RindrawRindraw vs Adobe Fresco
Compared in October 2026. Both apps change. If something here is out of date, tell us and we'll fix it.
Adobe Fresco is a free drawing and painting app with live watercolor and oil brushes. Choose Rindraw if you want to draw on a Mac as well as iPad and iPhone, keep every stroke editable, and keep your work outside Adobe's cloud. Choose Fresco if you want it free, work on Windows, or already use Photoshop and Creative Cloud.
The main difference
Fresco is free, made by Adobe, and built on Photoshop's painting engine1. It has pixel brushes, vector brushes, and live brushes that behave like watercolor and oil, and your artwork syncs to Adobe Creative Cloud1. It runs on iPad, iPhone and Windows, but not on a Mac1.
Rindraw runs on iPad, iPhone and Mac for $12.99 once, with your drawings in your own iCloud Drive and no account. It keeps every stroke editable, on every layer and with any brush: recolor a line, bend it or export the drawing bigger, and it stays sharp.
Side by side
| Rindraw | Adobe Fresco | |
|---|---|---|
| iPad and iPhone | Yes | Yes1 |
| Mac | Yes | No1 |
| Windows | No | Yes1 |
| Price | $12.99 once in the US | Free; premium Adobe Fonts with a paid plan1 |
| Where your work is kept | Files in your iCloud Drive or on the device | Synced to Adobe Creative Cloud1 |
| A stroke after it's drawn | Stays editable on every layer, with any brush | Vector brushes alongside pixel and live brushes1 |
| Paint | Wet brushes that mix on the canvas, grain and dual brushes | Live watercolor and oil brushes1 |
| Animation | Frames, onion skins and playback, out as GIF, animated PNG or video | Frame-by-frame and motion paths, out as GIF or MP41, 2 |
| PSD files | Opens and saves them, with layers | Exports them, and sends artwork straight to Photoshop2 |
Where Fresco is better
- Free. The drawing and painting tools cost nothing1.
- Live brushes. Watercolor and oil brushes that behave like the paint, on Photoshop's painting engine1.
- Windows, and Adobe's apps. It runs on Windows devices, including Surface, and works with Photoshop through Creative Cloud documents1, 2.
- Motion paths. Animate a drawing along a path, as well as frame by frame1.
Where Rindraw is different
- On a Mac too. The same app on iPad, iPhone and Mac, with a mouse, a trackpad or a pen tablet on the Mac.
- Every stroke stays a stroke. Not only vector brushes: sketches, inks and painting, with their texture. Recolor them, warp them or export them poster-size.
- Your files, your cloud. Drawings sync through your own iCloud Drive. No sign-in, no analytics and no tracking. See the privacy policy.
- Bring your brushes. Procreate brushes and brush sets and Photoshop
.abrbrushes come in, with their tips and grain. - Built not to lose work. Every stroke is saved as you draw it, and your undo history is still there after you close the app.
Moving from Fresco
Export your artwork from Fresco as a PSD2, then open it in Rindraw with AirDrop, the share sheet or the Files app: its layers come in with their names, opacity, blend modes and masks. Step by step: moving from Fresco.
Moving from another app? See how to bring your work over from Procreate, Clip Studio Paint, ibisPaint, MediBang Paint, Infinite Painter, Sketchbook, Tayasui Sketches, ArtRage, Rebelle, Corel Painter, PaintTool SAI, Krita, or Photoshop.
Sources
Checked on October 15, 2026.
- Adobe Fresco common questions, Adobe: free, with premium Adobe Fonts on a paid plan; iPad, iPhone and Windows devices; pixel, vector and live watercolor and oil brushes on Photoshop's painting engine; artwork synced to Creative Cloud; frame-by-frame and motion path animation.
- Publish and export in Adobe Fresco, Adobe: export as PNG, JPG, PSD or PDF, as GIF or MP4, or as a timelapse; send artwork to Photoshop.
Adobe and Fresco are trademarks of Adobe Inc. Rindraw is made by Sawir Studio and isn't affiliated with Adobe.
