Affinity bundles Photo, Designer and Publisher into one free macOS app

Affinity has combined its formerly separate creative apps — Affinity Photo, Affinity Designer and Affinity Publisher — into a single macOS application and is offering it free to download. The unified package is roughly 4 GB and aims to simplify workflows for designers, photographers and layout artists who used multiple Affinity apps.

The consolidation means you get tools for raster editing, vector design and page layout in one place without switching apps. That can speed up project workflows, reduce app management and make it easier to keep presets and assets consistent across tasks.

Why this matters

• Unified workflow: Designers and creators who move between photo editing, vector work and publishing will appreciate a single app that covers all tasks.
• Cost and convenience: Offering the suite as a free download lowers the barrier to entry for newcomers and lets existing users try the unified experience without extra cost.
• Disk and update considerations: The app is about 4 GB — keep that in mind for storage — and a single update pipeline simplifies maintenance compared with multiple separate apps.

What to check before switching

• Compatibility with existing files and plugins — verify that your current document workflows and third‑party add-ons work as expected.
• Performance on your Mac — the unified app may use more RAM/disk than a single focused app, so test it on your hardware.
• Versioning and backups — back up critical projects before migrating to the new unified environment.

To try it out, visit the official Affinity site for the download and release notes: Affinity. For regional coverage and original reporting, see the article that reported the relaunch.

Discussion: Will you move to the unified Affinity app or keep using separate tools? What concerns or features matter most when consolidating creative apps?