Affinity Designer for PC

★ ★ ★ Affinity Designer Overview

What is Affinity Designer?

Affinity Designer for iPad is a professional graphic design app that offers an immersive experience for creating stunning illustrations, branding, icons, UI/UX designs, print projects, typography, concept art, and much more. It is optimized for iPad and offers real-time performance, precise vector tools, raster or vector workspace, sophisticated typography, and built-in features for your workflow. It supports iPad Pro, iPad Air 2, 3 & 4, iPad Mini 5 and iPad (early 2017 onwards).

Software Features and Description

1. Built with input from some of the world’s leading designers and based on Apple Design award-winning technology, Affinity Designer for iPad takes all the power and precision of our outstanding professional graphic design desktop app and converts it into an incredible immersive experience.

2. It has everything you need to create stunning illustrations, branding, icons, UI/UX designs, print projects, typography, concept art and much more – all completely free from the confines of your desk.

3. ** Affinity Designer supports iPad Pro, iPad Air 2, 3 & 4, iPad Mini 5 and iPad (early 2017 onwards).

4. Please note that older iPads are not supported.

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Download and install Affinity Designer on your computer

GET Compatible PC App

App	Download	Rating	Maker
Affinity Designer	Get App ↲	1,029 3.88	Serif Labs

Or follow the guide below to use on PC:

Select Windows version:

Windows 10
Windows 11

Install Affinity Designer app on your Windows in 4 steps below:

Download an Android emulator for PC:
Get either Bluestacks or the Nox App >> . We recommend Bluestacks because you can easily find solutions online if you run into problems while using it. Download Bluestacks PC software Here >> .

Install the emulator:
On your computer, goto the Downloads folder » click to install Bluestacks.exe or Nox.exe » Accept the License Agreements » Follow the on-screen prompts to complete installation.

Using Affinity Designer on PC [Windows 10/ 11]:

Open the Emulator app you installed » goto its search bar and search "Affinity Designer"
The search will reveal the Affinity Designer app icon. Open, then click "Install".
Once Affinity Designer is downloaded inside the emulator, locate/click the "All apps" icon to access a page containing all your installed applications including Affinity Designer.
Now enjoy Affinity Designer on PC.

Download a Compatible APK for PC

Download	Developer	Rating	Current version
Get APK for PC →	Serif Labs	3.88	1.10.5

Download on Windows 11

For Windows 11, check if there's a native Affinity Designer Windows app here » ». If none, follow the steps below:

To get started, Download the OpenPC software »
- Upon installation, open OpenPC app » goto "Playstore on PC" » click "Configure_Download" button. This will auto-download and install PlayStore on your computer.

To use Affinity Designer,
- Login to the PlayStore we just installed
- Search for "Affinity Designer" » then Click "Install".
- Affinity Designer will now be available on your Windows start-menu.

Minimum requirements	Recommended
8GB RAM SSD Storage Processor: Intel Core i3, AMD Ryzen 3000 Architecture: x64 or ARM64	16GB RAM HDD Storage

Get Affinity Designer on Apple macOS

Download	Developer	Reviews	Rating
Get $9.99 on Mac	Serif Labs	1029	3.88

Download on Android: Download Android

Affinity Designer functions

- Metal-accelerated for blazing-fast performance

- Sensitive to pressure, tilt, and angle, and harnesses the full power and precision of Apple Pencil

- Full iCloud drive integration for seamless file management, storage, and sharing

- External display support with separate configuration options

- Pan and zoom at 120fps

- Live gradients, transforms, effects, and adjustments

- Optimized for documents of any complexity, zoom to over 1,000,000% for absolute precision

- Live pixel and retina view of vector artwork, wireframe view, and split-screen mode

- Seamless switching between tools and editing modes for frustration-free design

- Rock-solid vector tools that work just the way you want them to

- The best pen tool, node tool, curve editing, and smart shape tools available

- Powerful contour tool to create abstract objects or increase the width of single open curves

- Pencil and brush stabilization for drawing super-smooth curves freehand

- Non-destructive Boolean operations

- Live effects, blend modes, and image adjustments

- Incredibly smooth gradient and transparency controls

- Switch between vector and raster workspaces with a single tap

- Use the strengths of vector and raster behaviors for the best of both worlds

- High-quality raster tools for texturing, masking, and finishing artwork – you can even create your own brushes

- Flexible text handling including comprehensive support for OpenType

- Artistic text and text frames

- Full control over character and paragraph styles

- Flow text along any drawn path

- Unlimited artboards

- Saveable history with alternate futures

- Customizable shortcuts using keyboard attachment

- PSD, AI, PDF, EPS, SVG, JPG, TIFF, and EXR file support

- Advanced grids, snapping, and alignment

- Linked symbols and constraints

- Save documents as template files to re-use time and time again

- Quickly access royalty-free images through the Stock panel

- Select Same and Select Object functions allow you to efficiently match attributes or select all objects of a certain type for easy editing

- Full 16-bit per channel editing

- End-to-end ICC color management

- Slice export for exporting multiple elements in a single tap

- Live pixel preview to see exactly how your design will export

✔ Pros:

- Makes the iPad Pro a high-powered studio tool for digital illustrators and artists

- Comparable to Adobe Illustrator but designed for a screen-only experience

- Multiple art boards, layer styles, raster painting, first-rate text tools, and other powerful abilities

- Incredible speed and near-infinite zoom

- Amazingly powerful app at an unbelievable price

- Well-organized, comprehensive in-app manual with visual aids

- Ability to switch between Pixel & Vector is fantastic

- Nodes are a major and important distinction between mobile Adobe Illustrator

- Large amount of options built into the interface are incredible and very useful

☹ Cons:

- Has a bit of a learning curve to get used to where things are and how they work

- One small glitch with placing an image crashing the app

- May be missing a few features folks are used to in Illustrator

- Interface freezes up and has even crashed the app multiple times without saving several steps prior to crashing

Top Pcmac Reviews

Extraordinary

By ArtboyNYC (Pcmac user)

This app makes the iPad Pro the premiere platform for digital illustrators and artists that it was always meant to be. this app is a first-rate vector drawing program, comparable to Adobe Illustrator, but carefully designed for a screen-only experience. When combined with Savage’s Procreate (for digital painting) and Serif’s own the app Photo (for photo editing), Designer makes the iPad Pro a high-powered studio tool, capable of creating the type of artwork previously only possible on a high-end Mac — but now that artwork can be done in a natural, direct way with a drawing tool that feels like a drawing tool. The depth of this software is really amazing. Out of the box, it allows you to use multiple art boards, layer styles, raster painting (better than Illustrator’s, by a long shot), first-rate text tools, plus a host of other powerful abilities all enhanced by incredible speed and what seems to be infinite or near-infinite zoom. Granted, this is 1.0 software, and I’ll be lying if I said it was perfect. Too many useful tools are hidden behind flyout menus. Zoom to fit, and zoom to 100% definitely need easier access (can I suggest imitating Procreate‘s pinch-to-fit function?), and while it’s great that you can import fonts, you need to be able to batch import take advantage of the function. Still, this app feels like it’s taken my iPad Pro from 0 to 100 instantly. This is going to change my workflow forever.
WOW!

By Timo505 (Pcmac user)

I have been a longtime Adobe Illustrator user and recently downloaded this app for iPad Pro in a search for a replacement. It was the first app I tried, and I have had a hard time convincing myself that continuing the search is a good idea. Of course the app has some limitations, and there is definitely a bit of a learning curve getting used to where things are and how they work. Once you get going, though, you’ll quickly realize that it’s an amazingly powerful app. I still shake my head in disbelief at its price. I have had one small glitch with placing an image crashing the app, but that’s not a deal breaker for me. The much bigger deal to me has been the clunkiness of some of the gestures. They seem to operate so smoothly in the tutorial videos, but when I use them myself node handles jump around and disappear, and I’m left unsure if I achieved the result I wanted. When trying to constrain size, other things happen, too. It’s a bit weird, but I’m hoping it’s an issue that will be resolved, or that it’s just part of the learning curve and I’ll get the hang of it. All-in-all, this app is super duper powerful for iPad Pro, and I highly recommend. I’m eager to try the Mac version when I upgrade my laptop in a few months, too. I think my search is over and this app is my new go-to design tool.
So much potential

By PaintPenclPaper (Pcmac user)

I’ve had this app for about 3 weeks now. The ability to switch between Pixel & Vector is fantastic. The ability to use Nodes is a major and important distinction between mobile Adobe Illustrator. The amount of options is a little overwhelming at first but ultimately, this large amount of options built into the interface are incredible and very useful. I would easily give this app 5 stars but over the past few days, the app has not been responding to finger gestures- the interface freezes up and has even crashed the app multiple times without saving several steps prior to crashing. This is a real problem that needs to be solved. While I’m leaving the review, I would like to ask that the lower module at the base of the interface- have an option of releasing it so the options can float closer to the area in-which I am working. It’s a pain to have to always leave the working space to delete a Node or switch the Nodes behavior. Even if the suggestion isn’t possible- perhaps your programmers could make a quick gesture that would make it easier/faster to delete a Node without having to tap the trashcan every time. When working on art in untraditional spaces, like the subway or bus or without a desk- the current configuration is really unpractical. All in all, fantastic app. These are just a few complaints that I needed to get off my chest.
I’m impressed.

By bpedit (Pcmac user)

I’ve been a user of the desktop version for a couple years, I got a bit worried by a number of reviews of the iPad version. I understand this may be missing a few features folks are used to in Illustrator but so far, for me it’s great. There is a learning curve for sure, it did take me over an hour to figure out the undo system that one reviewer panned the app over. But there is a well organized, comprehensive in-app manual with visual aids. Either turn on the icons in Preferences or two-finger-tap the screen to undo. I mention this not merely to chastise a rashly posted review but to point out an example of multiple options for many functions. There is more to learn without having the desktop’s menu structure but the process feels a lot more organic on the iPad and perhaps faster, especially navigating the view. the app has sussed several workflow tricks to make this work on iPad, it may become my default workstation fo Designer. This is a heck of an app for the money, plus no subscription and a forum where, even if you don’t always get immediate satisfaction, management listens.