Design, graphics & illustration
Amadine vs Inkscape
Both replace Adobe Illustrator and Adobe Creative Cloud.
| Fact |  AmadineApproachable vector drawing app with a 29.99 dollar lifetime licence |  InkscapeSVG-native vector editor with no licence to buy at all |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $29.99 | Free |
| Licence | Lifetime tierA one-time plan of a subscription app | Open sourceNothing to buy; source published |
| The catch | The iPhone and iPad app is a separate purchase with its own monthly subscription | The macOS build is a GTK port — menus, shortcuts and dialogs don't behave like a Mac app |
| Against a subscription | 1 monthAgainst Adobe Illustrator at $264 a year | Replaces Adobe Illustrator$276 a year |
| Developer account | None needed | None needed |
| Works offline | Yes | Yes |
| Apple Silicon | Native | Native |
| Free trial | Yes | does not apply |
| On Setapp | No | No |
| Buy direct | Get it |
Both prices read 22 Sep 2026, on the pages these buttons open. Seats, Minimum macOS and App Store rating are not established for either app, so those rows are left out.
In their own right
Amadine
A mid-weight vector illustration app from BeLight covering everyday drawing work: pen and shape tools, artboards, layers, gradients, text on a path and export to SVG, PDF and EPS.
Inkscape
A long-running free vector graphics editor with node editing, live path effects, boolean operations, bitmap tracing and a document model that is plain SVG all the way down.