🆚 Affinity Designer vs. Sketch

Compare technologies based on real-world usage data *

📈 Affinity Designer is as popular as Sketch.
🌍 Affinity Designer is more popular in Germany, the United Kingdom, and Italy.
🌎 Sketch is more popular in the United States, Australia, and Canada.

Affinity Designer

Sketch

Type

Vector graphics editor

About

Affinity Designer is a vector graphics editor for macOS, iPadOS, and Microsoft Windows.

Sketch is a design and collaboration platform centered on a native macOS editor with complementary tools that enable teams to review, share, and collaborate through any modern web browser.

It provides vector-based UI design tools, reusable symbols and shared libraries, responsive layout features, real-time browser-based commenting and inspection, version history, design system management, CSS and platform-specific code export, and thousands of plugins through its extension ecosystem.

Headquarters

Sydney, Australia

Eindhoven, Netherlands

Website

affinity.serif.com/designer/

sketch.com #135,333

Pricing

Free ✔️

Free version ❌Free 30-day trial

SubscriptionStandard$144/editor/year
Business$288/editor/year
Enterprise$528/editor/year
Private Cloud$888/editor/year

Mac-only offline app license$120

Popularity

Determined by the number of sites using each technology.

The Affinity Designer vector graphics editor is as popular as Sketch.

Total websites

Market share

Vector Graphics Editors

Popularity by country

Determined by the number of sites detected from each country.

Affinity Designer is more popular in Germany, the United Kingdom, and Italy, while Sketch is more popular in the United States, Australia, and Canada.

United States

Germany

United Kingdom

Italy

Netherlands

France

Spain

Australia

Switzerland

Poland

Awards

🥈 Second most popular in Germany in the Vector Graphics Editors category.
🥈 Second most popular in the United Kingdom in the Vector Graphics Editors category.
🥈 Second most popular in Italy in the Vector Graphics Editors category.
🥈 Second most popular in France in the Vector Graphics Editors category.
🥈 Second most popular in the Netherlands in the Vector Graphics Editors category.

🥇 Most popular in Israel in the Online Collaboration category.
🥇 Most popular in Israel in the Vector Graphics Editors category.
🥇 Most popular in New Zealand in the Online Collaboration category.
🥇 Most popular in China in the Vector Graphics Editors category.
🥇 Most popular in China in the Online Collaboration category.

Popularity by domain category

Determined by the number of sites in each category.

Affinity Designer is more popular among sites focused on marketing and merchandising, education and reference, and recreation and hobbies, while Sketch is more commonly used on business, online shopping, and travel sites.

Business

Online Shopping

Marketing/Merchandising

Education/Reference

Travel

Internet Services

Health

Entertainment

Fashion/Beauty

Non-Profit/Advocacy/NGO