
We’re used to mobile apps being simplified, dumbed down version of the real thing, but this is different – read our Affinity Photo for iPad review to find out why. See also: Best image editing software – what to look for, how to chooseīut Serif has gone even further, launching an iPad version which sacrifices none of the desktop app’s power, usability or controls.

The two platforms can even share a file’s undo history. But now, with version 1.5, Serif has brought a Windows version too, with direct feature-for-feature parity and file compatibility. Launched as a Mac-only app with no immediate prospect of a Windows version, its appeal was obvious but limited. Apple was impressed enough to award it Best Mac App of 2015. Five years in the making, it was built from the ground up to be a fast, powerful, professional rival to Adobe Photoshop, but sold with a regular ‘perpetual’ licence and at a fraction of the original cost of Photoshop.


Serif continues to surprise photographers and creatives with its Affinity apps, especially Serif Affinity Photo 1.5.
