Affinity

FIRST-HAND READS

What people reported, in their own words. Every line links to where it was said.

• “such interoperability has clearly been built into the Affinity suite from the ground up”

  POSITIVE · integration · Hacker News · 2025-10-31

• “this is exactly why you would want to buy software licenses as one-time purchases - the company can't rug pull you for what you already bought. If I want, I can keep using the Affinity apps on this machine indefinitely”

  POSITIVE · Hacker News · 2025-10-30

• “I looove the fact that we can now seamlessly switch between the Photo, Designer, and Publisher modalities within a single program. One of the great things about using the Affinity suite for the last few years has been the consistency of design conventions and key commands across all three programs”

  POSITIVE · ease of use · Hacker News · 2025-10-30

• “USD$164.99 One-off payment | excl. tax Get Version 2 of Affinity Designer, Affinity Photo and Affinity Publisher on all operating systems, including iPad, for one low bundle price”

  POSITIVE · price · Hacker News · 2025-05-25

• “Nowadays I don't use anything Adobe it's all done with Affinity tools.”

  POSITIVE · features · Reddit · 2025-05-17

• “One time payment for affinity photo/designer and couldn't be happier”

  POSITIVE · price · Hacker News · 2025-03-06

• “I've also tried Affinity Photo and Designer, but I definitely prefer the software I mentioned above.”

  NEGATIVE · Hacker News · 2024-11-16

• “Affinity is also unwilling to fix glaring UI blunders or omissions”

  NEGATIVE · features · Hacker News · 2024-11-01

• “use Affinity as a replacement for Photoshop for my personal projects”

  MIXED · features · Hacker News · 2024-11-01