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[Overview](https://www.softwareadvice.com/vector-graphics/krita-profile/) Reviews [Alternatives](https://www.softwareadvice.com/vector-graphics/krita-profile/alternatives/) # Krita User Reviews ## Reviews summary - Overall rating: 4.4/5 - Total reviews: 84 ### Secondary ratings - Ease of use: 4.2/5 - Customer support: 4.1/5 - Value for money: 4.6/5 - Functionality: 4.4/5 ### Rating distribution - 5 stars: 51 reviews (61%) - 4 stars: 20 reviews (24%) - 3 stars: 11 reviews (13%) - 2 stars: 0 reviews (0%) - 1 star: 2 reviews (2%) ### Most mentioned pros - Very intuitive for drawing tablets, a LOT of brushes for every possible art style And the community has a lot of creative and helpful assets to use - If you have no money to invest in a drawing software, Krita is the best choice for you, thought I would recommend to upgrade as soon as you can to something more professional like Adobe Photoshop or Clip Studio Paint (not an ad) - Also, I like that you can export files into almost any file type that is needed. ### Most mentioned cons - it suffer more from my limitations than what it has. - I am not the best artist. - My main issue is when I make textures for 3D models, it's hard to import different brushes, and one can easily get turned off by how annoying it can be sometimes. ## Krita customer reviews Showing reviews 1-25 of 84 (page 1). ### Krita is good but could be better - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Verified Reviewer - Industry: Arts and Crafts - Company size: Self-Employed - Product usage: less than 1 year · daily - Reviewed: September 2026 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered I liked the app but due to the aforementioned reasons, I decided not to keep using it professionally. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 1/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros It is a complex software with a lot of tools and other options available. It is also free and open source. I enjoyed the brush customizations options which is a really good thing to have in an art software in my opinion. #### Cons It feels too complex for what it is. The GUI kind of feels like Photoshop, but it is even less intuitive than the later. It also consumes a lot of RAM and lacks a dedicated customer support. --- ### Could be better - Overall rating: 3/5 - Reviewer: Verified Reviewer - Industry: Computer Games - Company size: 2-10 employees - Product usage: less than 1 year · daily - Reviewed: September 2026 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered Good but quick, as I switched over to another software due to the performance issues, unfortunately. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros It is free, which is rare amongst art softwares. The library of brushes and tools variant is huge and nice. #### Cons I find it a bit slow, in terms of performance. The UI is messy as well, for no particular reason, I just find it a bit unnecessary to look this unorganized. --- ### My go to Image editor - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Verified Reviewer - Industry: Information Technology and Services - Company size: 11-50 employees - Product usage: 3-5 years · weekly - Reviewed: May 2026 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered Great it has been an excellent image editor. it suffer more from my limitations than what it has. I am not the best artist. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 3/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros Free and open source. it has been my go to image edit for years. I use it for editing vector images for my laser etcher #### Cons Stylus support has been hit or mis for me. Not sure why they work better in some other programs. Migth need toupdate the drivers --- ### Krita is invaluable in my 3D workflow - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Verified Reviewer - Industry: Computer Games - Company size: Self-Employed - Product usage: 3-5 years · daily - Reviewed: March 2026 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. Overall Krita is a great drawing/painting tool. It is very useful for my needs as a 3D artist who mostly focuses on hand painted textures. I also love drawing and painting with it. Also, I like that you can export files into almost any file type that is needed. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros It is free and open source. It is part of my workflow, I use it to edit textures for 3D models. It is also great for drawing and painting digital art. It also has the capability to do 2D animation. #### Cons The Animation tools are better than photoshop but I really wish they were simpler and more intuitive like Aseprite. Overall it is good but difficult to get used to, however I don't use that function so much. I also would like to see a separate RGB channel editor like Photoshop. --- ### Good free software, not perfect - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Verified Reviewer - Industry: Entertainment - Company size: Self-Employed - Product usage: 1-3 years · weekly - Reviewed: March 2026 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. If you have no money to invest in a drawing software, Krita is the best choice for you, thought I would recommend to upgrade as soon as you can to something more professional like Adobe Photoshop or Clip Studio Paint (not an ad) #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 2/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 4/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros Probably the best drawing software that is completely free. Very intuitive for drawing tablets, a LOT of brushes for every possible art style And the community has a lot of creative and helpful assets to use #### Cons A major disadvantage of it being free is the lack of optimization and laziness in some departments. It is extremely laggy and slow, and instead of tools being separated as tools, most are just brushes that feel like they weren't thought about --- ### Can't Recommend it Enough - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Verified Reviewer - Industry: Fine Art - Company size: Self-Employed - Product usage: 3-5 years · daily - Reviewed: February 2025 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered I am grateful that as a starting digital artist I found Krita. At the time I couldn't afford Adobe Photoshop or Procreate and coming across Krita was a good send. It has all the features of a software behind a pay wall and works even better. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros The fact that this software is completely free is vital for new digital artists who cannot afford priced softwares. #### Cons Krita is pretty much perfect, I am always on the lookout for features that can be optimized in the softwares I use but Krita always delivers and I've never had any issues with it. --- ### Krita: A free yet still incredible drawing tool for Digital Artists and Developers. - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: micalen r. - Industry: Computer Games - Company size: Self-Employed - Product usage: 3-5 years · daily - Reviewed: June 2022 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered Overall Krita is my most used drawing software for a reason. I find it to be the most user-friendly, it's inexpensive and offers so many tools. I make use of other drawing software for other specific needs but for general digital drawing and asset creation I always come back to Krita. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros Krita is completely free which is a big bonus and there are many different brushes to download. The software is the easiest I've ever used for digital drawing. It offers so many different tools that all work incredibly. I make use of Krita for creating game assets as well as comics and concept art and it works amazingly. #### Cons The only feature of Krita I don't enjoy is the text. Krita's text system is not great at all. It's very difficult to use and even harder to edit at a later stage. For me personally when it comes to adding text, like for lettering a comic, I export to Clip Studio Paint. --- ### Krita can be better. - Overall rating: 3/5 - Reviewer: Verified Reviewer - Industry: Apparel & Fashion - Company size: Self-Employed - Product usage: less than 1 year · daily - Reviewed: December 2024 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered I love designing on it and the best thing its free to use. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 3/5 - Customer support: 3/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros I like ease of use as a beginner in designing with no background in graphic designing. #### Cons It lag a lot. It very annoying and made me think to quit it. --- ### One of the Best Photoshop Alternatives - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Verified Reviewer - Industry: Computer Games - Company size: 2-10 employees - Product usage: 3-5 years · daily - Reviewed: December 2021 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. I don't like software as a service where you don't own the software you use. Krita is open source and accepts donations for the continued development of the software. There's also a paid version on Steam, Microsoft Store, and the App Store for Mac users. It offers a stable option for basic photo editing that doesn't require forking over money every month. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros Krita integrates wonderfully across Windows, macOS, and Linux so you can take your work with you wherever you go. It's great for small jobs like photo touch-ups, but it can also handle graphic creation for web articles and more. Plugin support is not as great, but the Krita forums will answer any questions you have about making the transition. #### Cons Software updates are timely, but may contain bugs. Stable versions are just that, but may not have the latest features. Also, the lack of plugin support may be a killer for someone that uses highly customized Photoshop plugins. --- ### Best FREE Animation software - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Verified Reviewer - Industry: Computer Games - Company size: 2-10 employees - Product usage: 3-5 years · daily - Reviewed: September 2022 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered It has been an overall excellent experience. I love using this software, its so easy and intuitive #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros This software has everything you need and it is FREE. #### Cons I think it would help if they added in more brush options --- ### Open Source drawing software made by artists - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Verified Reviewer - Industry: Information Technology and Services - Company size: 2-10 employees - Product usage: less than 1 year · weekly - Reviewed: March 2021 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered I use Krita both for private projects and professionally. I was looking for a digital painting software that would be able to go head-to-head with Photoshop in that regard and I found it in Krita. It is a great piece of software that allows me to create art uninterrupted and with ease. The default brush selection is amazing and the functions are familiar if you used Photoshop so there is almost no learning curve. For work, I use Krita to generate small graphics for the website that need that "hand made" feel rather than the sleek vector design required for some other projects. All in all, I would highly recommend Krita to anyone looking to draw or paint. The best thing is that it has no subscription fee, it is absolutely and completely free. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros It has digital painting and drawing as its main focus. Other similar software focuses on photo manipulation primary and painting secondary, while Krita has it the other way around. The user interface and tools at your disposal are all made for content creation. It is a very refreshing take on a digital painting software. Krita also comes with a great set of brushes, once again, optimized for digital drawing and painting. #### Cons I loved Krita but from time to time I had issues with brush lag with both my Wacom and my Huion tablets. I would draw a line and it would appear seconds later, or it would decide to dance around the canvas creating a scribble rather than a straight line. --- ### Better than Photoshop - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Brendon S. - Industry: Animation - Company size: 2-10 employees - Product usage: less than 1 year · daily - Reviewed: September 2021 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered So far my overall experience with Krita is really amazing. I recommend this to anyone new to the digital art world or even animation and you won't need to speed any fees because it's free to use. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros It works very well and it's an open-source program which means it's completely free. The layout is really nice and easy to work with. It's also comparable with any format and it's a light program which means it doesn't take much to run it and not much space to install it either. It's an easy recommend especially for anyone new to digital art. #### Cons Some updates make it unusable at times due to the fact that it's open-source but this is usually fixed in a short amount of time. Other than that no other issues so far, its only sad that a lot of people don't know about it. --- ### Good tablet software. - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Verified Reviewer - Industry: Fine Art - Company size: 2-10 employees - Product usage: 1-3 years · weekly - Reviewed: August 2021 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. I'm happy with the program and am grateful that it is free. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 3/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros Krita allowed me to create CMYK and vector files for a coloring book project and I use it every time I need to submit files to a printing company. #### Cons Not very intuituve and options are not available by clicking, some functions require hotkey shortcuts. --- ### Krita is the ideal tool for the creation and expression of our artistic talents. - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Mamadou T. - Industry: Marketing and Advertising - Company size: 2-10 employees - Product usage: less than 1 year · weekly - Reviewed: December 2022 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered I had a great time working on Krita including editing images, drawing text and managing my designs without difficulty, I highly recommend it. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Value for money: 4/5 - Customer support: 4/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros Krita is a very attractive software, easy to use. With lots of brush options and use. This software has allowed me to perfect my skills. #### Cons For several months I used Krita, and I never encountered a major problem. It's a great tool. --- ### Learning with krita - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Verified Reviewer - Industry: Automotive - Company size: 10000+ employees - Product usage: less than 1 year · weekly - Reviewed: June 2022 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered I love Krita and all its options. You can create awesome art and animations for free. It's easily comparable to many paid digital art software, #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Customer support: 3/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros There are so many tools and options to enable or disable. It's amazing once you learn what each does. At first it can be a little intimidating but once you figure out all the tools and their functions you can create stunning art. I love that Krita has so much to offer for free. #### Cons There is a bug that makes the tool cursor stuck on color selector. It happens every so often and I'm not sure how to fix it. It fixes itself usually after restarting my computer or unplugging my drawing tablet and plugging it back in. --- ### My feeling and likes about krita - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Verified Reviewer - Industry: Animation - Company size: 2-10 employees - Product usage: 3-5 years · daily - Reviewed: July 2023 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered Krita has always been my favourit for last 5 years. Its a great app to work with and so easy for me. And its so good about sizing and all. Honestly its the best app i have ever used in 10 years journey.. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros Its brushes, like its the best, so many options plus online brushes to be able to add too, they are so smooth and doesnt require to do extra affort on. Its really affective towards my project in a good way. They look really affective and they dont pause in times and doesnt make my project rough. My most favourite were the fineliners and they work so good. They are 10/10 in every rate. #### Cons The least is that the layers, they are a bit hard to work with but still its not hard if i try more. The layers often mix together if i create more than 10, so yeah. --- ### The best art program I’ve used - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: lightning 9000 N. - Industry: Arts and Crafts - Company size: Self-Employed - Product usage: 3-5 years · daily - Reviewed: January 2024 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered I personally use this program to make art for my games and my characters in my stories #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros I love the way the program looks and the ability to change the theme. The tools are very useful too! #### Cons I personally don’t like the fill tool because when using it doesn’t fill all the way in the lines and leaves some unfold pixels --- ### Best free desktop vector graphics tool - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Verified Reviewer - Industry: Information Technology and Services - Company size: 11-50 employees - Product usage: 1-3 years · daily - Reviewed: October 2020 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. Krita has been my choice of a vector graphics editing tool, because it's free and still powerful. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros There are many tutorials for Krita out there, which makes it much easier to use the tool. It's packed with features like brushes and shapes. The application also runs smoothly. And it's entirely free! #### Cons You have to look at the small stuff to find flaws in Krita, but I think the tool is due for an interface overhaul, since it seems dated and isn't self-descriptive. --- ### Animation with Krita - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Anil C. - Industry: Marketing and Advertising - Company size: 5001-10000 employees - Product usage: 1-3 years · daily - Reviewed: June 2022 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered I used Krita over 1 year to create animations for my customers, it helps you alot and gives space to create important designs. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Value for money: 4/5 - Customer support: 4/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros Krita has tremendous important feature to editing animations, it helps you creating beatiful animations. #### Cons Krita has no bad feature at all, it gives you important well desing features. --- ### Dependable Open-Source - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Verified Reviewer - Industry: Education Management - Company size: 2-10 employees - Product usage: less than 1 year · weekly - Reviewed: August 2021 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered I love using Krita. I hope to go far as a digital artist using Krita. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros This software is easy to use and beginner friendly. The documentation is extensive and gave me confidnece as a new digital artist. #### Cons There aren't many tutorials out there directly for Krita, and those that are aren't as in-depth as for alternatives, however many of the same principles apply to Krita when drawing. --- ### Krita is for you - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Verified Reviewer - Industry: Graphic Design - Company size: Self-Employed - Product usage: 1-3 years · weekly - Reviewed: December 2022 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered Amazing #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 3/5 - Value for money: 3/5 - Customer support: 4/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros The options that make me able to draw amzaing artwork #### Cons Some Tools I found were a bit confusing --- ### Krita - Your gateway to Digital Art - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Bini D. - Industry: Computer Games - Company size: 11-50 employees - Product usage: less than 1 year · monthly - Reviewed: November 2020 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered Krita, when it worked with my tablet, has been a delight. I loved concept art creation and making some mockups for games. Also, its fantastic community is such a lovely place to be. Using Krita was definitely a pleasant experience for me, with some hiccups, that are bound to be fixed. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 4/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros Krita is a great way to get started with Digital Art, like I did. I made some concept art using it and I loved every minute of using it. Here are the main things I like about Krita: - The default brush pack that comes pre-installed is a delight, so many varieties and options ! - I love the clean and professional UI - The brush stabilisation feature is the best I have ever used - Great community for tutorials, tips and general discussion - It is free! #### Cons While I sincerely appreciate all that Krita has done for the Digital art community, I have a major niggle that led me to abandon it. The compability issues of Krita with non - Wacom graphic tablets is an alarming issue for me. I have an XP-PEN tablet and I have lots of issues when using it with Krita. Frequent lags, non-detection of the pen, pressure sensitivity issues all plauged me, and eventually I had to move somewhere else. But, I will definitely return if the compability issues are worked on, or I get myself a wacom tablet eventually ! And also, photo editing is not Krita's strong suite so if approached as one, Krita will not meet the standards so perfectly. So this could be a deal-breaker for some. --- ### Powerful, plus free and open source - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Verified Reviewer - Industry: Information Technology and Services - Company size: 2-10 employees - Product usage: less than 1 year · daily - Reviewed: September 2020 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered Krita was one of the first design tools I used and it allowed me to experiment a lot of different tools and workflows. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros Krita is an excellent tool to get started with vector design. It's free to use but doesn't lack features. It's excellent to use when designing logos and drawings. Definitely a worthy alternative to paid tools out there. #### Cons I have struggled with keyboard shortcuts and sometimes finding the tools I need for a steady workflow. I also experienced some random crashes when editing several files at once. But these are minor details considering just how much this tool provides for free. --- ### Rating Krita from employee eye - Overall rating: 3/5 - Reviewer: Verified Reviewer - Industry: Architecture & Planning - Company size: 11-50 employees - Product usage: less than 1 year · weekly - Reviewed: November 2023 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 3/5 - Functionality: 3/5 #### Pros We use it as free software for graphic purposes. For basic editions this is enough for work. #### Cons Krita is very stiff and hard for use for a long time. Definitely prefer some software from Adobe package. --- ### Let's get digital!!! - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Verified Reviewer - Industry: Arts and Crafts - Company size: 2-10 employees - Product usage: 1-3 years · weekly - Reviewed: September 2021 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered Ok really- I'm an old school artist who loves the messy chaos of canvas and paints, but for those who want to try the modern approach to painting, as well as foregoing a whole living area of artistic clutter, start with Krita. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros You can create your own brushes!!! This software is also responsive to the pressure you apply with the pen. Lots of different features to implement in your art as well. #### Cons Applying texts can get a bit wonky. Just a heads up. Otherwise great product! ---