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24 alternatives to MyBrushes for Mac

Best drawing tool to paint on Mac with 100 drawing brushes

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. MyBrushes for Mac launched in 2018; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Paint▲326

   A simple Microsoft Paint inspired web app

   2025 · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Pichon for Mac▲270

   Best design graphics at your fingertips, just drag and drop

   2021 · icons8.com · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Paintbrush▲2

   Microsoft Paint for Mac

   2017 · paintbrush.sourceforge.io · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Sketch 40▲510

   Latest version of the vector drawing tool

   2016 · sketch.com · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Sip for Mac▲393

   The best way to collect, organize & share your colors

   2017 · sipapp.io · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Artful▲107

   The world's best art on your Mac desktop

   2014 · artfulmac.com · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Magic▲103

   Draw with your trackpad

   2021 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

8. 8
   HUD-like live annotation and sketching app for macOS▲56

   Hey all! I'm happy to announce we've finally released our 2nd macOS app, Draw Over It, a tiny desktop app that enables drawing, highlighting, or annotating directly on top of anything on your Mac. I've always wanted something like this for instant and unobtrusive sketching and annotation for pair programming and demos. I always found the standard web-based diagram and drawing tools a bit too cumbersome. So we built a simple overlay that could appear over any window or app with one shortcut. It doesn't collect any user data and doesn't require any system permissions - it's sandboxed. It all…

   Oct 2025 · draw.wrobele.com · its alternatives →

9. 9
   ScreenBrush▲6

   Draw on your Mac's screen

   2019 · screenbrush.imagestudiopro.com · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Astropad▲246

    Transform your iPad into a professional graphics tablet

    2015 · astropad.com · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Annotate▲193

    Menubar app to draw on any app or screen on macOS

    2024 · getannotate.com · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Brushstroke for iOS▲98

    Turn your photos into beautiful paintings

    2014 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Sketch Palettes▲183

    Sketch plugin to save and load colors into the color picker

    2015 · github.com · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Iconinator for Sketch▲246

    App icon generator plugin for Sketch app

    2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Palette For Mac▲205

    A menu bar based colour contrast analyser

    2016 · often.studio · its alternatives →

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    flowy▲162

    automatically animated Screen Recordings

    2025 · getflowy.app · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Sketch 42▲284

    Now with export presets, touch bar integration, and more

    2017 · sketch.com · its alternatives →

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    Litur for macOS▲150

    A better way to find, collect & organize your colors

    2020 · litur.app · its alternatives →

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    Diagrams 2.0▲120

    A major update to your diagramming experience on Mac

    2021 · diagrams.app · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Adobe Fresco▲151

    A new drawing app from Adobe

    2019 · adobe.com · its alternatives →

21. 21
    Keys For Sketch▲61

    Advanced shortcut manager for Sketch app

    2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Charcoal▲190

    A modern, free, and easy-to-use drawing app for iOS

    2020 · larztech.com · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Paintlet▲5

    MS Paint for Mac: native, open source, no AI

    Jul 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Tayasui Sketches▲97

    The ideal canvas for ideas, illustrations, paintings (iOS)

    2014 · its alternatives →

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