In a major pivot, Affinity, once a trio of paid apps for designers, has been reinvented by its new owner, Canva, as a single, free, professional-grade design platform. The unified app bundles photo editing, vector illustration and layout tools together, with no subscription required to download or use the core. For business and creative professionals alike, this represents a sharp challenge to legacy players like Adobe, while raising questions about how far “free forever” will go.
