Concepts vs ibisPaint
Concepts
concepts.app
ibisPaint
ibispaint.comSide by side
| Figure | Concepts | ibisPaint |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | $2.33/mo |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | Yes | Yes |
| Open source | — | — |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | — | Yes |
| iOS | Yes | Yes |
| Android | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 13 | 15 |
| Spec score · Digital Painting Software | 9.1 (#1) | 9.1 (#3) |
| Spec score · Sketching Software | 9.1 (#1) | 9.1 (#2) |
| Spec score · Design tools | 8.9 (#30) | 9.3 (#5) |
| Spec score · Graphic Design Software | 8.9 (#32) | 9.3 (#5) |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Praise: ease of use | Parka Blogs describes Concepts as simple and straightforward to learn and well suited to sketching and visual journaling. | Capterra reviewers repeatedly praise ibisPaint as simple, straightforward and easy to navigate, especially for beginners. |
| Rating on Apple App Store | 4.7 out of 5 from 27K ratings | 4.7 out of 5 from 297K ratings |
| Rating on Google Play | 4.1 out of 5 from 11.7K reviews | 4.5 out of 5 from 3M reviews |
| System requirements | Minimums listed are iOS 15, Windows 10 version 19041 or Android 8, with 1GB memory on iOS/Android and 4GB on Windows. | Official minimums are Windows 10 version 2004 or newer, Windows 11 version 21H2 or newer, macOS 11 or newer, iOS/iPadOS 15 or newer and Android 7 or newer. |
| What it does | Concepts is a vector-based sketching, note-taking and design workspace built around an infinite canvas. | ibisPaint is a drawing, painting, illustration, manga and animation app with a social artwork-sharing community. |
Plans
Concepts
- BasicPrice not published
- Pro monthly subscription$4.99 a month
- Pro yearly subscription$29.99 a year
- Teams self-service monthly$10 a month
- Teams self-service yearly$100 a year
- BasicsFree
- EducationFree
- Pro subscription$4.99 a month
- Teams self-service$10 a month
- Pro subscription$29.99 a year
ibisPaint
- Free versionFree
- Premium Membership$4.49 a month
- Premium Membership annual$27.99 a year
- Ad Removal Upgrade$15.99 a month
- Pro Upgrade$62.99 a month
- ibisPaint XFree
- Windows Free trial / Demo ModeFree
- Premium Membership$4.49 a month
- Windows Premium Membership$4.49 a month
- Mac Premium Membership$4.99 a month
In their own words
ibisPaint
ibisPaint is a social drawing app for smartphones, tablets, and other devices, available for Android, iOS, macOS, and Windows. Its drawing tools include over 47,000 brush types and more than 23,000 color and monochrome materials, along with over 80 filters such as background removal and watercolor-style conversion. Manga features include 46 screen tones, frame division, speech bubbles, and ruler tools. Animation tools support frame copying and onion-skin display for drawing successive frames. Cloud Storage syncs artwork across smartphones, tablets, and PCs; Premium Membership includes 20GB. The free version includes 64MB of cloud storage and advertisements. Premium Membership removes ads and includes premium features, with listed prices of $4.49 a month or $27.99 a year. AI Disturbance adds noise intended to prevent fine-tuning by image-generating AI, while AI Super-resolution improves small-canvas image quality. Drawing-process videos can be posted to ibispaint.com or shared through LINE, X, and Facebook. Listed system requirements include Android 7 or later, iOS/iPadOS 15 or later, macOS 11 Big Sur or newer, and specified Windows 10 and 11 versions.