This is a user contributed list.
If you know of any good software that's not on the list, let me know in the comments section.
Software listed below are arranged alphabetically (sort of). Links are to the product pages and respective app stores. Please report broken links.
Legend:
- sub - subscription
- 1x - one time payment
- free - free/open source
- freemium - free to use but with some tools locked
| Software | Windows | Mac | Linux | iPad | Android |
| DIGITAL PAINTING | - | - | - | - | - |
| Adobe Photoshop (sub) | Windows | Mac | iPad | ||
| Adobe Fresco (sub) | iPad | ||||
| Affinity Photo (1x) | Windows | Mac | iPad | ||
| Artstudio Pro (1x) | iPad | ||||
| Clip Studio Paint Pro (sub/1x) | Windows (sub/1x) | Mac (sub/1x) | iPad (sub) | Android (sub) | |
| Corel Painter (1x/sub) | Windows | Mac | |||
| Firealpaca (free) | Windows | Mac | |||
| IbisPaint (sub)/IbisPaint X (free) | Android | ||||
| Krita (free) | Windows | Mac | Linux | Android | |
| Medibang Paint (freemium/sub) | Windows | Mac | iPad | Android | |
| Paintstorm Studio (1x) | Windows | Mac | iPad | ||
| Paint Tool SAI (1x) | Windows | Mac | |||
| Procreate (1x) | iPad | ||||
| Medibang Pro (1x) | iPad | ||||
| Rebelle (1x) | Windows | Mac | |||
| Sketchbook (1x) | Windows | Mac | iPad | Android | |
| ILLUSTRATION / SKETCHING (fewer painting tools) | - | - | - | - | - |
| Concepts (freemium/1x/sub) | Windows | Mac | iPad | Android | |
| Sketchbook (1x) | Windows | Mac | iPad | Android | |
| Tayasui Sketches Pro (1x) | Mac | iPad | Android | ||
| PHOTO EDITING | - | - | - | - | - |
| Adobe Photoshop (sub) | Windows | Mac | iPad | ||
| Affinity Photo (1x) | Windows | Mac | iPad | ||
| GIMP (free) | Windows | Mac | Linux | ||
| PaintShop Pro (1x) | Windows | ||||
| PhotoLine (1x) | Windows | Mac | |||
| Photopea (free) | Windows | Mac | Linux | ||
| Pixelmator Pro (1x) | iPad | ||||
| Pixlr (free) | Windows | Mac | Linux | ||
| Sumo Paint (free) | Windows | Mac | Linux | ||
| VECTOR | - | - | - | - | - |
| Adobe Illustrator (sub) | Windows | Mac | iPad | ||
| Affinity Designer (1x) | Windows | Mac | iPad | ||
| Boxy SVG (sub/1x) | Windows | Mac | Linux | ||
| Corel Draw (1x) | Windows | Mac | |||
| Gravit Designer (freemium/sub) | Windows | Mac | Linux | ||
| Inker (free) | Windows | Mac | Linux | Android | |
| Inkscape (free) | Windows | Mac | Linux | ||
| Vectornator (1x) | Mac | iPad | |||
| Vector Ink (1x) | Windows | Mac | Linux | Android | |
| Xara Designer (sub) | Windows | ||||
| PAGE PUBLISHING | - | - | - | - | - |
| Affinity Publisher (1x) | Windows | Mac | |||
| QuarkXPress (1x) | Windows | Mac | |||
| Scribus (free) | Windows | Mac | Linux | ||
| ANIMATION | - | - | - | - | - |
| Adobe Animate (sub) | Windows | Mac | |||
| Blender 3D (free) | Windows | Mac | Linux | ||
| Cacani (sub) | Windows | ||||
| Clip Studio Paint EX (sub/1x) | Windows (sub/1x) | Mac (sub/1x) | iPad (sub) | Android (sub) | |
| Moho (1x) | Windows | Mac | |||
| OpenToonz (free) | Windows | Mac | |||
| Synfig (free) | Windows | Mac | Linux | ||
| Toonboom (1x) | Windows | Mac | Linux | ||
| TVPaint (1x) | Windows | Mac | Linux | Android | |
| Wick Editor (free) | Windows | Mac | Linux |
