Affinity Designer Reviews

I instantly fell in love with this piece of software from Affinity. Started with the Trial version and immediately buying the full price software. I was really amazed at how easy I can illustrate and do vector drawings with this software. It really is a wonder to how easy vector drawings can be. Awesome community and support! They recently launched an online marketplace, hooray!

The least liked are the features that are not there yet. This includes the much awaited, envelope wrap, distorts, perspective, which are already available on Illustrator. The sooner they get these done, the more customers they will have.

Very highly recommended and awarded software both in the Mac, Windows, and Apple app stores. Customers who bought the program could not be wrong because of the highly capable piece of software that Affinity has developed for designers and non designers alike.

Again, Affinity Designer is available on Windows, Mac, and iPad Pros. It is the only software that is available on all of these environments. For such, it is a very unique piece of software. It does everything that Illustrator does as basic level of illustration but still lacks some advanced functionalities.

Businesses looking at inexpensive alternatives to the highly regarded Adobe suite should closely consider making the move to the Affinity suite of programs. One time cost and lifetime updates available.

I like that it's easy to use, it's like I'm using the modern version of Macromedia Freehand plus some added functionality of Adobe Illustrator's plugin Astute Graphics :)

And I like that I can use its bitmap capability like the adjustments layer almost the same behavior as Photoshop

The dropper tool, you need to left click-drag your mouse just to sample the color that you like.

If you know Photoshop or Illustrator it's safe to say that using this software won't be something new to you. It's like you're using the vector capability of Adobe Illustrator and some bitmap functions of Photoshop in one app. The price is reasonable, that's a plus for me. And they offer discounts mostly as I type this, around 20% discount :)

I'm designing small format designs, from invitations to large format designs like tarpaulin print and panaflex signages

Affinity Designer is here to stay, as long as its development team keep the good work they are doing.

The user interface and shortcuts, and its overall usability has been thought for Adobe Illustrator users so there is low resistance to change and a quick learning curve, and all that without compromising quality in the software.

Affinity Designer can give you up to 90 - 95% on the features Adobe Illustrator does, but will cost you a fraction of Adobe´s software.

It is the perfect tool for individuals, small studios and indie developers that want to access quality software which wont cost a fortune.

What I find negative about Affinity Designer is the lack of learning resources out there. They have a good documentation and some tutorials you can follow, but overall, those only scratch the surface, and some guides or courses from seasoned designers on advanced topics would be a great to have.

Also, given that Adobe runs the world of software for creative work, you will not find Affinity Designer on college courses, but that is something that can change in the future, with Affinity´s tools increasing in popularity and usage among creative studios.

Try it, you won´t be disappointed. It might miss some features if you are a very advance Illustrator user, but you will probably find a workaround on it, and this will happen only and very specific tools.

We design business presentations and do assets for motion graphics artists on a daily basis.

Also, sometimes we use Affinity Designer to design some 3D design assets such as textures, patterns, and shapes or logos specific for advertising or internal communication.

The best things about this program are:

-It's great for professional and amateur use in graphic design, vector illustration, logos, etc.

- A clean and visually cool interface, very easy to use and intuitive.

- lots of tools and with constant updates. Much better than illustrator.

- For $ 50 you have one of the best vector editing programs with constant updates.

- Open freehand old files without problems (for those who still have files that can not be recovered).

- There is for pc and mac.

- It does not occupy any space in the memory of the computer.

- It's the same or easier than an illustrator, there will be no problem moving from one program to another.

Definitely very good for everything that the program offers and above all compared to others in its category.

- You still need to polish some details and put some more tools.

- Sometimes it gives some problems to the printers when not having said program.

- Thankfully they update often and they are improving these failures.

I recommend this program to any graphic designer or illustrator, who starts on the subject or is professional, for vector drawing, overcoming in many things to an illustrator starting with the price and ending with the ease and agility of its use.

I was a Macromedia Freehand user for a long time until Adobe bought it and disappeared, since then I used an illustrator but I had the problem that I could not open the old files of Macromedia Freehand until I found this program and I opened them without problems. There are also tools that make its use much easier than in an illustrator.

It's a young company, with a well defined direction and a LOT of drive.

It's refusing to subjugate to Adobe's trend of making everything a subscription, so, once you pay for the software, it's YOURS. And you still get any update for—like—2 years, after that!

As a program, I think it already surpasses the actual standard for vector design, Adobe Illustrator.

It does all sorts of things that Illustrator, does some things more, and does it faster and, often, better.

It's the future, and people are finally starting to notice.

The only thing missing is the ability to trace an image, like Illustrator does, but it's not that big of a deal, since: a) Almost no professional uses that option, b) there are lots of free programs that can do it, both locally and in the cloud.

Do yourself a favor and try this magnificent piece of software. You'll forget Adobe in a heartbeat.

We used to pay for Adobe Creative Cloud's expensive subscription, even though we only really used 3-4 programs that came with it. If you compare it to the ~50$ one-time policy of Affinity, there really is no competition.

este programa es genial para uso profesional y amateur en diseño gráfico. Interfaz perfecta y visualmente genial, muy facil de usar e intuitiva, sirve para edición vectorial con gran cantidad de herramientas y cada vez van mejorandolo. No tienen nada que envidiar al programa adober illustrator.

El precio es muy muy bueno por todo lo que ofrece el programa y sobretodo comparado con otros de su categoria. Y una cosa muy importante para los que hace tiempo que se dedican al tema y tienen archivos antiguos de freehand, este programa los abre sin problemas!

no me gustan algunas cosa, Aún faltan pulir algunos detalles y meter algunas herramientas mas, a veces da algunos problemas a las imprentas al no tener dicho programa.

Para los que empiecen en el diseño y para freelance recomiendo mucho este programa ya que por el precio que cuesta puedes hacer casi cualquier cosa como otros programas mas caros. Es muy facil de usar y se actualiza cada poco tiempo mejorando muchas cosas cada vez. Al final será uno de los mejores programas vectoriales y sino tiempo al tiempo!

El problema mas importante que me ha solucionado este programa es que me ha permitido abrir archivos antiguos de freehand que era imposible abrir con adobe illustrator por su restrición de eliminar de una vez por todas todo lo que sea freehand. Hay muchos diseñadores que tenian archivos de trabajos antiguos que por culpa de illustrator los perdieron, con este se pueden abrir sin problemas. Otra cosa es la gran fluidez a la hora de crear vectores.

Everything just works! The program is intuitive and innovate. Its low impact requirements make it a must have for any machine. ITS NOT ON A SUBSCRIPTION MODEL! One affordable price and its yours forever! It takes everything that makes sense from Illustrator and nothing that doesnt. The learning curving is incredibly low the how powerful it is. Its update schedule is robust and frequent.

The have yet to put puppet warp in the software (its in Affinity Photo) and we have been asking for 3 years. The devs have assured us that they are working on it and they are taking the time to do it right. Thats all.

It you have any doubts, Google people whom have switched. The software and the results speaks for itself.

Fast iteration

Full accepts Adobe .Psd and illustration files

Small learning curve so anyone can pick it up and get to work fast

Powerful Export Tools

The program is natural and advance. Its low effect necessities make it an unquestionable requirement have for any machine. The astounding thing about this module also is that you can open Illustrator documents in respect and alter them consistently with the module. The choice arrangement of the program is anything but difficult to utilize and not as immediate as Illustrator. It enables you to choose components all the more effectively with snap drag capacities. It has no expectation to absorb information and the evaluating is moderate with no membership base. Affinity Designer does totally all that I need and a ton more.

I can't honestly think of anything I don't like about Affinity Designer.

This is useful, simplicity of utilization and least expensive originator instrument. Due to the valuing mode, it is truly reasonable and can be individually utilized too.

I can structure whatever I need easily because of the shear speed of the program. It likewise enables you to utilize vector shapes, brushes, and content, making it like an ideal blend of Adobe's Photoshop and Illustrator. Extremely accommodating in structuring the screen mock ups for screen design,development work and making page formats.

Affinity Designer and its friends are built native. This means that everything is blazing fast, especially since the developers are very well capable of implementing robust software.

There is a large set of features, and you can do everything from basic designs to complex illustrations.

Best of all, each product is sold at a very competitive price point.

In my opinion, the Affinity suite has gotten too slow in adding new features that it just seems like I keep waiting for too long for a certain basic feature a lot of people are asking for.

Small annoyances become repetitive, and over time some very specific tasks get a bit tedious to work on.

If you need a solid desktop-editing experience for UI and illustrations, Affinity Designer is a great choice to go with. It is significantly cheaper compared to other popular tools from Adobe and Sketch.

Unfortunately, the company seem to focus more on producing more products and start getting less time fixing issues and adding features.

The Affinity suite is extremely well-integrated with each other. If you get Designer, you also get a few basic pixel-editing tools. If you get Photo, you also get a little vector-based editing capabilities. The feature set is huge, and you can pretty much do almost everything you want to do in it.

Overall, it proves to be an incredible replacement for the overly expensive Adobe products.

What I like best about this program is the fact that the workflow (like Affinity Photo) is very awesome. It's a learning curve, but once you get it, it's all muscle memory. The amazing thing about this plugin as well is that you can open Illustrator files in tact and edit them seamlessly with the plugin. The selection system of the program is very easy to use and not as direct as Illustrator. It allows you to select elements more easily with click drag functions. Another thing I love about Affinity Designer is the pathfinder functions and the easy font kerning hotkeys it has. It makes things a lot easier to adjust in the long run

The only thing I say that I dislike about this program is that it's sometimes freezes first when you open. I have a very stable OS and plenty of RAM to run it, but for some reason, it freezes on open. I don't mind it much since after the first few mins of working on a file, it goes away. Serif is actively working on this issue as well too so don't let that be a drawback to install the program. I'm running WIndows too and the Windows port is Fairly new

Take your time and learn the program. They have a book on how to do things in Affinity so if all else fails, grab that. It's not free but worth the purchase

I use this program to create all my Icons, Graphic art, and many other things personally. The main thing that I use this program for is for clients. The logos are up to par with Illustrator as well

I like that there was almost no learning curve while switching from Adobe software. Pricing is affordable and I love that there is no subscription based. I love it. It works as you expect, it has all the features that vector and graphic works requires. It has also artboards. Synced with iCloud. I love that the interface is customisable on a deep level.

The conversion from AI when importing, sometimes (!), does not import, but it is not an issue I cannot work without it. There is no major issue while working with Affinity or something that can hold you switching from Adobe or other vectorial software.

Try the app, you won't regret. It is so easy to switch from Adobe.

All vector design, prepress and graphic editing is done used with Affinity. I am working almost 2 years with the app, it works fantastic. Exporting is really great, all formats are available. RGB/CMYK. It has profiles to save when exporting. All the marketing materials for my agency, clients and extra projects are done with Affinity. Exporting for printing and PDF compatibility is what printing houses expect.

I bought this software after using Adobe Illustrator for about three years. Prior to switching to Illustrator, I had used Serif vector design products (Drawplus SE Pro and Drawplus X4) which offered very basic functionality in comparison.

I bought Affinity Design expecting a tradeoff, no monthly subscription fees, for reduced options.

I was expecting Affinity Designer to be an evolved version of DrawPlus X4, and after buying the software it quickly became apparent that this is not the case. I honestly feel that in several areas, Affinity Designer is actually BETTER that illustrator, the UI is well laid out and very user friendly and although there are differences, no anyone will experience in Illustrator will pick up Affinity Designer very quickly and without much effort.

The fact that I did not ditch my Illustrator subscription earlier and buy this awesome software when it came out.

This software is perfect for small agencies, and at the price of under two months Illustrator CC subs, it offers exceptional value for money.

I get the same benefits as I did from my Illustrator CC subscription for a one of cost of less than two months subscription fees.

Basically this design app does absolutely everything I need and a whole lot more. Loads of very powerful tools for designing websites and producing mockups. Support for multiple artboards and the different persona's offer a very well organised way of working.

I can't honestly think of anything I don't like about the app.

I have found the video tutorials hosted on YouTube and Vimeo really useful. They have taught me a lot about the app. It was really useful to see the app being demonstrated within a real design agency and getting an insight into what actual users create with the software.

Previously I was using VectorDesign and Pixelmator. VectorDesigner became 'vapourware' a few years ago and Pixelmator was replaced with a new app called 'Pixelmator Pro'. I found myself in the market for a powerful design app. I purposely did not want to invest into Adobe products, because I dislike their 'rental' model and I prefer to support indie developers.

I love the ease of creating vector drawings and editing what I've drawn without distorting the quality of the image. Converting files to different formats such as.JPG, PDF, .PNG, etc, while also maintaining or changing the DPI of the image. Affinity Designer also has several paint brush filters that are free upon downloading the program and allows you to create your own filters. Many downloadable filters and fonts online are compatible Designer and extremely useful for art projects.

Like any program, there will be differences in the interface that take some exploring and researching to get the full experience of its features. If there were more tutorial videos and Q&A posts on how to make using Designer easier for new users. Improvements I would like to see would be with the paint bucket fill tool, there are no explanations on how to improve technical issues I've had with it. As well as the erase tool, which doesn't include a smart erase that will completely erase specific colors in a specified area.

Affinity Designer is a great tool for designers looking for a cheap program to create all of their graphic designing needs.

Business problems I've had prior to Affinity Designer was the difficulty of maintaining vector files between programs. Benefits would include the ease of editing and converting file formats. Benefits of Designer is the compatibility with fonts and filters that are easy to use to create vector projects.

The program is easy to use, has really helpful help, seems to have very accurate measuring, and its intuitive interface makes it easy to jump right into. The fact that it's affordable is the icing on the cake!

I haven't encountered anything yet that I don't like!

This program is surprisingly robust - definitely worth giving a try!

This program was a great find when I refused to pay $20+ a month for Illustrator! It does everything I need it to do and then some. If someone is really good with Illustrator, they may find something Affinity Designer lacks, but for someone like me who uses a drawing program occasionally, it's been fantastic.

It’s blazing fast and modern. Takes queues from Adobe Illustrator and other vector based applications. Defines the best of all worlds and creates a great blend of great potential. Though to season Illustrator designers that want to save money by switching, this is not the tool for you, however, if you are looking to be flexible in your design and efficient, Affinity Designers innovative Persona UI make producing results generally faster than equivalent alternatives on the market.

It is not the most perfected tool in terms of technical issues. Sometimes, it also lacks tools one would need every now and then. It is by no means a deal breaker, but at least something left to be desired. The support is also at times slow if not completely unaware of the communities struggles and wishes. Essentially, anything within the application is great, what’s outside and around may have a person feel like they have no way to effectively reach out and receive the feedback they need.

It is by no means the next innovative giant that is at head level with Adobe Illustrator, and neither should it be. The price being a flat one time fee of a decent restaurant meal for one, it offers years of output that will satisfy you on the go, whether you use it for Mac or iPad. The iPad version in particular is currently the king in terms of iPad vector based applications and should not be underestimated.

Fast paced iteration, low to high fidelity wire framing, logo design, graphics and UI prototyping and some more basic artwork.

I love how simple the user interface is compared to other design programs. In addition, the Affinity is incredibly snappy in every single situation.

I don't like that there's not much addition integration with the Adobe Ecosystem. I believe you should be able to work hand-in-hand in case Adobe's software has a feature that Affinity has yet to add.

Although the interface is simple enough, it's still a good idea to look up some tutorials so you get a firm understanding of the program's workflow.

I can design whatever I need with ease due to the shear speed of the program. It also allows you to use vector shapes, brushes, and text, making it like a perfect combination of Adobe's Photoshop and Illustrator.

Any designing Workflow is the best part in affinity designer. And though the primary purpose is to design new layouts / logos etc, it supports both vector images as well as the pixel based image editing, This is really helpful in basic photo editing in same application as design. And the best part is the pricing model. Just one time payment and that is it, lifetime support.

As this is heavy weight application, it consumes significant amount of resources.

This is very helpful, ease of usage and cheapest designer tool. Because of the pricing mode, it is very affordable and This can be used for personal use as well.

Very helpful in designing the screen mock ups for screen design and development work. also helpful in creating the web page layouts.

I love that I can do a lot of the things that I would need adobe software for at a much cheaper cost.

I don’t like that a few essential things are missing from the software. Also, it is not “truely” compatible with main file formats.

If you need a low cost full featured alternative to Adobe software, Affinity designer is a great option. But I’d wait if you are looking to switch your entire workflow over, Affinity designer just isn’t all the way there yet.

Low cost alternative to Adobe Photoshop and illustrator.

The main reason that I use Affinity designer is the pricing tag.

It is better than Adobe Illustrator in this regard, and slightly faster in other particular aspects, for example, batch exporting is beautifully made.

A reason to dislike Affinity might also be in its lack of features compared to Illustrator, but these features are so obscure and small that only a few portion of their possible customers would reject Affinity Designer.

Make sure that you are not using features only available on Illustrator or InkScape which I cannot honestly mention any from the top of my head. So that's good. The initial commitment for Affinity Designer might be slightly more, but since is not a monthly cost you can see how affordable the tool is in the next month alone. This is a major win-win if you are buying multiple licenses if you have multiple co-workers or employees.

Batch exporting the graphics of my clients in multiple sizes with different names is what I do. And Affinity Designer helps me export them easily. Much better than Illustrator's "Assets Export" feature. I also like the ability to move in different "Personas" or Workflow tools, so that your windows don't get cluttered.

In a niche dominated by Adobe, newbie Affinity is creating awesome products that DON'T require a subscription. Affinity designer is a vector image building software, but it also allows you to edit illustrator vector files as well as pixel files. If you are familiar with Illustrator, you will pick up Designer's tools very simply. There are pens tools, shape tools, text tools and many more. They also allow you to export many different file formats including illustrator files, if you are collaborating with someone who is an Adobe user.

While Affinity Designer is a great image and vector editor, there are some features that Adobe still leads in. LiveTrace and the Warp tool are two things that Illustrator have but Designer does not, so if you have a raster image you want to convert to vector, it will be tough in Affinity designer without tracing.

If you just need to create and edit vectors, give Designer a shot - for more advanced workflows, Adobe may still be superior and worth the subscription.

We wanted to purchase a software and get away from subscription based models.

Affinity designer is only $50 for a lifetime license. It is plenty capable and doesn't lock you into a monthly agreement and subscription.

Affinity Designer and Affinity Photo are the only offerings in the Affinity suite. Adobe has far more options for the multi-talented creative.

Affinity Designer is great for those who do light to moderate design work that are looking for a cheaper alternative to Adobe Illustrator. There is a slight learning curve when making the transition. If you need access to a large suite of creative tools stick with Adobe.

Affinity Designer allows me to quickly create assets for websites I am building. We save a lot of money with the one-time $50 lifetime license.

The program is a redesigned version of Serif DrawPlus that looked dated in the end. Designer looks better. Perhaps it sports a little more clumsy interface though.

Affinity Designer has been rebuild from scratch but after year of development is has disappointingly few advanced features. There is no precision tools, no really useful perspective tools, no mesh gradient, no knife tool and no shape building tools. It is all very basic.

It is very cheap compared to Adobe Illustrator but it also very basic. Since free Inkscape can do whatever a professional designer wants, value for money is not great.

Compare it with other tools like Inkscape and Illustrator and CorelDRAW before making a decision.

I don't use it anymore. If you want a cheap tool for digital painting it could be a good tool, but I could not solve my business problem without a more complete feature set. I tried to use it for graphic designs for illustrations, logos, posters and occasionally icons.

It is cheap - but cheap is expensive if you have to do all by hand. Then there is no point in digital anyway.

I chose Affinity Designer because I was already paying out for a Adobe Photoshop subscription which is my primary go to tool, but I needed a vector program for the odd time I needed to create a vector illustration. I knew I wouldn't be using it a lot so I really couldn't justify the hike in the price that I would see in adding Adobe Illustrator to be subscription. I chose Affinity because it was a one hit fee that wasn't expensive and appeared to integrate well with what I knew of Illustrator. So far I've been very satisfied with the results. It does exactly what I need it to do and works similar to illustrator and integrates with Photoshop nicely so I don't have problems exporting vectors and them not playing nice with other programs. Problem solved!

I've spent 11 + years getting to know Adobe Illustrator so making the switch to Affinity was a little painful. It feels the same but there are some minor differences that catch me out from time to time and make life a little frustrating. For the most part this is when I'm creating and editing paths with the pen tool. There's a weird double click thing that happens that ends a path and I don't even realise I'm doing it until it's done. Similarly selecting points on a path can be a little cumbersome and strange sometimes but again this is likely because I know Illustrator so well, and likely wouldn't have a problem if I had made the switch sooner.

If you're looking for a cheaper alternative to Illustrator and are happy to go through the slight learning curve with making the switch then Affinity Designer is for you. The software is very similar to Illustrator and that in a way is what makes it a little frustrating because you can jump right in and it all feels really familiar and then suddenly your wondering why you can't adjust that bezier curve like you normally do. As I said - just a learning curve and worth it in my opinion.

The main problem I'm solving by using Affinity Designer is not losing an extra £10+ a month for a program I honestly won't be using that much. I would have loved to add Illustrator to my subscription but it just isn't worth it given how much I'll be using it. I love that Affinity Designer are out there for people who are on a budget and need an excellent alternative option. The UI and usability is familiar and straightforward and there's really nothing I miss about Illustrator other than the aforementioned ways of using the pen tool that are simply my learning errors!

This is a great alternative if you can't afford Adobe Illustrator. There are a lot of the same tools and functionality that makes it pretty easy to transition to Affinity Designer. There are also more tutorials becoming available to learn the program.

Like any new program, it takes time to get used to a different interface. I am still trying to learn some of the tools.

If you're on the fence about it, download a free trial from their website and give it a shot.

I am saving money by using Affinity Designer. It is a one time fee instead of a monthly subscription.

It a very versatile software, great to create graphic design elements, illustrations, website. I really like the gradient and the transparent tool. Effects are really easy to use and non-destructives. The blur is very painful in illustrator, but in Affinity Designer it so smooth. Very light and fast. The ui is very clear, everything seems in place.

- Need more perspective tools, preferably non-destructive alternatives.

- Better snapping guide, I still prefer the illustrator smart guide.

- I Feel like the character and paragraph can be improve, they are not difficult to use but I feel like there should be some improvement.

- I think the icons of the tool palette could be simplify, like in Adobe tool.

I don't think you can find a better software for that price that does as much as Affinity Designer. It very cheap, and you don't have monthly fees like Adobe charge you. With the persona mode you also have access to pixel design, like you would have in photoshop or other pictures software. I waiting for the indesign version of Affinity to see if a complete switch could be made to affinity.

I create illustration far more quickly in affinity. Illustrator is a great tool, but I found that the gradient, effect panel, layering of the project in Affinity are far more intuitive. I think I can say I save around 1/3 of the time on a big illustration.

Like Affinity Photo, Affinity Designer is easy and clear to use, is a single price (as opposed to Adobe's monthly fee), and is perfect for freelance designers, students, and the like!

I haven't found anything to dislike yet! The concept of "nodes" instead of "points" takes a little getting used to, but it makes a lot more sense to me than in Adobe Illustrator.

You should absolutely give it a go! If you are a freelancer, a student, a small business owner, or a casual user, you will love this software!

All my benefits are similar to what I would have had with Illustrator, except that it's much less stress-free to use.

To start off i'll just say that I am a graphic designer and web developer so using vector based design programs is an every day kinda thing. Aside from a web browser, Illustrator had been my most used program. When i first tried Affinity Designer, I was very skeptical to say the least. A design program that can do everything Illustrator does and for a fraction of the price for a lifelong license? That is a lot to live up to. After spending a few weeks switching back and forth between Illustrator and Affinity for projects I came to realization that my projects done in Affinity all had less time involved. Since then i have converted over to Affinity Designer for all my projects saving time and money - lots and lots of money.

Affinity Designer is just plain better than Illustrator. Not only is Affinity Designer much more intuitive but I think it looks better, feels better, and makes me work faster. Something that took 5 steps to do in Illustrator takes 2 in Affinity Designer. Affinity takes just enough elements from Illustrator to make it feel familiar but adds new features and a better work flow to make it far superior to it's competitors.

The team at Affinity did a fantastic job of creating something that was immensely powerful but not overwhelming to the operator. In the past it felt that with the Adobe CC they would push out new features but wouldn't take the time to make them easy to use or understand which ultimately just made Illustrator more cluttered and less efficient.

To me what makes Affinity Designer even more amazing is its price point. What you would typically spend on Adobe's CC for a single month you can spend on Affinity Designer for a lifetime license.

Thank you Affinity for ending the Adobe monopoly!

Theres nothing to really dislike about Affinity Designer. The only thing I dislike is that more people are making the switch and using it.

At the price of Affinity, even if you don't like you'll still be paying less than what you would for Adobe CC

My bottom line is happier as i'm not forced to hand over monthly checks to Adobe anymore. I use Affinity Designer on about 80% of my projects.

I love that I can have most of the tools that Adobe InDesign and Illustrator give you, built into one easy to use program. If you have learned on the Adobe CC, you will easily pick up on Affinity Designer! Another great perk is that it is a one time fee vs. month to month.

It could be a little more powerful. I sometimes feel limited by its ability to illustrate.

Get it!!!

Freelance design work. SO MANY BENEFITS. I could go on and on but honestly, it is a no brainer. Get Affinity Designer and only signup for Adobe CC when you really need it!!!!!

In a fast driven society we need fast software that we can relate to. When Graphic Design industry started to be the center of visual communications Adobe offer the best alternative for Photography Editing and Aldus Freehand was the best app for vector illustration. Today Adobe products still alive for their reputation but in reality the software is outdated and slow and on top of that is based on subscription membership. Serif offerings as Affinity Designer is over the top high end creativity software for vector illustration that doesn't need a subscription membership and it's not expensive either. Affinity Designer is better than Adobe Illustrator and it also got you covered with adobe formats in case you need to work on old projects too. If you want to work with the best tool of this era. Affinity Designer is the only honest option.

The only flaw (but not for long) is that you don't have a mobile companion yet.

Do the switch and start amazing yourself... again!

Aside from illustration and Graphic Design Affinity Designer is the perfect tool for today's needs in app development and website creation. Problems with UI/UX and working mock up are things of the past with all unique features that let's you edit multiple graphics at one and see how will look on the final product before release it.

I have been very please with this software. Full range of features. Is on par with other leading products. Plus this one does not have a monthly fee. Easy to learn to use. Company offers many tutorials on there site for learning how to use the software

I have not had any issues. I have been nothing but please with this software.

This is a very cost effective solution. I prefer it over adobe in many ways.

I use this product for creating templates and layouts for a number of different projects. I have found it easy to use and cost effective.

I've used Adobe Illustrator for over 10 years, but ever since they opted for subscription based payments, it's been on my list of things to get away from.

Enter Affinity Designer. This app does a great job, at a great amount of things. While the toolbar isn't completely intuitive, it's not difficult to learn. I think for myself, coming from Adobe after all these years made the switch a bit more difficult than if someone came into the app brand new. It's easy to create vector designs that are exported without issue, and it even has raster based functions so you can keep all aspects of your design in one program and under your control. I've been using Affinity Designer professionally for over 6 months now, and since switching, I haven't felt any need to go back to Illustrator, which says a lot.

Some of the tools are not as evident as they are in AI (Adobe Illustrator). I'm used to being able to delete plot points on a pen line and having it break, but that's not the case in AD (Affinity Designer). You have to manually break a point first, with a separate tool. This creates an extra step in the process, that while not a deal breaker, is a bit annoying. Other issues like not being to sample colors within certain tools is also not user friendly. I have to go out to the main color picker, copy the color code, and then enter my tool of choice (ie, gradient tool) and apply it there instead of sampling directly in the tool panel.

Work through the issues, and after some time you will come to love the app. It takes a little getting used to, but it does offer a lot in terms of functionality and quality.

I use this program to create vector logos, and recently I've been using it to create full website mockups. The vector elements make it easy to change and resize things, unlike Photoshop. I can also put in raster photos and then crop them as needed, directly in the vector program. So even though some of the tools have things I don't like, I have found that the benefits have increased my productivity a bit, and my ability to output high quality files and examples easily comes in very handy.

For years I have struggled with both the learning curve and cost of Adobe Illustrator. I've tried other "alternatives" and none ever wowed me enough to sway me from the necessary evil that was AI. Then came Affinity Designer. It's intuitive, well-supported, FAST (and without feature bloat), and it has completely replaced Illustrator in my workflow. It has even replaced a few of the functions that I would normally use Photoshop for. And the price is right - super affordable!

Honestly, nothing. It does everything that I need it to as far as vector design.

Buy it. Minimal investment and awesome feature set.

I am a web developer & designer. I usually design in-browser, but obviously have custom elements that I need to design in a separate app. I've used Affinity Designer for icons, logos, banners, etc.

The Affinity designer allows you to create beautiful designs with little hassle. I love the user friendly icons that are easy to navigate and give you the opportunity to focus on actual creating. The formats are versatile and there are many outlets you can create from.

When I am zooming in and out of certain images it takes a bit to come into focus. You have to be patient with it to get settled down before moving to the next step.

This is a great product for someone that is starting out and dabbling in graphic design. The easy to use program will get you well on your way to creating beautiful pieces.

I love the transparent feature and that all of the images are created in vector format. The clarity of work has helped me to focus on the designs I am creating. Seeing what the finished design will look like on the preview is very helpful to modify while in the program.

Affinity Designer is a perfect platform for vector creation, a £50 one off price a lifetime of updates this is very close to being a 100% viable alternative to Illustrator in fact a number of studios have already moved from Adobe to Affinity, I think that once the eagerly awaited ipad version is released then I may even make the switch myself

having to wait for the ipad app is the only thing thats holding it back from perfection

This and Affinity Photo are the potential Adobe killers we just need Affinity's Indesign replacement to seal the deal

At a price of around £50 with free updates against Adobe's £500+ yearly subscription fee is a no brainer for our budgeting dept

I love that Affinity Designer is affordable. Not only is it NO LESS powerful and useful than Illustrator, but it is also much cheaper. It has some better features too, but it's similar enough that the learning curve is very short. I taught myself everything I know about it (via experimenting and YouTube), and I would consider myself very adequate on the software now.

TO be completely honest, there is not too much I don't like. Usually when I think I don't like how a certain feature functions, I find out it's because I'm not doing something the easiest way.

Go for it. There is a free trial, and then to purchase it's only $49.99. You have very little to lose.

I am the Executive Director for a church, and am in charge of all design work (for the time being) due to the fact we are very small and working on a budget. With Affinity, I am able to quickly design series media, printed media, signage, marketing material, etc. all relatively easily. This allows us to not hire a graphic designer at this moment, while still getting the job done in a timely manner, and saving us money and resources that could be used to help people in need.

Affinity Designer is a worthy competitor to Adobe Illustrator and compared to it, these are the advantages:

- It is really cheap! 50$ for a permanent license is a bargain

- Intuitive interface. Almost entire workflow is like in AI, but some features are done differently. Most shortcuts are same as in Illustrator, so switching to Affinity Designer is not a problem

- It has customizable grid with numerous options

- Image export is very detailed. You can export custom slices of your design, with transparent background with no problems. Those slices can be customized further, so you can export one slice in several file formats and dimensions.

- For the most part image editing is non-destructive

- Zoom offers magnifications up to 1.000.000x

- Customizeable UI

- Really great support for importing of PSD and AI files!

- Semi-responsive artboards! You can customize how to objects on artboard behave when you change artboard size. This is a really great feature when creating responsive design for the web and it saves a lot of time.

- Resource libraries - you can create your own resource libraries and reuse those objects even more.

From time to time it tends to slow down with larger files.

If you are looking for cheaper and better solution than Adobe Illustrator, don't look any further. For a price of a monthly CC you will get a program with permanent license that does most of the tasks even better than Illustrator!

I am using Affinity Designer for the following:

- Graphic design

- Icon design

- Web design

- Prototyping and mockups

One time cost instead of continued payments. I also had no prior design experience, and I am able to use it sufficiently for my needs.

I wish there were better tutorials for it. There should be more basic, simple, and short tutorials for basic use.

Anytime I need to design a card or banner for email, website use, or social media, I use Affinity Designer.

I love that this tool has all the features of bigger and way more expensive options. I work in web design and I'm never let down whenever I need to work out a new graphic or edit something sent in by a client.

I honestly couldn't say that I dislike anything. I read that in a big design office it might be better to have the group management tools in Adobe suites and such, but as a freelancer, I do not need any of that overhead.

Just get a trial and get to it

Anytime I can quickly and simply edit or create a graphic myself, it's money saved as I do not have to outsource this task.

Where to begin? Affinity Designer is a feature-rich, well designed, ergonomic working environment with insane flexibility when designing projects. It is lightweight but absurdly powerful, and it has an ever increasing community base that has transitioned from Adobe. Also, it's a $50 one time purchase!!!!

Not much! My "dislikes" are simply because the software is still in development. I'd like to see image trace for vectoring raster images, but I think that's a future deal. Also, please standardize menu locations and keyboard shortcuts as much as possible between Designer, Photo, and Publisher.

Get Affinity Designer NOW! It is the most cutting edge design app there is right now.

My workflow has benefited massively from Affinity Designer. I do all my graphic design, mockups, and other artwork inside AD. IT has sped up my workflow and improved the quality of my art by orders of magnitude. It's easy to learn, friendly to navigate, and cheap!

Great control, well thought out interface, multiple artboards, and great price for something that rivals Adobe Illustrator.

Erratic Illustrator file import has caused trouble for me and there have been issues with a laggy system, but I think they have addressed that issue.

Switching from Illustrator is straightforward although you might have a small learning curve with combining shapes.

I use this tool to do a wide range of jobs, like poster design, editorial layout and a bit of UI work.

No subscription model. Ever since Adobe adopted the subscription model, I have been looking for a way out. The price point is great!

Very easy to use, but still takes a little time adjusting from illustrator.

I expect great things to come from these guys in the future. Their price is unbeatable!

Occasionally I have to create vector designs. It was not worth keeping up a monthly subscription to Adobe for how infrequently I used the program. Affinity is constantly striving to make their product better while keeping costs down.

Great alternative to Photoshop and Illustrator. Add the raster to vector is very great and the interface is really easy and intuitive. It does not take much to learn, especially for those who already use other softwares, and even the keyboard shortcuts are immediate. The software is very fast and it has never crashed like other softwares. In addition, it has many ways to export the files for compatibility.

I expect many more tutorial for it because I want to become an ace in that. I wish there will be even more effects, such as Photoshop and Illustrator. I hope they can also fix compatibility problems with Illustrator ( opening an .eps file, I cannot change colors).

It's very economic: you have to pay only once and then you get it forever.

It's very easy to use. If you know other vector or raster softwares, then you know this too!

It's very cheap, because once you buy, future updates are included and you have not to pay anything else.

THE COST! And it's pretty simple to use. There are many tutorials to show you how some of the features can be used to edit photos, create vector graphics etc.

Some features are hard to find. For example, creating a transparent background was a little tougher than it should have been to do.

BUY IT. If you don't want to pay Adobe for their ridiculous membership fees then buy Affinity - it'll do everything you need at a one-time cost.

I'm able to create customized graphics and illustrations for websites, office stationery, logos etc.

Until I purchased this product I've been using free programs like Paint.NET and Inkscape, but I Affinity is worth the cost to replace both.

For years now I’ve been using other tools and lately I’ve been feeling the need to find a new one that simply works. Affinity Designer caught my eye since their beta version and luckily my expectations were met, even though it’s still only version 1. Affinity Designer is a great app, robust, reliable and above all user-friendly, making the re-learning almost instantaneous, be it for web designers like me, graphic designers or illustrators. I highly recommend Affinity Designer.

Even though Affinity Designer is a great app, I still think it has some features missing like: blend tool and actions.

This is the app you are looking for to replace illustrator ;)

As I said on a previous review, currently I am creating a full responsive email newsletter framework and along side with Coda, Affinity Designer has been a very powerful sidekick, allowing me to no only rapidly creating a modular wireframe and style guidelines but also exporting files in @2x and @3x for HIDPI support.

Easy to use. Outstanding pricing for what you get and no stupid Adobe-like overpriced subscription fees. Ongoing, free upgrades. Great online community support for finding answers. Free bonus packs along the way.

Can't say enough about Affinity software. They did it right.

Would like to see more options for customization. Clicking and selecting gets a bit tedious for my habits. Wold like option to turn off non-destructive cropping in order to reduce file size.

Make the switch. It isn't perfect - you'll have to make some adjustments - but the benefits are quickly realized compared to Adobe.

Design all marketing materials. We're rolling and moving them better than ever.

I'm an emerging illustrator, and I need tools that are powerful and competitive, but I can't afford Creative Cloud! So, I was delighted to find that Affinity Designer was a real competitor for Adobe Illustrator. I actually prefer the UI to Illustrator, and I love the updates that they seem to put a lot of thought into.

There are a few tools I miss, like being able to Live Trace images. But overall it does what it needs to do! Sometimes I use Adobe CC apps on my phone and export them to PSD format and then open those in Affinity Programs. It's not ideal, but I will keep Affinity in mind as I grow and hopefully as they grow too.

Honestly my biggest dislike of this program is the lack of a mobile app, but they're working on it. I would also really love for them to dip a toe into animation because of how intuitive they seem to make their UIs.

Hmm...Honestly...I don't know what to put here.

I'm going more and more mobile, so I CANNOT WAIT for the iPad Pro app, which they have been teasing for a looooong time.

Give it a try! It's a one time purchase and it's so worth it.

Adobe Creative Cloud is incredibly expensive! Artists just starting out simply cannot afford it. When I was in college I loved it, especially the high range of apps I was able to explore and play with...but now that I'm out of school it's insane to keep paying for it.

Affinity Designer has empowered me and people like me to make quality, printable, SELLABLE work and that's something I will always admire. I think in the future if they were to keep expanding, I would be loyal for a long time, even though Adobe has more functionality.

Affinity Designer is a software made from designers for designers, tired of paying an abusive amount of money on a tool. It has enough resources to work as a graphic designer and for a one-time payment! I am a huge fan!

The shortcuts were made for mac users, so some shortcuts are not so intuitive for windows users.

I was paying so much on monthly subscription, this costs me CAD$52. This tool is all I need, it's lightweight, it doesn't crash, it doesn't use all my ram, the file size is small. I can go on, and on...

I like the clear separation of vector and raster workflow within Affinity. Also the export tools work very well. Affinity has lots of great powerful features like reusable symbols that update everywhere when you edit one. And just the general workflow is smoother than Photoshop in my opinion.

I also appreciate that Affinity is not subscription software. I don't use it every week or even every month, so having a subscription based software just makes no sense.

The export tool doesn't do a file size estimate when exporting slices, only when exporting the whole canvas.

Follow along with some of the online tutorials to get used to the workflow. If you're coming from Photoshop, give it some time to get used to it and I think you may like it even better.

I use Affinity for designing websites and marketing collateral.