Top 15 gournal Alternative and Similar Softwares | Dec 2024

Gournal is a note-taking application written for usage on Tablet-PCs (such as the Toshiba M200)
It’s designed for usage with a stylus, not a mouse or keyboard.
It does not have handwriting recognition but can be used in co-ordination with xstroke to accept text.
Gournal is written in perl using gtk2-perl so you will need gtk2-perl along with the gladexml and gnomecanvas modules of gtk2-perl.
The pages are saved as gzipped SVG files (not totally standard yet but working on it)

1. xournal

xournal Xournal is an application for notetaking, sketching, keeping a journal using a stylus. It is free software (GNU GPL) and runs on Linux (recent distributions), Windows and other GTK+/Gnome platforms. It is similar to Microsoft Windows Journal or to other alternatives such as Jarnal, Gournal, and NoteLab.It supports drawing and......

2. MyPaint

MyPaint MyPaint is a fast painting program with an emphasis on full-screen use. It lets you focus on the art instead of the program. You work on your canvas with minimum distractions, bringing up the interface only when you need it. MyPaint supports pressure or tilt sensitive graphic tablets and comes......

3. Tayasui Sketches

Tayasui Sketches Sketches is a perfect mix of beauty, simplicity and power, a truly unique combination you won't find anywhere else.Sketches is the ideal canvas, perfect for getting down ideas, illustrations, painting, anything your creative mind can imagine.••• Features •••-Pencil-Rotring-Watercolor brush-Felt Pen-Eraser-Editable color set••• Extra Tools •••-Import photos-Pen Brush-Oil Pastel-Acrylic brush-Airbrush-Brushes Editor-Eyedropper-Pro......

4. Draft

Draft Draft is a straightforward sketch app for iPad.You can get it in the App Store for $9.99.It only comes in black. You can draw in white or red.It automatically saves whatever you draw.You can share sketches via email or Campfire.See, there it is in Campfire. That took 3 seconds.Draft is......

5. Graphiter

Graphiter Graphiter is an easy to use, straight forward, and powerful Sketching App. Its aim is to reproduce a real life sketching workflow using simple tools, such as, a Graphite Pencil, a Blend tool and an Eraser. Graphiter is designed to excite the sketching enthusiast, and anyone who just wants to......

6. TwistedBrush Studio

TwistedBrush Studio TwistedBrush is a digital paint software and photo editor that supplies a wide variety of natural art tools. Two versions are available:TwistedBrush Pro Studio:--------------------------------TwistedBrush Pro Studio includes everything that TwistedBrush has to offer including over 5000 brushes and full brush editing all at a great price. Great for original digital......

7. Serif Drawplus

Serif Drawplus Serif DrawPlus is the affordable, all-in-one, creative powerhouse for drawing, sketching, painting, designing, illustrating and animating!DrawPlus is your one-stop-shop for creative fun, realistic painting, professional logos, stunning interactive Flash animations, layouts and plans, business diagrams and much more. With an abundance of impressive artistic power and a stack of exciting......

8. Pixelitor

Pixelitor Pixelitor is a cross-platform raster graphics editor written in Java. It supports image filters, drawing, layers, multiple undo, etc. Currently its main strength lies in the more than 70 image filters and color adjustments, some of which are unique.Features:- Layers.- Unlimited undo.- Image filters.- Color adjustments.- Drawing.......

9. Sketchpad (HTML5)

Sketchpad (HTML5) Sketchpad is an online drawing application -- written in HTML5.......

10. CoSketch

CoSketch CoSketch is a multi-user online whiteboard designed to give you the ability to quickly visualize and share your ideas as images.Simple sharing• Anything you paint will show up for all other users in the room in real time.• One click to save a sketch as an image for embedding on......

11. Corel Painter

Corel Painter Corel Painter is a raster-based digital art application created to simulate as accurately as possible the appearance and behavior of traditional media associated with drawing, painting, and printmaking. It is intended to be used in real-time by professional digital artists as a functional creative tool.......

12. Wonders

Wonders Wonders is a mobile journal aggregating the highest quality visual narratives from the world’s top photographers, publications, brands, and creative storytellers. The subject matter that we cover is deeply rooted in exploration, creativity, outdoor culture, sustainability, and community. We aim to be a source of inspiration for those seeking a......

13. Sketchable

Sketchable Sketchable’s comprehensive yet clean interface is carefully crafted to harness the full potential of you and your device, making sure nothing comes between you and your imagination. Part journal, part canvas, Sketchable allows you to scribble a note, snap and edit a pic, import and augment an image, or paint......

14. Artrage

Artrage A simple but lovely natural media painting and sketching program. Art oriented, but capable of loading/saving photoshop files. A very cheap alternative to Painter, with a stripped down, elegant interface.......

15. Artecture Draw, Sketch, Paint

Artecture Draw, Sketch, Paint Enjoy over 30 unique high quality realistic drawing and painting tools. Tune them to match your own taste. You will love it. It’s made by art lovers for art lovers like you. It is simple, beautiful and fun, all together. You can do everything from taking notes to fast......