That said, Affinity does offer a 30-day free trial for those who want to try before they buy.

We're not suggesting Affinity switches to a subscription basis, but offering users an option to pay the $69.99 split across a fixed number of payments may make the software more accessible to a lot of people. While $69.99 is affordable for such a powerful editing program, not everyone can afford to shell out $69.99 in one go, especially given the cost-of-living crisis and the rise in food & utility costs over the last few years. There's also no option to pay for the license in monthly installments. However, there were 8 years between the 2014 V V2 release, with many updates in-between, so we think that $69.99 for potentially up to 8 years worth of the software is pretty good. The disadvantage with subscription-free software is that you only pay for that specific version of the software, so in this instance, when V3 eventually comes out, you will have to pay to upgrade to that version from V2. And, if you upgrade from V1, they’re also running an offer where you’ll get 25% off when you upgrade. If you want the entire Affinity collection known as V2 (which includes software Photo, Publisher and Designer), you can purchase the universal license for $169.99/£169.99 and get all the apps on all the platforms. At the time of writing, you can purchase Affinity Photo 2 for Mac or Windows for $69.99/£69.99, and it’s also available on the iPad for $19.99/£19.99.

Affinity Photo 2 at Serif Europe US for $40.99 (opens in new tab)Īffinity Photo 2 is subscription free, much to the delight of those who want to own their software outright rather than paying a monthly fee as you do with Lightroom and Photoshop.

We rated Affinity Photo 2 very well in our best photo editing apps guide, and we think it's a fantastic affordable alternative to Photoshop.Īffinity Photo 2 review 2023 Affinity Photo 2: Pricing and Subscription While it's had a bunch of updates along the way over the 8 years between V1 and V2, V2 has some whole new features which may be worth upgrading to Affinity Photo 2 for. In our original Affinity Photo review back in 2021, we thought that it was a great piece of software with a good selection of some basic editing tools and we enjoyed the tone mapping and liquifying capabilities.

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