Topic summary
Affinity Photo
Affinity Photo is a discontinued developed by Serif for macOS, Microsoft Windows and iPadOS.
Developed as a successor to Serif’s PhotoPlus and first released in 2015, Affinity Photo was part of a suite alongside Affinity Designer and Affinity Publisher, respectively a and a desktop publishing application.
Affinity used a perpetual license model. In 2025, following the purchase of Serif by Canva in 2024, it was replaced by the freemiumAffinity application, bundling raster, vector and layout features together. As of August 2026, Affinity Photo is still on the iPadApp Store due to the fact that Affinity has not been released for iPad.