | Yes |
| Free trial | Yes | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Windows | — | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | Yes |
| Linux | — | Yes |
| iOS | Yes | — |
| Plans published | 3 | 1 |
| Spec score · Digital Painting Software | 8.3 (#10) | 7.7 (#26) |
| Brushes | The app includes over 100 brushes and a brush editor with 80 customizable settings. | The brush engine has six procedural texture tips and maps pen pressure to size and opacity. |
| File formats | It imports PNG, JPEG, PSD, HEIC, TIFF, ABR, TPL, ASE, ACO, PAT, GRD, TTF, and OTF files, and exports PNG, JPEG, PSD, and TIFF images. | Native .inkforge projects preserve layers and frames, and the app exports PNG, JPEG, and TIFF. |
| Layers | The layer system includes groups, masks, clipping masks, 13 adjustment layers, 9 layer effects, and 27 blending modes. | The app supports unlimited layers, twelve blend modes, clipping masks, and non-destructive layer effects. |
| System requirements | The maker says the iOS app requires iOS 15 or later and the macOS app requires macOS 10.15 Catalina or later. | The download section lists Windows 10+ and macOS 13+. |
Plans
Artstudio Pro
- Artstudio Pro for iOS — Yearly Subscription$4.99 a year
- Artstudio Pro for iOS — Lifetime License$19.99, paid once
- Artstudio Pro for macOS$19.99, paid once
In their own words
Artstudio Pro
Artstudio Pro has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.
InkForge
InkForge is a GPU-backed raster drawing app with a stamp-based brush engine, layers, selection tools, animation and an AI panel. Its six procedural texture tips support pressure control of brush size and opacity. The app offers unlimited layers, twelve blend modes, clipping masks and non-destructive layer effects. Its frame-by-frame timeline supports duplication, onion-skinning and adjustable FPS, with GIF or WebM export. Native .inkforge projects preserve layers and frames; export formats include PNG, JPEG and TIFF. The AI panel lists fourteen modes, including style transfer, sketch-to-painting, inpainting and background removal. Generation can use Gemini or Replicate with the user's own key, or a local ComfyUI graph. The maker says keys are stored locally and the ComfyUI path stays on the machine. InkForge is free and open source under the MIT license. It lists Windows, macOS and Linux support, while download requirements specify Windows 10+ and macOS 13+. The maker describes cross-platform development as active and the native macOS build as the original Swift implementation.