Design Apps for Mac
Design tools for Mac covering UI design, prototyping, screen recording, screenshot annotation and asset management.
What Are Mac Design Tools?
Mac has long been the platform of choice for designers. This category covers interface design, prototyping, mind mapping, screenshot and screen recording tools.
How to Choose a Design Tool
Consider whether you need vector editing, collaboration features or quick capture tools. Many designers combine one heavyweight design suite with several small utilities.
Design Apps
Acorn
Great Mac OS X picture and photo editor, built for humans.
See websiteAdobe XD
Tool for designing and prototyping websites and mobile apps.
See websiteAffinity Designer
Professional graphic design software for Mac.
See websiteAffinity Photo
Professional image editing software for Mac.
See websiteAlchemy
Experimental, open-source drawing application with an emphasis on creating conceptual art.
Open SourceAmadine
Vector drawing app with an intuitive interface for graphic designers.
See websiteAmazing AI
Generate images from text using Stable Diffusion.
FreeAPNGb
PNG image assembler/disassembler app.
Open SourceAppIconBuilder
Export icons for multi-platform
See websiteArt Text 3
Graphic design software for lettering, typography, and text effects.
See websiteAspect
Photo organization app with peer-to-peer sync.
FreeAxure RP 8
Prototypes, specifications and diagrams in one tool.
See websiteBalsamiq Mockups
Wire-framing tool that helps you work faster and smarter.
See websiteBetterCapture
Free and open source screen recorder with professional encoding support.
Open SourceBlender
Free and open 3D creation software.
Open Sourcecapcap
Native menu bar screenshot tool with double-tap Command capture, annotation, scrolling capture, beautify, pinning, and image-host upload.
Open SourceCapso
Open-source screenshot and screen recording tool with annotations, OCR, and webcam overlays.
Open SourceCapty
Screen capture and recording tool with built-in editing and annotations.
See websiteCleanShot X
Discover a superior way to capture your Mac's screen.
See websiteCloudApp
Work at the speed of sight.
FreeColorpicker
Colorpicker is a complete open-source colors manipulation tool with picking!
Open SourceCompressO
Open-source tool for compressing videos and images to smaller sizes.
Open SourceCouleurs
Simple app for grabbing and tweaking the colors you see on your screen.
Freedarktable
darktable is an open source photography workflow application and raw developer.
Open SourceDiffusion Bee
The easiest way to generate AI art on your computer with Stable Diffusion.
Open SourceDropbox
Dropbox app offers easy screenshot capturing and sharing
FreeDroply
Offline batch background remover for images.
See websiteEagle App
Asset manager for images, videos, audio, fonts, and design files.
See websiteExcalidrawZ
Open-source native Excalidraw client with local file management and iCloud sync.
Open SourceExifCleaner
Remove exif metadata from images and videos with drag and drop.
Open SourceFigma
The collaborative interface design tool, for vector graphics and UI prototyping.
FreeFlameshot
Powerful yet simple to use screenshot software.
Open SourceFlinto
Quickly create interactive prototypes of mobile, desktop, or web apps.
See websiteFontForge
Free, open-source font editor.
Open SourceFramer
Tool for interactive prototyping.
See websiteGifox
Gif Recording and Sharing.
See websiteGIMP
The GNU Image Manipulation Program.
Open SourceHEIC Converter
Convert HEIC images to JPEG or PNG.
FreeIconjar
Icon management tool to organize or search your icons.
See websiteIconKit
App icon generator.
See websiteIconset
Free, cross-platform and fast SVG icon organizer and manager for Mac and Windows.
See websiteImage2icon
Create and personalize icons from your pictures.
FreeImageAlpha
Compress images with PNG format and remove transparency.
Open SourceImageOptim
Compress images and remove EXIF information.
Open Sourceinklet
Turn your Mac trackpad into drawing board.
See websiteInkscape
Professional vector graphics editor.
Open SourceiPic
Easily upload images with Markdown supported.
FreeItsPaint
Native paint and screenshot markup: step badges, pixelate redaction, Instant Alpha.
Open SourceJPEGmini
Reduce image size by up to 80%, without compromising quality.
See websiteJustinmind
Prototyping platform for web and mobile apps.
See websiteKap
Open-source screen-recorder built with web technology.
Open SourceKeyCastr
KeyCastr, an open-source keystroke visualizer.
Open SourceKite
Powerful animation and prototyping application for Mac & iOS.
See websiteKrita
Open-source digital painting software for concept artists, digital painters, and illustrators.
Open SourceKyapchar
Simple screen and microphone audio recorder for Mac.
Open SourceLap
Local photo manager for browsing and organizing personal media libraries offline.
Open SourceLicecap
Screen recorder that exports directly to GIF.
Open SourceLighten
The best way to clarify thinking, boost productivity, brainstorm, and visualize concepts.
See websiteLightshot
The fastest way to take a customizable screenshot.
FreeLunacy
Vector design tool with built-in assets and real-time collaboration.
Freemacshot
Screenshot and annotation tool with screen recording, scrolling capture, and OCR.
Open SourcemacSVG
Designing HTML5 SVG art and animation.
Open SourceMagicaVoxel
Free, lightweight 8-bit voxel editor and interactive path tracing renderer.
See websiteMakeHuman
Powerful and free 3D human modeler.
FreeMark Man
Measure & Spec Fast.
See websiteMarvel
Simple design, prototyping and collaboration.
FreeMindNode
Mind-mapping software with an emphasis on simplicity and ease-of-use.
See websiteMockFlow
Online prototyping suite for web-design and usability testing.
See websiteMockplus
Prototype faster, smarter and easier.
See websiteMonodraw
Powerful ASCII art editor designed for the Mac.
See websiteMonosnap
Make screenshots.
FreeMottie
A native Lottie animation player with Quick Look extension for dotLottie files.
FreeNik Collection
Nik Collection by DxO.
See websiteNucleo
Icon manager.
See websiteNugget
Video editing software designed for motion effects and versatility.
FreeOBS Studio
A free and open source software for live streaming and screen recording.
Open SourceOmniGraffle
Diagramming and graphic design for Mac, iPhone, and iPad.
See websiteOpenScreen
Open-source tool for creating polished screen demos and walkthrough videos.
Open SourceOrigami Studio
Tool for designing modern interfaces, built and used by designers at Facebook.
See websitePaintbrush
Bitmap image editor.
Open Sourcepencil
Free, open-source tool for making diagrams and GUI prototyping.
Open SourcePencil2D
A easy, intuitive tool to make 2D hand-drawn animations.
Open SourcePicGo
Support for common cdn image hosting tool.
Open SourcePika
An open-source color picker app.
Open SourcePixelmator
Full-featured image editor for Mac.
See websitePixen
Native pixel art and animation editor for Mac.
See websitePixpresso
Image viewer and editor for cropping, resizing, annotating, and converting between PNG, JPG, WebP, and HEIC.
FreePreset Brewery
Tool to convert Lightroom presets to Adobe Camera Raw.
See websitePrinciple
Application for designing animated and interactive user interfaces.
See websiteProtoPie
Create the most advanced prototypes as easy as Pie.
See websiteQuick Recorder
A lightweight and high-performance screen recorder for macOS
Open SourceQuikFlow
Create flowcharts with a mind-mapping workflow.
See websiteqView
qView is an image viewer designed with minimalism and usability in mind.
Open SourceRawTherapee
A powerful cross-platform raw photo processing program!
Open SourceRecordly
Open-source screen recorder and editor for polished demos, tutorials, and product videos.
Open SourceReframed
Screen recorder with a built-in editor.
Open SourceResize Master
Batch resize and watermark your images fast and easy.
See websiteRightFont
Preview, sync, install and manage fonts on Mac, Dropbox or Google Drive.
See websiteScap
Screenshot annotation and canvas tool with blur, mosaic, and watermark features.
See websiteScapple
Practical mind-mapping software with free whiteboard-like layout.
See websiteScreen Loupe
Open-source live magnifier that shows any part of the screen zoomed, pixel-true, in a separate window.
Open SourceScreen Studio
Screen recorder for polished videos with automatic motion effects.
See websiteScreenize
Open-source screen recorder with auto-zoom, cursor effects, and timeline editing.
Open SourceScreenKite
Native screen recorder and editor with auto-zoom, AI enhancements, device mockups, and teleprompter.
FreeScreenpipe
Source-available screen and audio recorder with searchable local history, optional cloud AI, and free and paid plans.
See websiteScreenSage Pro
A screen recording tool for creating polished videos in minutes.
See websiteScreenToLayers
Easily export your screen into a layered PSD file.
Open SourceShottr
Screen capture application with features like Scrolling capture, OCR and markup.
See websiteSimple Diagrams
Diagramming tool for quick hand-drawn-style sketches.
See websiteSimpleMind
The world leader in cross platform Mind Mapping tools.
See websiteSketch
Professional digital design for mac.
See websiteSketchBook
Drawing software for concept design, comic art, and digital sketching.
FreeSkitch
Screen capture application with a powerful annotation capabilities.
FreeSnagit
Screen Capture and Recording Software.
See websiteSnapzy
Free and open-source native macOS app for screenshots, screen recording, annotation, and video editing.
Open SourceSnip
Application for sharing captured images on QQ Mail.
FreeSnipaste
Simple but powerful snipping tool.
FreeSparkle
Pro visual web design.
See websitesvgus
Organize, clean and transform your SVGs.
See websiteSystem Color Picker
The macOS color picker as an app with more features.
Open SourceTayasui Sketches
Professional drawing software.
See websiteTeampaper Snap
Let your screenshots speak up.
FreeTight Studio
Screen recorder with smart zoom, captions, and AI voiceovers.
See websiteTinyPNG4Mac
Open-source tool to compress images.
Open SourceTropy
Research Photo Management.
Open SourceTuji
Take a screenshot, annotate it, and beautify it.
FreeuPic
macOS native app, powerful terse image hosting client.
Open SourceVectornator: Design Software
The Most Intuitive and Precise Illustration Software in the Galaxy.
See websiteVectr
Free graphics editor used to create vector graphics easily and intuitively.
FreeWriteMapper
Get from idea to final draft in no time.
See websiteXMind
The most popular mind-mapping tool on the planet.
See websiteXnip
Handy Screenshot App.
FreeyGraph Editor
High quality diagrams made easy.
See websiteZappy
Zappy is a screenshot and screen recording app all in one.
See websiteZipic
Batch image compression tool with presets and automation.
See website