Affinity Photo for WIndows / iPad
£49/$50
This low-cost Photoshop rival just keeps on getting better
Affinity Photo started out as a Mac-only product, but there’s now a Windows version too, which makes it an even more serious Photoshop alternative. In designing Affinity Photo, Serif has left behind its budget software roots and concentrated on building the best possible product from the ground up – Affinity Photo is designed for power, speed and responsiveness, with live filter effects, HDR merge and tone mapping tools, panorama stitching, focus stacking and a whole lot more. Best of all, there’s no subscription: just a low one-off purchase price.
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