Figma vs Adobe Fresco
Which is better in 2026? Five scores, side by side.
Figma is the better app overall, scoring 9.0 to 8.6. Figma wins on 3 of the 5 scores, Adobe Fresco on 2.
Product designers and teams building apps and websites together
Beginners and hobby painters who want a capable drawing app that costs nothing
Score by score
The details
| Feature | Figma | Adobe Fresco |
|---|---|---|
| Category | Design & Creativity | Design & Creativity |
| Category rank | #3 of 10 | #6 of 10 |
| Developer | Figma, Inc. | Adobe |
| Pricing | Free + paid plans | Free |
| Usable for free | Yes | Yes |
| iPhone & iPad | ✓ | ✓ |
| Android | ✓ | — |
| Mac | ✓ | — |
| Windows | ✓ | ✓ |
| Web | ✓ | — |
Common questions
Is Figma better than Adobe Fresco?
Figma is the better app overall, scoring 9.0 to 8.6. Figma wins on 3 of the 5 scores, Adobe Fresco on 2.
Which is cheaper, Figma or Adobe Fresco?
Figma: Free Starter plan; Professional full seats are $16 a month billed yearly, or $20 monthly. Adobe Fresco: Free on iPad, iPhone and Windows; optional Adobe plans add Photoshop on iPad. On value for money, Adobe Fresco scores higher.
Do Figma and Adobe Fresco work on the same devices?
Only Figma runs on Web, Mac, Android.
Which is more private, Figma or Adobe Fresco?
Adobe Fresco scores higher on privacy (7.3/10). App Store label: no tracking, but financial info, location, contact info, contacts, user content, IDs, usage and diagnostics may be linked to you. Adobe says it doesn't train generative AI on your work.
Strengths and weaknesses
Figma
- Everyone edits the same file live, right in a browser
- Free Starter plan with unlimited drafts
- Covers design, whiteboards, slides and dev handoff
- Mobile apps are mostly for viewing and commenting
- AI features run on monthly credits
- AI training on content is opt-out on smaller plans
Figma lets a whole team design, prototype and comment on the same file in a browser tab, with nothing to install. Around it sit FigJam whiteboards, Slides, Dev Mode for handing work to developers, Figma Make for turning prompts into apps, and an AI agent that went fully live in October 2026. The free Starter plan covers unlimited drafts. Watch the AI credits, and note that AI training on your content is on by default for smaller plans.
Full Figma review
Adobe Fresco
- Free, with thousands of brushes and no ads
- Live, vector and pixel brushes on one canvas
- Animation built in, plus easy hand-off to Photoshop
- Privacy label links a lot of data to your identity
- Cloud saving and all brush packs need an Adobe sign-in
- No Android or Mac version
Adobe Fresco gives you a real painting studio on iPad, iPhone or a Windows PC for free. Live brushes that blend like real paint, crisp vector brushes and pixel brushes share one canvas, and frame-by-frame animation, motion paths and Photoshop brush import round it out. There are no ads, and you can start drawing before you sign in. A free Adobe account unlocks cloud saving and every brush pack, and the privacy label links plenty of data to you.
Full Adobe Fresco review
