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Drawpile vs KolourPaint

Drawpile

drawpile.net

KolourPaint

apps.kde.org

Side by side

FigureDrawpileKolourPaint
Price fromFreeFree
Free planYesYes
Free trial——
Open sourceYes—
WebYes—
WindowsYes—
macOSYesYes
LinuxYesYes
iOSYes—
AndroidYes—
APIYes—
Self-hostedYes—
Plans published21
Spec score · Digital Painting Software8.9 (#5)7.5 (#32)
PurposeDrawpile lets people draw, paint, sketch and animate together on the same canvas, and it can also be used offline.KolourPaint is a simple painting program for quickly creating raster images and handling touch-ups and simple image editing.

Plans

Drawpile

  • DrawpileFree
  • FreeFree

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KolourPaint

  • KolourPaintFree

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In their own words

Drawpile

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.

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KolourPaint

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