Drawpile vs Infinite Painter

Drawpile is a drawing, painting, sketching and animation app for people working together on one canvas, with offline use also available. It runs on Windows, macOS, Linux, Android and the web; on iPhone and iPad, the browser version works, but there is no native iOS app. Its toolkit includes more than 200 built-in brushes, several brush engines, a brush editor and stroke stabilization. Layers and layer groups support blend modes, alpha preserve, clipping groups, masking and alpha lock. Animation tools include a timeline and onion skins. Canvases can be saved as OpenRaster or PSD, and images can be pasted from files or other programs. Users can join official community servers without arranging their own infrastructure, or operate a server themselves. External authentication can let users access potentially untrusted third-party servers without sharing their password with those servers. Drawpile says it does not transfer information to other networked systems unless a user or operator specifically requests it. The free plan costs nothing.

Infinite Painter is a mobile app for painting, drawing, and crafting digital images on Android and iOS. It includes nearly 200 brushes, with options to create and customize brushes, plus layers, shapes, and selection tools. Users can rearrange the interface by docking tools and actions for quick access, and record a painting as a shareable Timelapse. The free version includes three layers at device resolution, built-in brushes and editing, seamless pattern projects, and selected tools. Pro adds HD canvas sizes, more layers, adjustments, live filter layers, layer groups, masks, and more than 40 professional tools. A seven-day free trial is available; afterward, the app remains usable, though some features require a one-time purchase. Projects and assets such as brushes can be exchanged between versions. There is no native desktop version, though the maker notes availability on some Chromebooks and Apple silicon Macs that support mobile apps. Canvas size and layer capacity depend on device resources.