ibisPaint vs Lunacy
ibisPaint
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| Figure | ibisPaint | Lunacy |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $2.33/mo | $1/mo |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | Yes | Yes |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | — | Yes |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | Yes |
| Linux | — | Yes |
| iOS | Yes | — |
| Android | Yes | — |
| API | — | Yes |
| Self-hosted | — | Yes |
| Plans published | 15 | 12 |
| Spec score · Graphic Design Software | 9.3 (#5) | 9.3 (#7) |
| Spec score · Design tools | 9.3 (#5) | 9.3 (#7) |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Privacy | IBIS INC. says it processes personal data under applicable data protection laws, including Japan’s Act on the Protection of Personal Information, and identifies itself as the data controller. | Users can work with local documents and use Lunacy without internet access; its private cloud can be deployed on-premises or on a VPS. |
| Product | ibisPaint is a social drawing app for smartphones, tablets, and other devices. | Lunacy is a graphic design app and design platform for power users and teams. |
| Rating on Apple App Store | 4.7 out of 5 from 297K ratings | Apple says the listing has insufficient ratings or reviews to display an aggregate score. |
| Rating on Capterra | 4.7 out of 5 from 23 reviews | 4.7 out of 5 from 26 reviews |
| Rating on GetApp | 4.7 out of 5 from 24 reviews | 4.7 out of 5 from 27 reviews |
| System requirements | 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. | Supported systems are Windows 10/11, macOS 12 or later and current Ubuntu-based, Snapcraft or Flatpak Linux systems; x86 is unsupported. |
| What it does | ibisPaint is a drawing, painting, illustration, manga and animation app with a social artwork-sharing community. | Lunacy is a vector graphics editor for UI, UX and web design. |
Plans
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
Lunacy
- FreeFree
- Personal cloud plan$4.99 a month
- Trial team planPrice not published
- Trial team planPriced on request
- Professional team plan$4.99 a month
- Full graphics subscription$9.99 a month
- FreeFree
- Personal cloud$4.99 a month
- Professional team$4.99 a month
- Pro$11.99 a year
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.
Lunacy
Lunacy is a graphic design app and platform for power users and teams, with desktop and web use and online and offline modes. Its tools include auto layouts, real-time collaboration, components, variables, and prototyping. Built-in icons, illustrations, photos, and UI kits provide assets, while AI tools include an image upscaler, background remover, text generator, and avatar generator. Lunacy works natively with.sketch files and can import documents from Figma. Users can work with local documents without an internet connection or deploy its private cloud on-premises or on a VPS. Private-cloud controls include access management, single sign-on, detailed logs, data recovery, and administrator-approved updates. On-premises customers manage their own server and backups; VPS customers can manage backups or delegate them to Icons8 engineers. The free plan allows up to 10 cloud documents and 10 editors or exporters, with 30 days of version history. Paid plans include Personal cloud at $4.99 a month and Professional team at $4.99 a month. The features page says third-party integrations are not currently planned.