How Magma compares with other drawing apps
Magma is a free painting app that runs in your browser, where you can draw on the same canvas with other artists, live. These pages compare it with the apps artists use most, and say plainly where the other app is the better choice.
Magma and the others at a glance
| Magma | Procreate | Photoshop | Clip Studio Paint | Krita | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Price | Free (Spark). Blaze $9.99/month | $12.99 once | $22.99/month | $63 or $277 once, or monthly | Free and open source |
| Devices | Any browser, desktop app for Windows and Mac, add to home screen on tablets | iPad | Windows, Mac, iPad, iPhone, web | Windows, macOS, iPad, iPhone, Android, Chromebook | Windows, macOS, Linux, Android tablets (beta) |
| Draw together with friends | Yes: invite with a link, see every stroke as it's painted | No | Co-editing in beta | Team production (EX), page by page | No |
| Draw together with strangers | Yes: public Art Jams, open canvases and Artspace communities | No | No | No | No |
| Infinite canvas | Yes: Multiboard, many canvases side by side (comics, webtoons, layouts) | No | Artboards | Multiple pages (EX) | No |
| Works offline | No, saves to the cloud as you draw | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Community | Like Discord for artists: Artspaces, voice, events, Art Jams | Folio forums | Behance | Assets and Ask | Krita Artists forum |
| Best for | Drawing together, on any device | Painting and animation on iPad | Photo editing and design | Vector inking, 3D pose models and a huge asset library | A deep, free and open-source toolset, offline |
Checked on 25 September 2026 against each vendor's own pages. Every comparison page also says where the other app is the better choice.
What makes Magma different
True multiplayer
Hundreds of artists on one board and up to 30 on one canvas, seeing every brush stroke as it's painted, with voice and text chat.
An infinite canvas
Multiboard puts many canvases side by side in one workspace: comic pages, webtoon strips, layouts, moodboards and references, drawn together in real time.
Free on any device
Paint in any browser with pen pressure, use the desktop app on Windows and Mac, or add Magma to your tablet's home screen. Layered PSD export is free.
A community, not just an app
Like Discord for artists: Artspaces with chat channels, voice and events, Art Jams, and a gallery where 5M+ artists share their work.
Made together in Magma
404 artists Into The Rabbit Hole
151 artists BENTO TRAIN
120 artists DOWN UNDAH
90 artists Deep Sea ExpeditionFeatured works from the community
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