Affinity Designer
Fewer than 5 people recommend it so far, so there's no written verdict. Here is what commenters said.
4recommend
0warn against
Jan 11, 2026first mention
Jun 26, 2026latest mention
Why people recommend it
“the one that I had done by hand in Affinity Designer”
“You can go that route with Affinity Designer”
Show 2 more
“I have been very happy with Affinity Designer (equivalent to Adobe Illustrator)”
“Affinity Designer 2 for $63”
Caveats and dissent
No one in these comments warned against it.
Threads where it came up
- What Is a Nomogram and Why Would It Interest Me? 1 mention
- Thoughts and Feelings Around Claude Design 1 mention
- Microsoft Publisher will no longer be supported after October 2026 1 mention
- Email obfuscation: What works in 2026? 1 mention
- Software Factories and the Agentic Moment 1 mention
- Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (January 2026) 1 mention
Data: affinity-designer.json. Quotes are verbatim; the verdict and theme labels are written by a model from these comments, and every clause links to its sources.
All comments 7
“the one that I had done by hand in Affinity Designer”
“You can go that route with Affinity Designer”
“I have been very happy with Affinity Designer (equivalent to Adobe Illustrator)”
“I use SVG where I created a text object in Affinity Designer and converted it to curves”
“Affinity Designer 2 for $63”
“I started learning affinity design”
“Oh!, and the one thing I miss is Affinity Designer.”