Everyday Tech · Oct 22, 2026
The strangest new Photoshop competitor wasn't built the usual way
AI cloned Photoshop’s interface overnight. Its decades of polish, not so much.
Most Photoshop alternatives start with the same pitch: they're free (or cheaper), simpler, or built for people who want to break free from Adobe's lifelong subscriptions. But these programs often suffer from one of two problems: the interface is either so different from Photoshop that it feels like learning a whole new software, or the alternative just doesn't have as many features as Photoshop.