The basic layout of Affinity Photo resembles Photoshop, making it easy to go from one to the other. While it remains the most powerful option - and a great choice for anyone who’s interested in exploring it - we believe that Affinity Photo is an easier, quicker solution for most users.Īffinity Photo offers most of the same capabilities for less money, and is equally at home on macOS and iPadOS - a claim that Photoshop still can’t make, despite its recent re-release on iPadOS. Photoshop has been the king of the hill in this space for many years, having had decades to establish its dominance. When the editing demands of photographers exceed the capabilities of solutions like Lightroom, they turn to dedicated pixel editors like Photoshop.