Clip Studio Paint is a comprehensive digital art application designed for illustration, manga creation, and animation. It distinguishes itself through a vast library of customizable brushes, realistic color mixing, and a community-driven marketplace for artist-made materials.
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Product velocity
Intense
Daily rank 🇺🇸
#17
Graphics & Design · free
Sentiment
4.6
51k reviews
Nemesis
ibis Paint X
The App DNA
What makes this app unique?
For Digital artists ranging from beginners to professionals seeking a robust toolset for illustration and manga production.
Key features
Provides an unlimited range of brushes with adjustable textures, shapes, and paper quality settings.
Allows users to blend colors using techniques that simulate traditional painting materials.
Offers access to a wide variety of artist-made materials, including backgrounds and specialized brushes.
Includes 10 GB of cloud storage for managing projects and assets across devices.
How much does it cost?
Velocity
Intense developmentShow more...
5 versions in history. Development pace: intense.
Who built it?
CELSYS
3 apps tracked · Graphics & Design
Clip Studio Paint for iPhone
Clip Studio PaintUser Sentiment
What do users think recently?
How are ratings & reviews evolving?
Not enough recent reviews to extract reliable themes yet.
Read the full review analysisCompetition
Competitive landscape for Clip Studio Paint
How's the Graphics & Design market?
The rivals identified
By ibis inc.
Both applications target digital illustrators and manga creators, but ibis Paint X captures the entry-level market through an ad-supported free tier while Clip Studio Paint gates saving and exporting behind a subscription.
- Offers an ad-supported tier granting premium feature access via video views, bypassing strict subscription paywalls.
- Includes a drawing process recording feature designed for social media sharing.
- Integrates an AI Disturbance tool to protect user artwork from machine learning scraping.
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Key takeaways for Clip Studio Paint
Where is it heading?
Bottom line
While the app offers professional-grade creative tools, users should note that saving and exporting features require a paid subscription following the initial trial period.
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